Blue Rock Springs Park site of Carnevale Fantastico
Carnevale Fantastico, an Italian Renaissance and Cultural Festival, returns for a second year May 14-15 to Blue Rock Springs Park. The event puts an emphasis on the artistry, culture and theme of Italian arts and artisans from the late 1500s. Commedia D'ell Arte, lace making, sword fighting, games, historical re-enactments and costuming, historica...
More than half of Italians moving abroad are between ages 20 and 40
The number of Italians emigrating abroad has resumed growing since 2012: after reaching a total of 100,000 people in 2014, last year the expatriates aged 20-40 for the first time crossed the symbolic 50% threshold of the total. As a result, the younger and most productive share of expatriated population is now officially the majority, according to...
DiCosmo’s Ice Opens for Its 101st Season
It is a sure sign that summer is coming when DiCosmo Italian Ice opens its doors for the season. The little, green house with the big reputation opened its doors for its101st year, May 9, featuring their homemade coconut ice with more flavors to come. The family owned business has been making Italian ices at the same location, the corner...
Mario Bellini: Italian of the Week
Designer and architect Mario Bellini was born on February 1, 1935, in Milan, Italy. He attended and received his doctorate in architecture from Politecnico di Milano (Milan Polytechnic) in 1959. Two years later, he began as the design director of La Rinascente – a popular department store in Italy. In the 1960s and 70s, Mario designed typewriters f...
2016 Contemporary Italian Film Series
When: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 | Tuesday, July 19, 2016 and Tuesday, July 26, 2016 | Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - Doors open at 6:30pm and film begins at 7:15pm Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford, Houston, Texas 77006 The Contemporary Italian Film Series is a monthly series of Italian movies, projected in Itali...
The most beautiful alpine huts at over 3,000 meters
Alpine huts are a relatively new concept, stemming from the 19th-century novelty of mountain tourism. In the 1800s, in addition to traditional high-altitude shelters constructed by natives for agro-pastoral reasons, a new type of building started to appear, designed by city architects who created hotels either in the valley or halfway up the s...
Dining review: Bellini provides traditional Italian experience in Cary
Go to Bellini's website, and as soon as the page loads, Frank Sinatra starts singing "My Way" in the background. Before you go looking for the mute button ( it's at the bottom of the page), you might want to know that Old Blue Eyes isn't just setting the mood. He's sending a signal to anyone craving the traditional Italian fine dining expe...
Newstalk: East Utica Annual Italian Festival features food, rides, pizza fritta
The annual Italian Festival in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel takes place Friday though Sunday, July 15-17, on the parish grounds at the corner of Jay, Mohawk and Catherine streets in East Utica. There will food, rides, games, flea market, Buona Fortuna raffle for a $10,000 grand prize and, of course, our famous pizza fritta. Al Fo...
Coperta, a Highly Anticipated Italian Restaurant, Opens in Uptown
Brother-sister business partners, Paul and Aileen Reilly, the duo behind Beast + Bottle, are opening are opening the doors of their new Uptown eatery, Coperta, today at 5 p.m. A casual, large format concept, Coperta took shape after the siblings traveled through Southern Italy last summer, exploring regional specialties and quaint village hospitali...
Ethnic foods for Italian Fest
Italian Fest goers will once again enjoy the selection of local food vendors on Aug.19- 20. "Food is definitely the heart of this festival," said Suzanne Anderson, Italian Fest chair. "And our local vendors consistently deliver year after year." Vendors will be offering a variety Italian foods, in the form of small plates priced from $3 -...
Parducci the Man Who Made Detroit Beautiful (Detroit Design Festival)
When: Sat, September 24, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PMWhere: University of Detroit Mercy, 4001 West McNichols Road, Detroit, MI, United States DESCRIPTIONHosted by the Parducci Society, the documentary, Parducci the Man Who Made Detroit Beautiful, is the story of an Italian immigrant who becomes one of our country's...
Columbus Changed the History of the World
Few people change the history of the world. Christopher Columbus was surely among those who did. I am dismayed to learn that your organization may dismiss his national holiday, Columbus Day. I serve as a Consular Correspondent for Italy in New Jersey and as Chair of the Curriculum Development Committee of the New Jersey Italian Heritage Co...