Frank Rotondo, longtime bartender at L. Woods, Bones, Kenilworth Inn, dead at 83
It didn’t matter if you had a bad day, a bad check-up, or your car and love life sputtered. Frank Rotondo would have your drink waiting for you and maybe a little advice, if you wanted it. Mr. Rotondo spent 48 years tending bar at L. Woods Tap and Pine Lodge and its previous incarnations at the same Lincolnwood address: the Kenilworth Inn and Bones...
Sanità: negli ultimi 40 anni i cittadini italiani hanno guadagnato quasi 10 anni di vita
Oggi a Roma è andata in onda la XIII Edizione del Forum Meridiano Sanità durante la quale è stato presentato il Rapporto annuale Meridiano Sanità elaborato da The European House – Ambrosetti. Secondo il Meridiano Sanità Index – che ha l’obiettivo di fornire una valutazione multidimensionale delle performance del sistema sanitario attraverso un conf...
Alla scoperta dei borghi italiani: parte la campagna negli USA
Una campagna promozionale per far conoscere ai turisti americani i piccoli centri storici italiani, quei 279 borghi che raccontano la bellezza dell'Italia, dove godere i panorami, i monumenti, la storia ma anche il piacere della tavola. A lanciarla, in collaborazione con il Washington Post e l'Enit, è l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington. L'obiettiv...
Focus on Agro-food and Italian wine in the US market at the Embassy of Italy. Results and future opportunities for a growing sector
In the framework of the Third week of Italian Cuisine in the World, the Embassy of Italy in Washington together with the Trade Agency in New York, organized a meeting on imports of Italian food and wine products to the US market. The event included officials from the Italian Ministry of Health, the European Union delegation in Washington and from t...
Adriana Trigiani coming to R.I.
Best-selling author Adriana Trigiani (“Big Stone Gap,” “Lucia, Lucia” and “The Shoemaker’s Wife”) is coming to town. She will be on stage at North Kingstown High School, 150 Fairway Drive, on Sunday, Nov. 18 from 3-5 p.m. Trigiani’s latest novel is “Tony’s Wife.” The program is presented by Reading with Robin with Robin Kall. The event also feature...
They Call it Gravy; WE Call it SAUCE!
November 30 @ 7:30 pm - December 3 @ 7:30 pm. Rosen Performing Arts Center, 1 Pike Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470. $35 Last Local Run Set For Jersey Producer’s Original Musical Before Crossing The Hudson. An original musical written, produced and directed by Lenny Gatto, a Kearny-born, Lakewood-raised New Jerseyan will take the stage in New Jersey this sea...
Italian-American Foundation Honors Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD Founder & President of Sbarro Health Research Organization
Italian-American Foundation, Filitalia, honors Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD, Founder & President of Sbarro Health Research Organization at Temple University with the Humanitarian award at the foundation’s 31st Anniversary Gala. Filitalia International & Foundation celebrates 31 years of commitment, dedication and service at their Annual Gala Dinner on...
The Art of ‘Italianizing’ Your Thanksgiving Table
Growing up in Southern Italy, my mother — who had been raised in the U.S. years prior — would often tell my sister and I stories about Thanksgiving. “There’s always a giant turkey,” she would explain to us, and everyone expresses what he or she is thankful for. I must admit, in hindsight, my 8- or 9-year-old self didn’t much grasp the concept of th...
2018: Newly elected ICCC Board members
Dear Italian Cultural & Community Center Members, as per Section 6.03.4, if the number of candidates who have timely qualified equals (or is less than) the number of vacancies, the President may dispense with sending out ballots and all candidates who have timely qualified shall be declared winners. We are proud to announce that the following becam...
Toil and Triumph: Italian American Women in the Sweatshops of New Haven
On Sunday November 18, at 1:30, to celebrate the “Garment Workers of New Haven” exhibit now on permanent display at the New Haven Labor Center on 267 Chapel Street, New Haven, I'll be giving at talk, "Toil and Triumph: Italian American Women in the Sweatshops of New Haven." This will be followed by a walking tour of the actual working sites of New...
New service: citizenship application appointments online
NOTICE to all residents within the consular jurisdiction of the Italian Embassy in Washington: as of November 12, 2018, users will be able to book citizenship application appointments online. The online booking system is accessible from the Embassy website citizenship page. For further information on Italian citizenship and on the different ways to...
Ammazza Pizzeria Opening Tuesday In Decatur
Ammazza, the Atlanta-based pizzeria and restaurant, is set to open a Decatur location on Tuesday, November 13. Ammazza's Decatur restaurant will offer an expanded dinner menu of reimagined staples in the Italian style. Guests can expect antipasto, pasta and pizza, alongside a forthcoming beverage program of craft cocktails, beer and small productio...