A simple soldier's story
You are cordially invited to attend a special event in honor of Veteran's Day at the Italian American Museum this Thursday, November 6th. Dr. Salvatore Pizzuro will present a narrative and pictorial account of his uncle, Sgt. Anthony Pizzuro and the liberation of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp during the final days of World War II. Thur...
Hartford's D&D Market Brings Decades-Old Italian-American Grocery To Suburbs
By Kenneth R. Gosselin As the third-generation steward of D&D Market in the city's South End, Daniel D'Aprile Sr. keeps close to tradition, right down to using his grandfather's recipe for homemade sausage. But D'Aprile isn't stuck in the past. On Thursday, the family-owned, Italian-American grocery store — founded in 193...
BAIA, the nonprofit association helping Italians build a professional network across the Bay Area
Moving to a new country can be an exciting adventure, particularly challenging if that place is the Silicon Valley. While seeing the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the favorite destinations, very few migrants want to give up on some connections with their homeland. This is also true for Italians, whose community in the bay has been growing very f...
Fratelli's Italian Restaurant Set to Re-Open in Salisbury
A well-known restaurant in Salisbury that was destroyed by fire earlier this year, is re-opening at a new location. The Daily Times reports that Fratelli's Italian Restaurant will re-open at it's new location at 925 Snow Hill Road in February 2015; the building that once housed Waterman's Cove, is currently undergoing renovations. A f...
Free Holiday Concert by the World-Renowned I Turchini
Concert of Sacred Italian Music in Celebration of the Holiday Season Performed by the Critically Hailed I Turchini Ensemble. Sunday, January 4th - 2pm - Fullerton Hall - The Art Institute of Chicago - 111 S Michigan Avenue - Free with Museum Admission One of Italy's most popular music ensembles to present work...
L'ambasciatore Bisogniero sulla scomparsa di Mario Cuomo: "Un grande uomo, promotore dei valori progressisti e della tradizione italo-americana"
di Riccardo Chioni "Ho appreso con enorme tristezza della scomparsa dell'ex Governatore di New York Mario Cuomo, un grande uomo, promotore dei valori progressisti e della tradizione italo-americana. Orgogliosi delle sue origini, gli Italiani si uniscono agli Americani nell'onorare un leader eccezionale". Con queste parole l'ambasciatore a...
'Genealogy Roadshow' enters second season on PBS
"Genealogy Roadshow" returns Jan. 13 for its second season on PBS, and it will feature a group of genealogy experts traveling to New Orleans, Philadelphia and St. Louis to help participants discover their family histories. The format of the show is simple: Three genealogy experts travel to a new city and residents apply to have their famil...
Lorenzo Scarpone: Portrait of a Connoisseur. From sunny Terre d’Abruzzo to the Wines of Italy Hall of Fame
On February 4th, 2015 Lorenzo Scarpone will enter the Wines of Italy Hall of Fame, but who exactly is Lorenzo Scarpone? Lorenzo is many things: a leading advocate of Slow Food, a wine and food specialist extraordinaire, and an import/export Guru. I had the pleasure of speaking with him at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, considered...
IT and US: America, the musical
WTI Magazine #53 2015 February, 6Author : Simone Sibillano Translation by: The curtains rise and the mazurka of grandpa Bartolomeo accompanies a dance that enters straight into our souls. Over the notes the characters show up and everyone immediately understand their joys, sorrows, worries and expectations: feelings that many Italian...
Pazzi Lazzi begins the new year with shows, lectures, workshops and tours!
What do you get when you put together a hungry servant, a know-it-all Latin speaking doctor and a string of sausages? Will Pulcinella finally propose to Colombina or will he be distracted by the seductive noblewoman Flaminia? You get Pazzi Lazzi in Aria di Commedia ! You'll Giggle at Dottore's "little problem" and the beautiful Flaminia's long...
L'eroe dell'Alto Adige in Silicon Valley
L’Alto Adige ha un suo eroe in Silicon Valley. Si chiama Hanns Tappeiner, ha 35 anni ed è il Gustav Thöni delle nuove aziende tecnologiche di San Francisco. Due anni fa, il CEO di Apple Tim Cook gli ha fatto lanciare la startup Anki dal palco della conferenza mondiale degli sviluppatori del colosso di Cupertino. Un onore non da poco – che Tappeiner...
Ambassador of Italy Claudio Bisogniero to visit Oregon
by Mauro Battocchi Bilateral relations, including political, economic and culturalties, Expo Milano 2015 and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership(TTIP) between the European Union and the United States are the key issues thatwill be raised by Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, on the occasion of his...