Giovanni Di Palma: Antico owner wants an Atlanta Little Italy
Giovanni Di Palma, The restaurateur and creator of Antico Pizza Napoletana in Atlanta, has experienced rapid, exponential growth and now he wants to expand. Pizza is in Giovanni's DNA and Zagat, the No.1 guide to discovering the best and most notable restaurants, called Antico Pizza the best in the country. To add to the Neapolitan ex...
“NINE” – Showtunes Theatre Company – Special offer for Festa Italiana
Here is an opportunity to see a Tony Award-winning musical based on a famous Italian film in a sophisticated theatrical setting for a fraction of the cost of a ticket to a Broadway musical. Please read the details below and then use the promo code in the coupon to get a $10 per ticket “Festa Italiana” discount. Showtunes Theatre Compa...
Lambrusco, the wine your parents sneered at, is now hot
by Bill St. John The nicest thing about recommending wine to Gen Xers and Gen Yers is that they don't have ear lids. Tell them that riesling is the world's greatest white wine grape and they say, "OK, cool; so show me." You hand them a glass of well-made Mosel; they go "Wow." That doesn't happen with baby boomers or those cal...
Local architect is set to serve as regional representative to AIA-NJ
The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ) announced that Robert Cozzarelli, AIA, will serve the American Institute of Architects as a Regional Representative to the organization's Strategic Council. The Belleville resident was installed during AIA-NJ's annual awards gala in Moorestown. Cozzarelli is a principa...
The first official visit of PM Matteo Renzi to the US reaffirms the ties between the two allies
by Antonella Ciancio Matteo Renzi, the youngest-ever Italian prime minister, started his first official visit to the capital of the United States speaking off-the-cuff to a group of promising students of Georgetown University in an address meant to reaffirm the friendship between the two allies amid new global economic and geopolitical cha...
Local manufacturer, Italian firm open Springfield plant
by Joe Cogliano Palmer Manufacturing & Supply Inc. has kicked off several new partnerships that will likely bring an influx of work to its Springfield operations. The 40-employee maker of heavy-duty no-bake foundry equipment recently inked two deals, including a story we broke several weeks ago about its joint venture with MAUS S.r.l....
Nuovo CGIE/ associazioni: ultimi giorni per registrarsi
Si chiudono dopodomani, 7 maggio, i termini per le iscrizioni delle associazioni italiane all'estero nell'albo consolare, condizione indispensabile per partecipare alla prossima elezione del Cgie. Dopo il rinnovo dei Comites, tocca al Consiglio generale che viene eletto, per ciascun Paese, da un'assemblea formata dai componenti dei Comites e da ra...
Choreographer Marrone takes to big screen
by Susan Broili Durham's Natalie Marrone makes her choreographic film debut in "Alto." She will be at its New York premiere at the 15th Annual VisionFest Film Festival. Marrone, who teaches dance at Duke University, was responsible for the dance scenes in the film's Italian Festival. The film has already won a Runner-up Audience...
Michael Benzaia lives the LA dream as X-ray tech and actor
If you had a normal first conversation with Michael Benzaia, he would tell you that he is just a regular Italian-American guy from New York. However, as someone who is both an actor/television personality and a CT/XR Technologist at Resolution Imaging in Santa Monica, he is living the LA life in a most unique way. "I might be the only CT/X...
Family is theme of 'Over the River and Through the Woods'
by Katie Winkler "Tengo famiglia: I have a family" is the theme of Flat Rock Playhouse's newest production, "Over the River and Through the Woods," which opens Thursday and runs through June 21. The play, by Joe DiPietro, is a heartwarming comedy about the intergenerational conflicts in one Italian-American family. "There's something...
La nutelleria di Eataly riapre, una volta per tutte
Ieri pomeriggio Cristina, blogger di i-NewYork e PR manager di Eataly USA, mi ha invitato nuovamente alla riapertura della Nutelleria di Eataly e questa volta resterà aperta "per sempre". Il video qui sopra è della prima apertura, di circa un anno fa. Il negozio è stato poi chiuso per mesi durante i lavori per creare il nuovo wine sto...
L’America adotta una guglia del Duomo dedicata a Santa Francesca Cabrini
di Stefania Consenti Guarda dall'alto la città e da sempre è il simbolo che unisce Milano e gli Stati Uniti. Dal 1956, anno in cui Francesca Cabrini fu fatta santa, la sua statua è stata collocata su una delle 135 guglie del Duomo di Milano creando questo ponte ideale fra la città meneghina e New York, due città che si somigliano molto. Ma...