ICI Scholarships Available
The Italian Cultural Institute of Louisville was formed to celebrate and share Italy's unique history and culture with this community through educational programs and sponsored events. The Institute awards scholarships of up to five thousand dollars to individuals in this region who demonstrate the ability to bring us a better understanding of Ital...
Festa Italiana: Singing, Dancing, and your Il Circolo Famiglia!
Il Circolo's 2015 calendar is packed with amazing cultural events for all ages! Kick off the year right with our Festa Italiana taking place at St. Jude's Mount Carmel Hall in Boca Raton on January 17! Enjoy a true Italian Festa complete with dinner, dancing, singing, and culture! Come celebrate with your Il Circolo "famiglia" as we welcom...
The Tina Modotti Exhibit at the Loewe Presents a Picture of a Modern Social Critic
by Neil Vazquez Italian photographer Tina Modotti's place of artistic inspiration was Mexico. As an immigrant living in an unknown city, Modotti was struck by the lively cultural scene in that country during the first half of the 20th century. She was so enthralled that the photographer continued to work in Mexico City until her death there in 194...
Saint Joseph Altar
Saint Joseph Altar – March 17th @ 1:00 PM.The Italian American Heritage Society cordially invites you to share in the time-honored tradition of the Saint Joseph Altar. The Saint Joseph Altar is Sicilian in origin. During a terrible famine, the people of Sicily pleaded to Saint Joseph, their patron saint, for relief. Saint Joseph answered their pray...
Italy Invests in the US: Italy’s Kiian Group Opens Plant in Soddy-Daisy, TN
KIIAN USA, Inc. officially opened for business on 27th September 2013 at a formal event to mark the launch of the digital textile and signage ink production and expansion of the Kiian digital business in the Americas. This exciting development was part of a strategic programme to internationally expand KIIAN's ink business. The establishme...
The Eighth Annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano rolls into town next week
After speaking with Giovanna De Luca about the upcoming Eighth Annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, I texted my mom lamenting the fact that I have no Italian genes in my very Anglo-Saxon heritage. This love of Italians stays true despite the fact that this year's fest features a majority of films about the economic troubles occurring in Ital...
100-year-old Florida woman: My secret to looking so good? Italian heritage and olive oil
by Kathy Salvati Lena Fertitta, of Panama City in Florida, celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday. When asked what her secret to looking so good at 100 was, she answered: My Italian heritage and olive oil! Check out the video Read more Source: http://iajournal.com/
N.C. Museum of Art Welcomes Giotto Altarpiece Home
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) announces that Giotto di Bondone's The "Peruzzi Altarpiece," one of the Museum's most beloved masterpieces, has returned home after five years of traveling to national and international museum exhibitions and receiving conservation treatments. The work, the only intact Giotto altarpiece outside of It...
Giovanni Di Palma: Antico owner wants an Atlanta Little Italy
Giovanni Di Palma, The restaurateur and creator of Antico Pizza Napoletana in Atlanta, has experienced rapid, exponential growth and now he wants to expand. Pizza is in Giovanni's DNA and Zagat, the No.1 guide to discovering the best and most notable restaurants, called Antico Pizza the best in the country. To add to the Neapolitan ex...
Inaugurazione di un nuovo stabilimento di Magneti Marelli a Pulaski, Tennessee
Un nuovo stabilimento Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting per la produzione di fari e luci posteriori è stato inaugurato domenica 16 giugno scorso a Pulaski, Tennessee. Si tratta del primo impianto di produzione di luci negli Stati Uniti, che contribuirà a rafforzare ulteriormente la già consolidata presenza di Magneti Marelli nell'area NAFTA, che...
Update to Film Series Showings
ICI's "Italy in Film" Series Kicks off with "Habemus papam" (We Have a Pope!)In celebration of the election of a new pope, the Italian Cultural Institute of Louisville kicks off its "Italy in Film" series with the award-winning comedy-drama "Habemus papam" (2011) which gives an "inside look" of the election of a pope with an interesting ending.This...
La Monteferro potenzia l'impianto in South Carolina
La Monteferro USA, che fa capo alla Monteferro Spa di Varese, fornitore di soluzioni per guide e applicazioni di vano per l'industria ascensoristica a livello mondiale, ha annunciato il potenziamento del proprio stabilimento a Orangeburg in South Carolina, con un investimento di $2,1 milioni. La società espanderà l'impianto di circa 2.900...