Peter Cocoziello, Sr. Scholarship (2015) Offered by CIIAC
Apply for the Peter Cocoziello, Sr. Scholarship now! Two winners will be chosen. Each winner will be receive a $2500 scholarship. This scholarship is intended for high school graduating seniors who are of Italian descent. Certain criteria has to be met: financial need, academic standing and the submission of a...
E. & J. Gallo Winery Acquires U.S. Distribution Rights For Luxury Italian Wine Brand, Pieropan
E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo) announced today that it has been awarded the exclusive rights to distribute Italy's famed Pieropan wines in the United States beginning May 9, 2015. Pieropan will join Allegrini and Poggio al Tesoro wines in Gallo's new Luxury Wine Group (LUX Wines). Gallo started LUX Wines in 2014 to meet the evolvin...
Italian culture and history: Vietri and its ceramics
WTI Magazine #56 2015 March, 20Author : Italia.it Translation by: All the colors of the Amalfi Coast, the sea's deep deep blue, the striking green forests and the golden orange of the citrus groves seem to meet up in Vietri, particularly in the glazes and decorations of this gorgeous Campanian town's beautiful ceramics, produced sinc...
Italian American Culture Night
Tuesday, April 14 - 6.30 pm EDTSt. James Church Rocky Hill - 767 Elm St, Rocky Hill, CT 06067Join us on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 6:30 pm in watching the great film, Italian Travelogue Movie of Sicily, Italy. All friends and members are welcome with only a $5 donation per person it would be a great movie to bring the kids and the gra...
Anthony Rizzo: Italian of the Week
Anthony Rizzo was born on August 8, 1989 in Fort Lauderdale, FL to an Italian American family with roots in Sicily. He attended Stoneman Douglas High School, where his batting average was .468 with 11 home runs in his senior year. In 2007, he was awarded the Sun Sentinel Player of the Year & the Miami Herald Player of the Year. After g...
City honors Hank Bosco's contributions
The Glenwood Springs City Council on Thursday adopted a proclamation honoring Henry "Hank" Bosco. The honor for his lifetime achievements also included a congratulatory letter from U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and a Congressional Tribute prepared by U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton. The tribute was also read by Tipton on the floor of the U.S. House...
5 revelations from the Godfellas reunion
by Nick Romano On Saturday night, April 25th, the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival closed out its festivities with a Goodfellas reunion. While director Martin Scorsese couldn't attend, writer Nicholas Pileggi — who cowrote the screenplay with Scorsese and penned the book Wiseguy which was the basis for the film — joined principal cast members Ro...
Italian Festival runs smoothly at Vallejo’s Blue Rock
By Richard Freedman A week later, Dalia Vidor has finally come up for air. If only momentarily. The co-producer of the inaugural Carnivale Fantastico Italian Renaissance and Cultural Festival at Blue Rock Springs Park last weekend is basking in the post-event glow, thrilled that 4,000 visitors came through the gates and all forms of possible...
A maggio il via alle lezioni di calcio in italiano
Il primo corso comincerà il 30 Maggio per 8 sabati consecutivi alle 10.30am, con una classe di bambini di eta' tra i 4 e i 5 anni. Classi per bimbi piùgrandi potrebbero tenersi negli stessi sabati alle 11.30am. Il programma fa parte di una collaborazione più ampia con Boston Super Soccer Stars, organizzazione da tempo leader nel cam...
Taste the Regions: Piemonte (Piedmont)
04 Jun 2015 - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM 528 Hennepin Ave, Suite 502, Minneapolis, MN 55403Italy's regional richness and diversity continues to be showcased in our series "Taste the Regions". Each time, native experts introduce us to a different Italian region presenting its history, geography and culinary traditions in an informal and fun format. &n...
Non solo Little Italies. La fierezza di essere italiani a Los Angeles
di Gabriele Scarfone L'immigrazione degli Italiani in America ha sempre avuto un connotato quasi cinematografico dovuto al forte senso di comunità che il nostro popolo è riuscito a trasportare anche oltre oceano. Solo poche altre etnie possono vantarsi di avere lo stesso concetto di gruppo, branco o famiglia. Città come New York,...
Moonalice at the Italian Street Painting Festival in San Rafael
San Rafael street painting event returns June 27 & 28! Experience a street painter's view of Venice at Carnevale di Venezia! Now held annually in downtown San Rafael, California, our signature event showcases approximately 100 master street painters who turn the streets into an amazing gallery. View the world through the eyes of our Madonn...