The National Italian American Foundation Awards Seventeen Students Travel Grants to Italy
Seventeen university students from across the nation will participate in the 2018 Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery Program, an all-expenses-paid educational and cultural initiative sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) that takes Italian American students to Italy each summer. This year’s tour will send student...
Venezia F.C. was broken until Joe Tacopina arrived and changed everything
Joe Tacopina has been considerably busy these days, and understandably so. The renowned lawyer has represented celeb clients that range from A-Rod to Jay-Z throughout his career. As one of Meek Mill’s attorneys in his most recent incarceration, they lost many battles along the way but won the war in April, a big W for hip-hop and prison reform than...
Pisa, pasta sauce, Philly cheesesteaks: DelGrosso's is a Pa. water park fit for a Caesar
On a quiet, two-lane road that connects the former railroad town of Altoona to State College, you smell the pasta sauce before you spot the rides, the pizza, or the Leaning Tower of Pisa. You smell the sauce before you enter the factory offices of DelGrosso Foods. Before you find Joe DelGrosso, chief of the family sauce business, at a conference ta...
One Year Later: Interview with Consul General Benjamin Wohlauer
When the conversation begins and ends discussing favorite eateries and obscure museums in Bologna, you know it’s going to be a great chat. I was lucky enough to spend two hours speaking with the 44th U.S. diplomatic representative in Florence, US Consul General Benjamin Wohlauer, a role that covers Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, and the Republic of San M...
Where did DiVincenzo's 'Michael Jordan of Delaware' nickname come from?
"The Michael Jordan of Delaware" moniker attached to new Milwaukee Bucks draft pick Donte DiVincenzo wasn't something that started during his high school days in Delaware, though he did win two state titles and became unquestionably the state's best player at the time. The reference is far more recent, perhaps as recently as early 2017, and comes f...
Chamber to hold ribbon-cutting for new Italian restaurant
Paula Calvanico’s Italian eatery is a family affair. After two months in business in the Highland Village Center, home of Albertsons, she says everything is bellíssimo. “It’s been a wonderful experience,” she told the Highland Community News last week. The Highland Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 30,...
Artist Profile: ‘La Bellissima’ Anna Moffo
Anna Moffo, born on June 27, 1932, enjoyed one of the most varied opera careers in history. The American-born soprano studied in Italy on a Fulbright Scholarship and would immediately become a TV sensation in her 20s when she appeared on RAI as Cio-Cio San in “Madama Butterfly.” That was followed by more TV productions in “Falstaff” and “La Sonnamb...
Attilio Folino, 88, barber revered for his 'time-perfected way of cutting hair'
Attilio Folino, of Niagara Falls, a barber who operated a shop in Amherst for many years, died Saturday in Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, Lewiston, after a lengthy illness. He was 88. Born in Nicastro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy, he was one of nine children. After he emigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he worked for Certo Brothers Distributing...
SheWolf opens this week in Midtown with modern Italian fare
Modern Roman cuisine has arrived in Midtown Detroit with the opening of SheWolf Pastificio & Bar. The highly-anticipated restaurant is led by chef Anthony Lombardo, formerly of Southfield’s Bacco Ristorante, who has spent nearly two years living and studying in Italy. Lombardo told The Detroit News last fall that SheWolf, which is named after a st...
Donald Trump to host Italian PM Giuseppe Conte next month; global conflicts and trade top agenda
US president Donald Trump will meet Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte in Washington on 30 July, the White House said on Wednesday. "Italy is an important NATO Ally, a leading partner in Afghanistan and Iraq, and key in bringing stability to the Mediterranean region," it said in a statement. "Together, the United States and Italy will look to de...
July 8th 11am-6pm Official American Independence Day BBQ & Polo Cup Final (AICR)
Join us for the official American Independence Day BBQ Event for AICR as we watch the teams play for the Polo Cup Finals being held July 8th from 11am until 6pm at the Acquedotto Romano Polo Club, (Via Acqua Felice 37, 00140 Montecompatri RM) This event is open to ALL, (kids friendly), Entrance includes All-You-Can-Eat BBQ/Sides/Drinks. Active Mili...
The Gustoso Sicilian Food Excellence Network at the Summer Fancy Food Show 2018
From June 30 to July 2, the Gustoso Network will be present at the Summer Fancy Food Show 2018, the largest event in North American related to the food industry, which will take place at the Javits Center in New York. Among the companies of the Sicily Region - Booth #4946B at Level 1, The Network will assist the Sicilian companies and support them...