Seeing What the Fuss Is About on Arthur Avenue, the Bronx’s Little Italy
By Leslie Brody My late husband Elliot used to rhapsodize about childhood visits with his grandmother to Bronx's Arthur Avenue, where they would eat, shop and eat some more. We never had a chance to go there together before he died of cancer seven years ago. After getting married again this summer, I heard my new husband's cousin,...
Barilla Celebrates Grand Opening of New Region Americas Headquarters
Barilla, the world's leading pasta brand, today celebrates the grand opening of its new Region Americas Headquarters in Northbrook, Ill., situated within Chicago's North Shore business corridor. The Barilla family, including Chairman Guido Barilla and Vice Chairmen Luca Barilla and Paolo Barilla, joined Barilla CEO Claudio Colzani and Barilla Ameri...
Authentic Italian food in Medford Square
By Stephanie Schorow WHO'S IN CHARGE Owners Matteo and Francesca Ronzio — who relocated earlier this year from Italy — are seeking to create an Italian dining experience very different from the Italian-American cuisine familiar to New Englanders. Ronzio has no quarrel with dark restaurants that heavily rely on tomato sauce, but...
At Lìolà, Relax and Enjoy An Authentic Italian Meal
Lìolà is not your typical neighborhood Italian restaurant in Queens. Owner and Chef Angelo Alaimo is serious about providing sophisticated, thoughtful dishes, fine wines and exceptional customer service that rival the top Italian restaurants in the entire New York Metropolitan area. Dinner commences with a plate of cubed parmesan, green and bl...
Andrea Bocelli gives intimate concert
by Lesley Abravanel Pomellato jewelry hosted a special fundraiser for Baptist Health South Florida at the Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne Residences on Wednesday at which Andrea Bocelli sang for an hour for an intimate group of 75. Bocelli's mother was seen in the audience, patting her heart as she was clearly moved and emotional during his per...
Eleonora Granata: “Vi racconto il COM.IT.ES che verrà". Progetti e iniziative del neoeletto Comitato degli italiani all’estero di L.A.
by Benedetta Cicconi Eleonora Granata è il neopresidente del Comitato degli italiani all'estero di Los Angeles recentemente rinnovato alle elezioni dello scorso aprile 2015 e che vede Claudio Fogu come Vicepresidente e Segretario, Cynthia Catalino alla tesoreria e come consiglieri Silvia Bizio, Francesco Brescia, Valerio Chiarotti, Gabriella Cri...
Italian Diary Archive Rewrites History from the Bottom Up through a Personal Story Commons
by Alessia Clusini The Fondazione Archivio Diaristico Nazionale (National Diary Archive Foundation) is an award-winning public archive in the small Tuscan town of Pieve Santo Stefano. The Archive collects the diaries, letters and autobiographical memories of ordinary people. The Archive, and its adjacent museum, brilliantly illumi...
RAI to air TV series on serial female entrepreneur who left her mark in confectionery and fashion
by Chiara Beghelli Luisa Spagnoli, in the Parisian clinic where she died when she was only 57 (in 1935), could hardly have imagined that 81 years later her story would be narrated in a two-episodes TV series dedicated to her entrepreneurial experience first in the chocolate sector and then in fashion. In 1907, she founded in Perug...
Vincent Ferraro, Twirling at Glenville Pizza Since 1976
Sitting down in the pizza parlor he has run for 40 years, owner Vincent Ferraro recalls the leap of faith it took to purchase the business for $15,000 back in 1976. Vincent was just 23 when he bought out "USA Pizza," and renamed it Glenville Pizza. But the young entrepreneur was good with numbers, understood pizza making and already had h...
Neurochirurgo Antonio Bernardo premiato dal GEI a New York
Un altro italiano di successo brilla nel firmamento degli Stati Uniti d'America per la sua maestria professionale in un delicato settore come quello della microchirurgia. Il GEI Gruppo Esponenti Italiani di New York, che da anni unisce i più autorevoli rappresentanti della società italiana in America, ha infatti voluto premiare con il "GEI...
21 new scholarships for AP students in the US
The Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C. and Eduitalia, an association of 80 qualified schools and universities that offer courses for foreign students in Italy, have partnered to offer 21 scholarships aimed to promote Italian language and culture in the U.S.. The grants will allow winners to live an unforgettable study experience in Italy....
Consul General: Italy Closes Trade Office but Reopens Dialogue With Atlanta
The Italian Trade Commission's Atlanta office was shuttered last year and the responsibility for Georgia brought back to the Miami office where it could be more efficiently operated, the nation's consul general told Global Atlanta. But that by no means indicates a lack of interest in Georgia and the five states and numerous Caribbean terri...