San Francisco, Jon e la pizzeria-camion: «In fila per mangiare da me a 12 dollari»
By Viviana Devoto Le mani grandi, l'attitudine da ragazzaccio, la pala della pizza maneggiata come un acrobata. Jon Darsky è un tizio svelto: e la sua mente viaggia al pari coi chilometri che attraversa ogni giorno. La pizza era la sua ossessione, la pizzeria mobile è diventata il suo progetto unico nel mondo. Un camion con dentro un forn...
Guided tour through Umbria, Italy, Insight Vacations
by Steve Meacham Lorenzo Polegri calls himself "the Etruscan chef" and has written a highly entertaining cookbook under that name. He's a born showman, obviously enjoying himself as he demonstrates to our tour group how to make perfect pasta, Etruscan-style. We're seated around tables at Ristorante Zeppelin in beautiful Orvie...
500 Years of Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum
500 Years of Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum focuses on the renowned collection of more than 1,000 Italian drawings at the Princeton University Art Museum, which includes significant works by artists Luca Cambiaso, Guercino, and Giambattista Tiepolo, as well as masterpieces by Carpaccio, Michelangelo, and Modigliani...
Six Tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT) residents receive National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) scholarships
Six university students who reside in the Tri-State area have received National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Scholarships. The students are Giovanni Iaboni of Bethany, Ct., Jade Bonacolta of Upper Saddle River, N.J., Angela Capranzano of Glendale, N.Y., Daniel Graziano of Amawalk, N.Y., Paul Lindseth of New York, N.Y., and Samuel Pellegrino C...
Staten Island's Sea View Playwright's to stage 'Nine,' a midlife musical
by Michael J. Fressola Having squeezed Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" into tiny, 80-seat Sea View Playwright's Theater a few seasons ago, director Tina Barone has assigned herself an equal-or-greater logistical challenge, "Nine," the Arthur Kopit/ Maury Weston musical. It fits too, she's happy to report. Her production, opening...
American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s Mobile Clinic Gives Free Breast Cancer Screenings
Potentially life-saving screenings were offered to women on the Island Thursday free of charge. The American-Italian Cancer Foundation's mobile clinic made a stop in Mariners Harbor to give women mammograms and breast exams. The free breast cancer screenings were organized in part by Councilwoman Debi Rose's office. Source: http://sta...
TTG Incontri welcomes the USA
With a whole pavilion dedicated to the USA, TTG Incontri is the only trade fair in Italy gathering under the same roof the widest and most comprehensive US tourist offer. Together with the USA, many other international destinations choose TTG Incontri as the only trade exhibition for promotion in the Italian market. According to Euromonito...
Tribute to Actor Joseph Rigano
On March 27, 2014, actor Joseph Rigano passed away. Joe Rigano was a well known Italian –American actor in the gangster film genre. Rigano was born in 1933 in New York City. He grew up in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn and worked as a laborer early in his life. He married his wife Maria and they had three children,; Angela, Joseph and Gina. Joe bega...
Italian Scholar Appointed Chair in Judaic Studies at the College of Idaho -
By Mauro Battocchi I am pleased to share with you news that an outstanding scholar has been appointed to The College of ldaho's new Howard Berger-Ray Neilsen Chair in Judaic Studies. Dr. Federica Francesconi, currently of the University of Oregon's Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, will join the College of Idaho faculty next fall...
Barchetta, a New Showcase for Italian Seafood, Opens
David Pasternack, who gained a reputation at Esca for his affinity with sea creatures, has a new showcase for Italian seafood. He is introducing uncommon selections, like fusilli with Atlantic surf clams. "Surf clams are my new favorite," he said. "They're sweet and briny and not at all tough. But nobody here is using them. They're mainly...
Third generation continues shoe repair trade
Think twice before tossing out those really comfy Allen Edmonds, Clarks, Keens, Gabors, Pikolinos, Kois, Chippewas, Durangos or whatever trusty footwear — flip-flops don't count — you've come to love. The same goes for that weathered leather jacket with its well-worn patina, that purse that goes perfectly with, well, whatever you bought it...
Paul Basile (Co-founder of the Italian American War Veterans Museum)
Among the many fields that have seen the Italians emigrated in America and their following generations show talent, determination and success in their new country, the defense of the United States is particularly important. Italy has provided several heroes to the US Army, the Marines and the other branches of the United States Armed Forces. In...