Sprinkles Italian Bakery Is a Sweet Success in Wilmington
Sprinkles Italian Bakery & Market just opened in Wilmington. The charming space serves up baked goods alongside house-made and locally-sourced Italian classics like fresh bread, tomato pie and pasta. It also offers grab-and-go lunches like sandwiches and sides. The heart of the business, though, is the family behind it—particularly the young women...
Siena: Where History Comes Alive!
Welcome to Siena, where time seems to pause and history whispers through every winding alley. In this extensive guide, we invite you to join us on an extraordinary journey through Siena's rich history, secret treasures, and tantalizing flavors, as shared with you by locals like Marco, Isabella, and Giovanni. Marco, a passionate participant in many...
Jimmy Garoppolo’s secret foot surgery puts his Raiders availability in doubt
The Las Vegas Raiders saw both quarterbacks who started games for them last season depart for new opportunities over the past few months. Derek Carr is now in the NFC South, as the new starting quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. Jarrett Stidham, who started the final two games of the season, is now the backup behind Russell Wilson in Denver. I...
Weekend in Naples: the essential itinerary
"See Naples and then die": this is how the German poet Johan Wolfgang van Goethe described the UNESCO World Heritage city. The city of the sun, with its breathtaking landscapes, its history and its people offers its visitors an unforgettable experience. f you want to spend a weekend in a breathtaking setting, full of good food and discovering the N...
Apizza Little Italy is Serving New York-Worthy Slices in Tacoma
Next time you’re on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma, consider sampling a slice of thin Neapolitan-style — or thick Sicilian-style — pizza offered by one of the city’s great new pizzerias, Apizza Little Italy. Opened by Chef Marshall Jett earlier this year, the family restaurant (pronounced ah-beetz) bakes pizza to perfection inside a 12,000-pound...
Meet Admiral Cavo Dragone: Italy’s candidate for the NATO Military Committee
An admiral for NATO. The Italian government has expressed its support for the candidacy of Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the current Chief of Defense Staff of Italy, for the chairmanship of the NATO Military Committee. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in Brussels on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs C...
Guardians Marker Unveiled in Cleveland’s Little Italy Neighborhood
In May, Random Road was closed down in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood for the unveiling of a historical marker that pays tribute to the Italian immigrant stonemasons who carved some of the city’s most iconic stone works. The marker was placed at the site of the former Ohio Cut Stone Co., where Cleveland’s “Guardians of Traffic” were hand-car...
The great Italian classical music, Giuseppe Verdi
When, on 9 March 1842, the premiere of Nabucco at La Scala in Milan erupted in triumph, decreeing the success of Giuseppe Verdi, the composer of Busseto had just experienced terrible family bereavements and little appreciation of his first two operas. In previous years he had lost both his two children and his first wife Margherita Barezzi. On the...
Frank Donio Inc. celebrating 90th anniversary
Frank Donio Inc. is celebrating 90 years and the Hammonton, NJ-based company continues to thrive. “I’m incredibly honored to be part of my family’s legacy,” said Annie Pape, a fourth-generation family member of the company. “I get to continue on a path set by generations of hard work and entrepreneurial spirit alongside my mom, uncle, cousins and b...
Italian towns claim Ron DeSantis as one of their own as Republican race heats up
If Luigia Colucci, one of Ron DeSantis’s Italian great-grandmothers, tried to emigrate to the US today, she most likely couldn’t meet current standards to enter the country – the same standards that her great-grandson has promised to further restrict if elected to the White House. Nevertheless, the official announcement that DeSantis will run for t...
COPOMIAO Petitions U.S. Supreme Court
"No other Italian American organization has ever weighed in with the U.S. Supreme Court on a cultural issue or devoted so much time and resources to protecting the Italian heritage as has COPOMIAO under the visionary stewardship of Hon. Basil Russo; and the unwavering support of his distinguished peers, the 1492 Society and Philadelphia City Counci...
What made Venice's waters turn bright green?
The waters in Venice's main canal turned fluorescent green on Sunday in the area near the Rialto bridge and authorities are seeking to trace the cause, Italy's fire department said. The regional environmental protection agency has received samples of the altered waters and is working to identify the substance that changed their color, the departmen...