Italian Feast Spectacle Opens in Brooklyn July 8th
A spectacular Italian Festival kicking off July 8th in Brooklyn honoring Saint Paolino has it all: faith, food, music, neighborliness, international visitors. Neapolitan immigrants from Italy settled in Williamsburg long ago and brought a beautiful tradition to the streets of Brooklyn with the first Giglio (Italian for "lily") festival in 1903...
VivaBioCell Italian Biotech Company Sold to LA-based Nantcell
VivaBioCell SpA, a spin-off of the University of Udine and leading biotechnology company, has been acquired by LA-based privately-held NantCell, which focuses on discovery and development of innovative cell-based therapies for disease. This deal – an amount unknown although speculated upon by online newspapers – comes on the heels of a $30...
New bocce ball courts to celebrate Italian American Club 40th anniversary
By Natalie Hurst & KBOI Web Staff Boise's Italian American Club celebrated its 40th year and dedicating new bocce ball courts Wednesday night. The games began on the new courts with a wine toast at Boise's Municipal Park. The original courts were built back in 2008 when there was one league with eight teams. Now the group has...
In Liverpool, a community of friends who enjoy bocce, beer and bonding
By Emily Nichols On Tuesday evenings during the warm summer months, Sharkey's Bar and Grill is bursting with activities ranging from volleyball to trivia. The main event at this Liverpool bar, however, is a sport where you and your friends can socialize in an open field while beer gets delivered on golf carts. It's a sport wh...
From shore to shore: Preserving Italian heritage
By Susan Clark Porter As generations age and memories fade, the experiences of our forefathers can also recede. The Sons of Italy, however, is doing its part to promote the legacy of this area's Italian ancestors. In a collaborative effort earlier this year, the Vincent Lombardi Lodge 2270 of Rochester, the Geneva Lodge 2397 (men) and th...
Italian Scientist, Dario Crosetto, Offers Patents for Recognized Life-Saving Technology
Dario Crosetto is offering donors, philanthropists, organizations and businesses the opportunity to save millions of lives and create a new 3D-CBS cancer screening market worth billions in return for their support in providing life-saving early cancer detection technology. Crosetto is the founder and president of the Crosetto Foundation for the Re...
Columbus Day Fun
by Grace Lentini If you're lucky enough to get a three-day weekend for Columbus Day, you have some options. You could catch up on yard work. You could spend the weekend leaf peeping in New Hampshire. Or, you could stay close to home and take advantage of one of the state's most festive weekends. Party like the Italians do at the Federal H...
Sbandieratori e musici di Faenza in America - a Newport Beach in California
Dopo i Campionati Italiani Sbandieratori, che si sono svolti ad Ferrara, alcuni rappresentati del Niballo Palio di Faenza andranno in U.S.A. a proporre alcuni spettacoli della nostra antica tradizione storica culturale, cioè "l'Italia dei Comuni". In California a Newport Beach saranno ospiti del Resort "Pellican Hill" (la collina dei Pellicani...
Italian Feast celebrates Italian heritage
Mangia! It's time for the third annual Italian Feast, quickly becoming a popular Summerville event. Last year's festival attracted approximately 5,000 people, according to event director and president of the Italian Feast board Jay Lombardo, and this year he's expecting about 7,000. Italian Feast kicked off in the spring of 2013. For...
Meet Kansas’ Nick Bartolotta, the best 5-foot-6 kicker in the country
By Rustin Dodd The the most vertically-challenged kicker in college football spent last year taking coursework at a community college in St. Louis. He was not a member of any football team then — college or otherwise — and if you saw Nick Bartolotta strolling into a class at St. Louis Community College, you probably wouldn't have guessed it, eithe...
One of Rome’s sweetest institutions celebrates its 125th birthday by nourishing its Italian roots
by Federico De Cesare Viola Many Romans – in fact, many Italians – consider them the country's cookies par excellence: the ones that taste of childhood memories, the ones you cannot do without even as a grownup. Fragrant breakfasts and cozy afternoon teas, gourmet moments and familiar names (Osvego, Novellini, Brasil) preserved in exquisite...
EVOO, a fabulous evening of extra virgin olive oil!
The Italian Cultural Center proudly presents EVOO, a fabulous evening of extra virgin olive oil. During the event you will taste four different extra virgin olive oils from the regions of Trentino Alto Adige, Toscana, Calabria and Sicilia. You will learn how the varieties and different olive processes affect the final flavor and how to di...