Reality show criticized by Bloomfield organization canceled
Cable Network A&E's latest reality show, "The Godfather of Pittsburgh," has been cancelled after only three episodes. The show was targeted by the Italian American One Voice Coalition, Unico National and many Italian Americans. "Godfather of Pittsburgh" follows Vince Isoldi, who operates several businesses including a strip club, and s...
A Sculptor of Suggestion
by Karen Wilkin The Italian-born sculptor Medardo Rosso (1858-1928) is the proverbial "artist's artist." Controversial in his own day, "discovered" by the Abstract Expressionist generation, and now widely acclaimed in art-historical circles, he is an important figure to many contemporary practitioners. Rosso is still not familiar to the Am...
1930s Milwaukee consul protest drew conflicting responses
When Milwaukee's Italian community read the news that a group of Americans – including many prominent city residents – would protest Italian intervention in Spain outside the Italian Consulate in June 1937, it must have awaited the event with at least some trepidation. After all, although American relations with Italy had not been bad over...
L’Italia offre grandi opportunità. Se lavori a New York
Le crisi economiche a volte portano grosse opportunità. Basta prendere le cose dal lato giusto. E magari guardare l'Italia da 6900 chilometri di distanza. Da New York. Così ha fatto Lorenzo Aragona, 43 anni, una laurea in economia e commercio presa all'Università di Napoli e il trasferimento nella Grande Mela nel 1999, dopo aver lasciato i...
Everything Italian at Brick Oven in Midland
The heritage is Italian. The recipes are Italian and even the oven has a rich Italian heritage. Those factors serve as the basic ingredients for a new Italian restaurant in Midland, the Brick Oven, opened by Paul Buffa. “My dad is Italian. His father is Italian, he came from Sicily,” said Buffa. Read more Source: http://w...
Italian pasta conquers Madonna and Michelle Obama
The U. S. is not only hamburgers and potato chips. They are starting to appreciate pasta as 77percent of Americans have it at least once a week, and 33 percent of them eats it three times a week. Some celebrities openly declared they are in favour of a pasta-based meal as it is healthy, environmentally friendly and promotes a well-balanced nutritio...
Crowdfunding di successo: 30K a Horus (che migliora la vita dei non vedenti)
“The invisibile made audible”. Da qui parte la storia che oggi raccontiamo. La storia di Horus Technology, il dispositivo in grado di riconoscere lo spazio intorno a sé e dare indicazioni precise attraverso un auricolare a esso collegato. La storia di tre ragazzi che, mettendo a frutto i loro studi, vogliono aiutare quei&nbs...
Italian Group Buys Enviro-Care
Rockford, Ill.-based Enviro-Care Company announced it has been acquired by the WAMGROUP®. Headquartered in Modena, Italy, WAM is a multinational company that entered the conveying market in 1969 before expanding into all facets of bulk solids handling equipment. Today, its conveyors are used in many water and wastewater projects. In 2013, WAMGROUP'...
Travel talk with Patrizia Cinquini Cerruti: Visiting Italy
Sunday, April 19 • 2:00 pm • Admission $10@ The Italian Center, Carmichael Join the Italian Cultural Society's Travel Director, Patrizia Cinquini Cerruti, for this special seminar designed to give travelers to Italy strategies and practical ideas to make an Italian dream vacation a reality. Patrizia is a classroom instructor who has taug...
Take a Tour Inside Bellino Trattoria Siciliana, Now Open
by Danielle Centoni The old Fratelli space, a Pearl District constant for 15 years, sports a new vintage-urban look thanks to its new tenant, Bellino Trattoria Siciliana, which opens tonight. Chris Setser of Surface Brokers and Shannon Ponciano of Ponciano Design renovated and redesigned the 2,200-square-foot space, giving it a mo...
The “bonsai” euro turbocharges Made in Italy, exports bring in €2 billion more
The hope is that the "bonsai" euro will last. The feeling, indeed, is like some kind of "manna" was falling from Heaven, a transient condition due to choices that are only partly controlled by the ECB. And precisely from the European currency's drop, in fact, stems one of the "hefty outside forces" leading Confindustria to maintain that Italy's rec...
Grave lutto per il CTIM USA
di Vincenzo Arcobelli Il Presidente Onorario del Comitato Tricolore per gli Italiani nel Mondo ,Filippo Foti ci lascia. Il 4 Maggio C.A. all'eta' di 105 anni il presidente onorario del CTIM Statunitense ,Filippo Foti, si e' spento . IL CTIM si unisce al dolore della Famiglia ed esprime il piu' profondo cordoglio. E' stat...