In town to accept an award from the Italian American Baseball Foundation, Marco Mazzieri spent time with the Hofstra baseball team last week. Recently elected President of the Federation of Italian Baseball and Softball, Mazzieri spoke with players and coaches about his experience in international baseball. Mazzieri found himself in Hempstead than...
December 12 2024 Centro Studi Americani, Roma, Italy
Apart from being wildly popular for its food and breathtaking landscapes and ruins, Italy is also famous for being the birthplace of some of the world's finest sports cars. From Ferrari, to Lamborghini, to Pagani, Italy is the turf and home of production for several legendary automobile giants. Over the years, more than a handful of Italian vehicle...
The exhibit “Traditions and Progress: Italian Americans in Northern Indiana” continues through May 4 at The History Museum, 897 Thomas St. The exhibit features photographs, maps, artifacts and information about the history of Italian Americans in northern Indiana, a press release says. “Traditions and Progress” describes the heritage, values and wi...
In a place with as much history as Italy, it’s common to encounter firsts, whether it’s the first bank, the oldest university or even the first espresso machine. In Bassano del Grappa, about 20 miles from Vicenza at the base of the Monte Grappa hills, you’ll find the first grappa distillery. Farmers had long made stronger alcohol out of grape pomac...
The sweet aroma of Sunday sauce drifting through his family’s home made a young Mario LaPosta certain he’d wind up owning a restaurant one day. Years after first dreaming of opening his own place, the pizza expert and well-traveled chef is joining the Portsmouth culinary scene with oven-fired pizza and Italian cuisine born from family recipes. Mamm...
Antonangelo is 91. Farming and his sheep are his life. His age doesn't stop him from working every day. "If I stop doing this, I'll die. It's my passion, it keeps me alive. Should I sit in an armchair at home, growing old?" he asks. Remaining physically and mentally fit in old age is more the rule than the exception here in the mountain villages of...
L&B Spumoni Gardens has been in the works to open 46 Old Fulton Street, between Elizabeth Place and Hicks Street, for years. Now, according to an Instagram announcement today, it has finally, finally opened in Dumbo. The South Brooklyn pizza legend first announced plans to expand five years ago. Since then, the restaurant had long appeared ready fo...
To see the "Mona Lisa," you need to take to your tiptoes to peer over the swarm of admirers in her hall in the Louvre. Standing before the "Last Supper" requires loitering in a painfully long queue snaking out of Milan's Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Marveling at the "Vitruvian Man" means battling your way through the densely congested canal...
Baltimore’s Little Italy neighborhood has new security measures in time for the holiday season. The goal is to increase security, reduce crime, and make residents and visitors feel safe in the neighborhood. This includes installing more outdoor lighting, fresh paint on street signs, additional cameras, valet parking and a license plate reader on Pr...
In an era dominated by GPS and digital navigation, it’s difficult to imagine a world where long-distance travel was possible without modern maps. Yet, the Romans, masters of engineering and logistics, managed to build and maintain a sprawling empire spanning Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, all without the convenience of scaled, geographica...
From Sicily to the conquest of the United States: this year, Fiasconaro panettone will be featured in Washington at the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Atlantic Council, the influential American think tank that in September honored Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Fiasconaro panettone will also make its way to New York for the Hol...