A Popular Pizza Chain is Set to Open Its First Locations in Iowa
A New York City-based pizzeria is finally making its way to the Hawkeye State! We have quite a few big pizza chains here in the state of Iowa: Little Caesars, Happy Joe's, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Casey's, Papa Murphy's, Papa Johns - but one place we don't have is Grimaldi's Pizzeria... yet! Thanks to a new article from the Corridor Business Journal, w...
Lock of Casalecchio di Reno, UNESCO Heritage since 2010
It's difficult to remain indifferent before the glorious solemnity of this ancient artefact, a unique example of 'water archaeology'. A history and legacy that goes beyond the merely functional aspect of a building as fascinating as efficient. Here is what you need to know about the Lock of Casalecchio di Reno and why UNESCO has chosen it as a Mes...
Chewing the Fat – An Oral History of Italian Foodways from Fascism to Dolce Vita
When: Saturday, Feb. 18 at 10 am - Organized by Casa Belvedere – The Italian Cultural Foundation Karima Moyer-Nocchi will give a live virtual lecture based on her book: Chewing the Fat – An Oral History of Italian Foodways from Fascism to Dolce Vita. This highly engaging and visually driven presentation will examine ways in which the politics of th...
Italy Names 14 New Beautiful Villages—Here’s Why To Visit Them Now
While Italy may be best known for its epochal cities, the country’s small towns and villages have long played a pivotal role in the peninsula’s millennia-spanning history. There are thousands of these places; some have even gained worldwide renown, like Portofino and Positano, once quiet fishing villages, later must-stops for celebrities and intern...
Students Become Professional Translators in Donatella Melucci’s Course
Students enrolled in Donatella Melucci’s course on Italian Translation face one of the most difficult assessments in all of higher education. Their work, once translated, is reviewed by the original Italian authors and its publishers before the final product hits bookstore shelves with their names attached. Melucci, a teaching professor in the Dep...
Agriturismo Tuscany: The Perfect Family Getaway for a Vacation in Italy
Italy is a country that has so much to offer, and one of the most beautiful regions is Tuscany. If you are looking to have an authentic Italian experience with your family, then staying at an agriturismo in Tuscany may be the perfect choice for you. What Is an Agriturismo in Tuscany?Agriturismo Tuscany is an introduction to Italian country life tha...
The Italian American actress Cindy Williams, who was Shirley in "Laverne & Shirley," has died
The Italian American actress Cindy Williams, best known for playing the role of Shirley on the American sitcom Laverne & Shirley in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, has died at age 75. Williams died in Los Angeles after a brief illness: the news was given Monday evening by her family. Cindy Williams was born in Los Angeles in 1947 and was of Italian...
Livingston UNICO Installs Newest Chapter Member and Honors Former Presidents
Livingston UNICO, a local Italian-American service organization that follows the UNICO National traditions of serving its community through donations, service projects, scholarships and more, recently installed resident and Livingston Township Council member Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie as its newest member. Former chapter president and past district gov...
Greatest Italian Neorealism Films, Ranked
Like many European nations after World War II, Italy was shaken to its core and in a state of reconstruction in the mid-1940s. While for countries like France or England, being on the winners’ side of the conflict made it much easier to go back to what was deemed as normality, for the Third Reich’s main ally through half of the war, the aftermath l...
Christopher Pagani on Why the Italian Marque’s New V-12 Utopia Hypercar Is as Old School as It Gets
Unlike in the natural world, where profound complexity often expresses itself within elegant design—think of the Fibonacci spiral found in a sunflower’s center—the modern automotive landscape is mostly an expanse of mass-market homogeneity that has taken the form right out of function. Pagani Automobili, however, remains synonymous with exquisite...
Why Don’t More U.S. Italian Restaurants Serve More Regional Italian Food?
There is no question that so many Italian restaurants in the U.S. are now serving food that comes very close to what you will find in Italy. And a whole lot more, meaning nearly every menu offers more or less the same dishes—carpaccio, burrata, cacio e pepe, gnocchi, veal Milanese, ribeyes, branzino and tiramisù—while appending it with dishes that...
Army Private Vincent Speranza
One of eight children, Vincent Speranza was born in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in 1925 to Francesco and Francesca Paratori Speranza. Francesco immigrated from Palmi, Calabria, and Francesca from Sciacca, Sicily. When Speranza was 3 years old, they moved to Staten Island, where he grew up amid a large extended family. Every Sunday...