Italian TV crew visits Topeka art park
By Phil Anderson Topeka may seem an unlikely destination for tourists from Italy, but it was the perfect fit for a two-person television production team that visited the capital city on Wednesday. Alessandro Turci and Federica Miglio, whose TV production company is based in Rome, spent part of Wednesday morning filming at the Aaron Dougla...
Royal Gorge Sons of Italy's event celebrates area's Italian heritage
By Carie Canterbury Rigirozzi, DiNardo, Merlino, Carochi, Scutti — and dozens more — all names of Italian families who have made positive contributions to Fremont County for several generations. These families are recognized in the Italian Heritage Booth during Royal Gorge Sons of Italy's Italian Festival, which is annually at Macon P...
Order Sons of Italy: Hall will likely be 'gutted' following fire
by Camila Orti Omaha Fire Department officials estimate a fire caused around $250,000 in damage to an iconic neighborhood landmark. Crews responded to a two-alarm building fire Friday afternoon at the Sons of Italy Hall near 11th and William streets. Officials said the structure caught fire around 2:25 p.m. A second-alarm was cal...
Guinness officials say 115-year-old Iowa woman inherits title of 'world's oldest' person Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/05/guinness-officials-say-115-year-old-iowa-woman-inherits-title-world-oldest/#ixzz2ENl2kUIX
A 115-year-old woman in Iowa has become the world's oldest living person.Guinness World Records posted on its website Wednesday that Dina Manfredini of Johnston has inherited the title after Bessie Cooper of Georgia died Tuesday. Cooper was 116.Guinness officials provided few details about the latest record holder. Manfredini was born on April 4, 1...
An Evening of Solidarity for Central Italy Earthquake Relief
When: Saturday October 22, 2016 at 6:00 PM Where: LIUNA EVENT CTR, 4532 S. LINDBERGH Cost $45.0 Per person which includes Dinner - Music by the Rendition Vocal by Peter Russo The Hon. Joseph Colagiovanni V. Consul of Italy in Saint Louis with members and former members of the COMITES ( circoscrizione Consolare di...
This Thursday: An Insider’s View of Venetian life
Enjoy wine, light refreshments and a special presentation this Thursday, January 19, at 7 p.m. Cynthia Curran PhD, will present "Donna Leon and Venice: The Tale of Two Cities". In her series of crime novels set in Venice, Donna Leon's primary focus is on a major crime (usually murder) and its solution by her police detective Commissario Gu...
Minneapolis Changes "Columbus Day" To "Indigenous People's Day"
It's been debated for years, but now the city of Minneapolis has decided to change from celebrating Columbus Day to observing Indigenous People's Day instead. Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1937, though not all states observe it, including Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and South Dakota. The day has long been a hot button issu...
Young Pannese makes donation to veterans
By Pete Fontaine Last month, Peter A. Goneconte, president of the Young Pannese Social Club, an Italian-American organization founded in 1912, joined Administrator Gerry Coulliard and Johnston residents Elly and Vinny Palumbo to present Donna Russillo, Chief of Voluntary Services at the Veterans Administration Medal Center in Providence and an alu...
Italian heritage: il giorno dei morti - the day of the dead
Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis - 528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 502, Minneapolis, MN 55403. Join us for a new initiative entitled "Italian Heritage". Italian Heritage workshops will involve easy readings in Italian & discussion on topics that include Italian cultural traditions, historical events and individuals who sparked change.&nbs...
Revered tradition of Spaghetti Dinner helps keep school doors open for next generation of immigrants
Today, following the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Frances Cabrini, the downtown-area parish will host a time-honored event: The Spaghetti Dinner. It is a massive feast that has taken weeks to prepare, ungodly quantities of ingredients and lots of volunteers. It will feed several thousand Omahans who will line up for takeout or will dine in, with table serv...
Festival Seeking New Photos for Italian Wedding Album Display
A very popular flip chart at our past festivals has been the Wedding Album Display. Some of the pictures in the large album date back to the early 1900′s and others are more recent. The first album is complete and we are now gathering photographs for a second album flip chart.
St.Louis: nuovi incontri e nuova sede per "Italiano per piacere"
Novità in vista per "Italiano per Piacere": l'associazione, infatti, si prepara a cambiare sede. Secondo quanto riportato da "It@lico", periodico dell'associazione diretto da Franco Giannotti, il trasloco era annunciato, essendo oggi, 31 agosto, ultimo giorno di apertura del ristorante "da Baldo", sede di IPP e di altri club italiani a St. Louis....