Italian religious events: Saint Nicholas of Bari Feast, Bari
WTI Magazine #29 2014 May, 8Author : folclore.it Translation by: One of the most ancient events in Italy recurs every year on May 7. A colossal historical reenactment with hundreds of actors, extras and historical groups, winds through the center of the city of Bari, the Capital of Puglia, ending at the majestic Papal Basilica of Sai...
Presentation of the book: Re-reading Italian Americana
Presentation of the book: Re-reading Italian Americana: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism (Fairleigh Dickinson UP 2014), by Anthony Julian Tamburri. Divided into three sections, the first deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in Italy. Section two con...
East Rochester businesses - part III
Guiseppe's Restaurant, now Perlo's Restaurant on N. Washington St., opened in 1986. Proprietor Joseph Parvano, a former contractor, turned the building into a family restaurant, featuring authentic Italian cuisine based on family recipes. Despatch Junction, which sells and repairs toy trains, is housed in one of the oldest standing structu...
Mary Menniti's Italian Garden Project seeks to document and celebrate a horticultural tradition
Severio Strati's 300-by-30-foot garden boasts grids of peppers, garlic and eggplant, with 130 tomato plants. There's a grape arbor, peach trees and a few figs that survived winter. "I cover good. That's why I didn't lose them," he says. For 60 years, the Hazelwood resident — who spent most of his working life in J&L Steel's warehouse d...
Hoboken church prepares to host annual Italian festival this month
St. Ann Church will host its annual Italian festival from July 23 to July 27. The bonanza will consist of rides, games, crafts, raffles and nightly entertainment. The week's festivities will kick off on Wednesday with Sinatra Idol, and Dave Arellano and the Bill Wilkinson Orchestra. Thursday is Latino Night with Ray Rodriquez y Swing Sabro...
Italian sport: A fantastic summer of victories for the Italians
WTI Magazine #40 2014 July, 23Author : Simone Callisto Manca Translation by: There really are no more words to celebrate the strength of a school, the one of the Italian fencing, and in particular women's foil, that despite all does not stops its winning streak.
Norristown, Plymouth parishioners set to celebrate Italian festivals
September's annual Feast of San Gennaro — named for Naples' patron saint — draws thousands of fun-seeking tourists and locals to the streets of Little Italy in New York. The yearly religious feasts celebrated by descendants of the numerous Italians who settled in Norristown and Plymouth at the turn of the 20th century attract far smaller n...
Share Italian and American Cultures
Imagine the experience of hosting a student from Italy, how the shared experience could affect you, your family and friends. This is the younger generation that will become the teachers, politicians, researchers, and business people who will be in command of our planet in 20 years. Use your parenting and pedagogical skills to mold the future – and...
Brembo to invest € 74 million to bulid a new foundry in the USA
The Group announces plans to broaden its industrial capacity in Michigan and vertically integrate its production processes. Once construction is completed, the approximately 30,000 square meter facility will have an annual output of up to 80,000 tons. Brembo has announced the construction of a cast iron foundry near its Homer facilities...
Pizza in Seattle: more than a simple pie
Ask any Italian in Seattle about the topic of pizza and it will certainly cause a fair amount of debate. Some of us have our favorites, our guilty pleasures and some might say good pizza outside of Italy doesn't exist. "De gustibus non est disputandum", an old Latin maxim says, "In matters of taste, there can be no disputes", and it cannot be more...
2 for $20: Zozo's — Great Italian food at great prices
THE PLACE: Zozo's Ristorante is a family-run Italian restaurant owned by Sid and Judy Ashton, who moved to Reno from the Bay Area in 1986. Their son, Kevin, a graduate of the Western Culinary Academy, is the chef. Zozo's, in the Moana West center, is open weekdays for lunch and nightly for dinner. THE LOOK: As soon as you walk through the...
Il ristorante della settimana. "La Volpe" di Centers Moriches, Long Island
Porto Empedocle è una ridente cittadina ai piedi di Agrigento, in Sicilia. Un posto fantastico, con il suo mare, la sua costa, il suo porto, è uno di quei luoghi che fanno sognare. Reso celebre dalla penna del famoso scrittore Andrea Camilleri che a Porto Empedocle, "Vigata" nella finzione, ha ambientato le celeberrime vicende del Commissario Monta...