Il New Jersey da sempre è stato l'italiano d'America. La grande presenza di italo-americani è il motore principale, ma adesso si guarda ancora più in là, a un incremento dei rapporti commerciali tra Garden State e l'Italia. Lo ha sottolineato Maurizio Forte, presidente dell'Italian Trade Agency, l'Istituto per il Commercio Estero, l'ICE, di New Yor...
Al Pacino is one of the most acclaimed actors in film history. He is most famous for his roles in "The Godfather," "The Godfather II," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon," "Scarface," "Carlito's Way," "Heat" and "Scent of a Woman." He is a winner of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe awards, the National Medal of Arts and the...
Growing up, Dino LaSasso would never bring peanut butter and jelly or flavorless cold cut sandwiches to school for lunch. His mother, Patricia Bender, a former restaurant owner and chef, would make her three children veal cutlet sandwiches for lunch instead. "I just assumed everybody had food like that," LaSasso said. After he was shocked...
by Darlene J. Swiger People lined West Main Street in downtown Clarksburg Friday afternoon to watch the 38th annual West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival coronation. The ceremony officially kicks off the three-day festival held each Labor Day weekend. Friday's ceremony began with the introduction of the festival's princesses, Mi...
A longtime Mount Vernon restaurant that closed last year after 65 years and then reopened briefly is expected to reopen again Oct. 18. The Lincoln Lounge, also known as Solano's, operated for 65 years at 209 Stevens Ave. before closing May 2015. "We're going to continue the legacy and bring back what it was," said Federico Gugliemo, w...
The 2012 Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County presented its annual scholarships at a recent diner meeting held at the Copper Hill Country Club in Ringoes. Recipients and Club Officers (from left) are Anthony Nicaretta, Christopher DeSapio, Tess Pearson, Karlina Juelch, Foundation Treasurer James Christie, Scholarship Chairperson Donna...
NEW YORK, December 27, 2012 -- Fly.com™, the world's easiest-to-use airfare search engine, today announced the findings of its inaugural New Year Travel Resolutions Survey, which identifies America's most desired destinations for the new year. At the top of America's "wish list" is Italy, closely followed by Australia. They are joined in the top f...
The AIS and the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia invite you to A Stradivari in Philadelphia Matteo Fedeli plays the valuable Antonio Stradivari violin of 1726 "ex Adams Collection" Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 6:00pm at The Ethical Society Building in Ritternhouse Sq, Philadelphia This event is free and...
by Marta Dassù and Charles A. Kupchan Yes, the United States is pivoting to Asia, one of the reasons for the tête-à-tête last week between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. But behind the scenes, President Obama has actually been reorienting U.S. diplomacy toward Europe. At the outset of his second term, Obama unfurled a bold initiativ...
Stasera alle 18.00 presso l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington si terrà una cerimonia di consegna di 78 borse di studio a favore di studenti che hanno sostenuto l'esame "Advanced Placement" (AP) di italiano nel maggio 2013 e di insegnanti di italiano negli Stati Uniti. 28 borse sono state offerte da Eduitalia (consorzio che riunisce una sett...
"To-night I have been wandering awhile in the Capitol, which is all lit up," wrote poet Walt Whitman in 1865. "The illuminated rotunda looks fine. I like to stand aside and look a long, long while, up at the dome; it comforts me somehow." It still comforts America. But while you'd never know it to look at it, the Capitol dome is slowly,...
The Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises are pleased to announce some of the major initiatives confirmed as part of this year's Sinatra 100 centennial celebration honoring one of the most cherished entertainment legends of all time, Frank Sinatra. An icon who forever epitomizes the American dream, Frank Sinatra continues to have an...