Il Punto! Italian Cultural Center – First Annual Dinner Celebration and Fundraising Event – April 25th
Join us to celebrate the New Italian Cultural Center "Il Punto!" at our First Annual Dinner Celebration and Fundraising Event April 25th, 2015. 7pm-11pmCourtyard Hall - 720 238th St SE - Bothell, WA 98021 Our goal is to create a unique organization that becomes a centralized point of reference for the entire Italian Communi...
La fiaba siciliana di Grassadonia e Piazza vince il Sundance Institute Global Filmaking Award
di Fulvia Caprara Con «Salvo», nel 2013, avevano lasciato a bocca aperta l'esigente platea del Festival di Cannes. Adesso, dopo la cascata di premi ricevuti per quell'esordio folgorante («Grand Prix» e «Prix della Révélation» alla Semaine de la Critique, Nastro d'Argento, Globo d'oro e 4 nomination ai David di Donatello) Fabio Gra...
When Italian immigrants fueled the coal mining industry
By Rita Cipalla A century ago in Black Diamond, Wash., the freight trains arrived empty twice a day and twice a day they left, loaded with coal. Railroad assistant Amos Ungherini would go down the line each day in a hand-pumped "speeder" to weigh the cars. Back then, the railroad was more than just a way to get coal to market. It was the lifeblood...
Ansaldo Honolulu unveils driverless metro train in US
Ansaldo Honolulu, a joint venture between Ansaldo STS and Hitachi Rail Italy, unveiled the first driverless and staff-less train for urban transport in the U.S. in Honolulu. The joint venture between the two Italian subsidiaries of the Hitachi Group will design and manufacture Honolulu´s rail transit system, as well as build 20 driverless...
Italian eyewear maker Luxottica to open up to 500 new LensCrafters in up to 500 Macy's stores
The world's largest eyeglass maker has signed a deal with the U.S. department store chain Macy's to open up to 500 LensCrafters optical retail centres inside Macy's. Macy's and Luxottica already have a deal that has put 670 Sunglass Hut's in Macy's department stores, with the number tripling in the last six years. The companies said i...
Bella Vita Dishes Delicious Italian Despite Changes in the Kitchen
By Al Mancini Europeans can be a bit obsessive about the authenticity of their native cuisines, and the pedigrees of the chefs who create them. In fact, when Bella Vita opened with much fanfare in the District at Green Valley Ranch in October, the owners went so far as to tout it as "obsessive Italian cuisine." Much was also made about th...
Arizona Opera Set to Perform DON GIOVANNI in Phoenix and Tucson This Spring
The man, the myth and the legend. Mozart's Don Giovanni comes to the Arizona Opera stage February 26-28 in Symphony Hall in Phoenix and March 5-6 in Tucson Music Hall. Don Giovanni is sung in Italian with English supertitles. Don Giovanni follows the adventures of the infamous lover in Seville, Spain, and is considered by many to be Wolfgang A...
Italian restaurant Le Nonne Hawaii closes less than a year after opening
The Italian restaurant Le Nonne Hawaii closed less than a year after opening in the Kapolei Marketplace.Cindy Lau, the manager of Kapolei Marketplace, said the couple is working on selling the space to a new restaurant. Chef Pier Antonio Micheli opened Le Nonne Hawaii with his wife, Stephanie Micheli, in July 2013. Micheli told PBN he wanted to br...
Salt Lake is HIS city
Born in Italy, trained in Sardinia, London, Paris, Nairobi and New York, restaurateur Valter Nassi came to Salt Lake City 16 years ago to open an upscale Tuscan eatery that through no fault of his own barely lasted a year. After that, he did something absolutely and totally unexpected ... ... he stayed. The world was his oyster on the ha...
81-year-old Italy native first to buy legal pot in Anchorage
Possibly the unlikeliest customer of all became the first person to legally buy marijuana in Alaska's largest city. Anna Ercoli, 81, pulled into Arctic Herbery's small parking lot at 8:30 a.m., 3 ½ hours before the store was to open and become the first legal retail marijuana store in Anchorage. She was waiting at the store when owner Bryant Th...
The pleasures of pasta at cozy Corretto
by Providence Cicero When Travis Rosenthal took over the Italian restaurant Panevino on Broadway, he might have renamed it Tarantella, continuing the dance theme he established with his Spanish restaurant Tango and his rum bar, Rumba. Instead he chose Corretto, after the booze-bolstered shot of espresso that Italians call caffé corretto —...
Bellevue College - World Languages Institute: Italian
Whether you want to speak Italian for travel or personal enrichment, our classes are a great way to learn la bella lingua. And our classes cover the full range of proficiency levels from beginning to advanced. Beginning Italian classes introduce you to basic vocabulary and expressions used in everyday situations. Beginning lessons cover how t...