CACC, Italian firm team in machining center venture
Central Alabama Community College and 2a s.p.a., an Italian foundry and zipper manufacturer, announced Wednesday an agreement to create the Center for Precision Machining at CACC in response to both 2a s.p.a. and area industries which have identified the need for a machining workforce. "Community colleges are the perfect partner for my com...
Italians Welcome Italian Consulate to Orange County in Grand Italian Style
On January 20, 2015, at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, over 200 members of the Italian Community, families and organizations joined together to greet the new Italian Consulate General in Los Angeles Antonio Verde, as he begins his four year term of service to the community. This was his first visit to Orange County and to the Bowers Museu...
Apply to the Armenise-Harvard career development award 2015 (cda)
The Giovanni Armenise – Harvard Foundation is pleased to announce it will be offering a CDA to a promising young scientist, currently not in Italy, to contribute to the creation of new areas of research in the biological sciences in Italy. The Giovanni Armenise – Harvard Foundation's mission is to make it possible for young, newly independ...
Sinatra: An American Icon Opens at The New York Library for the Performing Arts
In the new exhibition Sinatra: An American Icon, visitors will have a chance to look deeper into the life and legacy of Frank Sinatra. In the new exhibition Sinatra: An American Icon, debuting this March at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, at Lincoln Center, visitors will have a chance to loo...
This time, Maniscalco beats Toledo in Tampa council election
West Tampa jeweler Guido Maniscalco pulled off a stunning come-from-behind victory Tuesday to defeat engineer Jackie Toledo by a razor-thin margin in the runoff race for City Council District 6. Toledo led Maniscalco by 17 points in the three-way March 3 election and raised about $161,000 in campaign contributions, roughly three times more tha...
Opening Alert: Serafina Opens in Boston Tomorrow With Unique Design and Menu Items
by Jacqueline Cain Bostonians get their own Serafina tomorrow when the newest venture from restaurateur Seth Greenberg (Mistral, Bastille Kitchen) and Sterling Group Management opens at 11 a.m., and it truly is Boston's own. The location at 10 High St. in the Financial District features an old-world-meets-new-world design aesthetic, and co...
Lincoln School imports a taste of Italy to Caldwell – 18 April, 3 pm
The K-6 Lincoln School Home School Association's (HSA) first "A Day at the Piazza" event will feature a best meatball competition, kids cupcake wars and a multitude of activities and prizes from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 18. The idea for the event was thought up by fundraiser co-chairs, Nicole Greco-Peepas and Paula Sules, who felt...
Home With The Lost Italian: Muffuletta sandwich a great choice for picnics, grad parties
Lately we've been taken with a classic immigrant sandwich called the Muffuletta, which was created in the early 1900s at the Central Grocery, a famous Italian market in New Orleans. The word "muffuletta" originally referred to a round-shaped loaf of Sicilian sesame bread, which became the base for the sandwich now bearing its name. Si...
Flag-Throwers of the Florentine Returning to Festa Italiana 2015!
Festa Italiana is excited to announce The Flag-throwers of the Florentine (Sbanderatori dei Borghi e Sestieri Fiorentini) are returning direct from Italy to perform at this year's festival, taking place July 17-19, 2015 at Henry W. Maier Festival Park. This dynamic group of 16 will entertain audiences daily with a colorful show of choral exercises,...
Here Comes An Evening of Opera at University of Santa Clara
Come to the Vari Symposium 2015 for an enjoyable evening of Italian opera arias, duets and songs performed from notable operas such as La Traviata, La Bohème and Rigoletto. This year's performance is Friday, May 15th at 7:30PM at the Music Recital Hall at Santa Clara University. The event is free and open to the public. To RSVP click here....
Pasta Garage opening in June
by Jane Patton Lexington Pasta, 962 Delaware Avenue, will be opening Pasta Garage Italian Cafe in early June, according to co-owner Lesme Romero. "You will be able to come in, pick out your shape of pasta, your sauce and eat on the spot, while you watch us make the pasta in the back," he said. The restaurant will be open for lunch...
Alitalia unveils its new livery to the prime minister and counts on producing earnings by 2017
by Gianni Dragoni Alitalia adds two Airbus 330s for long flights to its fleet, which is already composed of 22 long-range jets out of a total of 118 aircrafts, after cuts in the medium-range capacity were decided at the end of 2014. The fleet development was presented together with a new livery for the aircrafts, retaining the red...