Eat Italian in L'ville to benefit quake victims
by Gere Downs The recent earthquake that devastated Italy resounds in the hearts of Italian Americans and restaurant fans in Louisville. Local restaurateurs are responding with a fundraising campaign. Eat until September 17th at Vincenzo's, Porcini, Equus, Corbett's Restaurant - An American Place, Adrienne & Co. Bakery & Cafe, Roux, C...
John Angotti in concert
When: Sunday November 6, 2016 at 2:15 pm Where: St Agnes Academy, 4850 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, TN The UNICO Memphis Chapter Foundation is sponsoring a concert by John Angotti to support local charities. Tickets are only $50.00 each and includes food, drinks and the concert. The date is Sunday November 6, 2016. Hors D'Oeuvres...
Sign Petition Demanding Justice for Italian Americans
by NIAF During World War II, the United States government interned and relocated thousands of Italian Americans, often confiscating their property. These actions, which affected many in our community, have been largely overlooked by history. Currently, there are two bills before Congress that would require the federal government to acknowl...
Greenwich celebrates Columbus Day with flag-raising
Columbus Day was marked Monday with a salute to the Italian flag outside of Town Hall by the St. Lawrence Society and the larger contributions of Italian immigrants to the town. "This day is full of memories for us all, but most thoughts point to the hard work of our parents and our grandparents," St. Lawrence Society President Tod Laudonia said,...
How Italy’s Job Market Beats the U.S.
By Narayana Kocherlakota Italy's economic performance is typically viewed as among the weakest in the developed world. Yet by some measures, its workers are actually better off than those in America -- a reality that raises important questions about the functioning of the U.S. job market. Compared with other developed countries, the...
75% In Favor of Proposed Hill Development
With Over 600 Surveys Taken We Have 75% In Favor of the Proposed Development. The Hill Neighborhood Association has been working hard to make sure your voice is heard. After overwhelming support at the last public meeting on the proposed development, we got to work designing a survey to get more feedback from a larger sampling of our community...
Seven Questions With Andrea Bocelli
When Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli burst onto the scene in the '90s, hearts swooned to his arias and love songs. "Con Te Partiro," later recorded as a duet with soprano Sarah Brightman titled "Time to Say Goodbye," became a global hit shortly after its 1996 release. That year the single was added to Bocelli's compilation album Romanza, whic...
Vuoi migliorare il tuo inglese-americano sul serio? A Providence ti ospitano pure gratis!
PROVIDENCEProvidence è la capitale del Rhode Island, lo stato più piccolo degli Stati Uniti, grande più o meno quanto la Val d'Aosta. La sua particolarità però è un'altra e ci riguarda da vicino: qui c'è la più alta percentuale di americani di origine italiana. DOVE SI TROVA E CHI CI VIVEAffacciata sull'Oceano Atlantico, Providence dista 1...
Pastry chef brings Italian traditions to her childhood home
Angela Ranalli-Cicala was shopping at the Cherry Hill Mall with her 9-year-old son Augustino when she had the strangest feeling wash over her. It was as if her late grandmother and great-grandmother were whispering, "Va a casa!'' in her ear – "Go to the house!'' Home these days is South Philly, but the "house'' evoked in Italian in the middle o...
Local Lorain tailor announces retirement after 70 years in business
By Kevin Martin Frank Pelusi, the owner of Fashion Dry Cleaners and Tailoring in the 1700 block of East 28th Street in Lorain, is retiring and has decided to close the business after nearly 70 years. Pelusi's business is believed to the longest standing business in continuous operation on 28th Street and perhaps south Lorain. He wants to than...
Emanuele Guglielmino wins the MTB Startup School!
Last Thursday the MTB Italy Tour stopped in Genoa.Genova is a home of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), the new Technology Park "Erzelli" and a prestigious University: an enormous but highly unexploited potential for innovation.Our goal for this second stop of our Tour is Genova was simple: spread the message, as loud as possible, that bui...
Italian American Museum Presents “A Presepe For New York”
Nearly every Italian town has a Presepe but after the events of 9/11, New York received its very own. Named "Il Presepe della Pace" (The Nativity of Peace), craftsmen at the famed Ferrigno workshop in Naples created this 18th century style Presepe that represents everyday Neapolitan life symbolically surrounding the Holy Family. Naples has been th...