Made in Italy: export occhiali da sole sale a 3,7 mld, Usa primo mercato
Ammontano a 3,7 miliardi di euro le esportazioni di occhiali da sole italiani nel mondo, in aumento dello 0,8% rispetto all'anno precedente. Il valore delle importazioni è stato di 1,5 miliardi. E sono 920 le imprese italiane attive nella fabbricazione di lenti e occhiali, in crescita del 2,1% rispetto al 2017. Le esportazioni, secondo un’elaborazi...
Missing Cipriani chef found dead in New York City hostel
Police discovered the body of a missing chef at a Queens hostel Thursday, the NYPD said in a statement. Andrea Zamperoni had been missing since Monday. His friends and coworkers at the iconic Cipriani restaurant have been worried the whole time. The 33-year-old's body was discovered nearby his apartment. The hostel is known to be a trouble spot for...
Get a true taste of Italy at Nicole Brisson's Locale
Locale, a new Italian restaurant in Mountain’s Edge, aims to be that neighborhood joint you can pop into for supper any night of the week. Though it has only been open two months, it has already earned some serious buzz, especially for the chef at its helm. Nicole Brisson, who has spent the majority of her career running massive operations like Ca...
92nd Anniversary of the Sacco & Vanzetti Execution
On April 15, 1920, a double murder set off a sequence of events that led to the controversial, and later declared unjust, trial convictions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Their execution on August 23, 1927 is blamed on anti-Italian prejudice and fear of their anarchist political beliefs. The charges against Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van...
United Airlines Has a Brand New Italian Destination: Palermo, Sicily
Good news for U.S. travelers yearning to visit southern Italy: on Thursday, United Airlines announced a brand new flight from New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport to Palermo, Sicily. It'll be the only daily nonstop flight from the U.S. to the capital city of the Italian island. The new route, which will launch on May 20, 2020, is espec...
98-year-old WWII veteran who still works at grocery store gets surprise birthday party from coworkers
Bartholomeo "Bennie" Ficeto is turning 98 years old this week, but he's not interested in retiring. He still works at the Stop & Shop in Edison, New Jersey, as a "bag boy," and wouldn't want it any other way. "You got to enjoy work, you got to enjoy what you're doing. I see people running around and saying 'Oh, I have to go to work!'" he told CBS N...
What next for Italy? These are the five likeliest scenarios
Following Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's resignation, Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday began talks aimed at resolving the political crisis. But what happens now? Conte handed in his resignation after lashing out at far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Conte accused the Interior Minister of pursuing his own interests by pulli...
Maria Merola is Closing her Pastry Shop After 50 Years on Cross Street in the North End
After 50 years, Maria Merola has decided to retire and close Maria’s Pastry Shop at 46 Cross Street in Boston’s North End. The last day of business will be September 15, 2019. Tucked away on Cross Street, Maria’s was a local favorite with authentic, homemade offerings and a sanctuary from the Mike’s vs. Modern cannoli wars on Hanover Street. The 66...
St. Anthony’s Italian Heritage Festival takes place in Glassboro on Sept. 14
The annual St. Anthony’s Italian Heritage Festival takes place in Glassboro on Sept. 14. A procession from the St. Anthony’s Mutual Aid Society on Church Street to Rowan Boulevard will feature the St. Anthony’s statue decorated with flowers and carried by club members with traditional Italian musical accompaniment band. The Glassboro High School It...
One country, more languages
Com’è bello far l’amore da Trieste in giù, sang Italian television icon Raffaella Carrà back in 1978. What a beautiful line: it means “it’s awesome to make love from Trieste southwards.” Though I wonder, how does it work exactly? I mean, communicating in different languages can be hard, especially if you’re from Trieste and ask a Sicilian out on a...
IAWA New York City Literary Series September 2020
Saturday, Sept. 14, 2-4PM. Mulberry Street Public Library, 10 Jersey Street, New York, NY (Corner of Mulberry and Prince Streets, near Lafayette Street, one block south of Houston Street). Wheelchair accessible. Q+ A with authors will follow the reading. IAWA [Italian American Writers Association] National Translation Month. Open Mic followed by Fe...
Dolce Cafe & Gelateria Churns Traditional Italian Treats
Crossing over Hempstead Turnpike headed south on Franklin Avenue into Franklin Square, you’re greeted for the most part by blue collar storefronts featuring a certain and undeniable air of industrial manufacturing. But that slate of gray and brown got an injection of brightly hued color with the opening of Dolce Cafe & Gelateria this past July. Ser...