High School College Italian hosts Hofstra professor
The students from Garden City High School's Italian 4 Honors and the Italian College classes recently had the pleasure of welcoming Hofstra University Professor Stanislao Pugliese - author, editor, and organizer of conferences (many of which focus on Fascist Italy, the Resistance Movement, and Italian Americans), to their classroom. Professor Pugli...
St. Ann kicks off 106th Italian Festival in Hoboken
Dozens of people gathered Saturday afternoon into the evening to kick off day two of St. Ann's Italian Festival, which has been apart of the Mile Square City now for 106 years. While city police blocked off the area near 7th and Jefferson streets at St. Ann's Square, the smell of bratwursts filled the air and children rode carnivals and pl...
Italian-American Community Mourns Passing of Mark Valente III
The Washington, D.C. Italian-American community mourns the passing of Mark Valente III on August 3. He was a President of Valente & Associates and for over 20 years gave voice to a wide range of clients, elected officials, candidates, and not-for-profit causes. Mr. Valente was a distinguished member of the Board of the Directors of Nat...
Legno-Arredo: Aziende Italiane
Occhio a San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington e Chicago per le imprese italiane del legno arredo che intendono esportare negli Usa. Non ci sono solo New York e Miami, ma c'è ancora tantissimo da fare come presenza su quei mercati: a Boston, oppure nel Texas, sulla East e sulla West Coast. Lo afferma FederlegnoArredo nel suo stand-mostra...
John Carafoli - Italian American Food in New England
Thursday September 22. 6 PM - 8 PM EDT. I Am Books - 189 North St. - 02113 Boston, MA. John F. Carafoli is an author, consultant, blogger and internationally know food stylist. After graduating from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, he was an art director/designer and creative director for advertising agencies and publ...
Italian-American: Playing youth soccer in Italy
By Christopher Pepe Until last year, my son was playing for a U.S. Soccer-sanctioned Pre-Development Academy soccer team in Northern California. A young competitive team, eager to play 11-aside on a large field against much older kids. Well-coached, and filled with raw athleticism mixed with the bounty of racial diversity afforded in the USA, the...
Hamilton raises Italian flag in honor of Italian-American heritage
Some of Mercer County's most prominent Italian-Americans celebrated their lineage Monday afternoon as Hamilton Township hosted its annual Italian Flag-Raising Ceremony in recognition of National Italian-American Heritage Month. Mercer County Acting Prosecutor Angelo Onofri and Eugene Forconi, proprietor of Hamilton-based Forconi Foods, wer...
Italian researchers discover role of protein in binge eating
A known protein has now been linked to obsessively eating non-stop. This remarkable discovery was made by a team of Italian researchers working at Boston University. The protein receptor, TAAR1, present on neurons of the prefrontal cortex, if not fully operative, can cause a person to eat compulsively in times of stress. So-called binge eating. &n...
Spooks in Italy: frightful Italian locations for this year’s Halloween
I'm a creature of the dark. No, nothing vampiresque or witchy in my statement, I just, quite simply, am naturally attracted to all that's mysterious and saturnine. A victorian soul, if you will, charmed by the history of the unexplainable and by its melancholic mood. If you're anything like me, you may seek after that particular atmosphere...
I musical modenesi alla conquista dei teatri americani
di Stefano Luppi «Sono arrivato in America tramite una persona di mia conoscenza, successivamente ho mandato un curriculum, mi hanno scelto e così ho potuto realizzare due spettacoli. Nel 2013 un mio testo musicale è stato messo in scena in Arizona e alcuni mesi fa abbiamo replicato portando in scena un altro spettacolo per un mese, quest...
Italian "supermarket of the future" showcases interactive shelves
by Andy Morton An Italian supermarket chain has unveiled its store of the future, in which shelves are replaced with market-style tables and interactive touch screens. The Coop store, which follows this week's announcement of Amazon's checkout-less supermarkets, is in Milan and intends to recreate the atmosphere of open-air markets. A prot...
17 locally reviewed Italian-style restaurants worth checking out
With so many great restaurants popping up all over the Utah Valley, it's hard to keep tabs on what's where, and, most importantly, what tastes best. To help you on your culinary quest, we're pulling together some of our best dining reviews on different styles of restaurants, from Mexican to Asian and everything in between. This week,...