Dall'Italia il primo passo verso i circuiti elettronici 2.0
Il primo passo verso i circuiti elettronici di nuova generazione, con ridottissimo consumo energetico e riscaldamento, parte dall'Italia: ricercatori dell'Istituto Nanoscienze del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Nano-Cnr), guidati da Francesco Giazotto, hanno realizzato il primo transistor, un dispositivo elettronico, interamente basato su mate...
Local senior uses Christmas poetry to help others heal
During the bustle of the holidays, with mounting pressure to create the perfect Christmas experience, Irene Salvatore shared her Christmas poem with the members of Cortland Place assisted living and rehabilitation center as a reminder of the season’s meaning. The 83-year old mother of three wrote “The Nativity” last Christmas season when she saw ho...
Looking back on Lombardo's, closing after almost a century
The interior looks ready to host a restaurant scene from a movie set in the 1930s or ’40s. Small white tiles line the floor of the dining room, a decorative trim in black tracing the edges. Tin ceilings are overhead, wooden booths along the sides. On the walls of Lombardo's Restaurant are scenes, painted in 1933 by an artist who is said to have tra...
"Pulcinella" by Master of Commedia dell'Aarte Gaspare Nasuto on the occasion of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival 2019 free and open to the public - Family friendly performance
From Friday, January 18, 2019 to Sunday, January 27, 2019. Organized by IIC Chicago. Entrance: Free. From the traditional Italian Commedia dell’Arte comes the very original of the form, hand puppet trickster Pulicinella, who upon migration to England became known to English speakers as Punch. Impeccable timing and hysterical predicaments performed...
'Christmas I Remember Best': The Italian cemetery Christmas connection
Years ago our family spent an idyllic summer in beautiful Florence, Italy, the heart of Renaissance art and architecture and literature — our vacation of a lifetime. One day we decided to drive to nearby Siena to see the Piazza del Campo and its Cathedral. As we drove through the outskirts of Florence, off in the distance lay a beautiful green trac...
A Milano il panettone più grande del mondo: con 332 chili è nel Guinness dei primati
E' alto un metro e mezzo, ha un diametro di 115 centimetri e pesa 332,2 chili. E' il panettone più grande del mondo - come certificato dal Guinness World Records - realizzato a Milano dal maitre chocolatier ed ex-allievo del Capac (la scuola di formazione di Confcommercio Milano) Davide Comaschi, oggi direttore del Chocolate Academy Center Milano....
Stefano Vaccara Receives the Amerigo Award for Journalism for Best Website
Our Editor Stefano Vaccara has been awarded the 2018 Amerigo award for journalism for the category “websites.” In its tenth edition, the Amerigo award, bestowed at the American diplomatic residency in Florence, is a moral acknowledgement of those journalists and editorial teams that report on the US and American culture to an Italian public. “La Vo...
La storia di Giovanni “John” Pangia, grande costruttore nel New Jersey
Giovanni “John” Pangia nacque a Rotello, in provincia di Campobasso, il 2 luglio del 1881 da Francesco (trentenne “proprietario” e Maria Giovina Occhionero (“donna di casa”). L’atto di nascita fu registrato dinanzi al Sindaco di allora Romeo Perrotta. Nel 1903 il ventiduenne Giovanni e la sua famiglia decisero di emigrare alla ricerca del “sogno am...
Lou’s Italian Specialties Starts Slicing Deli Meats in Denver
Joshua Pollack, the owner of Rosenberg’s Bagels and Famous Original J’s Pizza, has started serving subs from a new deli space in the Cole neighborhood. Lou’s Italian Specialties will hold its grand opening on Tuesday, December 18. While there’s no space inside the little corner shop to sit and eat chicken parm or Italian beef sandwiches, customers...
Automobili Pininfarina: 'Battista' Announced as Name of the Most Powerful Italian Performance Car Ever
Automobili Pininfarina today announces that the name of the first car in its luxury electric vehicle portfolio will be the Battista. Named after Battista 'Pinin' Farina, the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company that he started in 1930, the all-electric hypercar will be designed and hand-built in very limited numbers at Pinin...
Fazoli’s Closes Record Year With The Signing Of A Five-Unit Deal To Continue Growth Momentum Into 2019
Fazoli’s, America’s only elevated QSR Italian chain, announced today the signing of a multi-unit deal with new franchisees, Impact Hospitality Group. In addition to acquiring two existing locations in Columbia, South Carolina, the group also has plans to develop five additional restaurants in and around the Columbia area over the next few years, wi...
Michelangelo’s Funerary Monument in Florence’s Santa Croce Restored to Its Former Glory
Important restoration work on Michelangelo’s funerary monument in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence has been completed and visitors can now admire the Monument to Michelangelo in all its glory. The restoration project, known as ‘In the Name of Michelangelo,’ was carried out by the Opera di Santa Croce, the non-profit organization that has been...