Celebrate the Italian Legacy in Philadelphia
Chancellor Richard M. Englert invites you to celebrate the publication of The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas edited by Andrea Canepari and Judith Goode, published by Temple University Press Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. First Floor, Charles Library - Temple University Main Campus.Join us for a pan...
The Embassy of Italy in Washington has published 6 calls for proposals
The Embassy of Italy in Washington has published six calls for proposals for the following services. For more details please visit the following webpage. INSURANCE BROKERS; LANDSCAPING SERVICES FOR THE RESIDENCE OF THE EMBASSY OF ITALY; BUILDING FACILITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES (PORTERAGE INCLUDED) AT THE EMBASSY OF ITALY: MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE...
United Airlines: by summer 2023, the Rome-San Francisco flight is on the way.
United's new direct flight between San Francisco and Rome will start in the summer of 2023. The U.S. airline further ups the ante on the Peninsula with a new daily service that will debut next May 26 and run until the end of September. This will bring to 9 the company's direct Italy-U.S. flights, which will also confirm the 2022 new entry, the Mila...
Italy USA 1922 2022
“Italy USA 1922 2022” CETIS inaugural lecture by David Forgacs, NYU. Friday, October 28 - 5:30 PM - Gasson Hall 100, Boston College, MA. The Center for Transatlantic Italian Studies (CETIS) aims to explore the relationship between Italy and the United States through the promotion of scholarly research from a plurality of academic and cultural stan...
Prelude to famous Italian car race comes to Middleburg
Drivers shouldn’t be surprised if they see some rare and vintage sports cars rumbling through the Virginia countryside Friday, and into D.C. on Saturday. The 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA is in town, with Middleburg, Virginia, as its home base. It’s put on in cooperation with organizers of the original 1000 Miglia (Italian for 1000 miles) in Italy. “They...
Giorgia Meloni to become Italy's first woman prime minister
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Fratelli d'Italia party, is set to become Italy's first woman prime minister after Italian president Sergio Mattarella on Friday offered her the mandate to form a government. Meloni's coalition partners in government are the right-wing Lega led by Matteo Salvini and the centre-right Forza Italia led by Silvio...
Flags raised and anthems sung in White Plains to celebrate Italian Heritage Month
Westchester County officials celebrated Italian heritage month Tuesday night by raising the American and the Italian flags and singing the respective national anthems. The event was held outside the County Office Building in White Plains. Westchester County Executive George Latimer was there along with other officials. Latimer's heritage is half-It...
Italian candies are worth 750 million euros
The candy industry in Italy is worth 763 million euros (in 2021) and 25 million people habitually eat candies, according to a BVA Doxa research firm report made for the association of Italian food companies Unione Italiana Food. In 2021, candy production in Italy reached 89.4 million tons, and the industry is distinguishing itself abroad. As many a...
Syracuse pizzeria owner wins first place in World Calzone Championship
John “Vig” Vigliotti is a winner in the world of calzones. Vigliotti, owner of Peppino’s Restaurant and Catering in Syracuse, took home the top prize last weekend in what was billed as the “World Calzone Championship.” That was one of several contests held at the Pizza & Pasta Northeast Competition in Atlantic City, N.J., sponsored by Pizza Today m...
Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi dead at 100
College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi, a do-it-all player for the University of Georgia and the Chicago Cardinals, died Wednesday at 100 years old. Trippi was part of the Cardinals’ famed “Million Dollar Backfield,” assembled by owner Charles Bidwell, which won the 1947 NFL title. Trippi, primarily a halfback on the squad, is the on...
A Grape Harvesting Day in the Lucchese Hills
“Tuscany” and “wine” are almost synonymous at times, and in the collective imagination, it’s usually Chianti that springs to mind first. But up north, near the Ligurian border, winemaking traditions in the province of Lucca have been documented since at least the 15th century. Workers have been cultivating and collecting grapes since even before th...
The best, most current, complete one-volume history of Catholicism in the U.S.
Christopher Shannon is too modest. In his introduction to American Pilgrimage, he concedes that his telling of the American Catholic story is “selective” and that “many comprehensive histories of the material I cover already exist and remain worth reading for their own sake” (pp. 5–6). The implication is that those seeking a thorough survey of the...