Baseball legend Yogi Berra dies at 90
American baseball legend Yogi Berra, said to have inspired the cartoon character Yogi Bear, has died at the age of 90. The Yogi Berra Museum announced that the Hall of Fame catcher had died on Tuesday evening. Berra spent almost all of his 19-year career with the New York Yankees. He was a three-time Most Valuable Player and 13-time World Ser...
Annual Festa celebrates local Italian heritage
By Karlene Ponti Be Italian for a day! The annual Italian Heritage Association Festa dinner will take place Oct. 10 at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds. This year's dinner marks the group's 30th anniversary of celebrating local Italian heritage. #The purpose of both the IHA and the Festa is the same: to preserve Italian heritage...
Edward Bevilacqua (Vice President of the Italian American Club of Las Vegas)
Wandering around the 50 States in search of traces of Italy on American soil, this time we land where everybody once in their life would like to go to have fun, to do something different, to change at least for a bit the routine of their lives: Las Vegas. A city known all over the world, a place with a very different story than every other plac...
Effetto Expo sul turismo, indotto da 100 milioni in 4 mesi: boom per gli alberghi ad agosto
L'Esposizione Universale dal mese di apertura fino ad agosto ha trainato il sistema ricettivo non solo di Milano, ma anche di altri territori italiani: per i quattro mesi trascorsi dal giorno dell'inaugurazione di Expo, l'Ufficio Studi della Camera di commercio di Monza e Brianza ha stimato in circa 100 milioni di euro l'indotto e le ricadute econo...
New England Italian Film Festival 2015 in Boston
November 4, 2015 - Wednesday 7:30 PM. Northeastern University - 346 Huntington Avenue - Boston, Massachusetts 02115. The Italian Program at Northeastern University is pleased to present, in collaboration with the Italian Consulate in Boston and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the New England Italian Film Festival....
Fiat 500X: il crossover da spettacolo a Las Vegas
Una delle automobili più ammirate nel corso del SEMA di Las Vegas, che si è svolto in questi giorni nella città americana, è proprio la nuova Fiat 500X. Il crossover made in Italy della principale casa automobilistica del nostro paese dà spettacolo durante l'importante kermesse americana. All'edizione 2015 della manifestazione, infatti, Fi...
Sons of Italy Foundation® 2016 National Leadership Grant Competition Begins
Through the Sons of Italy Foundation® (SIF), the Order Sons of Italy in America® (OSIA) has awarded nearly $59 million in scholarships to date. In past years, the SIF has offered 10 to 12 merit-based scholarships (National Leadership Grants), ranging from $4,000 to $25,000, in a nationwide competition. These figures and the number of scholarsh...
Bulldogs receiving assist courtesy of Italy
By Pat Dailey Sebastiano Frandino has already won over his Blue Eye teammates by bringing a sampling of the taste of genuine Italian cuisine to the Bulldogs. Frandino, a foreign-exchange student from Italy in his first school year at Blue Eye, has twice treated his cohorts to dinner with pasta, what else, being the main course. ...
The Florentine Italian Restaurant Is A Must -Try! Chicago, IL
by Michelle Guilbeau The Florentine is located on the 2nf floor of the JW Marriott at 151 W. Adams. It is walking distance to the heart of Chicago's financial district. They are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the week. They are open at 6:30am to 10:30am to accommodate breakfast meetings, and will serve lunch between 11:0...
Opening date set for new BRAVO Italian restaurant
By Mark Fisher The BRAVO! Cucina Italiana Restaurant under construction at the Mall at Fairfield Commons has set a tentative opening date of Jan. 28, a spokeswoman for the restaurant chain said today, Dec. 17. Bravo, which also operates a restaurant on Ohio 725 near the Dayton Mall, will occupy a 7,310-square-foot space that includes a 1,500-...
Pizzeria 88 Will Replace Corretto on Broadway
by Ronald Holden Taking over the space on Broadway currently occupied by Corretto is a new pizza venture from Karim Bonjrada, whose tiny Sicilian café in Magnolia, Mondello, has just celebrated its 13th anniversary. The name, Pizzeria 88, is a tribute to a nightclub that Bonjrada's mother, "Mamma" Enza Sorrentino, ran in Palermo, Sicily, befo...
Il ministero dei Beni culturali sceglie Travel Appeal per monitorare la reputazione di 27 musei
di Arcangelo Rociola Un incontro con Dario Franceschini, hanno presentato il loro progetto che è piaciuto al ministro. La startup incubata da H-Farm racconta l'accordo e perché sono stati scelti per monitorare la reputation dei musei italiani. «Abbiamo incontrato il ministro Dario Franceschini ad un evento qualche settimana fa. Gli ab...