Sicilian Flavors: Traditional Farming and Eating in a Modern World
When: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy - Organized by : Embassy of Italy, IIC Washington - Entrance : Free On the occasion of the Second Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, join us for a conversation with Fabrizia Lanza, food scholar and owner of the acclaimed Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School (Regaleali,...
New Italian restaurant, Mamma Mia, a dream come true for owner
A new restaurant owner in Abingdon is blending the flavors of Italy and the charm of New York City to create an authentic Italian eatery. Baset Aybb and his wife, both natives of Africa, opened Mamma Mia’s Italiano Restaurante in September after giving new life to a vacant building on Wall Street in downtown. The Italian restaurant is housed in the...
How Cake Boss stays healthy despite the sweet treats
Though surrounded by sweet treats all day, "Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro still manages to maintain a pretty clean bill of health. In fact, when the Italian-American celebrity baker and star of reality TV series Cake Boss went for a routine medical check-up recently, he was told his blood was "better than the nurse's". The 40-year-old owner of Carlo's...
Prominent Italian-American organization awards scholarships to NJ medical school, law school students
The Columbian Foundation hosted their 76th Annual Humanitarian, Achievement, and President’s Awards Dinner on Saturday, October 14 at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ. Honorees included Christopher A. Capuano, president of Fairleigh Dickinson University; Anthony P. Colandro, founder & owner of Gun for Hire; Peter F. DiPaolo, M.D., board certifie...
Sicily as a Theater of the World A Conversation with Playwright and Director Emma Dante moderated by Teresa Fiore
When: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 - 6:30-8:30pm - Where: Lecture Hall 101, Feliciano School of Business - RSVP required here by Tue. Nov. 14 - See flyer We are please to present a conversation with internationally acclaimed and multiple award-winning director Emma Dante on the occasion of the U.S. premiere of her play Le sorelle Macaluso (The Sist...
The Architecture of the Mediterranean from Malaparte to the Contemporary World
When: Tuesday, November 21st at 6pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450, The exhibition will be on view through January 8, 2018 On the occasion of the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, September 16, 2017 through January 8, 2018, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Chicago Architecture Biennial are pleased to...
18th Century Fair ropes obscure talent
Dover will bring folks back to the 1700s on Saturday Explaining what Signora Bella does is like trying to describe what it’s like to eat cake for the first time. “She walks on a slack rope, she juggles and she balances on a ball,” said Jodi Ellis, who performs as Signora Bella, The Great Italian Equilibrist. “That’s the equivalent of saying cake is...
Italian Lake Park was part of City Beautiful Movement
Italian Lake Park at Third and Division streets was part of the City Beautiful Movement in 1901. It was designed by landscape architect Walter Manning of Boston. Features of the Lake include a Japanese harmony bridge and the Dance of Eternal Spring sculpture. After the lake had fallen into disrepair, in 1990 the city spent $200,000 to make repairs...
Italian Market Planned for Marketplace
Tristan Hebron of Scranton walks through the Marketplace at Steamtown's food court area a few times a week and wonders when the revamped space will open. "I just can't wait to see it come to fruition," Hebron said. The old food court will be called Scranton Public Market and will be home to food and craft vendors. "That would add a little bit of ch...
Italian-flagged auto carrier named after 'core port': Baltimore
A new, Italian-flagged ocean freighter that can hold 6,700 cars now bears the name of the port that handles more cars, trucks and other “roll-on/roll-off” cargo than any other in the U.S. The Grimaldi Group’s Grande Baltimora, a 656-foot car carrier with a beam of 106 feet, was christened with a bottle of champagne on Tuesday, cracked against the s...
Corona D’Italia holds Columbus Day dinner
Corona D’Italia Lodge 807 held its Columbus Day dinner at 2 p.m. Oc. 7 at the Wolverine Restaurant. Arriving guests were registered by Treasurer Louise Vitullo and her member, daughter Patty Kuhn. Trustee Pudue LaCava directed seating at the sit-down dinner. Orator Valerie Valentino, assisted by historian Mary Jane Folino, presented each person in...
Seven ways to connect with your Italian heritage in South Jersey
October is National Italian Heritage Month, and in New Jersey the single largest ethnic group is Italian (followed by African and Irish). Almost 20 percent of the state population— more than1.5 million residents — identifies as having Italian heritage, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. But Italians have so melded into the American population over...