Il calcio femminile made in Italy negli Usa: in 19 volano a Seattle. E la Schiavi è top player
di Ivan Palumbo Il popolo di Seattle le aspetta senza promesse di rivoluzione: perché la rivoluzione sono loro, le 19 ragazze italiane sbarcate negli Stati Uniti a diffondere il calcio made in Italy. È un sogno, o forse era un sogno. Perché da domani, giorno della presentazione, sarà realtà. E ancor più da domenica 9, giorno del debutto co...
Crudo owners to open a second restaurant in Phoenix
If one is good, then two must be better. The crew behind Crudo in Arcadia plans to open a second concept in central Phoenix this summer. The new venture, Okra, will be an ode to the kind of Southern cooking that chef Cullen Campbell experienced as a kid in Arkansas and a college student in Memphis. Fried chicken will be served tw...
Seattle-Perugia Sister City Association
by Michela Tartaglia It was between September of 1991 and May of 1992 when Seattle Mayor Norman Rice and Perugia Mayor Mario Valentini signed a pact of friendship between their cities and since then that relationship has grown stronger and stronger. The origin of that pact resides in a desire of a Seattleite named Hans Lehmann, who had co...
Share you world with an Italian AFS Exchange Student
Dear Friends, AFS-USA, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that has been a leading international high school student exchange for more than 65 years, is currently looking for host families for high school exchange students in our community. There are five Italian students in particular who will be arriving to the Seattle area this fall. Please read t...
Un’avventura la vita dell’eroe emigrato
Felice Pedroni, per gli americani Felix Pedro, nasce a Trignano di Fanano il 16 aprile del 1858, ultimo di sei fratelli. Costretto all'emigrazione, nel 1881, dopo una breve tappa in Francia raggiunse gli Stati Uniti dover partecipò alla grande corsa all'oro. Trasferitosi dapprima in Canada, poi, nel 1895, in Alaska nel bacino del fiume Yukon, nel 1...
FC Sounders Italian heritage night – Saturday, July 18th
Saturday July 18th, 7pm. FC Sounders Italian heritage night. FC Sounders vs Colorado Rapids. Group tickets only $36. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the San Gennaro Festival and Festa Italiana. Take advantage of this offer and complete these instruction by June 26! -open the pdf and click on "buy now" PDF FC Sounders&...
Zoppe Italian Family Circus brings acrobatics, whimsy to Chandler
by Linda Peters The Zoppe Italian Family Circus comes to Chandler this week through Jan. 3 at the Chandler Center for the Arts. This intimate show is one ring filled with acrobatics, equestrian showmanship, canine capers, clowning around and lots of audience participation. "To me, the one-ring circus definitely underscores the word intima...
Grimaldi’s Pizzeria toasts its food with its new signature wine, Mille Gradi
By Debbie Hall With the temperatures dipping to the 90s in Southern Nevada, Grimaldi's Pizzeria is keeping it a thousand degrees and that is not just for the ovens baking pizzas (which can reach 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit). The introduction of its new signature wine, Mille Gradi (which means a thousand degrees) is a red blend incorporating t...
Per cosmetica italiana boom in Usa +31%
Lozioni per capelli, eau de toilette, creme su tutto, per 326 milioni di euro: l'Italia va alla grande, più 31,2%, nell'export del settore cosmetico in America. Con questa premessa si apre l'edizione 2016 di Cosmoprof North America, con 40 aziende partecipanti. La manifestazione, che segue Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna e precede Cosmoprof Asia (...
First Taste: Sicilia Mia
Everyone's talking about it. Sicilia Mia (no website) is, apparently, the Italian restaurant most of Salt Lake has been waiting for and I'm late to the party. Distinctly unspectacular from the outside—Sicilia Mia is a bland storefront in an unattractive strip shopping mall—the small restaurant is always crowded. We made dinner reservations and sti...
Lecture series features Italian cuisine talk
The sixth installment of the Windows to the World Lecture Series will feature Ken Albala, speaking on the cultural history of Italian cuisine in the United States. His talk, "Italianità in America," will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St. The lecture series is sponsored by the Sonoma Community...
Bravo Brio chef and district partner Lou Sassetti: Four great eats off the Strip
By Lou Sassetti Robin Leach's Note: I am very grateful to all the guest columnists who filled in for me while I was away this summer in Sardinia, Italy and Croatia, then with family in La Jolla, Calif. Thank you all, sincerely.I hope that our readers found the guest columns as interesting, entertaining and diverse as I did. They c...