Sons of Italy plan two fundraisers
Back-to-back fundraisers will be held the last weekend of October at the Brownsville Sons & Daughters of Italy, Frank Ricco Lodge 731, 16 Race St. An oldies dance will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight Oct. 29, and will feature music by DJ Ted Knisley. Doors open at 7. Admission is $10 per person in advance or at the door. For table reservat...
Verdi Re-Imagined - Fantasias from Verdi's Operas
Composers in the 19th century produced a panoply of fantasies, paraphrases and transcriptions designed to bring the world of opera into the household - but what about the concert hall? Cameristi della Scala explores Giuseppe Verdi's music in instrumental adaptations by his contemporaries, all featuring a string soloist with chamber orchestra. These...
At American Visionary Art Museum - FRANK BRUNO: A Life Devoted to THE END
Extended thru February 2, 2014Third Floor Gallery, Zanvyl A. Krieger Main Building This summer, the American Visionary Art Museum presents FRANK BRUNO: A Life Devoted to THE END—a hot hellfire and damnation exhibition featuring 14 masterworks created over the last five decades by visionary true believer Frank Bruno, with mind-blowing atten...
Italian Americans media and beyond: between stylemes and stereotypes
The Department of Italian invites you to a lecture by Fulvio S. Orsitto who is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Italian and Italian American program at California State University at Chico. Born in Turin, Italy, he holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Turin, an M.A. in Film Studies and a Ph.D. in Italian from th...
Good Eye: Italian Bankers Row
by Inga Saffron In the late 19th century, when thousands of Italian immigrants were pouring into South Philadelphia to make their fortunes, Seventh Street was transformed into a bustling bankers row. By 1897, there were 25 rowhouse-size banks between Bainbridge and Washington Avenues, all competing to provide newcomers with loans, money tr...
Roscigno, il manager del Credito cooperativo "Uomo dell'anno" negli Usa
Il direttore generale della Bcc Monte Pruno di Roscigno, Michele Albanese è stato nominato negli Stati Uniti "Uomo dell’anno”. Il prestigioso premio è stato conferito dalla Federazione delle associazioni campane in USA per "i suoi meriti, il suo servizio, la sua amicizia nei confronti delle Associazioni americane aderenti alla Federazione". ...
What Does The Italian Heritage Mean To Clarksburg?
by Taylor Deer At the end of the 19th Century, the first Italians made their way into Clarksburg to find what they called, "big money jobs" in the coal mines but ever since the population has been growing quickly and the atmosphere the Italians bring along is part of what makes Clarksburg so nice, and once a year Clarksburg celebrates it's...
Carmello’s in Manassas wins Best of Virginia award
Carmello's is owned by long-time Manassas resident, Alice Pires, a Portuguese immigrant, who established the local landmark in 1987. The family-owned restaurant's seasonal menus serve a wide variety of American cuisine with Portuguese and Mediterranean influence. Carmello's uses local sources for ingredients. The dishes are complemented by fre...
New doughnut shop and Italian restaurant open in Virginia Beach
By Judy Cowling For those still in shock over the closing of the Starbucks at the foot of the Lesner Bridge, weep no more. Sugar Shack Donuts & Coffee opened Dec. 2 and is ready to satisfy your caffeine, hang spot and sweet tooth fixes. The interior has been updated with multicolor wood planking, ceramic wood-look tile floors and bric...
A Shy Italian Shines
Though the origins of coffee hail from the Yemenite peninsula (in MOkha city), it only spread throughout Italy, starting from Venice, in the XVIth century, then in theUnited States, a hundred years later, with the opening of a Cafè in Boston. First question coming up is why the coffee we taste in Italy is literaly different from the one made in US...
Il Bacco Toscano seduce ancora gli States
Il primo amore non si scorda mai. E infatti gli Stati Uniti continuano a dimostrare il loro apprezzamento per i Vini toscani a Denominazione d'Origine Protetta. Vini che dal 2010 hanno cominciato a riconquistare le quote di mercato perse tra la fine del 2008 e il 2009, arrivando oggi a livelli superiori a quelli pre-crisi. Da gennaio a ottobre 201...
Italian Visiting Affiliate Assistant Professor
Visiting Affiliate Assistant Professor (or Instructor), Italian - Job Category: FacultyDepartment: Modern Languages & LiteraturesIf Temporary or Visiting, Estimated End Date: 06-30-2014Essential Duties of the Position: Teach Italian 100-level courses (3/4 of position) and coordinate pre-core and core courses (1/4 of position)Required Qualifica...