Touch of Italy Rehoboth features a brand-new look and vibe, but with the same great menu and mouthwatering products
Touch of Italy is known throughout Delaware’s Cape Region, Ocean City, Md. and Wilmington for authentic Italian ingredients imported from Arthur Avenue in the Bronx! But this Delaware landmark is a lot more than that: Touch of Italy has expanded to offer the Italian Marketplace featuring hard-to-find imported items and one-stop-shopping where guest...
Alaska, impresa tricolore: Bergamini sulla vetta più alta del Nord America
Riccardo Bergamini ci ha abituato alle imprese straordinarie. Ma lui non sembra proprio accontentarsi e ha vinto la sfida lanciata ai ghiacci dell’Alaska. L’alpinista lucchese ha completato infatti l’ascesa al monte Denali (6194 metri), la cima più alta del Nord America. Si tratta di una montagna notoriamente difficile da salire perché vicina al ci...
Italian Cartoons: Lupo Alberto
The most marvelous Italian cartoon character is Lupo Alberto. He is from the most entertaining farm in existence, it’s more chaotic than not – it may happen that you run into a mass of blue fur with bones as thin as cords, and bulging eyes on a face with a red reindeer nose; this would be Lupo Alberto. A victim of countless clubbing’s by a dog name...
Donna Segreti Reilly Receives Unsung Heroine Award
The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women awarded Donna Segreti Reilly of Winthrop and Eleanor Vieira of Revere, Unsung Heroine Awards in a ceremony at the State House in Boston. This distinction celebrates extraordinary women who perform acts of service, enhancing Massachusetts communities on a daily basis. “The women honored today wor...
I 100 luoghi dove mangiare il vero Made in Italy a NY
New York è la città che non dorme mai, ma per tenerti sveglio, sai dove trovare un vero espresso? E in un afoso pomeriggio estivo, passeggiando per Central Park, sapresti dove trovare un vero gelato per rinfrescarti? E un’autentica pizza napoletana per un’uscita con gli amici o un vero piatto di spaghetti, meatball escluse, per un appuntamento a du...
Saint Padre Pio Procession [Photo Gallery]
A procession honoring Saint Padre Pio took place on Sunday, June 23, through the streets of Boston’s North End. The procession began at St. Leonard’s Church where devotees hoisted the statue of St. Padre Pio onto their shoulders and proceeded to carry the Saint around the neighborhood. St. Padre Pio was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002. Pius...
Rome discovers Mediaeval fresco hidden for 900 years
A large fresco dating from the Middle Ages has been discovered in a church on Rome's Aventine Hill, after being hidden behind an exterior wall for 900 years, reports Italian news agency ANSA.Dating to the mid-12th century, the intact fresco was found on the counter-façade of the Church of S. Alessio and is described as being in extraordinarily good...
Former architecture dean Piomelli honored as Great Immigrant by Carnegie Corporation
M. Rosaria Piomelli, an architect and former dean of architecture at The City College of New York, has been recognized by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a Great Immigrant. Every Fourth of July, Carnegie Corporation honors Andrew Carnegie’s legacy by celebrating the wide-ranging contributions of immigrants who enrich American communities an...
Matranga vineyard brings notes of the Old County to La Center
When your family is from Italy, it’s nearly a rite of passage to preside over your own vineyard. Although Brian Matranga waited until later in life to do just that, he and his wife, Hope, have planted a little bit of the “Old Country” in La Center, Washington. With strong family roots that trace back to Sicily, Brian began life in Roseville, Calif...
Carlucci Hosts 5th Annual Sons of Italy's Meatball Cook-Off
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) hosted his 5th annual Meatball Cook-Off and Italian American Dinner at the Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176 in Blauvelt, New York on Monday. More than 70 people attended the dinner, which was held prior to the cook-off. Then, 11 brave chefs entered the cook-off for a chance to earn meatball bragging...
Following the Footsteps of Medieval Monks on the Via degli Abati
In a world plagued by over tourism, it seems surreal to find places that are actively seeking tourists. Yet, if there ever were a place that fits the ‘off-the-beaten-path’ definition, the Apennines between the Parma and Piacenza provinces of Emilia-Romagna would be it – a forgotten corner of Italy, not far from the busy Po Valley, but visited by fa...
Carta Named Nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year
The honors for recent Duke University women’s golf graduate Virginia Elena Carta keep rolling in as the NCAA has announced Carta is one of a record 585 female college athletes that have been nominated by the NCAA member schools for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Established in 1991, the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes graduating fe...