Italian Festivals of New Mexico presents LARGE check to UNM Children’s Hospital
Each year Italian Festivals of New Mexico produces the NM Italian Film & Culture Festival to raise funds for the state's only hospital dedicated to the care and treatment of newborns, infants and children. The 2014 week-long celebration of Italian cinema and culture resulted in a donation of $26,000. It was presented to the Hospital du...
Italian Festival to honor scholarship winners
The Scholarship Committee of the Italian Festival Foundation will present special awards to the 2014 Italian Festival scholarship winners on Saturday night, July 27th at 6:30 p.m. on the Heritage Port Stage. The presentation will take place prior to the Elio Scaccio Orchstra show. The scholarship winners will be introduced by Nancy Ducci,...
Ricordato Vito Marcantonio, il congressman radicale di sinistra rieletto sei volte dalla gente di East Harlem
by Riccardo Chioni "Vito Marcantonio si è battuto incessantemente affinché giustizia sociale, diritti civili e il sogno americano fossero accessibili a tutti" ha detto ieri la presidente del consiglio comunale Melissa Mark Viverito durante la commemorazione al Woodlawn Cemetery nel Bronx del 60esimo anniversario della morte del parlamentare italoa...
TUDOR Championship: Risi Competizione Ferrari claims last-lap VIR thriller
by John Dagys Risi Competizione claimed back-to-back GT Le Mans victories following a thrilling last-lap pass by Giancarlo Fisichella on Wolf Henzler for the win in Sunday's Oak Tree Grand Prix at Virginia International Raceway. The GT-only TUDOR United SportsCar Championship round came down to a seven-minute shootout for the win, fol...
Palm Weaving Workshops
Workshops will be presented by Gene Fedeli, who has been teaching the Sicilian Tradition of Palm Weaving for the past 20 years.Place: St. Joan of Arc Parish Center - 22412 Overlake St. - Saint Clair Shores, MI 48080. Dates: Monday March 23, 2015. Session 1: from 10:00 AM until Noon. Session 2: from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesda...
Opera San Jose to Stage THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS, 11/15-30
Opera San José (OSJ) continues its season with Gioachino Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers. This sparkling and fast-paced opera weaves a madcap story full of twists and turns into a comic adventure to a land of magnificent palaces, swashbuckling pirates and lavish harems. The Italian Girl in Algiers will be sung in Italian with English...
An evening of Jazz With Diamante Gallina and the Italian Quartet
October 22 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm | FreeDiamante Gallina: Vocals Jacopo Salieri: Piano Giannicola Spezzigu: Double Bass Giuseppe Tortorelli: Drums The Italian Quartet presents an unique tribute to Italy, the "Bel Paese"of enviable beautiful cities, fascinating lifestyle and music. A great selection of unforgettable melodies of worldwide famo...
Una festa di musica e sapori per il sesto anniversario di Taste of Italy
Sabato 11 ottobre, più che in California, qualcuno avrebbe tranquillamente pensato di trovarsi in Italia. A testimoniare questa sensazione bastavano i profumi e l'atmosfera che hanno trasformato la Pico House, storico edificio losangelino nel cuore di Downtown L.A., in una festa tricolore. Il successo dell'ultimo Taste of Italy è stato cer...
UNICO Delmarva celebrates Italian American Heritage Month with bocce tournament
Rain did not deter the members of the UNICO Delmarva Chapter, family and friends from enjoying animated conversation, competition and good food at the chapter's bocce tournament held Oct. 11 at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton. The event celebrated Columbus Day weekend and Gov. Jack Markell's proclamation of October as Italian American...
Italian Aperitivo: don't call it "happy hour"
by Serena Perfetto Aperitivo is an Italian word coming from Latin: in the ancient Rome, people used to have a glass of mulsum, a drink made of wine and honey to serve with the gustatio, the starters. Tradition of drinking a little wine before lunch was in use at least until the Middle Age, but only in the 20th century it has become a real...
Northvale factory operations moving to Jacksonville, Alabama
A global valve and fuel injection device manufacturer is closing its Northvale factory and moving 86 jobs to Jacksonville, Ala. Gnutti Carlo USA, which in December 2012 acquired WH Industries, a Northvale car parts maker, said it is moving to "centralize U.S. operations." Read more Source: http://www.northjersey.com...
John Calvelli (Italy and The Bronx)
The Bronx has been home of many Italians during the XX century. It is impossible, for those who are interested in knowing the history of the Italian American community, to ignore this New York borough; as it is impossible not to feel Italy in Arthur Avenue, that somebody calls "the real Little Italy". It is here that we've met John Calvelli, now E...