The Surprising Origin Story of Arcodoro’s Figs
PASATINA FIGS—a breed native to Sardinia—aren’t a common ingredient in the U.S. Yet if you look for the fruit in Houston, you’ll have little trouble finding it. Twenty years ago, Efisio Farris, owner of beloved Italian restaurant Arcodoro in the Galleria area, brought a single stick from one of his father’s trees back to Houston from Sardinia. He p...
Italian Charities of America 81st Annual Dinner Dance
Sunday October 15 1 PM - 6 PM EDT. Roma View - 160-05 Crossbay blvd, Howard Beach, New York 11414 Italian Charities of America, Inc. cordially invites its members, friends and anyone interested in our organization to join us at our 81st Annual Dinner Dance. This year's Italian American Honorees for their outstanding work are; Mrs. Josephine Lume fo...
Open Bocce Night at the Italian American Bocce Club of Greater New Orleans
The Italian American Bocce Club has returned from summer vacation!!! We will be holding Open Bocce Nights from 7pm - 10pm on Wednesday, August 23rd, and Wednesday, August 30th. As always, it is just $5 to play all night and we welcome all ages and skill levels. We will have cold beverages available for a suggested donation as well, so come on by! W...
Columbus Circle monument could be next statue to go
Christopher Columbus could be next on the monuments chopping block. The 76-foot structure honoring the explorer at Columbus Circle should be among the statues reviewed by the city for potential purging, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said on Monday. She made the remarks while advocating for the removal of a different statue — of controv...
Impastato's: A shrine to New Orleans Saints, city's Creole Italian food
Joe Impastato, wearing a black sport shirt with a New Orleans Saintsemblem on the pocket, balances six salad plates on his arm as he pushes past the swinging door of his kitchen into the dining room at Impastato's Restaurant in Metairie. The 78-year-old restaurateur delivers those plates expertly to a table of well-dressed men having lunch in the e...
NIAF on Campus
In order to address this absence, NIAF has created NIAF on Campus, a NIAF Italian American Leadership Council (IALC) Fellow Program. It is our hope that this initiative will answer several important questions: How can NIAF be a resource to existing groups on campus? How can the Foundation create efficiencies, unify their efforts, and bring them tog...
Cesare Battisti Lodge hosts Festa Italiana Friday, Saturday
Cesare Battisti Lodge No. 27 hosts its Festa Italiana Friday and Saturday at Villa Cesare, 900 Eagle Ridge Drive, Schererville. A variety of Chicago and Northwest Indiana food vendors will serve Italian favorites such as Neapolitan and Chicago-style deep dish pizza, Italian sausage, Italian beef, meatball sandwiches, cannoli and fresh gelato and a...
Folle far abolire il Columbus Day, l’appello di Arcobelli alle forze politiche
Desidero rivolgere un appello alle forze politiche italiane presenti ed attive sul territorio Statunitense affinché si adoperino con i loro rappresentanti e delegati a partecipare di presenza il 30 Agosto a Los Angeles per l’audizione da parte della commissione che deciderà se abolire definitivamente il Columbus day. I Rappresentanti dei Comites,d...
The Via Carota Team Is Bringing More Italian Flair to Sheridan Square
“Rita and I tend to create places we are longing for,” says chef Jody Williams, who opened the West Village’s Via Carota three years ago with partner Rita Sodi as an homage to Sodi’s onetime home outside Florence. The couple’s next collaboration, Pisellino, celebrates the classic Italian bar, an icon of urbanity that serves so many crucial social a...
Some Italian-Americans in Chicago say they ‘fiercely oppose’ renaming Balbo Drive
When battle lines were drawn in Charlottesville, standing among the white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and Ku Klux Klan members ("some very fine people," according to President Donald Trump) were men brandishing shields bearing the image of an ax bundled with wooden rods—a symbol of fascism. That weekend's tragic events, which swirled around a "Unite t...
Bishop DiLorenzo dies; headed Diocese of Richmond since 2004
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond died at a hospital late Aug. 17. He was 75. A native of Philadelphia, he was named the 12th bishop of Richmond by St. John Paul II March 31, 2004. Before he was appointed to the Virginia diocese, he was the bishop of Honolulu. He also was a former auxiliary bishop in Scranton, Pennsylvania. “He was a faithful...
City of Oberlin officially abolishes Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day
In a unanimous vote Monday night, Oberlin City Council voted to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day. "Columbus Day is a touchy subject for some folks. However, the history of Columbus Day speaks for itself," said a supporter. Residents packed council chambers as the second Monday in October was forever changed in the cit...