Organizers cancel Italian Heritage Festival due to COVID-19
You can add the Galbani Italian Heritage Festival to the list of summer events that will not happen in 2020. Organizers have canceled the two-day event, scheduled for July 18 and 19 in Niagara Square, due to COVID-19. "For the health and safety of our guests, vendors and board members it was essential to come to this decision," organizer Marco Scio...
Italian Television in the 1970s
The two main events in Italian television history that occurred in the 1970s were the advent of color and the introduction of private channels. The story of color TV is truly a political-industrial epic that began in the mid-sixties and ended only towards the end of the 70s after many delays and false starts. In these years RAI’s television monopol...
Nicolas Cage Is Obsessed With Italian Sports Cars
Fans of Nicolas Cage know how weird and wild he is. And, while he’s best-known for his outlandish roles, he’s also known for doing a lot of bad movies. The reason why he’s done so many bad movies is because he was broke. And, like many celebrities, he became broke in part because he spent too much money. In Cage’s case, a lot of his money went i...
Monti Farms & Deli is evolving with the times
Since opening in July 2019, Monti Farms & Deli has been a popular spot for locals and beyond to peruse and purchase fresh produce, meats and cheeses, homemade dinners, regionally made ice cream and breads, and much more. Owner Michael Watkins is determined to keep that momentum going and has adapted to the way he serves his customers during the cor...
The Prince of New Jersey: A Conversation With Michael Imperioli
As a film curator, people always ask what films or TV shows they should be watching. I have a top ten memorised, which always features all six series of The Sopranos. From the opening with a mob boss walking into a therapist’s office through all 86 episodes, The Sopranos captured life – family, relationships, marriage, race, religion, food, money,...
San Severino di Centola
THE RUINS OF THE OLD village San Severino di Centola, originally San Severino di Camerota, are located on a rugged hill in southern Cilento, in the Italian region of Campania. The village was founded during the 10th-11th centuries and was progressively abandoned as inhabitants chose to move their settlement closer to the newly developed railway in...
Tesla X Ferrari Is the Italian American Sports Car Done Right
A skilled designer who posts his creations on Instagram comes with one very simple idea: instead of building a new sports car from scratch, why not mixing together two models and use the best they have to offer for a one-of-a-kind monster?This is how the Tesla X Ferrari came to be, as Instagram artist loic3ldrawing created an exterior design case s...
Italian food exports: the recovery will come after the summer
About 600 companies answered the survey of Promos Italia, the agency for the internationalization of the Italian Chamber of Commerce system. Up to 25% of respondents complained about a loss of turnover equal to 80% yoy in the last two months due to the coronavirus emergency and the resulting lockdown. The damage was slight for 9% of those surveyed...
Festa Italiana is canceled for 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns
The Greater Rockford Italian American Association made the announcement Monday canceling all 2020 summer events, including Festa Italiana. This comes as the latest summer event to be canceled in the region due to COVID-19. While the state is currently in Phase 2 and ideally looking to get into Phase 3 within the month, officials with the associatio...
Italian army cleans Rome churches
The Italian army has been drafted in to sanitise Catholic churches in Rome ahead of Monday 18 May when the faithful will once again be able to attend Mass following restrictions due to the covid-19 emergency. The sanitisation programme, which is being conducted in collaboration with city authorities, will involve the army cleaning the interior and...
Italy's Third Golden Age - webinar by Carla Gambescia
May 21 at 7pm. $10. 7:00 PM EDT. Hosted by Westchester Italian Cultural Center. Presented by award winning author, Carla Gambescia. Click here for more info & to register. Italy is the only country to give the world not just one but three Golden Ages. A fascinating exploration of how Italy rose from the ashes and devastation of WWII to emerge as th...
Alligator Marsala Day is May 11th
General Giuseppe Garibaldi and Major Roberdeau Wheat landed at Marsala, on the westernmost point of Sicily, on 11 May 1860 to unify Sicily and Italy. Wheat was from New Orleans and would take 1,600 Prisoners’ of War with him when he returned from Sicily in 1861 to fight as Confederates. The was the beginning of Wheat’s raising a group of men who wo...