The LA Artist Who Turned Down Disney and Fulfilled His American Dream
Best known as a Caldecott Award-winning author and illustrator, Leo Politi pioneered multiculturalism in children’s literature and captured bygone eras and communities with his paintbrush. The son of Italian immigrants, Leo Politi was born Atiglio Leoni Politi in Fresno, Cali., in 1908. Located in California’s Central Valley, Fresno is typically no...
Italian-American Trattoria Atto Opening in 8K SF—Roof Deck Included—at Tuscany Hotel
Italian-American restaurant Atto has signed a lease for 8,000 square feet at the Tuscany Hotel at 120 East 39th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. The Murray Hill space includes 4,000 square feet at grade and a 4,000-square-foot roof deck, as The New York Post first reported. The lease is for 15 years, according to Meridian Capital Group re...
Monica Lapanna still smiling as 100th birthday nears
Good hard work, good friends and family, good Italian blood… and the good Lord. That’s what has kept Monica Lapanna healthy and happy for nearly100 years. Oh, she’s slowed down a bit as that remarkable milestone gets closer, but she’s still perky and smiles often as she enjoys a cup of hot tea and a cookie at the kitchen table while talking to frie...
Football players with college experience and Italian passport needed in Italian Football League
Not many college football athletes are aware there is opportunity to continue playing this sport after graduation, outside of the United States. Sport of football is growing in the entire world, Mexico, Japan, Europe, and with that beeing said, in Italy as well. Football networking platform www.ThePodyum.com is working with 400+ teams and organizat...
La fumettista italiana che sogna l'Oscar per il 'suo' Spiderman afroamericano
Da grandi poteri derivano grandi responsabilità. Lo sa bene Sara Pichelli, fumettista marchigiana che ha sempre avuto l’arduo compito di rilanciare personaggi iconici della Marvel Comics. La sua matita ha dato anche vita al design di Miles Morales, il personaggio che ha assunto l’identità dell’Uomo Ragno in seguito alla scomparsa di Peter Parker, u...
Sisma 2016, nove opere del deposito di Santo Chiodo tornano al loro splendore dopo il restauro
Il 25 febbraio alle ore 11.30, il Soprintendente all’Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio dell’Umbria, Marica Mercalli, l’Arcivescovo della Diocesi di Spoleto – Norcia, Renato Boccardo, il Sindaco di Norcia, Nicola Alemanno, il Sindaco di Cascia, Mario De Carolis, l’Assessore alla Cultura del Comune di Norcia, Giuseppina Perla, il Presidente di Cult...
Film premiere: The Rock
Thursday, March 7 | 7 - 9 p.m. 5th floor Mueller Center, Heinz History Center - 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Free and open to the public. Join the History Center for the premiere of "The Rock," a documentary about the life and legacy of Therese Rocco, one of America's first female assistant police chiefs and the first in Pittsburgh....
Trivia Night Italian-Style with special guest Carla Gambescia
Tuesday 3/26/2019 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM. Eataly Chicago - 43 E Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60611 Join us for special evening of fun: a Trivia Challenge for those who love Italy and its astonishing culture and cuisine. We welcome Carla Gambescia, author of La Dolce Vita University: An Unconventional Guide to Italian Culture from A to Z, a unique compendium of...
Asiago War Memorial
The Asiago plateau is one of the most iconic locations of World War I, having seen many battles between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops. After the end of the war, the town of Asiago was selected to house one of the largest memorials of the Great War. The burial monument was built in the 1930s on Leiten Hill on the edge of town. The sprawling sq...
Karen Akunowicz is paying homage to the Italian town of Modena — she’s just doing it her way
At Fox & the Knife, a 75-seat Italian restaurant in South Boston, you’ll find a bread dish on the menu called tigelle. Also know as crescentina modenese, the disc-shaped appetizer is native to the Italian town of Modena, where chef and owner Karen Akunowicz lived and worked for a year over a decade ago. “It’s an old kind of recipe specifically fro...
How Italian Heritage Brand Rodo Is Making a Big Move in the U.S.
Rodo — which has been a mainstay in Italy since 1956 — is making a bigger play for the U.S. market. The family-owned brand will officially launch at Bergdorf Goodman this spring. It will kick things off with a two-day event on April 6 and 7 that showcases the heritage and craftsmanship of Rodo’s shoes and bags. The New York retailer has a departmen...
Via Francigena: all roads lead to Rome — part 1
The great German writer of the Age of the Enlightenment, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, once said: “Europe was born on pilgrimage, and its language is Christianity”. That is very true, as European identity and its cultural heritage enjoyed its greatest rise in the Middle Ages, when the Via Francigena, together with the routes towards the Holy Land and San...