Second Annual Italian Film Festival April 22 to Sunday, April 24, 2016
Italian Film Festival USA of Portland is Pleased to Announce the 2016 Program LineupPORTLAND, Oregon (March 12, 2016) - The Italian Film Festival USA of Portland, will feature ten new movies, from both emerging and well-accomplished Italian directors. The festival is presented in collaboration with the Associazione Culturale Italiana di Portland (...
Chef Mario Batali Serves Up Swing Session Charity Golf Tournament at Cascata
By Brian Hurlburt World-renowned Chef Mario Batali is hitting the links to raise funds for the Mario Batali Foundation on June 5-6 at Cascata and The Venetian, and several celebrity friends--including Anthony Anderson and Hank Haney--will join him. The Mario Batali Foundation Swing Session Las Vegas Celebrity Classic features a "w...
Put a plate on for pasta and a touch of adventure
Make room on the table for a plate from Italy. Italian foods are familiar to most Americans — who doesn't love a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs? But there is much more to appreciate about Italian cuisine than just pasta. I recently was invited to a presentation by Liane Cabot at Nicoletta's Table in Lake Oswego. Cabot is married to an Ita...
Opening in Albuquerque
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Cibola HIgh School, Albuquerque, NM, has an opening for a full-time Italian teacher, beginning in August 2014. The position involves teaching levels 1 through AP. Cibola, part of the Albuquerque Public Schools District, is an urban high school with approximately 1800 students and a growin...
Solimene’s Italian Restaurant open at King’s Shops
Kings' Shops has announced Solimene's Italian Restaurant is open through March 2015 as a surprise addition to the center. It is located across from The Three Fat Pigs Restaurant. This is the same Solimene's Italian Restaurant that was owned and operated by the Aiona family of Waimea. Read more Source: http://www.hawaii2...
Festival Italiano to celebrate Italian heritage Saturday
The Italian heritage of Iron County will be celebrated during Festival Italiano Saturday in downtown Hurley. The festival kicks off early with a new event, the two-mile "Dago Dash" at 8 a.m. Folks can pick up forms at the Hurley Area Chamber of Commerce office. Chamber director Rita Franzoi said all proceeds from the dash will benefit the Hurl...
Q&A: Vinny Adinolfi
Vinny Adinolfi saw his dream to make it in Vegas come true in 2016 when The Bronx Wanderers landed a nightly gig at Bally's Windows showroom. The family affair, inspired in part at the suggestion of actor Chazz Palmienteri, includes sons Vinny Jr. on keyboards and Nick on drums. The boys started playing with their father as kids, and add p...
Italian-Inspired Art in Seattle This Fall
By Mauro Battocchi For art lovers that find themselves in Seattle this fall, make sure not to miss "Le Arti della Festa Italiana", a juried show of Italian-inspired artwork taking place September 27th and 28th at the Seattle Center in Seattle. This unique artistic event allows the public to view some of the most spectacular Italian-themed...
Super Trofeo North America begins this week
Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo North America competitors descended on Spring Mountain Motor Resort & Country Club this week to receive their long-awaited Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo cars. The Italian-crafted machines were delivered last week to Spring Mountain, a 50-minute drive from Las Vegas, where teams and d...
Louis Prima’s old-school Las Vegas spirit lives on in daughter’s performances
by F. Andrew Taylor In order to find old school Las Vegas, Lena Prima had to move to New Orleans. "New Orleans reminds me of old Vegas," Prima said. "The people are out on the street. They're out in the (French) Quarter. They're strolling in and out of clubs, and there's live music everywhere." Prima, who is performing Aug. 20 at...
Versace to open store at Hawaii's Ala Moana Center
The Italian luxury designer brand Versace is once again opening a store at Ala Moana Center in May, the state's largest shopping center said on its website.The new store will be located in the former Big Island Candies space between Tumi and Armani Exchange in the Macy's wing on the mall level. Versace also is hiring for all store positions includ...
Il Terrazzo Carmine: Old-school Italian is definitively delivered
More than two years after his untimely death, Carmine Smeraldo is still a presence at Il Terrazzo Carmine, in part because so much is still done his way at the restaurant he founded in 1984. A portrait of him hangs near the entrance, where he used to welcome guests, many of them known to him. The nameplate simply says "Boss." Relaxed and s...