Italian cookie & pastry shop coming to the River Market
Vito and Carol "Rookie" LaBruzzo operated LaBruzzo's Tavern at 1809 Grand from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Their daughter, Carol LaBruzzo, co-owned Kelly's Bakery for 16 years (from about 1979 to 1995) in the old Northeast area, as well as a Kelly's Bakery outlet in the River Market. Her sisters — Vicki LaBruzzo, Christy Maenza, an...
Welcome Home Oriana: la prima America della Fallaci
di Chiara Trebaiocchi Amata e odiata, senza troppe misure o mezzi termini. In fondo anche Oriana era così, una donna e una giornalista unica, senza troppe misure o mezzi termini. Di certo è stata e rimane la Fallaci, la giornalista italiana più nota e apprezzata all'estero. Nel suo paese, anch'esso forse amato e odiato, la sua figura conti...
Bertolucci - A Film Series (Cinema Italia SF)
Following the success of the 2013 film series PASOLINI, we are presenting four of the most successful and loved works by legendary Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci. BERTOLUCCI - A Film Series will engage the audience in a one-day pursuit of a dream that arose from a prolific cinematic career spanning over fifty years. The fes...
A Look at the 88th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, Little Italy, New York City
By Giovanni di Napoli Friday, September 19th, I made my way to Most Precious Blood Church in New York City's Little Italy to meet some friends and celebrate the Feast of our beloved patron San Gennaro. The evening began with a special Mass celebrated in English and Italian with Monsignor Cassato, visiting from Saint Athanasius Church in B...
New England Italian Film festival: The Ideal City
The Italian Program at Northeastern University is pleased to present, in collaboration with the Italian Consulate in Boston and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the New England Italian Film Festival. This week movie is a drama by director Luigi Lo Cascio, The Ideal City. Michele Grassadonia is a fervent environmentalist. A long time...
Twentieth Anniversary Festa in Little Italy
San Diego's Little Italy Festa began its Twentieth Anniversary on Friday, October 10th with a vintage Italian poster exhibition at Meyer Fine Art Inc., and ended with the Festa's Bocce Ball Tournament on Sunday October 12th. Between these celebration's activities ranged from shopping at Little Italy's Mercato on Saturday, through its Gesso...
feStivale 2014 Gala Finale Brings Season to a Close
At precisely 5:00, Saturday evening a select gathering of Italian singers and band members rehearsed, while sumptuous Italian appetizers were set out early in anticipation of the San Diego Italian Film Festival members and their guests, who began pouring into Balboa's Museum of Photographic Art, on bringing feStivale 2014, to an exciting finale. &...
Unindustria: focus su internazionalizzazione PMI
Tutti uniti per l'internazionalizzazione delle Pmi italiane. È nella City di Unirete che, per la prima volta, la totalità delle istituzioni che si occupano di promuovere il Made in Italy all'estero – ministero degli Esteri, Simest, Sace e Ice – vengono in aiuto concreto delle aziende laziali per sostenerle in ogni fase nel processo di internazional...
Italian language: Let's try to speak Italian, fingers crossed
WTI Magazine #48 2014 November, 26Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com Translation by: We begin today with a little anatomy. Have you ever wondered how do you call in Italian the five fingers of your hand? I'll reveal it now: "pollice" is the thumb, "indice" is the index finger, "medio" is the middle finger, "anulare" is...
Kaley Cuoco pays tribute to her Italian-American origins as she receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
by Michael Traversa It's always a big deal for the film industry when an artist gets recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but the event becomes particularly important for the Italian-American community as well when said artist has a strong connection to his heritage. This last October was one of those moments when actress...
Happy Hour: Chinato on East Fourth Street in Cleveland a new take on Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine is almost universally loved and yet it's often written off as commonplace. We can debate why that is – or, well, we can just hit Chinato for Happy Hour... OK, let's do the latter. Chinato rolls out some of the most liberal hours in Happyland. Perfect for a visit downtown to check out the Christmas displays, a Cavs game or a...
Italy saves 970 migrants abandoned by smugglers
The Italian Coast Guard rescued 970 migrants Wednesday after smugglers put their cargo ship on automatic pilot heading straight for a crash into the Italian coast and abandoned the command. The Coast Guard officials said the migrants, most believed to be Syrians and including many children and pregnant women, arrived safely in Gallipoli, i...