Scottdale man leads state Sons and Daughters of Italy
By Rachel Basinger Scottdale resident Tony Lizza is on top of one state social organization. He currently sits as president of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Sons and Daughters of Italy. Born in Italy, Lizza joined the Sons of Italy organization on Jan. 1, 1980. "I thought it would be a good place to meet other Italian people," h...
Sedona Film Series: Epic Italian indie drama set for Flagstaff premiere
The Sedona International Film Festival looks to bring a celebrated foreign film nominated for an Academy Award this year to Flagstaff as part of its monthly independent film series. "The Great Beauty" will screen 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Harkins Flagstaff 11 Theatres. Tickets are $12, $9 for film festival members, $6 for full-time students a...
The Light and Dark of 'Amore Italiano' at Oregon Ballet Theatre
by Carla Escoda Oregon Ballet Theatre opens its season this weekend with the slyly titled Amore Italiano - a double bill that bows to the Italian roots of ballet, in both classical and contemporary manner, in moods both light and dark. The inimitable Danish choreographer Auguste Bournonville was so enamored of the city of Naples w...
Italian Ambassador hosted by the Seattle ISSNAF chapter
In early April, Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero visited Seattle for few days to promote the "2013 year of the Italian Culture in the USA". The event was also the occasion to meet local business and entrepreneurs and to strengthen the relation with the local honorary Consul. During the visit of the Ambassador, the main event...
Tracce di Walter Bonatti a Dawson City
di Igor D'India Nel 1965 Walter Bonatti, famoso alpinista, esploratore e inviato della rivista Epoca, realizzò un affascinante reportage sulla sua traversata solitaria in canoa dei fiumi Yukon e Porcupine, sulle tracce dei cercatori d'oro, dei quali tanto aveva letto nei romanzi di London. Dopo aver fotografato il Chilkoot pass vicino Whitheh...
America’s first saint helps ease the way for Seattle’s Italian community
by Rita Cipalla In 1903, several national figures made their way to the shores of Puget Sound, no easy feat at the time. In April of that year, John C. Olmstead, stepson of landscape designer Frederick Law Olmstead, arrived to plan out the city's parks and boulevards. In May, President Teddy Roosevelt stopped by on his grand tour of the Am...
Say ciao to your inner Italian at Festa Italiana
By Madeline McKenzie Italian food, grape stomping, cooking demos and puppy parades are among crowd-pleasers at Festa Italiana Seattle Italian Festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26 and 27, at Seattle Center. If they had you at "Italian food," you're not alone. "Come for the food, stay for the fun" is the festival's motto, with food vendors of...
Palagiano (TA), si chiama Mario Putignano il genio assunto dalla Nasa
È di Palagiano (TA) colui che dovrà occuparsi della piattaforma informatica che gestisce i lanci aerospaziali. Mario Putignano , il genio che la Nasa ha fortemente voluto a capo del team di gestione dei nuovissimi applicativi MG-0X31, è stato assunto per gestire le piattaforme di lancio dei satelliti nello spazio. Per la Nasa, la scelta di...
Radio show offers a taste of Italy from Downtown Phoenix
Two students from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication are brushing up on their Italian, honing their broadcasting skills and globalizing their education thanks to a new internship offered through the School of International Letters and Cultures at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus. Jesus Yanez-Reyes and McCall Hoerz...
Sons of Italy hosts annual spaghetti feed
The Sons of Italy Lodge will have its annual spaghetti feed on March 7. The three-course Italian dinner will take place from 4-7 p.m. at the Cle Elum Eagles Club. Money raised will go toward scholarships for local high school seniors. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children, and can be purchased in advance from t...
2 small museums keep state's Italian past safe
For decades, a hermit in Arizona hoarded a trove of things that had belonged to Father Pietro Bandini, a Catholic priest who led 40 families out of the malaria-infested Delta to establish an Italian enclave in the Ozark Mountains. As a young scholar, the man had worked on his doctoral dissertation and somehow accumulated glass negatives, maps...
We’re All Italian at Teatro ZinZanni
By Alice Kaderlan The success of any particular ZinZanni show depends in large measure on the appeal of its emcee, the circus master who keeps the show moving and the laughs coming in the non-circus skits featuring unsuspecting audience members. Until the current show, "Be Italian," I had only seen male emcees, including the brill...