Skiing, ice music and sparkly wine: Here’s why you should spend winter in Trentino
Right in the heart of the Italian Alps, as the first snow starts falling after an unusually warm autumn, Trentino turns into a perfect winter wonderland. Surrounded by majestic Alpine peaks, kilometres of lush forest (over 30 per cent of the northern Italian region is covered in trees) and 297 lakes, Trentino looks like a scene from a Christmas car...
Reverberations of Team Italy's Mission Classic felt at Italian American Baseball Foundation Gala in New York
The Seventh Annual Italian American Baseball Foundation (IABF) Gala at Giando On the Water in Brooklyn on December 1, 2022 served as the stateside launching pad for MLB front office personnel, players, coaches, and media representatives to witness the take off of IABF Tommy Lasorda Award recipient and Team Italy manager Mike Piazza's Mission Classi...
ITA Airways Airs New Safety Video with Champions
ITA Airways launches a unique new safety video starring the legends and athletes of Italian sports that will be gradually phased on board all its long-haul flights. Nineteen Italian sports champions are the heroes of the new ITA Airways Safety video created with the communication agency VMLY&R, in collaboration with CONI and with the support of Sta...
CIAO club says 'Hello' again at OU
The Cultural Italian-American Organization, also known as the CIAO club, welcomes students to learn more about Italian culture in a laid-back environment. After being inactive due to COVID-19, the club has seen a revival this year with determined students leading the charge. One of these students is Jessica Stelzer, a junior studying journalism. St...
Natale all’italiana
Unlike the United States, that generally recognizes Thanksgiving as the day that ushers in the nation’s Christmas holiday season, in Italy “the season opener” can vary depending where in Italy you are, it can be anywhere from the first Sunday of Advent, which this year fell on Nov. 28, Saint Nicholas Day on Dec. 6 or Dec. 8, the Feast of the Immacul...
Italian restaurant on Rockford’s east side to permanently close at end of 2022
An Italian restaurant on the city’s far east side will close for good at the end of the year. Cucina Di Rosa, 1620 N. Bell School Road, will shut down effective Jan. 1, the restaurant announced on its Facebook page. “After several long family conversations, it was decided that our physical health has to be held as a priority in this challenging cli...
In Honor of Gaetano Pesce‘s One-of-a-Kind Chairs for Bottega Veneta at Design Miami, Here Are Some of the Designer’s Most Inspired (and Surreal) Seats
Everyone knows about the importance of seating at fashion shows and what the coveted front row represents. But not much care has been put into the actual seats. More often than not, the assorted celebrities, editors, and influencers-of-the-month are crammed onto a bench or industrial bleacher. But in September if this year, 83-year-old design maest...
Rockefeller Christmas Tree Rooted in NYC’s Italian Immigrant Past
The larger-than-life Rockefeller Center Christmas tree once again came to life Wednesday evening in New York City. The 12-ton, 82-foot Norway spruce — adorned with 50,000 lights — was crowned with a star ornament that holds 3 million Swarovski crystals. Almost lost to history, it was Italian immigrants, during the height of the Great Depression in...
Employment rate in Italy hits 60.5%, highest level on record
Italy's employment rate reached 60.5% in October, the highest level on record since the start of the statistical series on this factor in 1977, ISTAT said on Thursday. The national statistics agency said the number of people in work increased by 82,000 with respect to September, taking the employment rate up by 0.4 of a percentage point. It said 23...
TikTok’s “Pasta Queen” Nadia Caterina Munno Signs With CAA
TikTok creator and Italian-born cook Nadia Caterina Munno, known affectionally to her fans as “The Pasta Queen,” has signed with CAA. Munno got her start on TikTok in the midst of the pandemic, where she endeared herself to viewers with lively cooking videos focused on Italian cuisine and, more specifically, pasta. The creator and chef is originall...
Meredith Students Attend Italian Film Festival
Students from the Italian program at Meredith College attended the 16th annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival in Charleston, S.C., November 11-13, 2022, together with their instructor, Sandra Pesoli. The festival, hosted by the College of Charleston, screened 13 Italian movies produced in Italy over the past two years. The movies included a mi...
Great news from the Honorary Italian Consulate in Orlando
As of December 1, it is possible to renew your Italian passport at the Honorary Italian Consulate in Orlando located at 111 N Orange Ave. Great relief for the local community who will not have to face long journeys to the Consulate General in Miami. The demand for services in Florida is in great a to growth. We are seeing a very strong migration an...