West Bank Italian Open includes roast of Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni
by Helen Williams The 34th Annual West Bank Italian Open which benefits Café Hope will begin on May 1 at 7 p.m. with a popular Roast and Kickoff Dinner at La Maison Creole. Honorary chairman and "roastee" will be Kenner Mayor Michael S. Yenni. "Come and laugh with Mike Yenni's 10 best friends as they roast him that night. An...
Centro Primo Levi Restores Iconic Italian-American Bookstore
Anyone who spent much time in the West Village in the last decade probably walked by the storefront at 30 West 12th Street, and wondered at its display of sun-faded books with Italian titles gathering dust against a backdrop of drawn curtains. In the fast-morphing landscape of downtown Manhattan, the window marked "S.F. VANNI" in delicate...
Honoring a special Italian-American mom
I was recently at the birth of my second grandchild and watching my middle daughter expanding her motherhood with the influence of her mother and her nonna, my mother, which is so enriching, powerful, and a testament to what the single most important part of creating, developing and nuturing new life is – mothering. Mothers are the heart a...
Italian agriculture ‘greenest’ in Europe
Italian agriculture is one of the 'greenest', most sustainable and safest in Europe, according to data released on Monday by farmers' union Coldiretti at a meeting on multifunctionality in agriculture in light of Milan Expo 2015. Italy produces 35% less greenhouse gas compared the EU average, and has the lowest number of agricultural produ...
Slow Turism: traveling with attention to details
by Jane Huson You spend every waking hour at the office stressing about your clients, and when you're not at the office you are rushing to pick up Johnny and Jane from school or dashing to the grocery store to pick up Stouffer's frozen lasagna because you have no time to cook. Sound familiar? Many of us have grown so accustom...
Seattle drives state-of-the-art Lamborghini research to new heights
by Rita Cipalla On a quiet street not far from downtown Seattle, tucked between overgrown fields and train tracks, are several drab-brown buildings with white roll-up doors. Their nondescript location belies the fact that some of the world's most revolutionary research in automotive materials is going on inside. The Automobili Lamborghini...
Panebianco Named 2015 Commencement Speaker
Jamestown High School has announced the Commencement Speaker for this year's graduation ceremony at Chautauqua Institution. School officials say George Panebianco, Esq. – a 1982 Jamestown High School graduate and long-time supporter of Jamestown Public Schools – will deliver the 2015 commencement on Friday night. Panebianco is current...
Get a discount on tickets to Miami Lyric Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ at the Colony
by Christine Dolen No doubt about it, taking in an opera can be expensive. But Miami Lyric Opera has patron-friendly ticket prices and is offering an even better deal for its July 11-12 performances of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre. If you enter the code mlo20 online or mention it when you order, you c...
The most beautiful works of art you can admire in Sicily
As the Italian region with the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Sicily is definitely one of the must visit places in Italy, at least once in a lifetime. As a mix of both natural and architectural heritage including Mount Etna, the Aeolian Islands, the Valley of Temples and the wonderful Cathedrals of Palermo, Cefalù and Monreale, thes...
West Seattle food: Pellegrini Italian Market now open in The Junction
By Randall Hauk For months, people have been asking what's going on at the former La Romanza Bistro site at 4521 California SW in The Junction – especially once mosaic tile started to cover the facade. Finally a sign went up. And then, Pellegrini Italian Market opened for business quietly during the recent West Seattle Summer Fest...
Joe DiMaggio and America
by Robert A. Slayton In this baseball season it is appropriate to celebrate Joe DiMaggio, who would have been one-hundred-and-one this year. One of the greatest baseball figures of his era, he played with grace yet power, creating records still unmatched by newer, better trained performers. But Joe DiMaggio gave this country something more...
Labor Day social and barbecue dinner in Naples
The Naples Italian American Foundation invites members and guests to a Labor Day social and barbecue dinner on Monday afternoon, Sept. 7, at club headquarters, 7035 Airport-Pulling Road. Bocce (weather permitting), bridge, mah jongg and poker will be played, and pulled pork and all the trimmings will be served. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Cos...