Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Museum to Open on September 15
The Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society will host a grand opening of its new museum in northwestern Pulaski County (33615 Highway 300, Roland, Arkansas 72135) on Sunday, September 15 from 12-5 p.m. The event will include guided tours, live music, authentic Italian foods and refreshments from Little Italy's only operating winery, An Enchanting Ev...
Elenian Club welcomes new president
The Elenian Club welcomed its 2019-20 president, Maria Villafranco, with a recent luncheon at II Tony's Restaurant. The club, celebrating its 85th year, has chosen ACCESS Pregnancy, a Catholic charity of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, as its charitable organization this year. The club is a philanthropic group of women that are of Italian descent o...
Arkansas winemaking history preserved at Little Italy Heritage Museum
Little Italy, Arkansas, which is about 20 minutes from Little Rock, has an interesting tale regarding its part in Arkansas history. The Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Museum tells the story of this pioneering community first established as Alta Villa, the “high place,” by Italian immigrants in 1915. “Little Italy is unique in that it is Central Ark...
Associazione Siciliani in Texas - Ferragosto Italiano
Si è svolto anche in Texas il tradizionale evento del Ferragosto Italiano. Circa un centinaio gli italiani ed Italo Americani che hanno partecipato alla serata conviviale, grazie all’iniziativa presa dell`Associazione dei Siciliani in Texas, ospite presso i locali di Cibo Divino Market di Daniele Puleo il quale e'stato ringraziato assieme a tutti i...
Jason’s Deli founder Joe Tortorice Jr. dies at 70
Jason’s Deli founder and Beaumont native Joseph “Joe” Tortorice Jr. died Saturday after a 19-month battle with cancer. He was 70. Tortorice, the grandson of Italian immigrants, founded Jason’s Deli in 1976 and expanded the chain nationwide to more than 250 locations in 28 states. “He has just a great story,” friend of Tortorice Jr. and former Lamar...
Louis Prima, "the man who played pretty for the people," still entertaining them at N.O. Jazz Museum
If you’re of a certain age, you know Louis Prima's songs and wild on-stage antics from TV or Las Vegas. If you’re younger, you know his songs recorded by younger artists like David Lee Roth and Brian Setzer or in TV commercials. Others know him as the singin’, swingin’ voice of King Louie in Disney’s animated film The Jungle Book. One thing’s for...
Visita presso il contingente della Rappresentanza dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana (RAMI) di Sheppard AFB, Texas
Si e' svolta presso il Kemp Center for the Arts a Wichita Falls, la tradizionale serata conviviale organizzata dalla RAMI. Il Comandante della Rappresentanza Militare di Sheppard T.Col.Vincenzo Repici ha voluto dare con l'occasione il benvenuto ufficiale a Federico Ciattaglia, Console Generale d'Italia della circoscrizione di Houston, con la conse...
Co-founder of Anthony’s Italian Deli in Baton Rouge has died
Anthony Saia, co-founder of a longtime Italian deli in Baton Rouge, has passed away, his family announced Sunday. He was 71. Family says Saia died peacefully in his sleep Saturday morning. “It is with great sadness and very hearts that we announce the death of Anthony," according to a post from the deli’s Facebook page. "He died peacefully in his s...
Festa di Ferragosto by American Italian Renaissance Foundation
Thursday, August 15, 2019. 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM CDT. American Italian Cultural Center, 537 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. Join the American Italian Cultural Center for a light Italian summer dinner paired with three classic Italian cocktails in celebration of Ferragosto! Ferragosto is a public holiday celebrated annually on August 15 in I...
Origins of Siena: Myth vs Memory
Thursday, August 8, 2019. 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM CDT. American Italian Cultural Center, 537 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. With no clear textual or physical proof of an ancient Roman settlement, Siena faced considerable challenges to its assumed antiquity in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Far more than a point of pride, an associat...
Tontitown Grape Festival Begins With Spaghetti Dinner Preparation
We are three weeks away from the start of a more than 120-year tradition - the Tontitown Grape Festival. Preparation started Monday (July 15) for the unforgettable spaghetti dinners. Every year families come together to start preparing for the annual Grape Festival. They start by making pasta. People like Marjie Ceola have been doing this for more...
Nun’s story is a reminder of immigrants’ worth
Throughout the history of the United States, scores of children have arrived at our borders and ports in waves of humanity searching for freedom and safety. One such child was Maria Rosa Segale who, in 1855 at the age of 5, found herself arriving from Italy at the Port of New Orleans with her family, seeking a new home, with no knowledge of where t...