Maserati North America, Inc. Reports Best June Sales in 100 Year History, with a Landmark 323% Gain for the First Six Months of 2014
Maserati North America, Inc. continues to break its sales records in North America, today reporting (1,015 units) sold representing the strongest June sales month in the company's history and 228.5% percent increase compared to June 2013 (309 units). This continues the momentum from May 2014, which marked the best sales month in the compan...
Free Italian holidays festival @ Smithsonian American Art Museum
AMERICAN ART MUSEUM + EMBASSY OF ITALY/ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE Present: ITALIAN HOLIDAYS FESTIVAL. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2014 | 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM - SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM - KOGOD COURT 8th & F STREETS | WASHINGTON, DC 20004 *** NOTE: ARTISTS' PERFORMANCES CYCLE THRU THE DAY. WEB SITE: CLICK HERE ARTIST...
In Hudson unity display, Cirillo sworn in as West New York commissioner as Roque slate begins to take shape Read more at In Hudson unity display, Cirillo sworn in as West New York commissioner as Roque slate begins to take shape
by Mark Bonamo Cosmo Cirillo became the youngest commissioner in West New York history on Wednesday in a display of Hudson County Democratic political unity that some had to see to believe. State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-32) swore in Cirillo, 27, while state Assembly Speaker Vinny Prieto D-32) looked on. Cirillo serves as Prieto's senio...
Gusto Italian Grill to Open at Downtown Silver Spring
According to a news release, the New Jersey-based restaurant will open its second location in the area set to serve its customized Italian Roll-Ups, pasta bowls and salad bowls made with locally-grown and sustainable ingredients. The Downtown Silver Spring restaurant will feature the chain's signature "large tavola" (communal seating), stained conc...
The Justinian Foundation Awards Three Scholarships to Law Students
The Justinian Foundation, which provides scholarships to Italian-American students enrolled in Philadelphia-area law schools, recently presented scholarships totaling $4,500 to three area students. The Justinian Foundation President Barbara A. Capozzi, Esq. awarded $1,500 scholarships to two students entering their final years of law schoo...
Let’s Learn from the Past: Bloomfield
By Breanna Smith Known as Pittsburgh's "Little Italy," Bloomfield today comprises a variety of specialty Italian shops and traditions. But more than 100 years before the first wave of Italian immigrants, another ethnic group laid claim to this city neighborhood. Located about three miles east of Downtown Pittsburgh, Bloomfield encompasses...
Treasures of Calabria Revealed
Embassy of Italy - 3000 Whitehaven Street NW - Washington, DC 20008. December 1, 2015 at 6:45PM MORE INFO: click here CONTACT INFO: Giulio Busulini, Scientific Attaché, Embassy of Italy - [email protected] Registration PHOTO ID REQUIRED TO ENTER THE EMBASSY Overview of the importance to protect and preserve the Treasures...
Review: Il Volo at The Kennedy Center
by Em Skow I've always known that the mix of pop music and classical singing is one of the most popular music styles in Italy. What I didn't know until last night's Il Volo concert was that it is "Fan Girl" (Fan Woman, Fan Grown Man...) levels of popular. Numerous standing ovations, countless screaming fans, and more than one mid-...
Prince of Peace in Virginia Beach uses Italian-based method to make learning fun
A music class recently turned into a fishing exploration for Stephanie Jones' 4-year-old son Peter and his classmates at Prince of Peace Preschool. They decided their musical rhythm sticks resembled fishing poles, and so began their investigation into the world of fish and fish ponds. Their curiosity was piqued, and "the unit unfolded on i...
EU Month of Culture Spotlight: Italy
Elia Andrea Corazza, Kluge Fellow. Scholar Elia Andrea Corazza arrived at the Library of Congress in fall 2014 to conduct research on legendary Italian composer Ottorino Respighi. In particular, Corazza wished to know more about Respighi's collaboration with Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev, founder of the Ballets Russes, after World War I,...
Two Graduates Receive Corona D’Italia Scholarships
Jordan Dobbin, a senior at Canon-McMillan High School of Canonsburg, Pa. was awarded a $500 Corona D'Italia Memorial Scholarship in honor of her academic achievement and community involvement. Her eligibility was based on her grandfather, Herman D'Amico being a member of the Sons of Italy #608. She plans to attend California University of...
Montclair church takes legal aim Newark archbishop
The small band of protesters was dwarfed by the soaring twin bell towers of the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart. They didn't take up much space on the grand and expansive entrance way, graced by Pope John Paul II in 1995. And they didn't have much of an audience, either. Sunday Masses at one of North America's most ornate and i...