Mysterious Nuraghi of Sardinia
Almost raptured by the crystal-like beauty of its sea, we often forget Sardinia is also a land of history and tradition in need to be discovered. Sea, sand and the glitzy life of VIPs holidaying in Porto Cervo are certainly an attraction to many, but while there, it is worth to take a look back to the millennial heritage of Sardinian people, liste...
Delco Senior games kick off with bocce in Rose Tree Park
For the 28th year, the Delaware County Senior Games are once again underway. Bocce kicked off the events Monday morning at Rose Tree Park. The heavy rains didn’t keep 16 teams from competing on four bocce courts that had been set up by the Italian Abruzzese Asocial of Delco. “We love it,” said Diana Hudson. “We just do it for the fun.” Denise Stewa...
Fermi satellite celebrates 10 years of discoveries
On June 11, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope celebrates a decade of using gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light in the cosmos, to study black holes, neutron stars, and other extreme cosmic objects and events. "Fermi's first 10 years have produced numerous scientific discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the gamma-r...
Cucina italiana: il valore mondiale è da podio
E' la seconda a livello globale dopo quella cinese, con il 13% di quota di mercato, la cucina italiana, e a livello mondiale genera un volume d'affari pari a 209 miliardi di euro. Sono alcuni dei risultati che emergono dalla ricerca sulla ristorazione italiana nel mondo commissionata da Alma e sviluppata da Deloitte. L'indagine è stata presentata i...
Celebrating 104 years
Mare Ferise was born at home, delivered by a midwife in East Newark in 1914, when Woodrow Wilson was president of the United States. She grew up in Kearny and lived in Harrison and Rockaway, among other places, before moving to the Homestead Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Frankford. She and her late husband, Anthony, were married in 1935...
“Visconti”, a Complete Retrospective of the Italian Cinema Titan, at Lincoln Center
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces Visconti, a complete retrospective of Visconti’s feature films, most of them premiering in new restorations and rare imported prints, followed by a weeklong run of a new 35mm print of his 1973 historical masterpiece Ludwig. Italian nobility, a member of the Italian Communist Party during World War II, op...
Cass Corridor deli Rocco's is an Italian sandwich paradise
For all the range you’ll find in Midtown’s menus, the neighborhood lacks much in the way of delis. And with the exception of La Pecora Nera near downtown’s Capitol Park, Detroit proper is pretty much deficient in Italian delis — the kind that stacks mortadella, salami, capicola and prosciutto on crusty, rustic Italian bread — and that’s not a good...
Grana Padano PDO And Urbani Truffles Announce First Annual Black Truffle Festival
Grana Padano PDO, Italy's most popular PDO cheese world-wide, and Urbani Truffles, the leading global purveyor of fresh truffles and truffle products, have teamed up for the First Annual Black Truffle Festival, June 15th – 24th. This year's 10-day festival will launch exclusively in restaurants across New York, Miami and San Francisco, allowing che...
NOIA 2018 Golf Outing
Monday, July 9 - 11:30AM to 7:30PM EDT. Shaker Heights Country Club - 3300 Courtland Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 44122. Each year, the Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation hosts a golf outing to benefit a charity. NOIA's 2018 benefactor is The Arc of Greater Cleveland. This organization is driven by opportunity; the opportunity for hope, for grow...
MEET ITALY in Silicon Valley
On June 5th, Jeff Capaccio and the Silicon Valley Italian Executive Council (SVIEC) hosted a great evening in Redwood City where Institutions and Entrepreneurs came together to meet and exchange ideas. MEET ITALY was invited to give a brief update on the activities we are nurturing in Southern California and to strengthen the link between the hi-t...
Can New Jersey bread taste as good as New York's? Baker Joe Leone says yes
People raised in New York say the state's water is the key to truly great pizza, bagels and bread. But what if that New York water was made in New Jersey? New York Watermaker, a Garden State-based company, can replicate water from anywhere in the world. And here at the Shore, baker Joe Leone is using the machine to make his famous bread even bette...
'Garage museum' finds a home
Thanks to a story published in the Observer-Reporter on April 14, the effort to find a permanent home for a personal collection of local Italian-American memorabilia has reached its objective. Clay Kilgore, executive director of the Washington County Historical Society, has signed an agreement with Joe Mancuso, 96, of Tylerdale, to acquire memorab...