The President and Board of Directors of The Leonardo da Vinci Society Cordially invite you to Carnevale Veneziano A Gala Fundraising
The Presidio Golf Club: Built in the heart of the Presidio of San Francisco, a national park, and conveniently located just 10 minutes from downtown San Francisco, the Presidio Clubhouse offers breathtaking surroundings and dramatic sunsets. Outfitted with exposed beam ceilings, rich cherry wood paneling, a large stone fireplace, and...
Un molfettese sindaco di Little Ferry
È molfettese, si chiama Mauro Raguseo, ed è il sindaco di Little Ferry, cittadina del New Jersey. Al suo terzo mandato. Un successo senza precedenti. Mauro è molfettese d'America di seconda generazione ed è stato anche il primo molfettese a diventare Mayor negli States, un orgoglio per la città di Molfetta. Occuperà la poltrona di primo ci...
Italian American Studies Association Conference Proposals
Music, theater, film, multi-media, mass media and advertising, publishing, artistic renderings, science and technology, and the burgeoning digital humanities have characterized and are changing the way Italian Americans conceive of themselves and how they re-conceptualize and re-signify their identities. In recognition of this powerful mom...
Get a Big Apple pizza experience at Grimaldi’s
by James Patrick Kelly Grimaldi's pizzeria at The Village at Meridian plays its New York City theme well. The red-and-white checkered tablecloths will have diners humming Billy Joel's song, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant." And yes, you can get "A bottle of white, a bottle of red, perhaps a bottle of rose instead," because the wine list bo...
This Italian duo ditched restaurants for pastamaking, and it’s paying off
Matteo Catalani rattles off cooking instructions like a doctor prescribing medicine. It's a Sunday afternoon at Union Market in Northeast, where Catalani operates a fresh pasta stand called Cucina Al Volo. The name means "kitchen on the fly" in Italian, appropriate considering its co-owner hardly stands still. He scrubs skillets. He plunge...
Nostalgia is key ingredient at west Lawrence's Italian market and deli
Jess Maceli has seen how the sausage is made. And he's not fazed in the slightest. For the last 10 years, Maceli and his wife, Renee, have held onto the dream of opening an Italian market and deli in the tradition of Pallucca's Meat Market and Deli, where Jess spent countless hours as a kid in Frontenac, the small southeast Kansas town with a sign...
Breaking Bread in L'Aquila by Maria Filice and the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute present: We Have Not Forgotten: April 6, 2016, Marks Seven Years Since the L'Aquila Earthquake
April 6, 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY 10036. DONATE. The highly acclaimed book Breaking Bread in L'Aquila was published on April 6, 2010, on the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the Abruzzo region. Releasing the book on the earthquake's anniversary was...
Italian American Club of Maui Scholarship 2016
A $1,500 scholarship is being offered by the Italian American Club of Maui. IACM is an Italian heritage club whose mission is to promote the Italian culture through fellowship, good food, and friendship. The IACM also raises funds for a yearly scholarship that is awarded to a high school senior on Maui to apply to their continuing higher e...
Verdi’s Requeim to be performed in Scranton, Kingston
The Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra will join with four professional opera singers, the Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania and the Marywood University Campus Choir to present two performances of the magnificent Messa da Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1. The Saturday performance will be given at 7:30...
US passports now need six months validity for Italy
It's with no small amount of urgency that I'm posting today because it was only yesterday that I learned that Italy now requires that U.S. passports be valid for at least six months beyond your planned date of departure from the Schengen area. This came to my attention because a person who was supposed to join our current Design and Wine I...
US Premiere: Pompeii, Eternal Emotion at New Media Film Festival
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 Organized by : New Media Film Festival In collaboration with : IIC Entrance : With fee Location:The Landmark Theater, 10850 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles This stunning documentary short Pompeii, eternal emotion (2015, 10 min.) by Pappi Corsicato produced by the Campana Region and the Campana Society of Cultural He...
Newton's Newest Italian Restaurant Debuts this Weekend
by Dana Hatic A popular Italian bodega in Coolidge Corner is getting ready to unveil a new outpost in Newton. Bottega Fiorentina will hold a soft opening for its new location on June 5, celebrating the occasion by offering free espresso. The new restaurant from Andrea and Cristina Ferrini will open at 11 a.m. on Sunday after more than a y...