Columbus on hot seat in Framingham
The list of early-adopter Massachusetts communities that have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day is about what you’d expect: Amherst, Northampton, Cambridge, Brookline, and Somerville. School committees in Mashpee and Pittsfield have also jumped on board. But now the school committee in Framingham is considering making the switch, a...
Six of our favorite Lambruscos to drink right now
“Good Lambruscos are almost always going to be in the $20 to $30 range,” Keith Beavers, wine professional and VinePair columnist, says as I set up a Lambrusco blind tasting. He’s right. Our panel immediately pans three cloying, $11-ish bottles in rapid succession. Beavers’ wisdom goes against persistent misconceptions about Lambrusco, the sparkling...
Turisti USA in Italia: i dati ENIT
Le presenze dei turisti statunitensi in Italia nel 2017, a quota 12,7 milioni, aumentano dell’8% sul 2013 e del 16,5% sul 2008. È quanto rilevato dall’Enit, in base ai dati Istat. La spesa turistica, pari a 4,5 miliardi di euro, cresce del 12,2% sul 2013 e del 47,0% circa su dieci anni fa (Enit su dati Banca d’Italia). A Natale, tra il 18 e il 31 d...
Savoy Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary at Annual Ballo di Savoia (Savoy Ball) Charity Gala in New York City on December 8, 2018
On Saturday evening, December 8, 2018, friends of the American Foundation of Savoy Orders gathered to celebrate the Foundation’s twenty-fifth anniversary at its annual white-tie charity event, the Ballo di Savoia (Savoy Ball). The Savoy Foundation was delighted to welcome back His Royal Highness Prince Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Venice...
Illy Caffe, with roots in Italy, opens on Staten Island
With roots dating back to 1933 in Trieste, Italy, Illy Caffe is a new kiosk in the Staten Island Mall’s new food district. Founded by Francesco Illy -- who also invented the illetta, an espresso machine -- the cafe serves up a bevy of coffees, lattes, iced flavored coffee drinks, cappuccinos and espressos, as well as a menu filled with Italian sand...
Roma Becomes First Italian Soccer Club to Sign Streaming Deal With Twitter
AS Roma have become the first Italian football club to agree an exclusive content partnership with Twitter. Over the past 12 months, Twitter has embarked on a strategy to enrich its platform with new and exclusive content and the deal with Roma is a first in Italian football for the social network. AS Roma’s innovative and highly engaging strategy...
Looking for “Italia” in Little Italies. Just How “Italian” Are Italian-Americans?
Just how “Italian” are Italian-Americans? This is a question that is of interest not only to the Italian-American community itself, but to those of us in academia and business whose job it is to determine how to appeal to that target audience. How do they identify themselves? What is their emotional relationship to Italy and America? What are t...
Carrico’s Pizza
Italian brothers from Oakland, Tennessee, John and Charlie Harrell, had a cheesy idea to start a business in the Hub City. “I told my brother to keep all your recipes in your back pocket for later and finally, we said, ‘alright let’s make our own pizza business,'” said John. Since late October, the Harrell brothers have owned and operated Carrico’s...
Colosseum visitors up to 7.4 million in 2018
Rome's Colosseum has attracted 7.4 million visitors in 2018, an increase of 5.7 per cent compared to last year, according to the director of the Colosseum archaeological park, Alfonsina Russo. Russo announced the news on 18 December during the presentation of the new logo and interactive website of the Colosseum archaeological park. She said that "...
La storia di Francesco D'Alimonte da Roccamorice che nel 1909 partì per il sogno americano
Francesco Antonio D’Alimonte nacque a Roccamorice, in provincia di Pescara, il 30 marzo del 1871 da Alfonso e Maria Giuseppa Di Martino. Il 18 ottobre del 1900 sposò la compaesana Maria Napoleone nata il 22 aprile del 1881 dai “contadini” Antonio e Regina Ruggieri. L’atto di matrimonio fu certificato dall’allora sindaco di Roccamorice Amadio Ventur...
Italian restaurant vets Andrea & Frank Randazzo launch online catering service
Frank and Andrea Randazzo are really busy people. For real. Most people who have kids, activities and full time jobs couldn’t imagine putting together fresh, homecooked meals on a regular basis. That’s where these two come in. The culinary vets who ran Talula together in Miami Beach from 2003 to 2010, have gone digital. Their company is called is R...
Leonardo’s Legacy: Renaissance Man
Tuesday, January 15th 6:00pm - Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, 500 N Michigan Ave Suite 1450, Chicago, IL. Presented on the occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Leonardo da Vinci. The first of a series of lectures at the Italian Cultural Institute by Professor Giovanni Aloi (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) Leonardo da Vi...