BERTOLLI Presenting "Into the Heart of Italy" A Unique Webseries Featuring Italian American Celebrities, Rocco DiSpirito, Marisa Tomei, & Dan Cortese.

Bertolli Frozen Meals is getting ready to launch a new series of webisodes titled “Into the Heart of Italy: Six Adventures, Three Celebrities, One Mission… To Unlock the Secrets of Italian Passion for Food and Life.”

This one-of-a-kind online series will feature celebrity chef Rocco Dispirito and actors Marisa Tomei and Dan Cortese as they explore the food and culture of Italy.

A trailer for “Into the Heart of Italy” will premiere during Desperate Housewives at 9/8 CST.

I’ll be tweeting tonight for @Bertolli’s Taste & Tweet. I received a wine aerator & a gift card to cover the purchase of one of their meals. Join Me Tonight on TWITTER for the Taste & Tweet which includes a VIP giveaway to win one of three local cheese making classes up to a $150 value!

Every Tweet using #BertolliItaly between Sunday, March 14 from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM EST Monday, March 15, will be entered to win the prize, which will be selected by a random drawing Monday. A link to the rules and regulations will be tweeted from @Bertolli at the start of the Taste & Tweet or can be found on the Bertolli Facebook page.

Join me on Twitter: @italianamergirl

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Tarantella Calabrese -- For My Calabrese You'll Love This

This music is something you heard in my house daily. My father loves it! Great job lip synching guys! Tweet

Giada De Laurentiis -- Italian American Celebrity Chef Cooks Healthy Penne.

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Italian American NYPD Officer In Need Of A Bone Marrow Donor-- SEEKING SICILIAN DESCENT.

Dear Readers:

Please read this important message I received from one of our great readers.

Attention all Italian American groups and citizens, we have an extremely important time sensitive MISSION!

Our dear friend, Sgt. Michael Costanza of the MTA police has been diagnosed with Leukemia; he is a young man, only 34 years of age with a wife and two young children.

Sgt. Costanza needs to find a compatible bone marrow donor. Both of his siblings have already been tested but unfortunately they are not a match. He and his family need our help. We need to get the word out to the Italian American community, especially the Sicilian community since he is of Sicilian descent; if you are from the same region, there is a slightly better chance of being a match. We need to get as many people tested as we can to find a donor; we have less than 6 months to find a match.

Sgt. Costanza at that time a member in the NYPD is one of the many selfless individuals that spent months at Ground Zero immediately after the September 11th terrorist attacks helping sort through the rubble for survivors and aide in the clean up process as well. Now it’s our turn to return the favor and be his family’s hero. Please come to Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal on:

Saturday, February 27, 2010 from 11Am to 6PM

Please partake in a simple, non painful check swab (saliva test).

The National Council of Columbia Associations of Civil Service, Brooklyn Staten Island 10 13, NYPD, MTAPD, and Columbus Citizens Foundation are reaching out to all of our friends and family in hope that we will be able to find a match for Sgt. Costanza.

Please pass this on to anyone that you know and let’s show what we already know, that the Italian American community can come together for a good cause and let’s make a miracle happen.

The PBA will be sponsoring the bone marrow recruitment drive for persons that can not afford the test, however it is only $26.00

Thank you.

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Italian American Girl Featured On About.com 's Italy Travel Guide

Check out our latest featured entry in today's About.com for Italy's Travel Guide written by Martha Bakerjian. The entry features different questions about why I created and wrote my blog --ItalianAmericangirl.com and what its all about. I give advice on traveling to Italy and specifially to the region of Reggio Calabria. Take a look.

http://bit.ly/cDQcPl

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ITALIAN MUSICAL ENCHANTER VINICIO CAPOSSELA RETURNS TO NORTH AMERICA

Italy’s award-winning avant singer-songwriter Vinicio Capossela brings his renown musical side show to North America for a coast to coast string of concert offerings in March 2010. First pitching their tent at New York City’s (Le) Poisson Rouge on March 6, the Capossela musical circus then heads north to Canada to Montreal and Toronto on March 8 and 9, before going west for three back-to-back debuts in Chicago (March 10), San Francisco (March 12), and finally wrapping at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theater on March 13. No stranger to North American audiences, “theatrical underground visionary” Capossela’s 2007 debut concert dates in the US and Canada were completely sold-out and his showcase performances at the 2008 editions of GlobalFEST in New York City and SXSW in Austin, Texas were met with critical acclaim.





VINICIO CAPOSSELA MARCH 2010 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR:

Friday, March 5, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
158 Bleeker St (@ Thompson St)
Time: 7:30pm (Doors open @ 7:00PM)
Tickets: $25.00
Box Office: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/1045
or 866 55 TICKETS or (212) 505-3474

Saturday, March 6, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
158 Bleeker St (@ Thompson St)
Time: 7:30pm (Doors open @ 7:00PM)
Tickets: $25.00
Box Office: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/786
or 866 55 TICKETS or (212) 505-3474

Monday, March 8, 2010
L'Astral (Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan), Montreal (Quebec) CANADA
305 Ste. Catherine Street W.
Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: $14.50
Box Office: http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/program/concert.aspx?id=9529 or
(514) 288-8882

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Mod Club, Toronto (Ontario) CANADA
722 College Street
Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at the doorBox Office: http://www.bandsintown.com/event/3331675-vinicio-capossela-toronto-canada-live-at-mod-club-theatre-on-march-09-2010 or (416) 588-4663

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Lakeshore Theater, Chicago, IL
3175 N. Broadway (south east corner of Belmont/Broadway in East Lakeview)
Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: $25
Box Office:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=605905 or (773) 472-3492

Friday, March 12, 2010
Bimbo’s 365 Club, San Francisco, CA
1025 Columbus Avenue (at Chestnut Street)
Time: 9:00pm (Doors open @ 8:00pm)
Tickets: $25
Box Office: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/2747 or
http://www.bimbos365club.com/bands.html or (415) 474-0365

Saturday, March 13, 2010
El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA
5515 Wilshire Blvd
Time: 8:00pm
Tickets: $25
Box Office: http://www.theelrey.com/view-details.php?id=473 or (323)
936-6400 Tweet

Italian American Rocker & Frontman, Rocco Fury Resurrects The Meaning of 'Real Rock Band.'

If you love rock, especially 80's vintage rock, then this is a must read review by one of my very good friends; who happens to be one of the best writers, reviewers and overall rock music aficionados I know.

Read his latest review of front man Rocco Fury's resurrected metal band, "American Angel." Last, but not least, what makes it especially fantastic is the Italian American factor.

Move over Rolling Stone, here's :

Metal-Mixtape
No Grunge, No Alternative, No Rap-Rock . . . Just Vintage '80s Metal!

Click Here for the Review


Thanks TT!

BTW- I am currently listening to their music as we speak, I'm digging it. Tweet