L'8 ottobre a New York la Columbus Day Parade
Si avvicina ormai il tradizionale ed atteso appuntamento con la Columbus Day Parade, che, giunta alla sua 68.ma edizione, si terrà il prossimo lunedì 8 ottobre a New York. La parata, che sarà trasmessa in diretta televisiva dalla Abc, avrà inizio alle 11.30 e, partendo dalla 47th Street, si snoderà lungo la Fifth Avenue per giungere infine alle 15...
Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame
The American Italian Cultural Center will be holding its 28th Annual Louisiana American Italian Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on Jan. 19, 2013, in New Orleans. The banquet supports the AICC's mission to honor and celebrate contributions of Italian Americans in the sports, entertainment, medical and civic fields. At the Hilton New Orleans Ri...
Luca Bella: Italian-American, Family-Style Tastiness
If you were to step into Luca Bella in Aventura, perhaps after shopping at the nearby mall or maybe, like most patrons, after driving from Williams Island in your Mercedes-Benz, you might notice a dish named "burnt cauliflower" at the menu's end. It's a peculiar offering, but waiters suggest this contorno (side dish) as eagerly as the lobster ravio...
Italian Legend Giovanni Soldini Breaks World Record
SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't the first time an Italian had sailed from New York, around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, and into the San Francisco Bay. Most Italians in San Francisco have family stories of their great-grandfathers making the same arduous voyage a century and a half ago, and with much less fanfare. When Captain Giovanni...
Italian-American group to promote heritage on Seacoast
PORTSMOUTH — A group of Seacoast residents of Italian heritage has announced the formation of a new Italian-American Heritage Association of Greater Portsmouth. "This is really exciting. We've been working on this since last summer," said Valerie Capodelupo Koloshey of Rye, who has been named the group's president. Koloshey and Delmira Pirini Mor...
Coming soon: Delizioso Italian cured meats
Salami, coppa, culatello, pancetta. Local businesses that traffic in Italian cured pork products are excited about the possibility of importing more of these delizioso meats from regions of northern Italy that have been off-limits to American palates for decades.
Cheap Eats: Take A Bite Out Of D’Angelo’s Pizza
Buon appetito! A local chef has brought the amazing taste of Italy to South Florida, all at cheap eat prices. "We have a little buffalo mozzarella and we have beautiful salami," Chef Angelo Elia told CBS4′s Lisa Petrillo. Acclaimed chef Elia makes his signature pizza with the passion of a man who truly loves his job. This Italian born and...
Support NIAF Today with Do More 24
Calling all NIAF friends! Join this special day of giving! Here's a chance to join forces with folks all over the region in giant day of giving. Done in conjunction with United Way of the National Capital Area, the Do More 24 campaign is about encouraging community support and encouraging us all to join together to support the causes we ar...
In spiaggia con le arie di Verdi
by Enrica Corselli Se diciamo "Giuseppe Verdi", qual è la prima cosa che vi viene in mente? Se ci state ancora pensando, possiamo darvi un aiutino..."La donna è mobile, qual piuma al vento"... Ecco, ora canterete l'aria più famosa del Rigoletto per il resto della vostra giornata. E per chi invece non ha familiarità con questi vers...
Thorne lascia Roma e vola al fianco di Kerry
di Michele Pierri David Thorne lascerà Villa Taverna ma non smetterà di seguire le vicende italiane. Dopo quattro anni vissuti intensamente nel ruolo di ambasciatore degli Usa a Roma, è atteso a Washington per un incarico al fianco del Segretario di Stato, John Kerry. L'Italia, nonostante le tante turbolenze economiche e politiche, rappres...
A job opportunity
University of North Georgia is looking for an Italian instructor to teach a joint class (Italiano 1001/2001) Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:00 to 9:50 a.m. Classes start August 19, 2013 and run through the first week of December. We already have a dozen students signed up for the 1001 and 2 returning students for the 2001 portion. The...
Representatives from Italian Palio expected for Atlantic City beach horse race
By Derek Harper When Atlantic City hosts its inaugural American Palio horse race in October, a delegation from the event's ancestral home in Italy is expected to be in town to ensure it gets off on the right hoof. Italian organizers are working to arrange a visit from two of the most successful jockeys in the Palio's history, said Alarico Rossi,...