Chicago women launch LGBTQ travel companies specializing in same-sex weddings in Italy
To Italy lovers, Rome is the most romantic city in Europe — sorry Paris! Amid passionate residents, spectacular natural beauty, great food, and flowing wine, Italy inspires love for all couples. Chicago's Lesley Pritkin and Rosanne Cofoid, owners of two "Italy-only" travel companies, marvel that despite Italy's long-standing popularity among LGBTQ...
For Mavis Owner Vinny Papa, It’s All About Community
There are lots of reasons Mavis Discount Tire has been a fixture on Route 6 in Mahopac for over 30 years, but the biggest one is an Italian immigrant with a love for people—and a knack for doing things the right way. Born in Italy, Vinny Papa arrived in the United States with his family when he was 9 years old. Papa grew up in Elmsford, got married...
Do you remember Delerno's in Old Metairie? A lost local restaurant
For nearly half a century, until it closed in the 1980s, Delerno's on Pink Street was a fixture of Old Metairie. Chef and owner J.B. Delerno turned out standard New Orleans and Italian cooking, like stuffed artichokes, turtle soup, seafood gumbo and fried seafood. Delerno also played a role in expanding the local culinary canon. In the 1970s, when...
Nello Petrucci; Recognizing Creativity
Creative artist Nello Petrucci puts a lot of thought process with bringing the house down with his captivating paintings. He strives to put a sense of reality into his pieces. Just a few weeks ago, he presented his new art collection at a gala event called “From Italy with love.” The collection was called From Italy with love because it was somethi...
How to Talk at an Italian Festival
Any foreign language you don’t practice, you slowly forget, and even the basics escape your mind. So, we thought it would be a good idea to do a refresher lesson on how to get by at an Italian festival. After all, it is summer and Italian festivals abound. So study this lesson well and you’ll be ready to navigate the festivals with a true Italian f...
Piazza Imo, a $3 Million Italian-Inspired Public Square, to Open on the Hill
The name synonymous with St. Louis’ square beyond compare is branching outside of pizza. Piazza Imo, an Italian square, is being built in St. Louis’ the Hill neighborhood, just across the street from St. Ambrose. With a price tag between $3 million to $4 million, it will have ornamental gates, benches and chess boards, with a marble fountain and gr...
La diplomazia a sostegno delle imprese nella promozione estera: De Luca (DGSP) incontra Pozza (Unioncamere Veneto)
Il Direttore Generale per la Promozione del Sistema Paese del Maeci Vincenzo De Luca ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Presidente di Unioncamere del Veneto Mario Pozza che gli ha presentato i risultati della ricerca “Internazionalizzazione: efficacia e vincoli delle istituzioni all'estero per il sistema produttivo italiano – Il caso del Maeci”. Pr...
Veroni Italian Cured Meats Now Available in US
Veroni, the legendary Italian producer of cured ham, salumi and other fresh, sliced meats, is expanding its distribution of 100% Italian products in the United States. Most so-called Italian cured meats sold in the United States are produced domestically, often marketed as “Italian recipe” or “Italian style;” Veroni, by contrast, is one of a handfu...
Menomonee Falls Superintednet Pat Greco receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Wisconsin Policy Forum
Outgoing Menomonee Falls Schools superintendent Pat Greco has been named a co-recipient of the 2018 Wisconsin Policy Forum's James R. Ryan Lifetime Achievement Award. Retired city of Milwaukee budget director Mark Nicolini is the other co-recipient. Greco was named by the group, a nonpartisan independent public policy research organization, as one...
The Blossoming of Imagination: Italian Renaissance Drawing
Simplistic and paradoxically expressive, drawings and the merits of the craft have begun to be showcased in many art institutions around the world. From the recent exhibit “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to the upcoming UK tour of Leonardo DaVinci’s drawings starting in February of 2019, t...
A Bayside Italian Ice, Bursting With (80) Flavors
Marty Lieberman said he’s living the dream being semiretired. Although he clocks in a few hours a week working as an ad salesman for The Queens Tribune, his daily schedule largely consists of a 12-mile bike ride across Queens from his home in Fresh Meadows to Little Bay Park. Mr. Lieberman, 78, who estimates that he’s cycled over 8,000 miles, admit...
Ten Things You Can Do in Bologna, For Free!
For our series on ten things you can do for free in Italy's most popular cities, we head to Bologna, Emilia-Romagna food-loving capital, which is attracting more and more fans every year. If you're on a budget, there's plenty you can do in Bologna, here are the top ten picks from our contributing editor Silvia Donati, who is a Bologna native. 1. Ba...