Nuovo Console USA a Milano: Sala e Maroni incontrano Elizabeth Lee Martinez
"È stato un incontro molto cordiale, nel corso del quale abbiamo riconfermato i rapporti di stretta amicizia che ci legano agli Stati Uniti d'America". Così il Presidente della Regione Lombardia, Roberto Maroni, che questa mattina - insieme al vice-Presidente, Fabrizio Sala - ha ricevuto nel suo ufficio, a Palazzo Lombardia, Elizabeth Lee Martinez,...
Colors and textures of Rome to be exhibited at StudioROMA
The colors and textures of the city of Rome, Italy, will be on the walls of the studioROMA gallery in the exhibition titled Frammenti opening Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at 617 Franklin Street, Michigan City. Frammenti is the Italian word for fragments. The photographs, paintings and rubbings created by Matthew Kubik find beauty in the crumbling walls...
Italian Christmas banquet on tap
The Oklahoma Gospel Singing Convention invites the community to an Italian Christmas Banquet and Concert on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. in the McAlester Expo, 4500 W. Highway 270. Tickets are $20 per person, or $35 per couple, and are available at McAlester Expo or holdmyticket.com. Advanced purchase is requested. The event will feature The Stevens Family, T...
New Italian restaurant about to open in Forsyth
A restauranteur with 20 years experience is planning to open an Italian eatery in Forsyth next week. Minori’s Italian Ristorante is expected to open Tuesday at 22 West Main St. at the corner of S. Jackson St. “Italian is my heritage,” said co-owner Chelsea Larkin, whose maiden name is Minori. “I specialized in Italian food in college and it’s somet...
Good Bye to Chef Silvio
Chef Silvio passed away on Wednesday, November 22nd at home surrounded by his family and friends. Here is in 2010 making homemade pasta at Cafe Allegre. Silvio was just a good, decent Italian American who wanted nothing other than to take care of his family, his friends, and anyone who needed help. True to his Italian roots, he always welcomed the...
Calls at Notre Dame for removal of Christopher Columbus murals
Decrying stereotypes of native Americans and blacks, some students, employees and alumni of the University of Notre Dame are renewing calls for the removal of large murals in the Main Building that depict the life of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. The 12 paintings by artist Luigi Gregori have been on the walls of the building's corridors...
Incredible Success of Annual Filitalia International Gala, Celebrating 30 Years of Filitalia International
The 30th Annual Gala event of Filitalia International (FI) was held at Celebrations Banquet Hall, Bensalem, PA on November 19, 2017. The evening's Master of Ceremony was Marco Circelli, Executive Director of FI, who reminded the audience that FI celebrated the 30th anniversary of its foundation this year, under the constant leadership of the Founde...
Andrea Bocelli ready to soothe the savage beast at Quicken Loans Arena on Friday
These troubled times may be the perfect forum for Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's history lesson from Ancient Rome. In an email interview, Bocelli, who will be at Quicken Loans Arena on Friday, Dec.1, was asked to describe the purpose of music. His response was to reference Cato, a politician from that era, who "suggested the rulers of the time to p...
1921 Alfa Romeo G1 to be auctioned in Arizona
RM Sotheby’s 18-19 January Arizona auction is one of 2018 first major auction, and is set to include the sale of one collector’s substantial collection. A total of 11 cars will be offered, ranging from one of the earliest Alfa Romeos to a Ferrari California T.The collection is being offered entirely without no reserve, and while all the cars on off...
Italian company opens first U.S. carpet recycling facility in Phoenix
Trento, Italy–based Aquafil, a producer of polyamide (nylon 6), announced the opening of its first carpet recycling facility in the United States. Aquafil Carpet Recycling ACR #1 will invest $10 million in a leased 116,890-square-foot building in Phoenix, AZ, to set up its technology to recycle nylon 6 waste from carpets back into raw material, fur...
Bella Bambini Cello and others making Coraopolis a craft spirits town
This past September, Bella Bambini Cellos opened up on Fifth Avenue in Coraopolis. With Cobblehaus Brewing Company and 180 and Tapped Brewery, Coraopolis is not only becoming a craft spirits town but a town on the resurgence. “We've had waves of new businesses opening in town and the icing on the cake has been Cobblehaus and Bella Bambini Cellos,”...
Bulgari’s state-of-the-art factory in Piedmont reflects the company’s shining future
Spring is beginning to green the rolling Piedmontese hills as we make our way down the auto strada from Milan.Thi s is familiar country – I spent long stretches of my childhood here, among the wide fields and castle towns, the Alps a constant backdrop of crags and snow. Now, though, I’m here for a glimpse of the future that is also a window into th...