Professor Flavia Laviosa: Making Italian useful
"So sorry about the mess," says Flavia Laviosa as she welcomes me to her home, a one-bedroom apartment halfway between Harvard and MIT. I quickly realize that the contents of her apartment live up to its location. The "mess" — a consequence of an ongoing home improvement project — consists of books beyond counting, stacked in tall piles on...
O'Fallon Brewery to export to Italy
Italian beer drinkers are about to get a taste of the Gateway City (that's not Budweiser). O'Fallon Brewery announced Monday that it has signed an agreement to ship cases of 5-Day IPA, Zeke's, Wheach and Smoked Porter to Italy this month. The cases include six-packs. Currently, O'Fallon Brewery has a 14-state distribution area. The brewe...
Sons of Italy awards 3 scholarships
Sons Of Italy Lodge #2780 awarded three scholarships for 2014 in a June 6 meeting at St. Anastasia Church. The lodge supports the scholarships through various fundraising activities during the year including group dinners, group trips, raffles and an annual bocce tournament held in spring at the St Augustine Pier. This year's recipients we...
THE VENUS FIXERS - Book presentation
An untold chapter in WWII history, the story of the corps of unlikely soldiers who saved Italy's most precious art and architecture from destruction. Author Ilaria Dagnini Brey is a journalist and translator who was born in Padua, Italy. She now lives in New York City with her husband, Carter Brey, the principal cellist of the New York Phi...
Squadra di Como rappresenterà l’Italia al mondiale under16 di Chicago
Centosessanta squadre, duemilacinquecento atleti, cinquemila spettatori già prenotati, sponsor come Coca Cola e un solo team a rappresentare l'Italia. La squadra del Collegio Gallio di Como parte per Chicago, pronto a tenere alto il nome del Bel Paese nella Kics Cup, torneo internazionale di calcio giovanile che si svolgerà nella città dell'Illinoi...
Premio Dean Martin. Omaggio dell’Abruzzo a 5 corregionali all’estero
La Fondazione Dean Martin premierà giovedì 7 agosto, alle ore 10,30 presso la Sala Di Giacomo di Palazzo Baldoni, gli italo americani Frank Salvatore, Maria Fosco, Luciano Borsari e Maria D'Alessandro. A Montesilvano, città che ha dato i natali a Gaetano Crocetti, papà del grande e indimenticabile crooner italo-americano, gli invitati rive...
Bronx Week: Bronx's Little Italy Welcomes New Cultures
by Erin Clarke Folks from the Bronx say it's the real Little Italy. The sweet smell of pastries, pasta, bread and meat fill the air of the Belmont section of the Bronx. "I really don't even go downtown to Little Italy. I like it up here," says area resident Dolores Glover. Streets lined with authentic restaurants, shops that even...
Sculptor Giorgio Atzori, Still Going Strong
Professional sculptor and former chef, Giorgio Atzori perfected his first sculpting lessons working alongside his grandfather who managed a quarry in the late 1950s. Since that early beginning, Atzori has been producing creative and unique sculptures for more than 35 years, as well as dabbling in painting. He is very modest and humble abou...
Ferrara Makes Worlds Largest Cannoli - 12 Feet Long and 348 pounds
Hail To The Chef! Ernest Lepore, co-owner and Executive Chef of Little Italy's world famous Ferrara Café & Bakery, predicted he would create the World's Largest Cannolo and this past Saturday, September 20, 2014, he did it! Weighing in at a record 348 pounds and measuring 12 feet in length, the "Ferrara IL GRANDE CANNOLO was introduced...
New York Harbor From a Different Angle
"We all come from somewhere," said Robert Foster, executive director of the Hoboken Historical Museum, speaking of the current exhibition on immigration. "Everybody loves the topic, because there's a common denominator." What may be surprising, and what "Hoboken, Ellis Island and the Immigrant Experience, 1892-1924," which opened in August...
The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum fundraising brunch - November 1, 2014
Continuing in a tradition of elegance, exquisite cuisine, and exemplary service, The Staaten will provide the perfect setting for our annual fundraising event. This event makes it possible for the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, owned and administered by the Order Sons of Italy in America, to collect, preserve and exhibit material relating to the...
Anthony R. Folcarelli: Remove this stain on Italian-Americans
As a native of Providence (Magdalene Street, 1934), the son of Italian-immigrant parents and once a property owner in the city, I am saddened that a twice-convicted felon is again pursuing an office he has already corrupted. He is dragging his past, and the reputation of Italian-Americans, through the local and now national press. I am proud of my...