Italian Apostolate Mourns Shipwreck
by Antonina Zielinska In the wake of the tragic deaths of over a 100 immigrants off the coast of Italy, the faithful of Italian descent gathered for the 32nd annual Italian Apostolate Day in honor of Our Lady of Pompei. After reciting the Rosary in Italian, the congregation in the Basilica of Regina Pacis, Bensonhurst, recited several Hail Ma...
Laura Denise: Italy’s Cultural, Social Maven in Washington
By Gail Scott She loves what she does. "It's easy to promote my country because I love my country," said Laura Denise Noce Benigni Olivieri, wife of Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero. "I love meeting people. When I tell people I'm from Italy, they have wonderful things to say: It's so lovely, I really enjoyed Italy, or they just smile." And t...
SC group teams with cruise groups in Fla., Italy
A Charleston group working for tighter rules regulating the cruise industry is forming a coalition with similar groups in Venice, Italy, and Key West, Fla. The idea is to make sure there are adequate regulations in place to protect the historic character of smaller port cities worldwide. Carrie Agnew with Charleston Communities for Cruise Con...
ITAL x-mas fundraiser
ITAL is a collaborative media project that has come from the shared work of independent media makers, academics, students & instructors, government officials, artists, entrepreneurs and individuals of the Texan Italian Community. Sit back and enjoy the 8th minute video presentation with our creative director to get a better idea of wha...
In viaggio con Dante: proiezione in anteprima di “Montagna infinita”
Il viaggio cinematografico sulle cantiche dantesche si arricchisce di un nuovo capitolo: Montagna Infinita, seconda parte del progetto In viaggio con Dante realizzato dalla Società Dante Alighieri con il sostegno di Arcus e della Direzione Generale per gli Italiani all'Estero e le Politiche Migratorie del MAE. Mentre Maratona Infernale procede anc...
Rudy Giuliani: Sicilian Mafia Offered $800,000 To Kill Me
The Sicilian mafia offered to kill Rudy Giuliani for $800,000, the former Mayor of New York has revealed. As the U.S. attorney and mayor of one of the largest cities in the world, Rudy Giuliani made his share of enemies. "I don't think anybody prosecuted more mafia members than I did," Giuliani recently said on "Oprah: Where Are They...
Italian fashion industry to grow in 2014
Reuters reported that the Italian fashion exports should turn the industry back towards growth in 2014 after two years in decline.The birthplace of fashion icons from Giorgio Armani to Dolce and Gabbana should see turnover rise 5.4 percent to 62.5 billion euros (51.85 billion pounds) in 2014, according to the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (C...
Carnevale di Venezia in Ohio
No need to board a plane for Italy's Venezia: Italia in Ohio is bringing Carnevale to Columbus on Sunday March 2, 2014. Carnevale, the Italian pre-Lent festival of food and frivolity, is a tradition dating back a millennium and includes parties, music, exquisite Venetian cooking, and above all the masked balls. This year the Refectory Rest...
Miami Dade College’s Miami Culinary Institute and Gambero Rosso of Italy team up
by Ina Paiva Cordle The Miami Culinary Institute at Miami Dade College and Gambero Rosso, a leading food and wine publisher and educator in Italy, have agreed to launch a new partnership that will allow students access to Gambero Rosso's "Città del Gusto" (City of Taste) cooking schools in Rome, Catania, Palermo, Turin, Naples, and Milan....
Pennetta routs Radwanska to win Indian Wells WTA title
Indian Wells (United States) (AFP) - Italy's Flavia Pennetta routed world number three Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday to win the Indian Wells WTA crown. Pennetta, 32, claimed the biggest title of her career, needing just one hour and 13 minutes to blow past Poland's second-seeded Radwanska, who was hobbled by a left leg injury. &n...
Italian Company Euro Group buys Tecumseh Laminating Plant
Europe's largest steel lamination company wants to expand its operations into the United States — and they're going to do it from Paris, Illinois.Euro Group is an Italian industrial holding that supplies electrical steel laminations to the makers of electric motors and generators. Recently, the Milan, Italy-based company purchased the lamination d...
Miko's Italian Ice Ushers in Spring by Opening This Week
by Victoria Johnson You know it's spring when Miko's is open. The popular Italian ice stand in Logan Square will open Thursday afternoon while the Bucktown location will open Friday. Both Miko's Italian Ice locations close for the winter each year and then re-open when the weather warms up a bit, making it a sort of unofficia...