Antonella, New Multimedia Work by Lisa Venticinque
Saturday December 14, 5:30-8pm. The California Building: 2205 California St NE, 55418. RSVP appreciated. Antonella is an in-depth personal portrait, an exploration of the interior world of a unique and unforgettable 62-year-old Italian woman. This multimedia project, which contains photography, videography, audio and text, was created by Lisa Venti...
An Italian Holiday Tradition: play Tombola while enjoying a glass of Prosecco with Pandoro and Panettone
On Thursday, Dec. 19, 6:30 pm, join Ileana Tamberlani, native Italian from Rome, for a fun night of Italian Holiday Traditions! Tombola is the most traditional Christmas game in Italy, everybody plays it with their family and friends over the holidays. No knowledge of Italian is required. Numbers and words of the game will be in Italian and in Engl...
Italiano per Piacere - Festa di Natale 2019
Ciao a tutti, è il nostro piacere invitare tutti i nostri soci al nostro evento di Dicembre che accadrà il 4 Dicembre alle 18:30. Vorremmo festeggiare Natale e la stagione delle feste con tutti voi. Avremo buona compagnia, buon cibo e divertimento. Giocheremo a tombola e competerremo per i regali migliori che saranno forniti dal club. Questo event...
Looking Back: Downtown couldn't support an Italian restaurant in the 1980s
Downtown Sioux Falls has made an incredible recovery from the state it was in in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. The downtown pedestrian mall, which itself was an effort to breathe life back into the area, not only failed, but made an already-bad situation even worse. Fortunately, there were a number of area residents who believed in the h...
Friendsgiving all'italiana 2019
Sunday November 24 2019, from 16:00 to 21:00 CST. 10199 Woodfield Ln, St Louis, MO 63132-2922, United States. You are cordially invited to "Friendsgiving all'italiana"! Come and join us on Sunday, November 24th for a celebration of Thanksgiving "Italian style". All are invited to bring a dish or share a bottle of your favorite wine, beer, or spiri...
Missoula County seeks federal funds to restore Fort Missoula internment camp
Missoula County commissioners on Tuesday approved an application for federal funding to restore barracks used during World War II to imprison American citizens of Japanese and Italian descent. “This is a crucial step toward the full restoration of these buildings and in helping to advance the Historical Museum’s effort to tell the story of these in...
St. Paul and Modena's Sister-City Status
Ferrari, Maserati, and Pavarotti all hail from St. Paul’s sister city in Italy: Modena. Not interested in exotic cars and opera? This northern Italian city also holds a claim to creating tortellini, tortelloni (not the same thing!), Parmigiano-Reggiano, prosciutto, and the dark, syrupy aceto balsamico (balsamic vinegar). You may not have realized...
Major Long, Giacomo Beltrami and the Old Crossing Treaty
In the summer of 1823, President James Monroe gave orders to Maj. Stephen Long to explore the lands surrounding the Red River Valley and make some maps.This was not an uncommon request in the early days of the United States. At the same time Long was about to undertake his map-making expedition, an Italian gentleman by the name of Giacomo Beltrami...
Four to enter Pueblo Columbus Day Hall of Fame
On Monday, four men who have demonstrated ongoing support and recognition of the cultural and heritage significance that Columbus Day symbolizes will be inducted into the Pueblo Columbus Day Hall of Fame. Only one, however, has an Italian surname: an accurate reflection of what the New Columbus Day Celebration is all about. Three years ago, in an a...
Celebrating the Archangels — in Iowa
Outside the Cathedral of St. Raphael in Dubuque, Iowa, is a small park named Cathedral Square. At its center is a sculpture of several figures: a priest, a miner, a riverboat captain and a farming couple. According to the artist, each figure represents the progression of settlers who came to call this area of Iowa home more than 175 years ago. Firs...
St. Padre Pio’s Relics Visit Sioux Falls
The holy symbolic objects of Saint Padre Pio had hundreds of people in line at the Cathedral of St. Joseph today. All for one reason, to view his relics and honor the saint. “Padre Pio was a very humble obedient man, and he had a lot of pain,” said representative from the St. Pio Foundation Barbara Fitzgerald. “A lot of physical pain a lot of menta...
Tower Grove Park will keep its Christopher Columbus statue
Tower Grove Park’s board has decided to keep the Christopher Columbus statue at its current location. The board said in a statement on Wednesday that the statue will stay near the Grand Avenue entrance to the park, and park officials will add signs nearby “with important historical context about Columbus and the history of the park’s land.” The sta...