Gusto Italian Grill to Open at Downtown Silver Spring
According to a news release, the New Jersey-based restaurant will open its second location in the area set to serve its customized Italian Roll-Ups, pasta bowls and salad bowls made with locally-grown and sustainable ingredients. The Downtown Silver Spring restaurant will feature the chain's signature "large tavola" (communal seating), stained conc...
Longtime Batavia educator Sam Rotolo dies
Sam Rotolo believed strongly that nobody, not even a teacher, should try to take away a child's dignity. Even when that child had to face discipline for breaking a rule at Batavia Junior High School, of which Rotolo was principal for 23 years. "There's a saying that says, 'Kids don't care how much you know, they want to know how much...
Caffeine High: Space station getting Italian espresso maker
The next space station grocery run will carry caffeine to a whole new level: Aboard the SpaceX supply ship is an authentic espresso machine straight from Italy. SpaceX is scheduled to launch its unmanned rocket with the espresso maker — and 4,000 pounds of food, science research and other equipment — Monday afternoon. The experimental...
Festival highlights contemporary Italian film
by Michelle Liu This weekend, both the Yale and New Haven communities can enjoy a view of Italy from the seats of the Whitney Humanity Center auditorium. Between Thursday and Sunday, the 10th annual Yale Festival of New Italian Cinema will screen five recent Italian films at the center. The screenings will be accompanied by guided dis...
Corfinio e la cultura italica sbarcano negli Usa
Si è conclusa la missione a Washington di Francesco Di Nisio, Presidente nazionale AIDOSP e Responsabile Relazioni Esterne dell'Associazione Corfinium Onlus. In questa importante trasferta sono state avviate relazioni culturali con Nancy Pelosi, già Speaker della Camera dei Rappresentanti, oggi Leader dei Democratici negli USA, di origini abruzzesi...
Authentic Italian to Circle Boulevard, Borriello/CMB soon to Manitou
By Matthew Schniper "So you would call yourself a 'product enthusiast?'" I ask. "Most Egg heads are," replies Molly Hamlin, elaborating on how she's attended the Big Green Egg company's EGGfests and even volunteered on her own time and food-dime to demo the ceramic cooker at local events. "You can do anything on them," she sa...
Who makes the best lasagna? End the debate. End hunger in New Mexico
No matter what the occasion, we always talk about Italian food...which seems to always end up in heated discussions about who makes the BEST lasagna!!!Basta! Now you can put your recipe where your mouth is and get bragging rights while doing a good deed for New Mexico's children. Our State is again #1 in the nation for child hunger and we thought a...
Osteria Francescana di Massimo Bottura secondo miglior ristorante del mondo
A un passo dal trono, ma è lì. Massimo Bottura da oggi è lo chef del secondo miglior ristorante del mondo ovvero l'Osteria La Francescana di Modena. A decretarlo l'annuale premio dei 50 migliori ristoranti del mondo che si è svolto a Londra. Una sorta di Notte degli oscar alla ristorazione a Londra per The World's 50 Best , il premio...
Great Italians of the Past: Primo Carnera
WTI Magazine #62 2015 June, 12Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: The "Gigante buono" (gentle giant) Primo Carnera has been an Italian symbol in the world, between the '20s and the '30s of last century. Boxer, wrestler and actor, through his achievements he represented the character with an almost inhuman stature, yet mild-temper...
Italian urban muralist painting :08 Seconds building this weekend
by Morgan Watkins Swing by downtown Gainesville this weekend to see an internationally renowned artist in action. Italian urban muralist 2501 already is at work transforming the look of the :08 Seconds building at 201 W. University Ave. as part of a project that is being coordinated by the city of Gainesville's Parks, Recreation and Cultural...
The Justinian Foundation Awards Three Scholarships to Law Students
The Justinian Foundation, which provides scholarships to Italian-American students enrolled in Philadelphia-area law schools, recently presented scholarships totaling $4,500 to three area students. The Justinian Foundation President Barbara A. Capozzi, Esq. awarded $1,500 scholarships to two students entering their final years of law schoo...
Quei genietti delle università americane e inglesi che vogliono salvare il Made in Italy
di Marco De' Francesco Giovani, talvolta giovanissimi, ma che si sono già messi alla prova. Hanno superato selezioni internazionali, barriere culturali; e percorso spazi considerevoli, in cerca dell'ateneo più prestigioso e di occasioni di lavoro che non capitano a tutti. E la notizia è che – tutto sommato – il Belpaese è ancora a...