Brockton's Sons of Italy Lodge to host line-dancing event Saturday
Local residents can put on their dancing shoes for a line-dancing event at the historic War Memorial Building on Saturday. The event, sponsored by the Sons of Italy Christopher Columbus Lodge No. 216 of Brockton, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the War Memorial Building, 156 West Elm St. Lestyn of Lestyn dance studio will teach pa...
L.A.’s Italian Markets Are Built on Olive Oil, Cold Cuts, and Family History
by Lesley Balla Fans of "the sandwich" at Roma Market in Pasadena know to head straight for the back and grab a pink paper-wrapped bundle at the edge of the counter. A novice might ask for one, to which a slight older man with friendly eyes will respond from his perch behind the deli case: "You've never had my sandwich? Take one. You'll lo...
Renzo Piano: “La sfida dell’architettura è salvare le periferie”
di Paolo Mastrolilli «La missione dell'architettura in questo secolo è salvare le periferie. Se non ci riusciamo sarà un disastro, non solo urbanistico, ma anche sociale». L'auditorium della facoltà di Architettura della Columbia University è pieno. Così pieno che gli organizzatori hanno dovuto aprire altre due sale per proiettare l'incontro...
Giada Valenti Announces National U.S. Tour
Following her critically acclaimed music special on PBS – Celebrate the Romance and Magic of Venice with the Italian Songstress Following her stunning and highly anticipated PBS Special, Italian songstress Giada Valenti will do a series of 21 concerts around the United States next year. The tour will kick of at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside,...
Sagra Del Libro: The Italian-American Book Festival
The Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge (OSIA), in collaboration with IAWA – The Italian American Writers Association, is hosting and launching a "Sagra Del Libro" (Italian-American Book Festival) on Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6 to 10 pmin the Lodge Hall at 113 Baxter Street in Manhattan's Little Italy. Admission is free to all. All writers are...
Italian die-cast manufacturer sets up shop in Rockford
By Isaac Guerrero An Italian manufacturer that supplies the automotive industry is investing $6.4 million in a 44,000-square-foot production facility in southeast Rockford and is hiring 37 full-time workers. It's the first U.S.-based operation for Taurus 80, a maker of high precision zinc die-cast parts. The company employs 2...
Newport Restaurant Group to Welcome ‘Avvio Ristorante’ in Former Papa Razzi Location in Cranston
Newport Restaurant Group, a division of Newport Harbor Corporation, an employee-owned hospitality company, is pleased to announce Avvio, a new restaurant in the former Papa Razzi space in Garden City, Cranston. Avvio will join the Newport Restaurant Group collection as the ninth location in Rhode Island and will embody the essence of every...
Washington cluster of the European Union National Institutes of Culture launches “Protecting Our Heritage” series of events
The European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) in Washington DC, a network of nine members and nine associate members from European cultural institutes and Embassies in the nation's capital, is ready to launch the Protecting our Heritage program, a series of events that will focus on safeguarding and conserving the cultural heritage of h...
Bimbo’s famous Italian meat sauce now served at Engine House No. 9
by Sue Kidd Once, when Jerry Rosi was making his family's famous Bimbo's Italian meat sauce at Stadium Thriftway, he noticed prying eyes watching his every move as he cooked in the store's open kitchen. For two days. That guy watched. Did the stranger crack Rosi's family's decades-old meat sauce recipe? "He probably figu...
Despite frictions with an “americanized” AS Roma, the US still loom large in Totti’s future
by Gianni Dragoni A difficult future lies ahead of Francesco Totti in the "Americanized" AS Roma. The captain of "La Magica" (as the team is called) could move to the United States, after having criticized the club and its coach, Luciano Spalletti, for not letting him play. The American president of AS Roma, James Pallotta,...
Mary Sharnick: Orla's Canvas
Penmore Press is pleased to introduce featured author Mary Sharnick, whose new acclaimed novel Orla's Canvas is now available in paperback and ebook editions. A native of Connecticut, Mary graduated from Fairfield University with a degree in English and earned a master's degree from Trinity College, Hartford. She has been awarded a scholarship...
Parkinson, inventato un guanto che riduce il tremore quasi a zero
Il Parkinson è una malattia che colpisce in Italia circa trecentomila persone, causando tremori soprattutto agli arti e rendendo difficile la vita di tutti i giorni. La fisioterapia e alcuni farmaci sono usati per limitare i danni di questa patologia ma non sempre portano i benefici sperati. La ditta americana Gyrogear ha creato un guanto...