The FIAT® brand has partnered with one of Instagram's first and most active creator communities, #JJ, to commission its founder and top photographers to embark on a photo-documented open road adventure in the new Fiat 500L. The road trip began yesterday (September 17) at the FIAT Studio in Chicago and will make stops in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washing...

Ora i conti di fine settembre mostrano un primato consolidato: da Stati Uniti, Canada e Messico deriva un quarto delle vendite. La Germania segue, contribuendo per il 24%. Ma mentre oltre oceano nei primi nove mesi il fatturato è cresciuto quasi del 25%, la locomotiva tedesca si è fermata a più 17,7%.   Nei primi nove mesi dell'anno Brembo h...

Modest Maria Medoro says she hesitates to call her place a restaurant, since customers place their orders at a counter and she doesn't serve alcohol. She'd hate to disappoint anyone.   But for anything other than supper with a glass of wine, Medoro's got you covered. A cup of Lavazza macchiato with a fabulous pastry, a big salad, or an even...

The SME Education Foundation is lending its support to the Italian Trade Agency's by helping promote its 2015 call for papers for the agency's Italian Machine Tool Technology Awards.   The aim of the program is to enrich the engineering education of students and to advance knowledge on issues of importance within the industry to the next gen...

by Darrell Clem Pietro "Pete" Mucci came to America from Italy in 1947 as a 21-year-old man with a third-grade education, a strong work ethic and the shoe-making skills he learned as a young boy.   He had a shoe repair shop in Detroit for a decade before he opened Pete's Shoe Repair in downtown Plymouth, where he had a 37-year run until he...

By Mitch Hotts   It was a celebrazione -- Italian for celebration -- of the culture, history and heritage of Italy during the Columbus Day Parade on Main Street in downtown Mount Clemens on Saturday. The 46-unit procession included a variety of social clubs, businesses, pageant queens, and the Harper Woods High School Marching Band payi...

Il Console d'Italia a Detroit Marco Nobili insieme al professore Iaderosa, direttore dell'Ente Gestore "NOI – Nuovi Orizzonti Italiani" ieri 30 novembre 2012 hanno incontrato a Grand Rapids, in Michigan, la professoressa Gisella Licari ed i suoi collaboratori della Grand Valley State Gli studenti di italiano dei corsi 101 e 201 dell'ateneo hanno pr...

Il Comitato della Società Dante Alighieri del Michigan, sotto gli auspici del Consolato d'Italia a Detroit, ha ospitato la presentazione di Luca Guardabascio, regista e sceneggiatore italiano; le sue opere comprendono documentari, lungometraggi, serie TV e spettacoli.   Il suo nuovo libro-progetto e film si intitola "Padula-New York-Pittsbur...

Brembo celebrated the grand opening of its expanded North American manufacturing operations in Homer, Michigan today. Brembo is a world leader and innovator of brake systems. The celebration renewed Brembo's commitment to North America.   The investment, which will total more than $115 million dollars (€83 million euros) through the end of 2...

by Bill Castanier   Like a fine stock, Mena Castriciano's cookbook has been simmering on the back burner for a long time. But this week her lifetime of dishing recipes becomes reality with "Cooking with Mena," a collection of her favorite Italian recipes. "It was my dream," she said while holding court in the dining area of Roma Bakery Deli...