Full and part-time teacher positions for Italian!
Calling all teachers who are fluent Italian would like to be part of an exciting new school that wants teachers to have a voice in and be part of the implementation of its educational program! ISLA is a K-8 dual-immersion charter school that is being proposed in Glendale, California with an anticipated September 2016 start date. Although a...
Buona Announces Partnership with Anthony Rizzo and the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation with "The Rizzo Way" Italian Beef Sandwich
Buona is honored to announce its partnership with Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo to help raise funds for his foundation, the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation. The family-owned restaurant group has worked with Rizzo to develop "The Rizzo Way" of preparing three classic sandwiches: the original Italian Beef, Sausage and Italian Beef...
Former Mario Batali restaurant sous chef to open Italian restaurant in Wayne
Robbie Felice, who held the position at B&B Ristorante in Las Vegas, is planning an August opening for Viaggio at 1055 Hamburg Turnpike, in the former site of Novu. Felice will be partners in Viaggio with his father, Joe Felice, who has owned restaurants such as Gourmet Cafe in Parsippany and Casa de Amici in Denville. Robbie Felice sa...
i Madonnari Festival Leaves Lasting Impression In Santa Barbara
Fog and drizzle put a damper on the pastels used by i Madonnari artists when they began on Friday night, but by Memorial Day their works of art looked like masterpieces. More than 150 artists were chosen to take part in the 30th annual i Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival in front of the Old Mission in Santa Barbara. They volunteered their...
Rockland Sons of Italy Crown Meatball Cook Off Winners
On May 12th, Senator David Carlucci hosted the second Italian American Dinner and Meatball Cook Off at the Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge 2176. More than 90 people attended the event which included an Italian buffet dinner of spaghetti and meatballs as well as an enormous sheet cake featuring the Italian and American flags. After the dinner,...
14th Century Painting Depicts Limb Transplant That Occurred 1,500 Years Ago
Researchers say they have found the earliest representation of transplant surgery in a painting that depicts a scene from somewhere around the 5 th century AD, at least 1,400 years before modern medical practitioners first theorized transplantation. The 14 th century painting, which is in the North Carolina Art Museum in Raleigh, North Carolina, U...
Cooking the Italian Provinces – Napoli
The Province of Naples is a mixture of colors, culture and history. The beautiful islands that dot the blue waters of the Mediterranean are like jewels in a necklace. In a sea so blue that it blends with the sky, three islands can be found: Capri, Ischia and Procida. Mt. Vesuvius overlooks the city and the beautiful bay. The sites of Pompe...
Festival Napa Valley brings a taste of Italy to V. Sattui
A concert of Italian love songs and dinner by an Italian chef were the highlights of Serata d'Amore, a Festival Napa Valley event held Monday at V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena. Festival Napa Valley is a 10-day series of more than 60 musical, dance and theatrical events held at wineries and other venues throughout the valley. Monday ni...
“Mamma mia dammi cento lire, che in America voglio andar”
Parla di emigrazione e strada ferrata, l'ultimo lavoro di Luca De Ceglia, finanziato dalla Confcommercio Bisceglie ed ora in distribuzione gratuita. «Inserito nel suo ormai pluriennale lavoro di studi sulla storia e sulle tradizioni locali – scrive il presidente Confcommercio Leo Carriera – questo lavoro di Luca De Ceglia si occupa di un i...
Journalist discovers stories behind US cities and towns with Italian names
By Amy Kellogg Did you ever wonder, why NAPLES, Florida? Or MILAN, Ohio? One Italian journalist turned this puzzle into an enlightening voyage across the United States, from Venice, Calif., to Verona, N.J., and six other towns or cities in-between. Alberto Giuffre, who works for Fox's sister network Sky Italia in Milan, talks abo...
New record for La Festa's cannoli eating contest
Coney Island is known for its hot dog eating competition and Philadelphia is known for the Wing Bowl but Scranton may be the capital of the cannoli eating competition. For the fifth year, a cannoli eating competition was held as part of the annual La Festa Italiana celebration. Seven people vied to be named champion. As they down...
Local Man Receives Ambassador Award from Italy
Vincenzo DiPiazza, former President of the Sicilian Cultural Association in St. Louis MO, received an Ambassador Award from the International Meeting of the Italians at Home and Around the World. The meeting took place in August 2016 in Gangi, Sicily. Vincenzo and wife Lillian are both past presidents of the Sicilian Cultural Association and contin...