Bill Jennaro (Former Chairman of Festa Italiana Milwaukee)
Among the more than 300 festas that every year celebrate Italy in the US, a number that seems impossible but instead is real, today our interview will bring us to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Let's face it, this is not the first city that comes to our mind when we think about the American places of the Italian emigration: and probably it isn't even in the...
Staten Island man's return to hometown in Sicily an emotional reunion after 55 years
Not much changes in the Sicilian town of Noto -- just ask Great Kills resident Mario Belluomo.After emigrating from the Italian city as a child, the 61-year-old professional photographer and court officer decided it was finally time for a return to his roots. He visited Noto, located in the southeastern corner of Sicily, and several other parts of...
Italian machinery companies combine forces to market in North America
By Frank Antosiewicz A trio of Italian plastic machinery companies has formed a network and is retaining Alliance Automation LLC to market their products in the United States and Canada. Baruffaldi Plastic Technology srl, Engin Plast srl and Comav srl have formed the network called North Italian Plastic Technology, also known as NIP-Tech. &n...
Cucinelli Eyes Double-Digit Sales and Continued Profit Growth in 2015
Italian luxury cashmere maker Brunello Cucinelli forecast double-digit growth in earnings and sales both this year and next, after its net profit rose 18 percent to 15.6 million euros in the first half of 2014. Cucinelli said on Sept. 27th, it had completed the sales campaign of its Spring/Summer 2015 men's collection and the women's one w...
Boston Immigration and Urban History Seminar 2014-2015
The first session of the 2014-2015 Boston Immigration and Urban History Seminar will take place on September 23, when Natalia Molina of the University of California—San Diego will present on the role of history, memory, and the vernacular landscape in a Los Angeles neighborhood's evolving identity. Subsequent sessions will introduce us to...
Classic Sicilian fare, on a Little Italy balcony
I had one of those soul-satisfying, I-love-Baltimore nights a few Saturdays back at Cafe Gia Ristorante, a colorful, cheerful and satisfying Italian restaurant on the corner of High Street and Eastern Avenue. We showed up for early dinner reservations and were whisked right upstairs to the narrow second-floor balcony, which was pretty darn magical...
How An Italian Entrepreneur Reinvented His Homeland's Signature Export: The Vending Machine
Let's face it, when it comes to vending machines, Italy has more of them in operation than any other country in Europe, most of them preparing coffee. It is also the world leader in their manufacture and sale, with around 60% of products destined for export. But when Italian entrepreneur Nino Lo Iacono combined this world class manufa...
WWI Centennial Film:"Torneranno i Prati" - November 4 at 4:30 pm
For the Centennial of the Great War, the Educational Office of the Italian Consulate in Boston and the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, are proud to present a screening of: "Torneranno i Prati" A film by acclaimed director Ermanno Olmi. Introduction by Prof. Spencer Di Scala When: Tuesday, November 4 at 4:30 pmWher...
Italian restaurant in Longview embraces community, fresh cuisine
Before they start cooking every morning, Rudy Kiapeta, his wife, Miriam, and their staff at The Tuscan Pig Catering Co. gather together to pray. "We pray over our day, we pray that we embrace His grace, and that we make people smile with our food," Rudy Kiapeta said this week while fielding phone orders with a smile and greeting customers like fri...
I burattini bolognesi sbarcano negli Stati Uniti
Balanzone, Fagiolino, Lazzarone e altri burattini bolognesi sono sbarcati di nuovo negli Stati Uniti. Dopo la tournée del 2009 a Colorado Springs, la compagnia Burattini di Riccardo è stata ospitata all'Oxford College della Emory Universityad Atlanta in Georgia, dove il 20 novembre alla Williams Hall si è alzerà il sipario sulla commedia "...
ARANCIO (e non solo): intervista a Emanuele Pettener
Emanuele Pettener è nato a Venezia, ma vive negli Stati Uniti dal 2000 dove insegna lingua e letteratura italiana alla Florida Atlantic University. E non è un caso che il suo nuovo romanzo, "Arancio" (Meligrana, 2014), sia ambientato proprio in Florida. Un estratto del libro è disponibile qui... Ne approfittiamo per discutiamo con l'autore...
“Così aprirò alle startup italiane le porte della Grande Mela”
Italian tech entrepreneurs and all non US startups thinking of coming to New York have a new friend in the Big Apple: Gianluca Galletto, who has just been appointed Director of International Affairs at the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC). Gianluca was born in Taranto, 45 years ago. He's been a New Yorker since 1998,...