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New York, 1905. Tra i tanti giovani sardi arrivati nella Grande Mela alla ricerca di nuove opportunità c’era anche il ventiseienne Augusto Bissiri. Proveniva da Seui, un piccolo centro della Barbagia Di Seulo, con la valigia ricolma di speranze e di fogli su cui annotava disegni e calcoli: già, perché era un inventore, Augusto. Nel 1906, appena un...

Jennifer Lopez fantasises about moving to Italy and adopting a "simple, organic" way of living. The Hustlers actress is enjoying huge success thanks to her role in the movie, and also has a fan base of millions due to her singing career. But in a new interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Jennifer revealed that she often dreams about what she'd be do...

It is safe to say that there were very few, if any, people in my Southwest-Philly neighborhood that could be called “bluebloods.” Very few dukes and earls worked in the factories of Westinghouse and General Electric, the two largest employers in our area. What my neighborhood could boast, however, were hundreds of hardworking, honest, and moral men...

Wednesday January 15 @ 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm. SUNY Oneonta Hunt Union Ballroom - 108 Ravine Pkwy, Oneonta, NY. Get ready for a side-splitting stand-up comedy show starring Daniel Franzese! Admission is $3, FREE with SUNY Oneonta Event Pass and are available online at www.oneontatickets.com or in person at the Hunt College Union Information Desk daily...

Il progetto “Uncommon Flavors of Europe” dei Consorzi di Tutela Formaggio Asiago, Speck Alto Adige e Pecorino Romano, sarà protagonista di otto settimane di eventi a New York. A partire da domani, 15 gennaio, Eataly New York celebrerà Asiago DOP, Speck Alto Adige IGP e Pecorino Romano DOP attraverso degustazioni, eventi speciali e menu dedicati nei...

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), in conjunction with Directors Anthony and Joe Russo and the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), is excited to announce that applications are now open for The Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum. Now in its fourth year, the program annually awards multiple $8,000 grants to ambitious f...

California winemakers are lending support to their French, Spanish and Italian counterparts in a plea to eliminate tariffs on the beverage after a trade standoff involving Airbus SE spilled over into duties on European wine. “Wine should not be targeted with tariffs of any kind in trade disputes unrelated to the wine trade,” the Wine Institute, whi...

An entire ankle rebuilt with a 3D printed custom prosthesis: it is the first time in the world and the implantation took place on October 9 at the Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute in Bologna. The operation, illustrated today at a press conference, took place on a 57-year-old patient who had lost ankle joint function following a serious motorbike accide...

Last June, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells wrote that Anthony Mangieri, self-taught pizzaiolo and owner of Manhattan’s Una Pizza Napoletana, makes “what is unmistakably the finest sit-down pizza in the five boroughs.” High praise in the city that is arguably the country’s pizza capital, although Mangieri is renowned on a global level. P...

The Italian radio program Melodie E Ricordi WNTY 990 am celebrated its 50th anniversary with over 400 guests at Aria Banquet Facility in Prospect. The night was a great celebration which included the town of Southington surprising WNTY with an official proclamation and citation, recognition plaques were presented to past and present radio personali...

Italian resorts aren’t like other resorts because there is no country quite like Italy. This is the diverse and multi-layered land that gave the world the concept of la dolce vita, and what its best hotels and resorts have in common is their strong sense of place mixed with easeful graciousness. Beyond that, however, luxury properties are as varied...

A tiny new restaurant called Flattery has opened at Northwest Highway and Preston Road. The restaurant specializes in “Ameritalian” food, says owner Bushra “Heather” Ali, which means pizzas, hot dogs, pasta and boats — oval-shaped hunks of bread loaded with pizza-like toppings. Flattery opened in the busy Preston Center on Dec. 10. It’s the passion...