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by Alexis Tarrazi   Traveling thousands of miles from Italy, Bella Bettulia is bringing her passion for yoga to Westfield. Bettulia has opened Bella Vida Yoga Studio and hosting a ribbon cutting on Saturday, March 19 with Westfield Mayor Andy Skibitsky and town officials making an appearance. Bettulia was born in Italy and would tr...

Siamo lieti di segnalare che AmCham patrocina il webinar organizzato da Euranet in collaborazione con il Food Innovation Center della Rutgers University dal titolo "Welcome to New Jersey. Le opportunità per le aziende agroalimentari italiane". "Welcome to New Jersey", che si terrà martedì 12 aprile alle ore 15.30, vuole essere una presentazione, b...

After a contentious, vitriolic race between two local political allies-turned-rivals, county Republicans chose a new leader in former state Assemblyman Paul DiGaetano, who defeated eight-year incumbent Chairman Bob Yudin in a party election held Tuesday.   The tally showed DiGaetano with 539 votes and Yudin with 274 "Tonight I saw somet...

Mike DeSapio, president of the Italian-American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County has announced that the club will be showing the award winning 2006 film "The Golden Door" (Nuovomondo) as part of its Italian Film Series.   It traces a Silicilian villager's arudous and humiliating journey to Ellis Island in his quest to find the land of his d...

By Glen Mason La Bella Restaurant and Winery in Norfolk is noted for its Italian cuisine and dining experience, balancing its dishes between homey and haute cuisine. Chef and owner Andrea DiCarlo takes a personal hand in assuring that his dishes appeal to the discriminating palate.   La Bella proved to be the perfect place to learn what wou...

Il Presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano ha accolto con vivo apprezzamento l'invito del Presidente degli Stati Uniti Barack Obama a rendere una visita di commiato a Washington alla vigilia della conclusione del suo mandato. Il Capo dello Stato esprime la certezza che l'incontro del 15 febbraio concorrerà a rafforzare ulteriormente i rappor...

Students in Lisa Adair's second-year Italian class at Hammonton High School were discussing "Spugna Bob con Pantaloni Quadrati" last week. They were writing about the adventures of cartoon character Sponge Bob Square Pants, using the past tense of verbs. Adair started the class with a music video by Italian singer Antonella Lo Coco called "Cuore S...

Have you ever thought about organizing your family history so it is preserved and can be passed on to future generations? Or, creating a family tree to see all of your relatives and how you are all linked? This is genealogy. The search for, and documentation of, one's ancestors and family lineages. If you have been thinking about starting a genealo...

Il Caucus bicamerale e bipartisan contro la pirateria informatica ha presentato il 24 giugno scorso presso il Congresso americano il rapporto "2014 International Piracy Watch List", confermando l'annunciata uscita dell'Italia dalla lista dei Paesi sotto osservazione.   I co-presidenti del Caucus, i Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-CA) e Bob Goodla...

The Italian American Woman's Association (IAWA) celebrated their 30th anniversary Tuesday with a ceremony dinner at the Ambassador Center.   The association selected former Erie Mayor, Joyce Savocchio with their 2014 Woman of the Year Award. "It's a wonderful honor that the Italian American women's organization has given me and it has great...

From Italy, a unique artists' event - Do some early X-MAS shopping. For sale: MOSAICS, PAINTINGS, CERAMICS, SCULPTURES, JEWELERY.   Location: CASA ITALIANA HALL & CULTURAL CENTER, 595 3rd Street, NW | Washington, DC 20002, METRO RAIL: RED LINE - Judiciary Square   Source: http://www.meetup.com/  

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Villanova University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor of Italian Studies beginning in Fall 2015, with a specialization in Italian Medieval or Renaissance studies.   The successful candidate will be required to teach culture courses in hi...