Good Wine and Good Times at Quattro Goomba’s
By Dulcy Hooper The t-shirts worn by the staff provide an answer to the question before the question can even be asked: Who, or what, is Goomba? ". . . Close Friend, Pal, Companion." As suggested by the name, Quattro Goomba's winery in Aldie was formed by four (quattro) close friends (goomba in Italian)—David and Carole Camden and Jay a...
Big John Croce, pillar of Seattle food, Italian communities dies at 91
by Tricia Romano In Seattle's Italian-American community, everyone knew John Croce. "Big John," as he was called, was the founder and owner of Pacific Food Importers and Big John's P.F.I., the popular wholesale store and its sister retail outlet on Sixth Avenue in Sodo. Mr. Croce died Aug. 23 at Swedish Cherry Hill. He was 91. His...
2016 Rome Prize Competition Now Open
The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the 2016 Rome Prize. For over a century, the Academy has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative work in the arts and humanities. Through a national juried competition, Rome Prizes are awarded to emerging and established artists and scholars working in the following discipline...
Una delegazione di Filitalia International in visita al Museo del Violino
Una folta delegazione di Filitalia International, guidata dal suo fondatore Pasquale Nestico, ha visitato il Museo del violino di Cremona. Filitalia è una fondazione filantropica statunitense di italo-americani attiva nella diffusione della lingua e della cultura italiana nel mondo con sede a Filadelfia, in Pennsylvania. La delegazione era...
Fargo Commission Seeks to Rename Columbus Day
by Julianne Craw Since 1937, the United States has celebrated Columbus Day as a federal holiday, honoring the Italian explorer long-honored as the man who discovered America. Fargo is looking to revise the October holiday. Media outlets reported the Fargo Native American Commission is seeking to pass a resolution changing the name from...
In Defense of Columbus Day
Whether a man is praised or criticized, he is often given credit or blame for things he had little do with. The human character is such that it is attracted to superficial historical figures, with the nuances of their legacies replaced by blanket statements and broad assertions. In the internet age, this problem is epidemic. Moral superior...
International Prize Gradiva 2015 for Italian Poetry
October 22 (Thursday) 4:00 pm. International Prize Gradiva 2015 for Italian PoetryThis event is to celebrate the third International Poetry Prize, devoted to contemporary Italian poetry. President: Luigi Fontanella. Members of the International Jury: Alessandro Carrera, Milo De Angelis, Luigi Fontanella, Irene Marchegiani, Sylvia Morandina, El...
All (Italian) American
Growing up, I had a friend with dark hair and espresso-colored eyes whose skin turned a deep shade of copper in the sun. Her brother was flame-haired, fair-skinned and freckled. (Yes, I'm positive he wasn't adopted.) While they both shared the same roots of an Irish father and a Native American mother, their characteristics couldn't have been more...
Ernest Loves Agnes Brings Simple but Superlative Italian Food to Capitol Hill
By Nicole Sprinkle It's not easy stepping into the footprint of a long-running, beloved restaurant and bar like Kingfish Café, the soul-food mecca on north Capitol Hill that closed last winter—partly because of the neighborhood's increasing rents, according to the former owners, twin sisters Leslie and Laurie Coaston. But Ernest L...
Storia del liutaio che ha messo l’Internet in una chitarra fatta col legno di Stradivari
Girava per la sala stampa del Web Summit di Dublino con una chitarra nera in spalla. I capelli castani raccolti da un elastico, la barba folta e una maglietta nera. A prima vista poteva sembrare un metallaro. O qualcosa del genere. Entrare nello spazio riservato alla stampa del Web Summit è praticamente impossibile se non sei un giornalist...
Sons of Italy branch to celebrate 50th year
by Robert Storace The Order Sons of Italy in America's New Britain branch will hold its 50th anniversary Christmas dinner — filled with food, entertainment and socializing — Monday evening. The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. at the Angelo Tomasso Sr. Lodge at the New Britain Events Center, 430 Farmington Ave. Alderman Carlo Carlozzi...
Little Italy End of the Year Letter
by Little Italy San Jose As 2015 comes to an end, Little Italy San Jose is proud of the accomplishments we have made over the past 5 years since we became a 501c3 organization. It is because of the tremendous support we have had from all of you that we were able to Build our 31 foot Landmark Arch, Install the 30+ banners of Italian America...