New-to-Alabama restaurant BRAVO! Cucina Italiana coming to Bridge Street Town Centre in Huntsville
A new-to-Alabama Italian restaurant will take over Huntsville's Bridge Street Town Centre this year on the shopping center's south side near DSW in the Belk expansion area. Columbus, Ohio-based BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, a 6,700-square-foot, full-service eatery with Roman-ruin décor and an outdoor dining patio, will open this fall at Bridge S...
Legendary Italian / American Baseball Personality: Joe Garagiola
Joseph Henry Garagiola was Born on February 12, 1926 in the Italian section of a neighborhood called the Hill, in St. Louis, Missouri. Garagiola grew up across the street from Yogi Berra and the two became close friends throughout their life. Also on the same block would eventually live broadcaster Jack Buck & his son Joe Buck as well...
Italian dinner raises money for medical research
By Janice Neumann Once known mainly for helping newly-arrived immigrants from Italy, the Order of Sons of Italy in America now raises money for research into various diseases. Members of the Grand Lodge of Illinois and Wisconsin also appreciate good Italian food and its Orland Park branch is holding a Polenta and Italian Sausage Dinner to...
Language Coordinator Position at Rutgers University
The Department of Italian at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick Campus), invites applications for a three-year renewable position as Language Coordinator at the rank of Instructor, beginning on July 1, 2014. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in hand in Italian Studies and a specialization and/or long experi...
Legendary Ducati designer Massimo Tamburini dies aged 70
by Tom Walsh Legendary motorbike designer Massimo Tamburini has died this weekend at the age of 70 after a lengthy battle with cancer. The designer, who was responsible for some of the most iconic and recognisable models in the sports biking world, was known for working with the likes of Cagiva, Ducati, MV Agusta and Bimota, of wh...
Let's fill the streets! Good Friday procession - april 18
The annual GOOD FRIDAY procession through the streets of Little Italy is a wonderful tradition! Join parishioners and clergy in this beautiful and moving OUTDOORS STATIONS OF THE CROSS that processes through the streets of Little Italy following the Corpus of Christ. The stations on large boards are set up at various restaurants and reside...
Italian cinema: The dream is back, Cinecittà is still alive
WTI Magazine #28 2014 May, 1Author : Simone doc Bracci Translation by: It was the set of "Ben Hur", "Elena di Troia" (Helen of Troy), "Francesco" (Francis of Assisi), "Cleopatra", "Il tormento e l'estasi " (The Agony and the Ecstasy) and most of the classic Federico Fellini movies, considered a prestigious location, with a high poten...
Italian lifestyle: Prada Candy, a comics to celebrate flower power
WTI Magazine #30 2014 May, 15Author : Maria Teresa Squillaci Translation by: To celebrate the release of Prada Candy Florale, French actress Lea Seydoux appears in a comic strip penned by renowned illustrator Francois Berthoud. Based on the wants and needs every girl has in terms of her choice in fragrance, Berthoud used only two col...
Italian art: Roberto Ferri
WTI Magazine #32 2014 May, 29Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: There is an artist in Italy who has earned more than any other, in this first part of the twenty first century, the reputation of "child prodigy": the painter Roberto Ferri. Already a decade ago, when he was in his early twenties, his name was big among the Rom...
Nella nostra comunità Roger Boschetti: An icon in the Italian Community
A man whose life made a real and lasting difference nella nostra comunità, Roger Boschetti stood out as a supporter of any and every Italian organization, club, or cause that he encountered. A former San Francisco police officer in the 1940s, he was involved in one capacity or another wherever he went. He served as President of the San Fra...
Order Sons of Italy in America opens 78th grand convention
The Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) Grand Lodge of California opened its 78th Grand Convention this morning at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel in Millbrae, California. Delegates from throughout California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Southern Oregon happily gathered together for an annual event that is more reminiscent of a family reunion tha...
Continua l'ascesa delle esportazioni di Parmigiano Reggiano verso gli USA
Continuano ad aumentare i consumi di Parmigiano Reggiano nel mercato del Nord America. Nei primi tre mesi dell'anno si è registrato un +2,7% delle esportazioni negli Usa e un +12,7% nel Canada, in un quadro decisamente positivo delle esportazioni totali, che nello stesso periodo hanno fatto segnare un +4,8%. Lo rende noto l'Osservatorio Ag...