Honored at last - Family receives Navy veteran's World War II medals
Before Liborio Joseph Dorato died in 1994, the proud and humble World War II Navy veteran had revealed little to his family about his time in the service or how he was injured during the campaign to occupy the Marshall Islands in the winter of 1944. The Staten Island, New York, native, born to parents of Italian descent, had enlisted at 20. He serv...
Il fascismo e i corrispondenti americani in Italia
La scoperta dell’Italia, il fascismo raccontato dai corrispondenti americani (Marsilio Edizioni) è l’ultima opera del professor Mauro Canali, per la quale lo storico romano è stato insignito pochi giorni fa del Premio FiuggiStoria 2017 per la saggistica. Il libro è stato presentato a Roma nel corso di un incontro pubblico che ha avuto luogo presso...
Il Posillipo apre alle donne socie: la console Countryman ospite d'onore
Una visita informale, il racconto del Circolo Posillipo e della sua storia, la scoperta della bellissima sede del sodalizio e infine, un pranzo a base di piatti del mare napoletano: è stata questa la mattinata di venerdì scorso, 23 febbraio, durante la quale il Circolo ha ospitato la Console Generale degli Stati Uniti a Napoli, Mary Ellen Countryma...
Ostia Antica like Pompeii, Great Project OK'd
The interministerial economic planning committee (CIPE) on Wednesday approved a Grand Project for Ostia Antica along the lines of the one that has enhanced visits to Pompeii. The CIPE earmarked some 40 million euros to valorise and reopen some areas of the ancient Roman port as well as setting up a new unified visit system linking up the archaeolog...
Caputo's turns out fresh cheese, supplies Italian staples in Melrose Park
If you've ever bought cheese in a grocery store, there's a good chance it may have come from Melrose Park. Caputo's has been producing and processing cheese in Melrose Park for the past 40 years. They supply vendors all over the region. Production has never stopped at Caputo's, but the process has become more efficient over the years. At their head...
Book Presentation: Paolo Cognetti and Edmund White
When: Friday, March 16, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York - Organized by : ICI - Entrance : Free On the occasion of the publication in the U.S. of his first novel Le Otto Montagne - The Eight Mountains, translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell, Simon&Schuster, 2018 Paolo Cognetti in conversation with Ed...
Great Wines of Italy 2018 US Tour Arrives in New York
JamesSuckling.com presents the Great Wines of Italy US tour, beginning on Tuesday, March 6 at the IAC Building in New York City, featuring Italy's most sought-after wines from prestigious and renowned Italian brands as well as chosen premium boutique wineries. World-renowned wine critic James Suckling has selected more than 120 wineries to present...
Assemblyman Ra Announces New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators Scholarships
Assemblyman Ed Ra (R-Franklin Square) is pleased to announce the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators will be offering four scholarships to current and prospective college students. Each scholarship is worth $3,000 and applications are due by Monday, April 16 to Ra’s district office. Awards will be presented on June 4 in Albany...
Italian artifact discovered, housed at St. Mary’s
It’s a piece of history, more than 700 years old and now it’s found a new home in the Rogue Valley. “It’s tremendous,” said Alastair Hunter, chair of the English Department and art history teacher at St. Mary’s School. “It is providential really, that it came just as we’re finishing the decoration of the chapel.” A piece of the old world, dating we...
D.C. Italian restaurants differ in serving octopus, calamari, pasta, branzino
Italian food has always been a Washington favorite, and there are many restaurants to choose from — from a simple pizza parlor to a sophisticated northern Italian white tablecloth establishment. Here are a few old and not-so-old favorites — almost all serve octopus and calamari, pasta and branzino — but each prepares these dishes in a different way...
Warren’s Italian festival contemplates move to Niles
Members of the Italian-American Festival committee are considering moving the city’s largest festival out of the downtown to the Eastwood Mall in Niles. A letter to committee members from Carol Ficeti, committee chairwoman, states the Cafaro Co., which operates the shopping complex, is interested in the mall hosting the festival. “Representatives f...
Master Italian Architect, Piero Lissoni Puts His Signature on the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Miami Beach
Curved along the light-filled banks of a large ocean inlet in the private side of Mid-Beach, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach is an exclusive community and the first full-scale residential architectural project designed by Master Italian architect Piero Lissoni. The expansive, seven-and-half-acre property extends itself with elegant design,...