Frank Capra: Conflicted Italian American Patriot – illustrated lecture
Thursday, November 12 at 6:30pm. Museo Italo Americano - Fort Mason Center - 2 Marina Blvd., Building C - San Francisco, CA 94123 The celebrated film director Frank Capra, a native of Sicily, was always insecure about how much he belonged in America. During that less enlightened time of the early 1900s when he grew up in Los An...
AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY Chronicles Early American Immigrants' Story
Doris Gallippi examines and writes their family history and at the same time imparts social history of first generation Americans who courageously forged a path from Italy to America from 1895 to 1922. This book chronicles "An Extraordinary Journey" (published by Xlibris) of emigrants and their treasured families. This is the story of two...
Casual Dining: Antonio’s serves pizza and Italian favorites in Greensboro
By Jennifer Bringle Located in the former CiCi's Pizza space on Market Street in Greensboro, Antonio's Italian Pizza Kitchen carries on the location's former spirit serving pizza and other Italian favorites. The eatery has sort of a two-in-one concept, with a separate pizza takeout area with its own entrance and a large dining room fo...
Pope Francis opens St.Peter’s doors to pilgrims urging to “put mercy before judgement”
by Carlo Marroni It was 11:10 am when Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. A moment before he embraced his predecessor Benedetto XVI. At that precise moment, a ray of sunlight broke through a blanket of black clouds, an image captured by television cameras and that was perhaps the most symbolic possible way to start o...
Startling new report on Oak Island could ‘rewrite history’ of the Americas
by Gemma Gadd Ancient mariners visited the New World more than a thousand years before Columbus - according to a sensational new report. The main findings of the study, which centres on the mysterious Oak Island, off Nova Scotia, have been exclusively revealed to Johnston Press. A team of expert researchers reckon they have u...
The Leopard author Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's palatial home restored to its glory days
By Alice Philipson It was home to a young Sicilian prince, a symbol of an aristocratic world in decline that was bombed during the Second World War and has lain in ruins ever since. Now a palatial white stone building in Palermo that inspired classic Italian novel The Leopard has been restored to its 19th century glory and is available for re...
Old Spaghetti Factory prepares to move locations
by Derek Shuck After serving the Tacoma area from its Jefferson Street location for more than four decades, the Old Spaghetti Factory will be moving to a new location on Friday, Jan. 22, right down the road to 1250 Pacific Ave. "It's a newer building, newer infrastructure. We're closer in proximity to some downtown employers. Were going t...
Obama to welcome Italian president in February
President Barack Obama will welcome Italian President Sergio Mattarella to the White House next month. Mattarella is scheduled to visit Obama on Feb. 8, during a weeklong visit to the U.S. Obama spokesman Josh Earnest says the leaders will discuss efforts to counter the Islamic State group and the global refugee crisis. They'll also talk...
Anatomia Italiana: Art and Anatomy in the Italian Renaissance
Where: Hall of Nations, 2191 Pan American Rd W, San Diego, California 92101. When: 5:00pm on Sunday February 21., 2016. Door closes at 5:15pm. Italy's medieval universities established the study of human anatomy for physicians. To heighten their art, Renaissance masters clandestinely examined anatomy through human dissection. The profound conn...
100 primavere per Sterina Palanca, la sambenedettese d’America
Un mazzo di fiori per festeggiare le 100 primavere di Sterina Palanca. Questo l'omaggio floreale che l'Amministrazione comunale sambenedettese, per mano dell'assessore alle politiche sociali Roberto Bovara, ha consegnato alla neocentenaria. Nata nel 1916 a Chicago Heights in Illinois, figlia di emigranti sambenedettesi, è rientrata insieme ai...
Spaghetti Run at Italianfest to honor Lauren Hill
In late 2014, the nation was captivated by Lauren Hill, the 19-year-old Mount St. Joseph University basketball player who bravely battled but ultimately was taken by a rare form of brain cancer. Newport's Italianfest is inaugurating a new event this year: the Lauren Hill's 5K Spaghetti Run, to raise money for cancer research and care. ...
Grotto: Dinner done the Italian way
Las Vegas is a melting pot of cuisines, offering an opportunity to try unfamiliar and unexpected new flavors. And while culinary exploration can be intriguing, sometimes you just want a meal, which reminds you of home. So look no further than Grotto at Golden Nugget, where, even if you're not Italian, you can imagine your Sicilian nonna churning ou...