The weekend was packed at The Pearl at Palms Casino Resort with Sunday's Las Vegas debut of international singing sensation Laura Pausini.   The sold-out crowd was up on their feet Sunday night when Pausini took the stage and begin her set that took the audience on a journey through her illustrious career. English, Italian, Spanish – the cro...

Mario Batali and partner Joe Bastianich have officially announced that they, like other big-time chef person Daniel Boulud, will be bringing a burger concept to the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. According to Eater Vegas, the 120-seat B&B Burger & Beer will open sometime in the Fall, with a "beer-driven" menu as well as "20 televisions tuned...

There's something comforting about Italian food, a sort of sink-back-in-your-seat sort of satisfaction. It happens whether you're dining at your neighborhood café, or a modern hangout like Nove Italiano.   Located at the top of the Palms Fantasy Tower, Nove, which recently celebrated nine years at the Palms, commands excellent views of the S...

Sono 32 le aziende italiane che, coordinate dall'Agenzia Ice e dall'ANCMA, partecipano in questi giorni all'edizione 2013 di Intrerbike, la principale manifestazione dedicata alle biciclette negli Stati Uniti, inaugurata ieri al Centro espositivo del Mandalay Bay, a Las Vegas.   Le importazioni Usa di biciclette, parti e accessori nel 2012 h...

By Don Chareunsy   It would be difficult to steal the spotlight from Italian superstar Andrea Bocelli, "the world's most beloved tenor," but 28-year-old Russian soprano Aida Garifullina nearly did so Saturday night during the "Cinema World Tour" stop at MGM Grand Garden Arena.   Garifullina is equally talented and beautiful and comman...

Nuovo appuntamento negli Stati Uniti per il calzaturiero italiano: dal 19 al 21 febbraio, ANCI accompagnerà per la prima volta 22 aziende del settore alla fiera FN Platform, che si svolgerà presso il Las Vegas Convention Center. In mostra le collezioni autunno/inverno 2013-2014 di calzature e pelletteria fine e medio-fine. L'iniziativa, che si ins...

Christmas Party this Sunday (the 14th) from 11:00 to 3:00 --Yes, it is that time of year again: Christmas! And, part of the tradition is the Club's annual Christmas party for kids. Please don't miss this! Andrea Collura provided the following on this years featured entertainers. Las Vegas Academy Choral Department is happy to be performing this ye...

Gene Ferrari was a recent guest on the Dennis Bono show at the South Point Hotel, where he showed the same mature good looks, Continental charm and supple voice of a proud Italian-American, who first appeared in Las Vegas back in the early '80s. It is no wonder he has been a favorite, both as a headliner and an opening act, in Las Vegas, Atlantic...

By Lou Sassetti   Robin Leach's Note: I am very grateful to all the guest columnists who filled in for me while I was away this summer in Sardinia, Italy and Croatia, then with family in La Jolla, Calif. Thank you all, sincerely.I hope that our readers found the guest columns as interesting, entertaining and diverse as I did.   They c...

Portare il calcio a Las Vegas, why not? La scommessa - e non poteva essere altrimenti, nella "capitale" del gioco d'azzardo - sta per diventare realtà: Daniele Fortunato, 31enne ex calciatore cresciuto nelle giovanili della Roma e Gaetano Di Renzo, imprenditore, hanno pensato di creare a Las Vegas una città dello sport con il calcio a giocare un ru...