Real Estate is Picking up in Italy
We have some good news from Italy24 regarding the Italian real estate market: after taking a dip in 2013, the market picked back up in 2014 and is set to grow strongly into the next two years. The turnaround is concentrated primarily in the North and Center of Italy and is catalyzed in part by recent governmental actions facilitating house...
La Console Natalia Quintavalle consegna l'onorificenza di Grande Ufficiale alla Dott.ssa Silvia Formenti, una luminare nel campo della radioterapia
La Dott.ssa Silvia Formenti, membro del Board of Trustees di ISSNAF e presidente dell'Advisory Board di Medicina e Biologia, ha ricevuto il 2 giugno 2015, durante le celebrazioni delle Festa della Repubblica, l'onorificenza di Grande Ufficiale dalla Console Generale d'Italia a NY Natalia Quintavalle per il suo illustre contributo nel campo della ra...
Greeneville's Casa Nostra means great food and exceptional service
The dine-around bunch and I had spent the day car-shopping with the Retiree in Greeneville, and a thoroughly pooped and over-heated bunch we were. The Retiree was looking for a hybrid vehicle of some sort. Her mentioning this to the sales force of several dealerships was greeted in each case with the same enthusiasm Jaws had for the opening of Long...
37th Annual Festa Italiana 2015!
Rockford's original, authentic, 37th Annual Festa Italiana is almost here! Located at the Boylan High School Grounds, Festa Italiana is a celebration of tradition, food, entertainment, and scholarship. Festa proceeds go GRIAA's mission of promoting the Italian culture in our community through events and education with the majority of these proceeds...
Time Machine: Italian race car finds its way to Cedar Rapids
by Diane Langton The Giaur Lancia Moretti, a rare Italian race car, was being built for Italian Formula One driver Felice Bonetto, who planned to race it in 1953 in the Mille Miglia (thousand mile) road race in Italy. But when Bonetto was killed in November 1953, in the Carrera Panamericana race in Silao, Mexico, work on the car stopped....
Italian American Festival returns for 36th year
The Clute Park Community Center in Watkins Glen will be transformed into an Italian oasis as one of the many new attractions for the 36th annual Schuyler County Italian American Festival from Friday through Sunday at Clute Park. Marionette shows, new vendors, new musical performers and the "Salami Shack" are other additions. "Our goal is...
Arezzo to market line of specialty foods
Arezzo Ristorante & Bar on Riverside Avenue in Westport has begun marketing its own culinary fare, including pasta sauces, specialty items and the restaurant's award-winning caponata. Juan Ceballos, owner of the restaurant founded in NYC in 2000, said in a statement about the food line that customers have been asking him to package his...
Celebrated chess grandmaster makes his move – to St. Louis
By Stephen Deere In a scene reminiscent of a free-agent signing ceremony, one of the world's top chess players stood amid a small crowd at the St. Louis Chess Club, a few feet from where his performance last year left commentators searching for superlatives. But instead of outmaneuvering opponents, Fabiano Caruana was shaking hands wi...
Bravo! brings Italian experience to Henderson mall
By Caitlyn Belcher Henderson residents can now experience Italy without packing a single bag or purchasing an expensive airline ticket. Opened May 28, Bravo! Cucina Italiana was part of the Galleria at Sunset mall's $7 million upgrade that brought six new restaurants and a 12,000-square-foot outdoor events plaza. The renovati...
Visconti's Obscure Gem, Sandra, to be Screened during Siskel's Cinema all'italiana
By Nancy Bishop Lovers of Italian film and perhaps, all things Italian, have a feast in store this month at the Gene Siskel Film Center in its Cinema all'italiana. The series of post-neorealist Italian films runs through Sept. 30, featuring 11 films produced in the 1960s and later. Many of them are in new digital restorations. San...
115-year-old Italian restaurant franchising for the 1st time
by Kenneth Hilario Philadelphia's oldest Italian restaurant will be franchising for the first time in its 115-year-old history. Ralph's Italian Restaurant will be franchising its brand, led by Ryan Rubino, the great-great-grandson of Francesco and Catherine Dispigno, who first opened the restaurant in South Philadelphia. The...
Italian Festival cocktails to try while you mangia
by Loryn Elizares Food may reign supreme as the foremost reason people flock to the Eldorado Great Italian Festival, but that all-you-can-eat pasta and garlic bread can work up a thirst. Four festival booths and some special events will keep you refreshed and ready to eat, grape stomp and shop your way through the festival, running Oct. 10-11. &n...