Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition Celebrates 30 Years of North American Design
What began as a joint venture between Confindustria Ceramica and the Italian Trade Agency in 1994 to celebrate the work of North American architects and designers using Italian ceramic tile has evolved into a 30-year survey of the built environment and the creative ways in which tile can be used to achieve a designers’ vision. As the longest-runnin...
Detroit Opera: Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
The Detroit Opera - Detroit Opera House is having an incredible concert of Verdi’s Aida on the 30th of December and those of you that are in Michigan not miss the chance to hear the incredible Christine Goerke, Soprano directed by the fantastic Yuval Sharon. Not only is this a one night only event, but part of the proceeds using promo code VERDI200...
Cubs, Ben DeLuzio Agree To Minor League Deal
Italia team member Ben DeLuzio has signed a minor league deal with the Cubs and will compete for a big league roster spot. DeLuzio, an outfielder on the Mission Classic journey to Italy with IABF and FIBS, is on the Italia WBC roster.He spent most of the 2022 season in Triple-A with the Cardinals and was a late season call-up, playing in 65 big lea...
Roots Tourism (Turismo delle radici), welcoming root travelers to their home territories
Roots Tourism starred in Florence, November 30, 2022 in the context of BTO - Be Travel Onlife, the benchmark event in Italy dedicated to the marriage between innovation and tourism. In an even more innovative formula set in the Metaverse, Giovanni Maria De Vita, head of the PNRR project on Roots Tourism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confronte...
Comedians Eric D'Alessandro And Vic Dibitetto Come To Kings Theatre, April 2023
Kings Theatre will host a night of comedy with the Italian monsters of laughter, Eric D'Alessandro ("Mask Off Remix - Walmart Diss") and Vic DiBitetto (Working Class Zero) on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 8pm ET. Tickets will go on sale Friday, December 16 at 10am ET. For tickets and additional information, please visit here. Standups Eric D'Alessand...
The Madonna of Pilerio on a ‘Mission’ in the USA
The embrace of the Madonna of Pilerio – patron saint of the city of Cosenza – to Italians around the world will start, in a few days, from the United States. The Italian community in New York is in great ferment for the arrival of a copy of the icon depicting the Madonna of Pilerio in the church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in the Bronx where, on Dece...
The Dynamic Duo Behind Rossoblu Is Opening a New Italian Restaurant in Playa Vista
After establishing himself at Sotto, chef Steve Samson has always wanted to return to the Westside. His popular Downtown LA restaurant Rossoblu has gained recognition over the years for serving a Bologna-inspired menu of wood-fired meats and stellar pasta, but now he and wife Dina Samson are partnering with Heidi and Alan Jackson at the former Bull...
LA’s Emerging Little Italy District Breaking Ground on Waterfront Piazza
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood after a much-anticipated Piazza project got the green light to break ground in San Pedro, L.A.’s coastal Little Italy neighborhood, which is brimming with new business. Dubbed “Piazza Miramare,” the development will feature a new stage, trellis structures, terrace seating and plenty of shade for waterfront t...
The heart of Italian cuisine beats in osterie and trattorie
It’s nothing new, really: osterieand trattorieare the beating heart of our cuisine. Beside our home kitchens, of course. But that’s the point because there shouldn’t be much of a difference in the atmosphere, the scents and the flavors we love and experience at home, and those of the best osterie across our territory. The great Gualtiero Marchesi u...
Italian American restaurant opens at Pike & Rose in North Bethesda
A popular Washington, D.C. Italian American restaurant will expand its operations into Montgomery County. Caruso’s Grocery started in May 2021 in Capitol Hill and will now expand the business to Maryland with a location at Pike & Rose in North Bethesda. The Italian American is a collaboration by chef Matt Adler and Michael Babin, Neighborhood Resta...
Where are the most beautiful Venetian palaces in Venice?
The ones we will talk about today were the homes of eminent families. They are primarily Venetian palaces on the Grand Canal. However, you will also find a few more 'secluded' buildings overlooking 'corti', 'campi' and 'campielli'. These are the names of the squares in Venice. The only square is, in fact, Piazza San Marco. Strolling around the city...
Remembering a Local Hero
Although Veterans Day honors the living, anytime is appropriate to honor the memory of a courageous local hero, John T. Frisina, Captain, U.S. Marine Corps. I learned of him from my Benedictine High School classmate Russ Davis, a member of the undefeated Bengal football team and “mythical” Ohio Champion of 1964. While visiting Little Italy for Col...