It's time to fight discrimination and prejudice against Italian-Americans
On March 14, 1891 eleven Italian-Americans were lynched in New Orleans by a mob waving the Confederate flag who had been whipped up into believing that New Orleans Police Chief David Hennessey had been murdered by "the dagoes." It is from this incident that the term "mafia" entered the American lexicon as the thugs who lynched these 11 men, who had...
The Art of Objects: The Birth of Italian Industrial Culture, 1878-1928
Monday October 29, 2018, “The Art of Objects: The Birth of Italian Industrial Culture, 1878-1928”. Luca Cottini, PhD, Villanova University - 800 E. Lancaster Avenue - Villanova, PA 19085. 4:30 p.m., Speaker’s Corner, Falvey Memorial Library. Distinct from the Italian Fashion lecture series, Dr. Cottini discusses his recently published book, which e...
A Roma il murales mangia-smog più grande d'Europa: come un bosco di 30 alberi
Nato da una idea di Yourban2030, no-profit al femminile guidata da Veronica De Angelis, il murales - che copre completamente un edificio - è stato realizzato utilizzando la tecnologia Airlite, una pittura mangia-smog. Si tratta del più vasto murales d'Europa a utilizzare questa tecnica, la più grande opera, è stato spiegato, "di street art rigenera...
Josephine's Italian Kitchen opens its doors for dinner in Penrose
A new Italian spot has made its debut in the neighborhood. The newcomer to Penrose, called Josephine's Italian Kitchen, is located at 2501 Columbia Pike. Open only for dinner, Josephine's Italian Kitchen serves appetizers, salads and brick-oven pizza, along with various entrees like braised lamb shank and bone-in New York strip steak. Diners can st...
L'Umbria vincitrice assoluta del Premio "Destination of sustainable cultural tourism" con la Via di Francesco
Nell'Anno Europeo del Patrimonio Culturale 2018 è la Via di Francesco, nel cuore verde d'Italia, la vincitrice del Premio internazionale "Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism". Lo rende noto il vicepresidente della Regione Umbria con delega al Turismo, Fabio Paparelli, che sottolinea, "con soddisfazione", come si tratti di un "riconoscimento...
Sicily Land of Love & Strife. A Filmmaker's Journey. A New Book By Mark Spano
The companion book to the documentary film, A Filmmaker’s Journey reveals the process by which the author/filmmaker was able to capture on film the island nation’s natural beauty, its passionate people and epic human struggles, the depth and diversity of its culture, the philosophic insights that originated there, and its wealth of historic sites -...
UNL History Harvest explores Italian-American culture
University of Nebraska-Lincoln history professors will continue their History Harvest project by collecting stories from Italian-Americans about their culture and experience during a “harvest” at Omaha’s Santa Lucia Hall on Sunday, Oct. 28. The project, which is part of the class titled “History 396: Special Problems: The History Harvest,” allows s...
Roberto Benigni To Star As Geppetto In Matteo Garrone’s Live-Action ‘Pinocchio’
Oscar winner Roberto Benigni (Life Is Beautiful) has been set to star as Geppetto in Gomorrah and Dogman director Matteo Garrone’s live action version of Pinocchio. Garrone will direct his own screenplay, an adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s classic about a living puppet who with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to bec...
Searching for Johnny Marzetti: 2 men, a myth and a legendary hot dish
Chef Avishar Barua places the flat, bronze disk he uses to extrude creste di galli (cock’s-comb-shaped) pasta, into my hand. The disk is warm from the heat of the kitchen where Barua makes his primo version of Johnny Marzetti, Columbus, Ohio’s signature dish. Barua’s Marzetti is a many-splendored thing: pasta dough using spent grain from the Middle...
Giulio Il Romano. A Concert for Caccini (1551 – 1618)
Friday, November 9th, 8:00pm EDT. The Fabbri Library of the House of the Redeemer, 7 East 95th Street, New York, New York 10128. Buy tickets here. Tenor Riccardo Pisani with Ensemble Ricercare Antico: Serena Bellini, recorders; Giovanni Bellini, archlute; Matteo Coticoni, violone; Francesco Tomasi, theorbo, baroque guitar, and artistic direction. A...
Scegli l’Italia: gli insegnanti vincitori della terza edizione
Anche la terza edizione del premio Scegli l’Italia, ideato e realizzato da FAI – Fondoambiente Italiano e Fondazione Italia Patria della Bellezza, ha visto la partecipazione di numerosi insegnanti provenienti da tutta Italia. Alla giuria l’arduo compito di analizzare i lavori pervenuti, ricchi di testimonianze di meravigliose uscite didattiche alla...
Alfa Romeo Castello Render Imagines Rumored, Larger Italian SUV
Alfa Romeo reportedly has a second, larger SUV under consideration, and a new rendering from Motor1.com's Italian team imagines how the bigger crossover might look. Allegedly, the model carries the moniker Castello, which is Italian for "castle." According to our Italian colleagues, this name would work because there's a famous alpine pass called P...