Carnival puppet helps mark Italian society's 100 years
By Sonja Reis Dressed in green, white and red — the colors of the Italian flag — the 10-foot-tall carnival puppet known as "Miss. V.B." watched over the hundreds who flocked to Stowe recently to celebrate the anniversary of a society formed by Italian immigrants there in 1916. Known by a number of nicknames, including "Baby Doll," "Honey,...
P. Michael Pezzella, principal and Korean War wounded veteran
By Jacques Kelly P. Michael Pezzella, a retired Baltimore public schools principal who was wounded in the Korean War and helped establish a war memorial in Canton, died Saturday at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after suffering a fall at his home. The Forest Hill resident was 86. Born in Baltimore and raised on North Avenue, he was the...
L'Ambasciata a Washington e L'Alitalia insieme per promuovere la lingua Italiana negli USA
Grazie ad una iniziativa dell'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington, gli studenti dell'AP Italian Language che viaggeranno con la compagnia di bandiera italiana per recarsi dagli Stati Uniti in Italia avranno uno sconto del 5% sul costo del volo in classe economica. L'iniziativa è stata resa possibile grazie alla "sensibilità" dell'Alitalia, che, spieg...
Puccini's Manon Lescaut at Washington National Opera
Opening march 2nd, Intensely romantic and beguiling Manon Lescaut is the first tragic heroine in a long list of Puccini favorites. Patricia Racette makes her role debut in John Pascoe's "impassioned, sensual production" (Baltimore Sun). Sentenced by her parents to a life in the convent, Manon escapes to Paris with her young lover, the student Chev...
Accordo con gli Usa da 4 miliardi
Il futuro accordo di libero scambio tra Usa e Ue? Il sistema produttivo italiano non ha dubbi: porterà solo vantaggi. Smaccatamente ottimisti i caseifici della mozzarella di Bufala campana, pronti a scommettere su un boom delle vendite negli Usa di ben il 40 per cento. Più prudenti i produttori di macchinari, per i quali l'aumento dell'export verso...
Boitano, le evoluzioni di un Italo-Americano
E' andata a Brian Boitano, ex campione olimpico di pattinaggio sul ghiaccio, medaglia d'oro a Calgary nel 1988, e noto presentatore televisivo americano, l'11esima edizione del Premio Radici della Regione Liguria. La consegna è avvenuta stamane a Favale di Malvaro, in provincia di Genova, in occasione della 53esima edizione della Festa dell'Emigran...
Design Legend Mario Buatta's first book
These days it is commonplace for design whipper- snappers to roll out books celebrating their latest interiors. But Mario Buatta, a premier American decorating talent who has been working since the late 1950s, has patiently waited until now to take the publishing plunge. "I wasn't looking for more business," the septuagenarian Prince of Chintz...
Made in Italy in USA vale oltre 400 mln di Euro
Nel 2012 l'Italia ha esportato negli USA 133 mila tonnellate di oli vergini di oliva per un valore di 403 milioni di Euro su un totale di circa 1,3 miliardi di Euro di export in tutto il mondo. Vale a dire che un terzo di tutto l'export di olio extra vergine di oliva targato made in Italy vola verso gli USA che restano il primo mercato di riferimen...
Famous Luigi’s will close its doors on Saturday night after more than 70 years in D.C.
By Tim Carman When Katherine Burk left a photo exhibit downtown in search of lunch Thursday afternoon, she suggested to her husband and two friends that they stop at Famous Luigi's. Burk was feeling nostalgic: At age 15, she had her first date at the old RKO Keith's theater, where the Old Ebbitt Grill now sits, and followed up a screening...
St. Agnes Feast of Assumption commemorates 95 year tradition
by Jim Callaghan Sunday's Feast of the Assumption procession at St. Agnes Church was threatened with rain that did not lessen enthusiasm for the affair. Rachel Lamb was the 95th queen of the procession in honor of the blessed mother, a Roman Catholic holy day to commemorate the assumption of Mary, mother of Jesus, held on Aug. 15. The...
Job Opening: Italian Language 1 Instructor
Contact Info Fred De Sena Phone: 973.726.0820 Fax: 973.726.0820 [email protected] http://innovationsonlineed.com Position Type Teacher/Instructional / Online - Level: High School - Position:Italian State/Country New Jersey (US) Salary 5,500.00-5,500.00 per year Job Requirement One hour per day, five da...
Celebrating Italian culture
By Joe Goldeen "Winner! Winner! Salame dinner!" declared Deborah Casagrande of Galt after winning not one but two salames in three attempts at the Molinari and Sons Salame Toss booth, just one of the fun things to do at Sunday's Festa Italiana at the Lodi Grape Festival Grounds. Billed as "A Celebration of Everything Italian" and...