Italian food truck hopes to make big impression
by Gerald M. Gay As food truck options continue to grow in Tucson, one family is banking that bigger is better. Joseph Sotomayor and his father, Daniel Sotomayor, launched the Jozarelli's Italian Street Food truck earlier this month. They enlisted the Armenco Catering Truck and Hot Dog Cart Manufacturing Co. in Los Angeles to bui...
Marathon feast by way of Abruzzo
by Domenica Marchetti Hahri Shin was the first to arrive, at noon, a full hour before the scheduled start of the feast. He came outfitted for the occasion, wearing a bright-red Adidas track suit with white headband, and carrying a bottle of Rolaids. The occasion was the third annual Panarda, a nine-hour, 40-course banquet at Le Virtu, the...
IT and US: Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero and Minister Mario Mauro Visit Detroit
WTI Magazine #15 2014 Jan, 31Author : Sandra Tornberg Translation by: On January 14, 2014 the Italian community of Detroit was honored by a visit from the Ambassador of Italy to the U. S. Claudio Bisogniero, the Italian Minister of Defense Mario Mauro, and Deputy Fucsia Nissoli FitzGerald, accompani...
The Finest American Exhibition for International Violin and String Instrument Making Hosts Los Angeles Roadshow Event on February 6th at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles
February 6, 2014, Mondomusica New York, the finest American exhibition for international violin and string-instrument making, presented to over 70 guests at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles with presentations made by Antonio Piva, President of CRF USA and CremonaFiere S.P.A , Massimo Bianchedi, the General Manager of CremonaFiere S.P.A...
Bloomfield anti-bias group puts AFLAC on Wall of Shame
The Italian American One Voice Coalition, an Italian American anti-bias group based in Bloomfield, placed AFLAC on its Wall of Shame. The "dishonor" is bestowed for AFLAC's commercial "Family Business," which portrays Italian Americans as mobsters. This ad is unacceptable to Italian Americans and should be removed immediately, according t...
ExhibITALIA 2014 Testimonials
Consul General of Italy, Fabrizio Nava The Italian Consul General Fabrizio Nava in Houston states very clearly his approval of ExhibItalia in his letter: "I therefore express my strong appreciation for the initiative undertaken by the Italy America Chamber of Commerce to organize 'Exhibitalia'. This venue will provide a new and relevant o...
Tracing the Evolution of Stereotypes of Italian-Americans as Lovers of Food & Sex
In collaboration with the New York Council for the Humanities, NIDO (Noi Italiani D'Oggi) and Arts Mid-Hudson (formerly Dutchess County Arts Council) Folk Arts Program present "Linguini and Lust: Food and Sex in Italian American Culture," a lecture presentation by Fred Gardaphe, Ph.D., tracing the evolution of stereotypes of Italian-Americans as lo...
Il concorso ‘Memorie Migranti’ taglia il nastro: ospite d’onore il critico Arnaldo Colasanti
Registi, giovani filmaker e studenti provenienti da tutta Italia e dall'estero si sono dati appuntamento per festeggiare la X edizione del "Concorso Video Memorie Migranti", che si fregia di due testimonial d'eccezione, i giornalisti Piero Angela e Gian Antonio Stella. Sabato 12 aprile alle 10 a Gualdo Tadino, presso il Cinema Teatro Don B...
Ceramics of Italy at Coverings 2014
In celebration of its Silver Anniversary, Coverings is headed to the entertainment capital of the world for four days of tile, stone, and glittering lights. From April 29 - May 2, 2014, the Las Vegas Convention Center will be the ultimate meeting ground for industry experts, architects and designers, and Ceramics of Italy is pleased to be...
Italian family thanks soldier's Rock Hill family
Gaetano and Caroline Simonelli were just children on a farm in Nazi-occupied Italy in 1943 when a fighter plane screamed across the sky and crashed within feet of their home. The pilot was killed. The Simonelli family, devout Roman Catholics, buried him right there on the farm. In a Rock Hill cemetery 71 years later an old man named Bobby...
St. Peter's Catholic School has changed with the Mission
Back when I was a kid, my family lived on Potrero Hill, but my sister, brother and I all had a kind of dual San Francisco citizenship. We were Mission kids, too. We walked a dozen blocks every day down 24th Street to St. Peter's Catholic School on Florida Street. It was another world, then. The Mission was blue-collar, and almost all the k...
Nasce Sport Plus, il mensile di America Oggi
Con una tiratura di 12.500 copie, è nato ieri il primo numero del mensile 'Sport Plus', edito dal Gruppo Editoriale Oggi, che già pubblica il quotidiano 'America Oggi', l'unico in lingua italiana negli Stati Uniti. 'Sport Plus' sarà in edicola il secondo martedì di ogni mese, con la missione di offrire storie e approfondimenti sulla realtà sportiva...