Lecture Series: Dual Italian Citizenship
Tuesday February 3rd, 2015 6-7 pmAmerican Italian Cultural Center537 S Peters St, New Orleans 70130 Join the Honorary Italian Consulate Arnaldo Partessotti as he discusses the rules of obtaining Italian dual citizenship. Mr. Partesotti will review the practicality of finding the necessary documentation for applying for Italian dual citizenship and...
Pulaski County Judge rejects plan for Little Italy
The chief administrative officer for Pulaski County has rejected Little Italy's incorporation request.Television station KATV reported Friday (http://bit.ly/20ZT5Ue ) that County Judge Barry Hyde found the proposed area is too large, lacks the "necessary unity of a single place" and had an inadequate budget. Little Italy is an unincorporat...
Lacombe Town Talk: Preparing the St. Joseph's Day altar
At Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, at 28088 Main Street in Lacombe, a group of ladies have been busy every day preparing for the annual St. Joseph Day altar. This Catholic/Italian tradition has always been held on Thursday (March 19), which is the feast of St. Joseph. This longtime tradition was brought to America by some of the fir...
St. Joseph’s Altar draws large crowd to St. Francis of Assisi Church Hall for annual event
The St. Joseph Society of Donaldsonville continued a long tradition of erecting an altar for the patron saint of those in need complete with a meatless spaghetti and a variety of deserts Sunday at St. Francis of Assisi Church Hall. "The Italian people showed out," said society member Philip Matassa. "The whole community of Donaldsonville is here....
Arcobelli (CTIM USA) nomina i nuovi delegati di circoscrizione
A seguito della riunione straordinaria del 2 marzo a Roma e di quella ordinaria del 12 Settembre in Connecticut, il coordinatore del Ctim Nord America, Vincenzo Arcobelli, ha nominato quattro nuovi responsabili per altrettante circoscrizioni statunitensi. Si tratta, sottolinea Arcobelli, del primo passo da compiere per "dare un seguito all'impegno...
Un anno di attività a Houston con il COMITES: il resoconto del Presidente Arcobelli
Presidente del Comites di Houston, Vincenzo Arcobelli apre l'ultimo numero del 2012 del Bollettino del Comites ripercorrendo un anno di eventi, celebrazioni e iniziative promosse in tutta la circoscrizione. "Cari Connazionali, - scrive Arcobelli – desidero fare un resoconto generale delle varie attività svolte nella nostra circoscrizione consolare...
June 15: Deadline, Call for Papers 2013 IASA Conference, New Orleans
This year's IASA conference, Italian American Identity Politics (New Orleans Marriott, October 3-5, 2013) examines the politics of the identifying term "Italian American" from multiple perspectives and in different time periods. The evocation of "Italian American" for political purposes and agendas has a varied history, e.g., to combat anti-Italian...
Un anno di Italia in Texas: gli auguri del Console Nava alla collettività di Houston
"L'anno che sta per concludersi ha confermato in questa parte degli Stati Uniti l'immagine di un'Italia attiva e propositiva, che conferma di essere un protagonista del presente nel pieno rispetto della sua storia e della sua identità specie nella scienza, nel commercio e nella cultura. L'Italia ha dimostrato di essere in grado di interagire con i...
Brothers open Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen in Tulsa
When brothers George, Richard and Anthony Martinez named their new company Main Street Boys LLC, the street they were referring to is in Yonkers, N.Y."Our mother is from Naples and our father was from Cuba," Richard Martinez said. "Our mom raised us as a single mom, and it wasn't easy for her. Us and our sister had humble beginnings. We came from n...
Writers on writing: Traci Andrighetti
Traci Andrighetti is the author of the national bestselling Franki Amato mysteries and the Danger Cove Hair Salon mysteries. Traci wrote her first mystery in her bedroom closet with her cousin Louisa when they were just twelve years old (it was called The Message in the Driftwood, à la Nancy Drew). But then she abandoned writing completely to pursu...
Being Leonardo da Vinci: An impossible interview
US debut of this one-act play by and with Massimiliano Finazzer, introduced by Michela Lucenti's dance choreographies inspired by the famous "Vitruvian Man". The performance will arrive in California in the fall. Performed in Italian language with English subtitles. Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - Hour...
Dinner and a movie, Italian style
There is no foreign cinema as likely to make you hungry as Italian cinema. Whether sensual (La Dolce Vita), whimsical (Life is Beautiful) or gloriously dubbed (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), the very sound of the language will only serve to remind you, as you sit in that darkened theater, how very hungry you are. This is not a sensation you are l...