Rocky Mountain’s Romano - overlooked by most — steps into immediate role for Vandals
Freshman Nick Romano probably is the only Idahoan who can say he began his Division I college football career with a Week 1 start at running back, in the presence of about 105,000 onlookers in the world’s third-largest sporting venue: Penn State’s Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. “Now you know what it’s like, the biggest stage possible,” said R...
Italian American Baseball Family at Casa Italiana in Las Vegas
On Sunday, September 8th, Casa Italiana di Las Vegas in collaboration with the Windmill library presented a heartfelt documentary by talented writer and filmmaker Roberto Angotti. Winner of the Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum Award at the National Italian American Foundation 42nd Anniversary Gala in Washington, DC, “Italian American Base...
Sebastian Maniscalco, America's 'funniest comedian', coming to Tucson
Last week, the New York Times called Sebastian Maniscalco “the hottest comic in America.” People magazine described him as a comedian’s comedian. And in 2017, Forbes named him to its list of the world’s highest-paid comedians after he brought in $15 million between June 2016 and June 2017. His fans describe him in one word: Hilarious. The 46-year...
Casa Italiana di Las Vegas presents Italian American Baseball Family at Windmill Library on September 8, 2019
Casa Italiana di Las Vegas in collaboration with the Windmill library proudly presents Italian American Baseball Family, winner of the Russo Brothers Italian American Film Forum Award at the National Italian American Foundation 42nd Anniversary Gala in Washington, DC and finalist in the 2018 Sport Movies & TV World Championship in Milan, Italy, on...
Guido Vianello joins forces with Joseph Parker coach Kevin Barry
The 25-year-old from the great city of Rome may not be a household name yet, but big things are expected from him. Vianello has continued his stay in America for further professional boxing development by joining Joseph Parker coach Kevin Barry in Las Vegas. The Italian had previously been coached in California by Abel Sanchez. Currently 4-0 having...
Former Gonzaga analytics coordinator Riccardo Fois settling into new role with Phoenix Suns
A handful of Gonzaga players considered professional options versus returning to the Zags following the 2019 season. So did a member of GU’s coaching staff, minus the fanfare and headlines. Riccardo Fois found himself in Phoenix – staying at the same hotel where the Zags stayed at the 2017 Final Four – to interview for the position of player develo...
Seattle Opera Presents RIGOLETTO
For years, Lindy Hume, stage director of Seattle Opera's August production of Rigoletto, has been frustrated by the way opera celebrates misogyny through its "bad boy" characters. In beloved works such as Don Giovanni, Carmen, and Tosca, sopranos must rehearse how to fall, how to be stabbed, brutalized, and thrown across the room, behaviors they wo...
The Venus International Film Festival in Las Vegas, Nev.
The Venus International Film Festival, July 29—31, will showcase films, scripts, music and food, all of which is focused on the cultural Italian experience in the film industry in Las Vegas! Filmmakers, actors, writers, producers, directors or cinematographer of Italian descent are all eligible to enter. Tickets are on sale now for the July 31 Blac...
Alaska, impresa tricolore: Bergamini sulla vetta più alta del Nord America
Riccardo Bergamini ci ha abituato alle imprese straordinarie. Ma lui non sembra proprio accontentarsi e ha vinto la sfida lanciata ai ghiacci dell’Alaska. L’alpinista lucchese ha completato infatti l’ascesa al monte Denali (6194 metri), la cima più alta del Nord America. Si tratta di una montagna notoriamente difficile da salire perché vicina al ci...
Phoenix closing in on hiring Gonzaga’s Riccardo Fois for ‘top player development role’
The Phoenix Suns are still in search of a new head coach, but it sounds like they’re also interested in hiring Gonzaga’s Riccardo Fois as the team’s player development coach. Fois has quite of bit of experience with developing players. He’s served four years with Gonzaga’s men’s basketball staff as their Coordinator of Basketball Analytics and Vide...
Take ‘A Trip to Italy’ with classical American songstress Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller, Southwest Symphony
Immerse yourself in the sounds of Italy as the Southwest Symphony performs works by some of the greatest Italian composers of all time on April 26 with special guest soprano Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller, a Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee. Featuring Rossini’s “William Tell Overture,” Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” a beautiful duet with the symphony...
Giuseppe Pezzano, l’imprenditore filantropo che col calcio e cultura unisce Italia e USA
Ama definirsi un philantrepreneur, e più che a Bill Gates o Steve Jobs si ispira a Richard Branson della Virgin, con gli occhi e iI fiuto per gli affari in moltissimi e svariati settori. Oltreoceano è conosciuto come l’italiano che sta contribuendo a far apprezzare il calcio agli americani mentre in Italia è balzato agli onori della cronaca per av...