OSIA IL/WI hosts 92nd annual Columbus gala
Celebrating its 92nd Annual Columbus Banquet, the Grand Lodge of Illinois/Wisconsin, Order Sons of Italy in America hosted the event at Villa Brunetti, Franklin Park, Illinois on October 8, 2016. Maria Mancini, Columbus Banquet Chair, welcomed the guests and introduced the Master of Ceremony for the evening, the Honorable Anthony Caldarone, Mayor...
Tech entrepreneur Salvatore Camarda
What do Microsoft, GE, and the Chicago Police Department have in common? They're all working to reach community and team members in a more meaningful way with the help of a Chicago-born tech entrepreneur with deep Sicilian roots. MeetApp North America co-founder and CEO Sal Camarda has taken his smartphone app from a lean startup to a company...
San Mateo Italian-American Social Club Foundation Scholarships
The San Mateo Italian American Social Club Foundation announced eleven winners of its 2012 Scholarship Awards. Each of the graduating high school seniors was awarded $1,000 cash payable upon college registration. The respective eleven winners are: Grant Cecil and Scott Cecil, twin brothers, of Hillsdale High; Madeleine Faoro, Micaela Pacini, and Ta...
L'Associazione Marinai del New Jersey in aiuto alle vittime dell'uragano Sandy
di Riccardo Chioni Si è svolta ieri presso la sala ricevimenti The Venetian di Garfield nel New Jersey la consueta festa annuale della Associazione Marinai d'Italia sezione Alberto Banfi, in onore della patrona Santa Barbara, cerimonia slittata di un mese a causa del passaggio di Superstorm Sandy. Assieme a circa 150 persone, hanno preso...
Romeo Castellucci's unsettling 'On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God'
Over the past 15 years or so, visionary director Romeo Castellucci has blossomed into a star of Europe's theater festivals and prestigious institutions with largely plotless, large-scale shows that operate at a dizzyingly high conceptual and technical level, and are so abstract that they become strangely accessible (you can project anything onto th...
DIVE a Los Angeles - Una rete tutta al femminile
"Le donne sono state sedute in queste stanze per milioni di anni, cosicché ormai perfino le pareti sono pervase dalla loro forza creativa, che infatti soverchia talmente la capacità dei mattoni e della malta, che per forza deve attaccarsi alle penne, ai pennelli, agli affari e alla politica. Ma questa forza creativa è molto diversa da quella degli...
Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy 68th Annual Spring Ball
New York City, New York: Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant, and at-risk youth living on the streets, announced today the honorees of its 68th Annual Spring Ball to be held on Thursday, April 11th at The Pierre, New York. The Man of the Year is Joseph B. Ryan Jr., Managing Director of Developmen...
California chooses an Italian Red as “Wine of the Week”
Ms. Irene Virbila is a sommelier and restaurant reviewer at The Los Angeles Times, and her word is highly valued among wine-lovers and food-enthusiasts. A few days ago, she decided to award an Italian wine the title of "Wine of the Week", regularly granted by the influential Californian newspaper upon her advice. The honour went to Brancai...
Chiurazzi Foundry of Italy and Geoffrey M. Curley + Associates of the USA to Co-Develop Museum Exhibition, The Lost Wax Method: Preservation of Italian Sculpture
Chiurazzi Internazionale S.r.l., an Italian corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Experience Art and Design, Inc., announces that the Company has engaged Geoffrey M. Curley + Associates to co-develop a traveling exhibition for art, natural history, and science museums throughout North America. The Company expects the Exhibition to be availab...
Mario Batali to Open B&B Burger & Beer in Las Vegas
Mario Batali and partner Joe Bastianich have officially announced that they, like other big-time chef person Daniel Boulud, will be bringing a burger concept to the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. According to Eater Vegas, the 120-seat B&B Burger & Beer will open sometime in the Fall, with a "beer-driven" menu as well as "20 televisions tuned...
Stories of Italian-American Fathers
by Maria Gloria Dear Readers,Father's Day was last Sunday, so Happy Father's Day to all you fathers, grandfathers, uncles, big brothers and father figures out there, and may happy memories bring a small measure of comfort to readers whose fathers are gone now and hopefully are with the angels. Fathers who were widowed and suddenly...
Vino Italia: A Taste of Italy
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:30 PM - Akron Civic Theatre The Eighth Annual Vino Italia: A Taste of Italy, will kick off the Italian- American Festival, downtown Akron, July 10, 2013, from 5:30- 8:30 p.m. Italian Wine Sponsored by: Gruppo Mezzacorona Prestige Wine Imports