The Gold Medal goes to the man with the golden tongue: Language teacher Alphonse D’Angelo will be honored by UNICO
Southington UNICO named Alphonse D’Angelo as the 2016 Gold Medal Award recipient, the club’s most prestigious honor that has been awarded annually to a town resident since 1945. He will be honored during the Gold Medal Award Dinner on Wednesday, May 17, at 6 p.m. at the Aqua Turf Club. Tickets are still available for the event. D’Angelo is a life-l...
Mario's Italian Lemonade Now Open For 2017 Season
Despite forecasted temperatures in the 40s and 50s all week, Little Italy's famous frozen lemonade spot is now open for the summer season. Mario's Italian Lemonade, 1068 W. Taylor St., opened quietly last week amid weekend temperatures in the 40s, one employee at the stand said Tuesday. Mario's typically opens for the season every May 1 and closes...
Ferrari posts record first quarter on V12 sales
Luxury Italian sports carmaker Ferrari on Thursday announced a record first quarter as sales of its V12 models boosted profits 60 percent. Ferrari, based in the northern Italian city of Maranello, reported net profits of 124 million euros ($136 million) in the first quarter, up from 78 million euros a year earlier. Ferrari closed up 5.6 percent at...
The boy from Pittsburgh who won the 1924 Giro
Rain fell first, down in the valley, then turned to snow. Tiny ice pellets battered down on the wool-clad back of a boy from Pittsburgh as he rode alone over the day’s second major pass, the 5,000-foot Forca Capanine. He stuffed a newspaper in his jersey and continued onward, down into the storm. By the finish of the Giro d’Italia’s eighth stage, h...
Decolla il primo volo Dallas-Roma, Arcobelli (CGIE): “Ora il Texas è più vicino all’Italia”
Il 9 Settembre 2016 con un comunicato ufficiale dell’American Airlines veniva annunciato un nuovo volo giornaliero diretto, dall’aeroporto internazionale di Dallas/Ft.Worth a Roma, per la stagione (Maggio-Ottobre). Finalmente e dopo tanti anni di attesa per la comunità italiana in Texas, per le aziende che operano sul nostro territorio e per i tan...
Italian Brands Earn 124 Awards at NYIOOC
Once again, Italy achieved major success at the 2017 New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC), with a record 124 awards among 198 entries. The country ranked first in both the number of contestants and awarded brands. Italian producers achieved outstanding results even after fighting the hardships of one of the worst harvest seasons in...
NIAF 42nd Anniversary Gala - save the date
The National Italian American Foundation will celebrate its 42nd Anniversary Gala Weekend November 3-5, 2017! Join us in Washington, D.C. on Friday, November 3, 2017 and Saturday, November 4, 2017 for what is sure to be another very special weekend of Italian American pride at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Please check back to view th...
Times Square Event in honor of our Veterans
On Tuesday, May 23, in conjunction with the Times Square Advertising Coalition, the Emmy award winning "Just A Common Soldier" video by Tony Lo Bianco will be shown in Times Square at 10:30 AM to honor the bravest Americans: our great veterans. YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT. At 10:30 AM America's Tenor, Daniel Rodriguez,...
Italian Renaissance Faire delights senses in Vallejo
While most people are occupied with what will happen in the future, hundreds of historical reenactors in Vallejo were happily living 500 years in the past. The Carnevale Fantastico, an Italian Renaissance and cultural festival, kicked off its weekend-long affair Saturday at the Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo. Speaking with thick Italian accents,...
Trevioli Italian Kitchen ready to open - take a look at the menu
Pausing for a moment Tuesday inside Trevioli Italian Kitchen on Blackmon Road, Trevor Morris summed up his emotions on the new restaurant that he and partner Sanjay Choudhury will open to hungry guests on Thursday afternoon. “I feel like it’s a rebirth here,” said the former owner of Trevioli Artisan Pasta Company, a small restaurant launched in a...
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival Approaches End of First Week
Kairos Italy Theater (KIT), the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, kicked off the 5th annual IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan on May 1st. The opening celebrated Award Winning playwright Mario Fratti with friends and admirers. With daily events in venues all around the city, the festival is c...
Newark monument honors Ironbound immigrants
They're standing in line next to the silhouette of a large boat that symbolizes their journey. There are 12 adults and two children. The men, carrying suitcases, are wearing suits and hats. The women are clad in long dresses with scarves over their heads. All of them are immigrants who have settled in Newark's Ironbound section with hopes of pursin...