Sept. 30 - 17th Anniversary of October as Italian Heritage Month at the State House
The Consul General of Italy in Boston Nicola De Santis and the October as Italian Heritage Month Committee cordially invite you to attend the 17th Anniversary of October as Italian Heritage Month. Friday September 30th, 2016 at 6 PM sharp. State House, 3rd Floor - House of Representatives - 24 Beaco...
Italian humorist to speak at Senior Center
Salvatore Primeggia, professor of sociology at Adelphi and frequent entertainer on Italian American culture and comedy will appear at the Garden City Senior Center on Golf Club Lane at one o'clock on Monday, October 17th. His topic will be Italian American comedy from the immigration era until the present time. Dr. Primeggia is an author as well as...
Mangia! Peapod Is Now Carrying Buona Beef In Chicago Market
Chicago is famous for food, but it's not just deep dish pizza that gets mouths watering. The city's flavorful sandwiches are a must-eat for both locals and visitors to the Windy City. One of the classics, Chicago Italian Beef, originated on the South Side of Chicago, is made with tender Italian beef, thinly sliced and piled high on a sub. ...
Searching for Authenticity: Mario Batali
I'm waiting for Mario Batali at the bar at Otto Enoteca e Pizzeria—the more family friendly and casual of his restaurants. The bartender, Dennis, a bearded man with a shaved head and reading glasses, is accommodating without being effusive as he serves me a caffe macchiato. It's two p.m. on a Monday; the restaurant is quiet and the wait st...
Way Down South in the Land of Cotton: Italian Immigrants in the Southern Delta
By Paula Reynolds Endless row upon row of cotton fields, shimmery white as far as the eye can see. A frosty glass of Southern sweet tea offers companionship to a plate of piping hot fried chicken. The wail of an old blues tune lifts mournfully through the window of a dusty juke joint. Images, sights, and sounds that certainly conjure up a...
Story of world’s first industrial-scale 3D printer is a story of sacrifice
Enrico Dini is not a cautious man. In 2005, the Italian adapted a piece of machinery from the shoe factory he worked in and made it print a robotic arm out of sand and resin. Buoyed by his success, the inventor realised that a machine with the ability to print stone objects could have a transformative effect on the housing industry, and started dra...
Gustiamo: il sapore dei territori italiani oltreoceano
di Liliana Rosano Prima i numeri e i bilanci, poi le marmellate siciliane e i grani antichi. Prima Roma e poi New York. C'è un prima e un dopo nella vita di Beatrice Ughi, fondatrice e presidente di Gustiamo, l'azienda con sede nel Bronx, a New York, che importa prodotti Italiani di qualità con un'attenzione ai produttori, al territorio, alla qual...
Pizza steals the show at Agoro's
By Dan Medeiros On a cold and rainy night, my wife, daughter and I were craving some hearty Italian food. I'm saying we. I mean me. I did. I wanted Italian. My 4-year-old just wanted french fries and didn't care where they came from. The three of us ventured to Somerset to visit Agoro's Pizza Bar and Grill on County Street. The dining roo...
Madama Butterfly
Sung in Italian with projected English translationNew BLO productionNovember 2, 4m, 7, 9, 11m, 2012 at the Citi Performing Arts CenterSM Shubert TheatreEvening performances begin at 7:30pm. Matinees (m) begin at 3pm.Total running time: 2 hours and 50 minutes. Puccini fuses soaring musical lyricism with deep psychological and emotional depth in one...
Abruzzesi & Molisani di California - 23rd Anniversary
Abruzzesi & Molisani di California Celebrated their 23rd Anniversary On Sunday, January 27, 2013 approximately 70 members and relatives of the Abruzzesi & Molisani di California gathered in the beautiful Verdugo hall of the elegant Castaway Restaurant in Burbank to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of the club. The event was organized extrem...
Sexy molto prima di Apple. Tracce italiane nella Valley
SAN FRANCISCO - Prima di Apple, Dell, Google e Facebook, c'era Olivetti e c'era un nutrito drappello di ricercatori Italiani. Trasferendosi negli Stati Uniti finirono per giocare un ruolo fondamentale negli eventi che hanno fatto della Silicon Valley il centro planetario dell'innovazione tecnologica e sociale. La "love story" tra gli italiani e que...
New Executive Director Appointed to the U.S. - Italy Fulbright Commission
The U.S.-Italy Fulbright Commission is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Paola Sartorio as the new Executive Director of the U.S. - Italy Fulbright Commission. With a degree magna cum laude in international relations from the University of Rome and graduate studies at the London School of Economics and the Italian Association for I...