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Paralympic fencer Beatrice Vio is a veritable sports icon in Italy, a model of courage whose battle against disease, infectious enthusiasm and prowess have won her legions of loyal fans. Now the 20-year old ace is in Rome, where on Wednesday she will defend her title as wheelchair fencing world champion after taking home gold in last year's Paralym...

A modern Italian restaurant has announced plans to expand to the Las Vegas Valley. North Italia is set to open its first location in Nevada on Dec. 13 inside the Rampart Commons, located at 1051 S. Rampart Boulevard. Fox Restaurant Concepts is behind the new establishment and operates multiple restaurants in the U.S. including Arizona, California,...

When: November 17, 2017 @ 7:30PM - Where: Westchester Italian Cultural Center, One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, New York 10707 - Suggested donation: $10 Presepio Napoletano opens November 17, 2017 @ 7:30PM. Join us for the unveiling of our newly refurbished, handcrafted, authentic Neapolitan presepio. This newly expanded exhibit will be enhanced...

As the winter months cool the oak trees and turn the Central Coast vines bare and dormant, Antonio Varia, executive chef and owner of the area’s favorite Italian restaurants, Buona Tavola in Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo, will be finding new ways to serve up his truffle mushrooms, polenta and risotto. Winter is the perfect time for Varia’s Osso B...

On Nov. 8 MARCO PAVONE, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, was awarded the 2017 Franco Strazzabosco Award for Engineers from the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF). Pavone, who is also director of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory at Stanford, was recognized for his work on “algorithmic foundation...

Newer immigrants have been contributing many layers of cultural authenticity to Queens’ multi-ethnic pot, but those who were once considered new immigrants back in the early 1900s don’t seem to be getting as much recognition these days. So it’s time to celebrate their unique history and heritage. The Italian-American story can be told through the m...

While it is not that little out-of-the way place you recall in Trastevere (what is?!), Andiamo! is pretty darn close.  Billed as a “neighborhood trattoria,” it is indeed in a neighborhood of former residences converted to commercial buildings and offices directly east of the Railyard and Santa Fe station on the Roadrunner line. Inside, through an o...

At the turn of the 20th century, the Annunciation Church was a mission church for Rochester's growing Italian-American community. Today, the church still stands on Norton Street as it celebrates 100 years in the Rochester community on Saturday. The church has been used for multiple purposes over the past century. When a new church was constructed i...

No one remembers the date they met George Randazzo -- but everyone remembers the day. You say hello and it's an hour later. He's got a million ideas and doesn't stop until you've heard them all. Meanwhile, what do you do and what are your plans and what do you need? Always, what do you need? Whatever it is, George has the answer -- or knows someone...

It must be tough to open an modernist, artisanal pizza place near the Pier in wild and wacky Hermosa Beach, just a few doors down from the much loved old school pie and pasta joint called Paisanos. It sure looked that way on a recent Saturday night, when there was a line out the door at Paisanos of locals hungry for a slice served on paper plate, a...

Yesterday I attended an Alitalia press conference where the airline’s new chief commercial officer, Fabio Maria Lazzerini, just two months in the position, discussed what’s new and what the future holds for the airline. A few facts and figures for the airline: Alitalia and its partners fly to more than 1,000 destinations in the world. In 2016 custo...

Last week, the Waltham High School Italian department, the Italian Consulate of Boston and Centro Attivita Scolastiche Italiane collaborated to host Italian Day at WHS. Students enjoyed pasta-making with master chef Federico Zampieri, a visit from a Lamborghini and a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata.” “This was a great day and one the s...