Barilla plans $26.5 million expansion to Ames pasta plant
Pasta-maker Barilla Group has announced plans for a $26.5 million expansion at its Ames production plant to add two new production lines dedicated to making gluten-free pasta. In a news release Friday, Barilla said construction is slated to begin in late March, and production is expected to start by October. The expansion will create 23 new jobs....
Fargo Commission Seeks to Rename Columbus Day
by Julianne Craw Since 1937, the United States has celebrated Columbus Day as a federal holiday, honoring the Italian explorer long-honored as the man who discovered America. Fargo is looking to revise the October holiday. Media outlets reported the Fargo Native American Commission is seeking to pass a resolution changing the name from...
Presenting our 2016 U of M scholarship winner
The winner of the $3,000 ICC Study Abroad Program scholarship is Magdalena (Lena) Schroeder, a sophomore majoring in Mathematics and Italian Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Lena's first experience with Italian culture and language occurred early in life when she lived in Austria with her family. Later exposures to Italy ul...
Almost two years after massive fire, Delta Pizza and Italian Restaurant celebrates grand reopening
Almost two years after a fire destroyed the roof and severely damaged Delta Pizza and Italian Restaurant, the business on the Main Street of this small borough near the Maryland border quietly reopened, unannounced. That was intentional. May 26 was supposed to be a day for training staff members, and trouble-shooting any of the new equipm...
Second location of Angelo’s Taverna opens in Littleton
Angelo's Taverna has been serving up house-made pastas and pizzas on 6th Avenue in Denver for more than 40 years. Now, Littleton gets a taste of the authentic Italian. The second location of Angelo's opened on Sept. 7 at 6885 S. Santa Fe Drive. Guests can expect favorite menu items from the original location as well as a few new ones that are uniqu...
Italian Film Festival USA of St. Louis Kicks Off This Weekend
Which should be exciting news for those unaware we even had an annual Italian Film Festival here in St. Louis. We do, and it's been going on for ten years now. It's not well-promoted in general but it must be in the local Italian community because I've attended on the past and they always draw huge crowds (the free admission probably doesn't hurt)....
Rita's Italian Ice coming to Lincoln
Mike and Elynn Malone first tried Rita's Italian Ice last year when they were visiting their daughter, who's attending college in Wichita, Kansas. The Crete couple were so taken with the company, which sells treats ranging from snow cones to frozen custard, that they decided to become franchisees and bring it to Nebraska. Read mor...
Artcore: to feature Cristina Fontanelli this weekend
ARTCORE will feature Cristina Fontanelli this Saturday at 7:30 pm at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Cristina has become a well-known personality through her recordings, her appearances on TV, radio, in concert, nightclubs, and opera, and through her acting debut on network television. Her most recent role is as PBS-TV/NY Affiliates Host fo...
Italian restaurant steps up for busy Colorado Springs families
On busy weeknights, getting a wholesome meal on the table can be a challenge between running kids to practices and other activities. Carrabba's Italian Grill is here to help. They have introduced Family Bundles with six menu options starting at $34.99, portioned for four servings. The entrees come with choice of soup or salad and brea...
Nuggets Danilo Gallinari has meniscus tear in right knee, out three weeks after surgery
There was a time just a few years ago when Danilo Gallinari was what teams wanted in a four that fits the modern NBA game — he ran the floor well, could stretch the floor to knock down threes, could put the ball on the floor and get to the rim, just could do a lot of things on offense. He was Il Gallo, the rooster. He scored more points pe...
10 year anniversary, Italian Film Festival, open house and Winter term, Lucca Educational Travel Adventure and more
by the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis The Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul has reached a milestone in the life of the organization, and in 2016, join us in celebrating our ten year anniversary! Did you know that, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration, only one third of businesses make it to their 10th y...
Did you know Missouri housed 15,000 German and Italian prisoners of war during World War II?
by Kelly Moffitt Sunday, Dec. 11 marks 75 years since the United States declared war on war on Germany and Italy. That was four days following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which killed 2,403 Americans, and three days after the U.S. declared war on the Empire of Japan in retaliation. The United States had officially entered Wor...