13 Westfield High School Students Earn National Recognition in Italian Exam
Thirteen Westfield High School students were recently informed of recognition they received on the March 2016 Italian National Exam competing against students from 140 schools across 21 states. Westfield High School Italian teachers Maria Santilli and Lauren Conroy explained that the exam, which was administered to more than 5,200 students...
Program to help companies investing in Italy have visibility on tax treatment now up and running
by Antonio Tomassini The new program that will allow Italian and foreign companies looking to invest in Italy at least €30 million to seek a preliminary opinion from the Italian Revenue Agency regarding the taxation profile of their investment plans is now up and running. The Italian Revenue Agency director has picked the offices within hi...
Can we turn off the work ethic as Italian Americans? Do we need to?
In the last six months, as host of the Italian American podcast, I have spent a lot of time researching Italian-American culture, but I've also had the opportunity to talk to and interview many Italian Americans. There seems to be a major trait that most of these Italian Americans share: They have an intense work ethic, or what I refer to...
Maggiore Culinary Concepts: A father-son duo
They are business partners helming seven restaurants in two states spanning American breakfast to Italian fine dining concepts. Yet Tomaso Maggiore and his son Joey play up the very personal side of their connection as they swap stories to a comedic cadence and banter that only the closest of family members can achieve. They talk about the...
LAMBORGHINI NEW HURACAN LP 610-4 della Polizia di Stato arriva a New York per il Columbus Day 2016
A.N.P.S. sezione New York - New Jersey e' l'associazione nazionale della Polizia di Stato negli Stati Uniti d'America ed ha la missione di mantenere un'importante collaborazione tra Italia e Stati Uniti sotto molti aspetti. In particolare organizza e partecipa ad eventi che onorano questa importante collaborazione e mantiene e sviluppa uno stretto...
A Washington il debutto della Dante Alighieri Legacy Association
Con una celebrazione per il 750mo anniversario della nascita del Sommo poeta ha debuttato a Washington la Dante Alighieri Legacy Association presieduta da Melo Cicala. La cerimonia si è svolta al Meridian Hill Park, dove è stata deposta una corona di fiori ai piedi del monumento di Dante eretto nella capitale. L'imponente statua (104,4 pollic...
Like Christian art? Check out Kansas City
It all started with Hieronymus Bosch. My Wednesday morning Bible study was learning about Christian art and we had gotten up to the Northern Renaissance when our teacher, Rev. Chris Shorow, mentioned that a painting by the Dutch master, Heironymus Bosch had just been authenticated at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. There are on...
How gelato is cornerstone of Sacramento cafe owner's American Dream
By Natalie Brunell As a Sacramento restaurant owner celebrates her one-year anniversary, her customers celebrate her deliciously cool gelato as the heat continues to rise. Stefania Zerbinati opened Eatuscany in midtown Sacramento where she showcases her masterful gelato. "It's not simple," Zerbinati said. "I made my school in gelato in Ra...
First look: Pi Pizza
by Greg Morago Houston is mad for pizza. Pie shops are opening faster than you can say pepperoni. But pieman Anthony Calleo of Pi Pizza isn't sweating the competition. He knows he has great pizza. So do his many fans who knew him from more than four years of slinging slices out of his popular pizza truck. His biggest vote of confidenc...
To Italy on a Few Pieces of Paper
By Paul Sullivan Fifty years ago. Half a century last month, and the memories come flooding back of a grand trip to Italy after reading those wonderful, witty old notes. The little Fiat 600 we rented gobbled up two lane roads and ate through the choked city streets in Rome, Florence, Bolsena, Rovigo, in Padua and the lovely old mo...
Lou Romano: Italian of the Week
It takes many people to create a film – Lou Romano is one of them.Lou Romano works in animation as a production designer and art director. Essentially, he helps create the visual world of some of our favorite animated films. Lou has worked on the Pixar classics Up, Monsters, Inc., and The Incredibles. He has contributed work to The Iron Giant and,...
New Mediterranean-Italian restaurant Terra & Vine to open this week
Restaurant owner and wine expert Alpana Singh said she created her new Mediterranean restaurant Terra & Vine in downtown Evanston with Northwestern students in mind. "Everything is very accessible and approachable. You can come here for a birthday celebration or a casual meal," Singh said. "We want it to be affordable, not something you sp...