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Italy hits 1 million dose coronavirus vaccination mark in just 19 days

Italy passed a positive milestone, with 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine having been administered just 19 days after the country launched its nationwide vaccination program. The development was praised by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and President Sergio Mattarella, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The key indicator represents a dramatic increase in the pace of distributing the vaccines:...

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Ron Onesti: Really gonna miss Tommy Lasorda

As current president of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, and someone who has been blessed to call Tommy Lasorda a close friend for more than 30 years because of it, I was deeply saddened this week as we lost another American hero. The Hall of Fame began as an Italian American Boxing Hall of Fame in 1977, founded by George Randazzo, president of the organization for 42 years. Laso...

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Capitale italiana della Cultura 2022: le città finaliste

Quale sarà la Capitale italiana della cultura 2022? A chi passerà il testimone Parma, che, causa pandemia, terrà in mano il titolo un anno in più del previsto? La corsa è vicina al traguardo: oggi e domani si tengono le audizioni delle 10 città finaliste e lunedì dovrebbe arrivare la decisione del Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo (crisi di governo permettendo…).Propri...

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COVID-friendly cuddle room boosts pensioners in southern Italy

This mobile cuddle room is touring a province in southern Italy and offering respite to pensioners left isolated amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The inflatable installation allows retirement home residents to have contact with relatives without fear of picking up the virus. It has been operational in the province of Avellino, near Naples, since Christmas and tours the region, stopping for a few days a...

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Italy's Blessing of the Animals tradition goes virtual due to covid-19

Italy celebrates the feast day of St Anthony Abbot, the patron saint and protector of animals, on Sunday 17 January 2021. This year however, due to the coronavirus crisis, the annual Blessing of the Animals ceremony at the Vatican will not take place. The tradition normally involves an open air stable set up in front of St Peter’s Square with horses, cows, sheep, pigs, goats and hens, as well as d...

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Subito Serves Classic, Scratch-Made Italian Inside Downtown's New Lytle Park Hotel

Downtown’s new Lytle Park Hotel opened to the public this June, along with their in-house, upscale Italian eatery Subito and sophisticated rooftop lounge, Vista at Lytle Park. Subito serves scratch-made Italian dishes in a white-tablecloth, jazzy environment where you can indulge in the rich flavors of Northern Italy and the warm hospitality of The Lytle’s waitstaff without booking a room. The lob...

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Holocaust Memorial Day :: Witnesses of Witnesses

The Italian Cultural Institute and the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January, remembering the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during World War II with the screening of the video Witnesses of Witnesses (Testimoni dei testimoni), created by Studio Azzurro to document the exhibition created at Palazzo delle Esposizione in...

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New Italian-American steakhouse debuts at Rivers Casino

Chef Steve Martorano has brough his new Martorano's Prime to Rivers Casino, building on his collection of restaurants in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where his Cafe Martorano has operated for 30 years. Martorano's Prime will be his first Italian-American steakhouse, featuring a menu of prime cuts of beef and other staples such as critically acclaimed meatballs, fresh Moz...

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Italian soil: giants and geniuses of the military revolution

Its advanced culture and economy during the Renaissance made the Italian peninsula such a desirable place that it also became an ongoing theater of war. Italian soil became a laboratory for a continental struggle that embroiled the numerous, divided Italian city-states and most of Western Europe, with France and the Habsburg territories locked in a never-ending conflict. The Italian Wars (1494-1...

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Memory Lane: Dave Cavagnaro, 'Mayor of East Napa'

Dave Cavagnaro was far more than a successful businessman. Known as the unofficial “Mayor of East Napa,” Cavagnaro made it his life’s work to enhance local life in a variety of ways. He is credited with bringing the circus to town, orchestrating the annual fair-time parades, organizing a volunteer fire-fighting unit and establishing immigrant assistance programs, among other things. Cavagnaro live...

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Dining Review: Giusto in Newport

The word “freestyle” is thrown around a lot in reference to Giusto. It’s a term that allows chef-owner Kevin O’Donnell some liberties in a traditional Italian kitchen, as well as a marketing tool to announce something unexpected. It’s not entirely ac... Read More

New York

New York Yankees Legends: Yogi Berra, a historic career,”it ain’t over till it’s over.”

Lawrence Peter Yogi Berra was one of the most popular New York Yankees of all time. With all the discussion on who will be the Yankee catcher next season, I thought it would be appropriate to look at one of the Yankees’ most iconic catchers. Yogi was... Read More

East

John Alati, Former Essex Freeholder, Dies At 73

John M. Alati, a popular former Essex County freeholder who was one of the most influential people in county politics in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, died on January 15. He was 73. He was elected freeholder in 1984, representing the East Orange/Irvin... Read More

South East

Generations of Iterations of a Quaint Restaurant on Isles of Capri: Here’s the Story

I had the pleasure of meeting Alex Alexander about 10 years ago when she jogged the streets of Isles of Capri without breathing hard, while I felt fatigued just watching her run past my house. While doing her standard running miles, she noticed some... Read More

Great Lakes

Subito Serves Classic, Scratch-Made Italian Inside Downtown's New Lytle Park Hotel

Downtown’s new Lytle Park Hotel opened to the public this June, along with their in-house, upscale Italian eatery Subito and sophisticated rooftop lounge, Vista at Lytle Park. Subito serves scratch-made Italian dishes in a white-tablecloth, jazzy env... Read More

Midwest

Review: Serious Italian cooking arrives in…

The smoked salmon tartine from Pastars in Westminster is one of those things that’ll drive you crazy as you admire its good looks and try to decide whether to eat it with your fingers or a knife and fork. I grab it with my hands and rush it toward my... Read More

South

Incredible Italian food awaits at this family-owned Houston wine cafe

Few things in life are as comforting as home-cooked Italian food. But if you're not part of a big Italian family, you can still feel like it at Napoli's Wine Cafe. The family-owned restaurant has been in business since 1992, first on Westheimer, then... Read More

West

Hall of Fame: Gondola Rides at The Venetian

Along with iconic architecture and replicas of famous structures in Venice, Italy, the newly Venetian in 1999 also introduced a facsimile of one of the Italian city’s most famous attractions—its gondolas. The Las Vegas version was a motorized version... Read More

California

Memory Lane: Dave Cavagnaro, 'Mayor of East Napa'

Dave Cavagnaro was far more than a successful businessman. Known as the unofficial “Mayor of East Napa,” Cavagnaro made it his life’s work to enhance local life in a variety of ways. He is credited with bringing the circus to town, orchestrating the... Read More

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