Padre Pio trova casa nel cuore di New York, Little Italy, nel 50.mo anniversario dalla sua dipartita
Nel cinquantesimo anniversario dalla morte di Padre Pio, non potevano mancare celebrazioni e festeggiamenti negli USA, soprattutto grazie alla folta presenza di Italo Americani. Su tutte sicuramente l’installazione della statua di Padre Pio “Io ti assolvo” creata dal più noto scultore del mondo cattolico, l’artista canadese Timothy Schmalz, rappres...
Dregni to present summer camp book at Eataly
Author Eric Dregni will talk about and sign his book “You’re Sending Me Where? Dispatches from Summer Camp” at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 at Eataly Chicago. During this lecture, Eric will share the experiences as a camp counselor at the Italian Concordia Language Village. Eric’s storytelling reassures us that there’s still a place in the woods where, un...
‘World’s largest’ Maine Italian to be made in Monument Square Thursday
If you’re a fan of the Maine Italian, head to Monument Square Thursday to get a bite of what is being billed as the World’s Largest Maine Italian Sandwich. At least eight local sandwich shops plan to meet there at 11 a.m. Each will construct 16 feet of its own signature Maine Italian. Together, they hope to construct a finished sandwich that is 144...
Comunita' degli Italiani - St Louis partners with SLU Italian Club and Italian Studies Program
Jenna Sommer doesn't have an ounce of Italian blood. At face-value, she seems like a typical mid-western girl with blue eyes and dirty blonde hair. Yet on a hot summer's day at the Italian community's celebration of Ferragosto in St Louis, she's speaking Italian. Fluent Italian. And many more college students who have no ancestors from the old coun...
Italy: Celebrating the work of artisans
Euronews reporter, Ines Fressynet says, “Craftsmanship or the production of handmade objects employs no less than 50 million Europeans. You probably don’t know all of these skills, and that’s precisely the work of the Michelangelo Foundation. To showcase the best of luxury craftsmanship know-how to design professionals and the general public, thro...
Southlake’s Ristorante Mulino offers authentic Italian cuisine
Husband-and-wife duo Russ and Lee Tuman became regular customers at Ristorante Mulino when it first opened in Southlake in May 2017. “A nice family started this restaurant and they were from New York, so they started this restaurant—it was kind of their dream,” Russ said. “Lee and I started coming here when this place opened, and we really enjoyed...
Officials: Bridgeport Columbus Day parade moving to Shelton
Bridgeport's 110-year-old Columbus Day parade will be moving to Shelton, according to parade officials. They say they simply could not afford to pay the roughly $17,000 in police overtime required to run the event. Parade officials say the city denied their request for a parade permit due to "financial considerations," telling them the city could n...
Divaria Productions Paying Homage To "Don Giovanni" In The Hamptons
Nearly 200 years after librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, Spanish bel canto expert Manuel Garcia and his daughter, opera diva Maria Malibran brought the first Italian opera to New York, Don Giovanni in New Yorkreturns - with a twist - this autumn at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. "We are very excited to bring this original production to the Hamptons....
Lagostina Announces Partnership with Celebrity Chef Giada De Laurentiis
Lagostina, a leading manufacturer of premium Italian cookware, is proud to announce a collaboration with Giada De Laurentiis - Italian-born American chef and restaurateur, New York Times Bestselling Author and Emmy Award winning television personality. For years, she has used Lagostina at the forefront of her television show "Giada in Italy." Now,...
Italy and the Geopolitics of Migration: Aesthetic Representations
Presented by the UCLA, Department of Italian & the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media, the symposium brings together artists and scholars to examine recent literary and cinematic representations of non-Western migration. Novelist, poet and essayist UBAH CRISTINA ALI FARAH—author of Little Mother (2011), a narrative about the Somali d...
Join us for an evening of Italian arias benefiting the Newport Performing Arts Center at the Opera House
Join us Wednesday, September 19th from 6:00pm – 8:30pm at a private Newport home for an unforgettable evening of Italian arias benefiting the Newport Performing Arts Center at the Opera House. This is an exclusive event featuring Italian wine, Caviar, Formaggio and Cocktails followed by a performance by Ms. Greta Feeney. Ms. Feeney studied at the J...
Italian kicker shining for Topeka High
"My name is Gregorio Leonardo." The way that name rolls off of Topeka High kicker Gregorio Leonardo's tongue is effortless. It's almost as effortless as how the Italian foreign exchange student caught the eye of Trojan head football coach Walt Alexander. "I saw potential with him in the hallway, before I had ever seen him kick," Alexander said. "Ju...