When Will We Stand Up and Defend Our Heritage!
By Dr. Emanuele Alfano, President IAOVC Will we ever have enough Italian Americans that will stand up and defend our heritage and culture from continued negative portrayals? Will we ever have enough Italian Americans that can make a difference in putting an end to the endless degradation, ridicule and defamation perpetuate...
The Evolution of Recorded Sound with Comm. Aldo Mancusi - June 9th
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere presents: "The Evolution of Recorded Sound". A Program with Commendatore Aldo Mancusi, Founder & President of the Enrico Caruso Museum of AmericaThe Evolution of Recorded Sound. Presentation by Commendatore Aldo Mancusi filmed by Anton Evangelista Anyone who loves an...
Chef of the Week: Elvio makes pizza the old-fashioned way
By Grace Ryan Elvio DeCilla has been a part of the restaurant industry since he was 12 years old, working in a little Italian restaurant owned by his parents in New York City. Maybe that's why at Elvio's Pizzeria & Restaurant there's a sign touting his pizza to be the "best north of the Bronx"! His mother's family came from...
IT and US: Italian Americans celebrate heritage with trip to EXPO Milano 2015 this fall
WTI Magazine #63 2015 June, 27Author : Beth Connolly Translation by: The Italian American community is coming together to go to EXPO Milano 2015 this fall! With this year's Italian Heritage and Culture Month theme, "Italian Creativity: Celebrating 50 years of Science and Technology, New York World's Fair 1965 – Expo Milano 2015," it'...
L’Italia che stupisce
Il rapporto "I.T.A.L.I.A. – Geografie del nuovo made in Italy" di Fondazione Symbola, Unioncamere e Fondazione Edison, recentemente presentato a Treia nella sessione di apertura del XIII Seminario estivo di Symbola, nasce con l'intento di raccontare la parte del Paese che non ti aspetti, quella che stupisce e conquista prestigio, visibilità e credi...
Greater Youngstown Italian Fest continues tradition
by Guy D'Astolfo The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest continues to extend a welcoming hand to the downtown crowd. The annual street festival is this weekend and – continuing a tradition – the food vendors will get an early start by opening for lunch Friday. This year, the lunch rush will morph into an early happy hour with the band Pun...
13 Unusual Things to See in Rome
Want to know where to find really unusual things to see in Rome? I mean really off the beaten track, amazing things hidden (almost) from plain view. While you wander around Rome checking out the major attractions, see if you can find these. In the photo to the left, you see this crazy monster doorway. Read more ...
Cristina Dalle Ore: the NASA scientist from Treviso who took part in the New Horizons mission
by Silvia Simonetti A few weeks ago, the NASA mission called New Horizons performed the closest approach to Pluto, the "ice dwarf," unexplored planet in the Solar System. Among the scientists, who are investigating the mysteries of our Universe, are brilliant Italian minds like astronomer and astrobiologist Cristina Dalle Ore, whose f...
Flavor of Italy to be featured at new restaurant
By Angie Haflich A taste of Italy — authentic Italy — is coming to downtown Garden City in the form of a new Italian restaurant, one unique to western Kansas that promises a variety of offerings. The anticipated opening of Giardino, which fittingly enough means "garden" in Italian, is two to three weeks away. Located in the f...
Celebrate Italian food at Identita Golose
by Kysha Harris Identita Golose, one of the most prestigious international culinary organizations highlighting the best of contemporary Italian cuisine, returns to the United States for the sixth annual Identita New York Sept. 30 to Oct. 3. Hosted again by Eataly, the series of events feature some of Italy's most lauded culinary h...
Italy Comes to America "Concerto Tra Amici"
October 4 (Sunday) 3:00 pmItaly Comes to America "Concerto Tra Amici"Featuring the winner, Deborah Lurato, and several other talented musicians and singers who performed on the Italian version of American Idol, called "Concerto Tra Amici"Sponsored by Il Club Italiano of Westchester Community College, in Cooperation with the Westchester Coalition of...
Italian Art and inspiration at the Union League of Philadelphia
October 10 @ 10:00 am. Philadelphia, PA 19102 The Union League 140 S. Broad Street. Join us at the Heritage Center to celebrate Italian Heritage month with Ciao Philadelphia. Tours of the League House will be offered to the public on Saturday, October 10, with a focus on Italian Art at the League. To join us: Reservations are not...