Columbus Italian Festival honors heritage, food
After Friday's rain, the Columbus Italian Festival was in a party mood yesterday with food, as always, one of the star attractions. The smells of pizza, pasta, sausage sandwiches, soup, gelato and pizzelles wafted in the air around St. John Italian Catholic Church, 720 Hamlet St., the center of the festival and Columbus' Italian community....
Celebrating Italian American pride at Los Angeles City Hall
Italian Heritage Month means, first of all, a period of continuous celebrations. This is a special moment when all Italian Americans feel particularly proud to show their heritage and traditions, a moment when we stay together, united not just by the same flags, but also by the same passion. The month of October gives us the opportunity to...
New Italian Cinema
This year's New Italian Cinema offers several distinct elements in the competition section, including the first-ever animated feature, an Italian production entirely in Arabic and a suspense-oriented film in the giallo tradition, among other extremely impressive first or second features. Opening Night features a very special evening with E...
Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts plans Prime Rib Christmas Dinner
The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts' annual Prime Rib Christmas Dinner will be held on Dec. 12 at 56 Margaret St. in Springfield. The event will open with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m., and dinner will begin at 7 p.m. The full menu includes antipasto, garden salad, baked stuffed shrimp, prime rib, roasted potatoes, ziti, desse...
La scomparsa del cav. Peter Cardella
Si è spento mercoledì scorso 26 novembre all'età di 96 anni il Cav. Peter Cardella, un uomo che ha fatto la storia della comunità italiana del Queens. Un uomo forte e fermo nelle sue idee che ha saputo combattere e spesso battere violentemente i propri pugni sui tavoli delle riunioni per difendere le proprie idee anche nella difesa dei lav...
Thursday in Dallas, Andrea Bocelli will sing ‘pop-opera’
by Thor Christensen Andrea Bocelli has boosted the popularity of opera as much as anyone since Pavarotti. Yet the multi-million-selling star of countless PBS pledge drives hasn't totally erased opera's image as the caviar of music: It's ambrosia to some, but a lot of people think it tastes like salty fish. The Italian tenor says o...
Great Italians of the Past: Virna Lisi
WTI Magazine #50 2014 December, 26Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde Translation by: Virna Lisi was one of the queens of Italian cinema, maverick figure of great talent, who never bent to the hypocrisies of the show biz and never shied away the challenges of time passing by. Virna Pieralisi was born in Ancona on November 8,...
Police: Garozzo's in Columbus Park robbed by two armed men Monday night
Authorities say two armed men robbed Garozzo's Italian Ristorante in Columbus Park Monday night. They received the call around 10:30 p.m., just after the restaurant in the 500 block of Harrison closed. Employees told police one man held two workers at gun point while the other man went to the office and demanded cash from a manager counti...
Non-profit CEO Emilia DiMenco
This month, we highlight the distinguished career of a rising star in the Chicagoland community, and a proud and contributing member of the Italian-American community, Emilia DiMenco. Although Emilia DiMenco has never owned a business, she has spent her entire professional career helping them grow. One of her most satisfying achievements w...
Bottega announces new distribution agreement with Interbrands USA
Italian wine and spirits producer Bottega SpA has announced an agreement with Interbrands USA to distribute its portfolio to the cruise industry, exclusive of duty free. Interbrands Wine & Spirits is one of the leading privately owned distributors in Scandinavia, and one of the largest suppliers to the Nordic travel retail and domestic...
POMPEII: The Exhibition opens at Pacific Science Center
Near the modern town of Naples, Italy is an ancient city, frozen in time. Pompeii was a thriving community, destroyed by a volcano in the year 79 AD. Nearly 2.5 million tourists visit the site every year. But for Seattleites who can't make the trip, more than 150 artifacts from Pompeii are going on display at the Pacific Science...
A new dawn for the Mezzogiorno?
In the 1950s, Matera, a town carved from the earth in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, was declared la vergogna nazionale: the shame of Italy. At the time, some 16,000 residents lived in Matera's sassi, districts distinguished by their ancient, rock-cut dwellings, some of which were accessible only by a trapdoor and ladder. Whole...