Columbus Statue Relocation to Marquette Park Project
The Memphis City Council approved the relocation of the Columbus Statue from Columbus Park at Third and Adams to Marquette Park. The Statue has been removed from the park for restoration. The UNICO Memphis Chapter Foundation (UMCF) (an IRS recognized 501c3) is now accepting tax deductible donations to relocate the Columbus Statue to Marquette Park....
Ceramica Del Conca, 330 container della tecnologia italiana in Usa
Procedono i lavori per la costruzione dello stabilimento Del Conca Usa in Tennessee: in questi giorni sono in partenza 330 container e convogli speciali carichi di alta tecnologia made in Italy. Per l'indotto della ceramica italiana si tratta di un'importante scommessa - valore 30 milioni di dollari - destinata all'allestimento del nuovo stabilimen...
Mamma Mia Cook-off to feature Italian paper lantern parade
There will be something special in the air at the 2013 Mamma Mia Cook-off on Nov. 9 when the night sky is illuminated with sparkling paper lanterns. In addition to the sumptuous feast of Italian food, this year's event will celebrate Rificolona, the Florentine paper lantern parade. "Each year we look for new ways to add to the authenticit...
Rinnovo Comites: “L’Italia siamo anche noi” l’unica lista ammessa a Miami
Si chiama "L'Italia siamo anche noi" l'unica lista ammessa alle prossime elezioni del Comites di Miami. Quindici i candidati che hanno avuto il via libera dal Comitato elettorale del Consolato. Questi i loro nomi. Caputo Gino, Cavallini Augusto, Cornacchia Barbara, Dimarco Santo, Garufi Giuseppe, Merlo Michele Maria, Modica in Navarro Ros...
The North Carolina Opera Presents Mozart's DON GIOVANNI, 4/18-26
North Carolina Opera is proud to present Mozart's Don Giovanni, in a spectacular fully staged production this April at Raleigh's A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater. A Spanish nobleman seduces every woman he meets - aristocrat or peasant, young or old, brash or demure. On this day he seeks to add to his list of his conquests, but is thwarted by th...
On The Town: Tampa's Festa Italiana
by Virginia Johnson Angela Genco has been on this earth for 8 decades. Some of them in Southern Italy. Some of them in Tampa. And all of them in a kitchen. She is the go-to at Tampa's Italian Club for her cookie recipes—the sweetest part of the upcoming Festa Italiana. The 18th annual event, April 9-12, and is fill...
Festa di Ferragosto Returns!
Join us on August 14th at Gino's Market in Hollywood for the second annual Festa di Ferragosto, a party to celebrate the Italian summer holiday (that actually takes place in Italy on August 15th). This is one of the funnest events we participate in and we look forward to seeing you! Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/festa-di-ferragost...
Lamborghini takes Alabama kit-car company to court over its supercar replicas
By Nick Kurczewski / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS If the idea of owning an extremely fast and hugely expensive Lamborghini sports car for less than $4-grand sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. To drive the point home, Lamborghini Automobili is taking legal action against CARKITINC, a kit-car company based in Albertville, Alabama. For...
Harvesting from Italy to Georgia
What happens when a girl gets a Bachelor's degree in History and can't find a job? She learns a trade. And for Lauren Cox, that meant serving in a restaurant in her hometown in Arkansas. "It was crap. The food was from Sysco, there was no passion," Cox said. "I started to develop an overall consideration for what I was putting into my body...
Why a 16th-Century Italian Is a Key Influence on Today's Architecture
by Patrick Sisson A sparse glass-and-metal home may be complimented for its Miesian proportions, and any tower balancing on a curvaceous leg of concrete might get noticed for its debt to Niemeyer, but as far as the dictionary is concerned, just one architect is significant enough to be the official namesake of an architectural style. &nbs...
New Honorary Consul Aims to Raise Italy’s Profile in Georgia
by Trevor Williams Italy's new honorary consul in Georgia is aiming to raise the profile of a country with a heavy business influence here that hasn't been appropriately recognized. "Unlike countries like Germany that have a very organized presence in Atlanta, the Italians to date haven't really had that, and so one of my goals is...
Ky. Voices: Kentucky culture rooted in opportunities for immigrants
By Kiran Bhatraju In the late 1920s, an Italian immigrant with a funny last name arrived in the heart of Appalachia to join the thousands of Scots-Irish who found good wages in the coalfields. He could have moved to New York or Chicago, but he instead came to Perry County to work as a stonemason. His arrival was not uncommon. Appalachian...