College Usa a caccia di giovani calciatori italiani
Per i giovani calciatori italiani si aprono le porte del soccer e dei College universitari Usa. Il 28 e 29 dicembre arriveranno per la prima volta nel nostro Paese allenatori di calcio di diverse Università americane per visionare giovani talenti nostrani e offrire loro la possibilità di trasferirsi negli Stati Uniti per studiare e contemporaneamen...
FOODIAMO: An Innovative Guide to the Best Italian Food and Restaurants Recommended by Italians
by Silvia Perfetto How many Italians, once they moved to the US, spend lot of their time to find the best mozzarella, prosciutto, or pasta? Probably, the concern belongs to all people who are eager to keep a legacy with the Bel Paese through food. That's one of the thoughts that pushed Raffaele Asquer to start an innovative platfo...
Mario Continues to be the Never Ending Success Story
By Saad Dada Mario is responsible for yet another milestone. An Italian-American plumber, the product of a Japanese concoction, a man so diverse he's almost an icon for multi-culturalism, Mario may prove to be the saving grace for Nintendo by selling over a million copies on the Wii U. Mario has achieved a considerable amount in h...
Italian town welcomes first baby for 28 years
The mayor of Ostana, which lies in the mountains of the Piedmont region, says the new arrival is a "dream come true" for the tiny community, which has seen itspopulation plummet over the past 100 years. Baby Pablo, who was born in a Turin hospital last week, takes the number of inhabitants to 85, although only about half live there permanently, La...
First Lamborghini dealership opens in Broward
by Chabeli Herrera Live in Broward County and have at least $200,000 lying around just begging to be spent? Well then it's a good thing Broward is debuting its first Lamborghini dealership. Snag one of the six-figure price tag sports cars at the new dealership in Davie, near Interstate 75 and Griffin Road at 4645 Volunteer Road. &nbs...
Italy to allow US armed drones for defense use in Libya
By Frances D'Emilio Italy has agreed to allow American drones to be armed and take off from an air base in Sicily but only to defend U.S. forces while they target Islamic State group extremists in Libya, Italian officials said Monday. An Italian defense ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity as the government hasn't ann...
Vhernier aims for $30 mn in US revenues in 4 years thanks to New York flagship store
Tenacity; obstinacy, almost. And a touch of luck. That's how Carlo Traglio, Vhernier President and CEO, managed to realize his dream of opening a store in New York, the third one in the US for the jewelry brand headquartered in Valenza, capital of the Piedmontese jewel district. It's a "turning point" in the brand's growth in the vast Amer...
Committee considers making ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’ an LA holiday
A City Council committee Monday ordered city officials to report back in about two months on the possibility of establishing an Indigenous Peoples' Day in Los Angeles, either as a replacement for Columbus Day or as a separate holiday. The Arts, Parks and River Committee called for the report following discussion of a motion by Councilman M...
How to enjoy the best Italian wines in Rome, Venice, and Florence
The history of wine in Italy is as old as the culture itself. Its popularity is evident not only in its ubiquity at social events and family gatherings but also in the nearly endless wine-based proverbs in Italian and its various dialects. However, this fantastically robust wine culture creates its own problems for travelers in Italy, namely figuri...
How to make sopressata, or more specifically, How to drink homemade wine and laugh with your Italian-American family
This isn't a typical how to make sopressata instructional episode, but it may be the funniest episode of The Italian American Podcast yet. We love talking to famous Italian Americans in our community, but what we love even more is being able to capture La Famiglia – the traditions, the love, the bonds, the laughter, the stories we share between us...
VentureOutNY & IB&II, Spring Event
Date: May 8, 2016 at A week Program Location: New York - Click here to apply From May 8 to May 13 2016Since 2013, the Italian Business & Investment Initiative (IB&II) and VentureOutNY have partnered to support Italy's most promising tech startups on their journey to raise capital and launch in the US. APPLY now to join in. &...
Fermi Award Winner Claudio Pellegrini at the Consulate in San Francisco
There are people and stories that can make me feel so proud of being Italian. One of them is Professor Claudio Pellegrini (right in the picture above), whom we honored yesterday at the Consulate in the company of distinguished Italian scientists from Bay Area scientific institutions like Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCSF and the Lawrence Berke...