Thomas Habakkuk Baldonado makes Italian Football History, will play at Pitt
Lazio Marines Thomas Habakkuk Baldonado has become historic after committing to study and play football on a full scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the first Italian player to join the NCAA Div. I as a freshman. The 6’5″, 230 lb defensive end from Rome, Italy who turns 19 this year, left Italy last August to attend Clearwater Acad...
New Jersey Verismo Opera To Continue Bring The Family To The Opera
The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera has announced that in March the “Bring the Family to the Opera” initiative will resume. This well-received program introduces children and the extended family to live, fully-staged performances of grand opera, as the composer intended. The program offers 40% off special ticket rates on $55 and $45 tickets...
Giuseppe Continiello: istruzione, ricerca e formazione per rilanciare l’Italia
Da quanti anni e perché vive all’estero? Perché ha deciso di candidarsi e perché con questa lista? “Ho 45 anni e vivo a Montréal, in Canada, dal 2011. Sono nato a Milano. Ho studiato in Sardegna e in Toscana. Ho conseguito il Ph.D. in Relazioni internazionali, sono laureato in Scienze politiche e, all’Università per Stranieri di Siena, ho conseguit...
IAET dinner dance was one for the record books
The Italian American Executives of Transportation held their 2017 Dinner Dance at Alta Villa Banquets on Nov. 19. More than 600 were in attendance, making it one of the largest dinner dances of the year. Dominic Romanazzi was honored as Man of the Year, and Wayne Bubak was honored as Humanitarian. Past IAET honoree Lou Cairo did a tremendous job as...
Valley, Italian growers share best practices
Before the group of 25 Italian farmers arrived at Stanislaus State on Feb. 5, they were tourists, making overnight stays in Las Vegas and San Francisco, and the hats and new t-shirts the Italians wore spoke to how much fun they were having. But the moment the farmers reached the University’s sustainable garden, where they were greeted by about 20 S...
My Simple Italian Town Is at Risk of an Oscar
The mother of a childhood friend of mine, now in her 90s, still lives in our small hometown, Crema, near Milan. A few months ago, she started to tell us about a young, charming American actor named Tim who would pick her up in the mornings to have coffee in the piazza. My friend was worried and a little embarrassed. “My mother has a vivid imaginati...
Italy breaks the record for world's longest tiramisù
A town in the northeastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia has broken the world record for the longest tiramisù, making more than 250 metres of the iconic Italian sweet. Measuring 266.90 metres in length, the tiramisù was made in the town of Villesse, near Gorizia.30,300 litres of coffee and more than 300 kilograms of cream were used in the...
What to Do on Ischia, the Quiet Italian Island Made Famous by Elena Ferrante
Ischia is one of those places that, if you’ve been, you tend to keep to yourself. After all, part of its charm, besides its low-key vibe and lack of American tourists, is waking up to a view like this of the Tyrrhenian Sea from the Mezzatorre Resort & Spa. “It’s the anti-Capri,” says Michael Williams, founder of the men’s style site A Continuous Le...
Plan to replace Milwaukee's St. Rita Church with senior apartments, new church wins OK
An east side Milwaukee church would be replaced with a new development that provides senior housing, as well as worship space, under a proposal that received unanimous Plan Commission approval Monday. St. Rita Catholic Church, 1601 N. Cass St., is being sold to a group led by developer James Tarantino. Tarantino, who operates Tarantino & Co. and Ca...
Sears Art Museum Gallery brings rare casting of Michelangelo’s Pietá to St. George
As the afternoon light casts a shadow from over the red rocks into the Dixie State University Sears Art Museum Gallery, one piece of art stands out among the rest: an exact casting of Michelangelo’s Pietà. Thanks to a generous contribution from an anonymous donor, a rare casting of Michelangelo’s original masterpiece has taken residence in Dixie St...
Ligurian pride: focaccia!
Flour, water, salt and yeast, yet it’s not bread... The word comes from the Latin “focus,” that is, baked on live fire. Soft, fluffy, glistening with olive oil, delicious! You can eat it on its own, with cheese or cold cuts. Focaccia was born by chance, as an on-the-go treat, or a “waiting” snack. Indeed, bakers had to wait several hours for bread...
Cesare Romano: sull’Europa non si torna indietro, solo avanti contro i nazionalismi
Da quanti anni e perché vive all’estero? Perché ha deciso di candidarsi e perché con questa lista? “Sono partito da Milano nel 1992. Quattro anni di studi a Ginevra, in Svizzera, e poi 10 anni alla New York University. Vivo a Los Angeles dal 2006. Ho deciso di candidarmi perché sono preoccupato dal ritorno del nazionalismo e i suoi figli (protezion...