Flavio Manzoni Wins 2019 American Prize for Design
The Chicago Athenaeum has named Italian architect and designer, Flavio Manzoni, as this year's Laureate of the American Prize for Design. Each year, The Prize is awarded to designers who have made a commitment to forward the principles of design excellence within the context of our contemporary society and who elevated design to a more a profound h...
Palladio Film to be Screened in 70 Countries Worldwide
Though only the Italian screenings have officially been announced, for May 20-22, international screenings of the upcoming 97-minute docu-film are promised to be announced soon. Created by Giacomo Gatti together with Scientific Director and Co-author Gregorio Carboni Maestri, “Palladio” features well-known scholars and aficionados of Palladian arch...
Italian Restaurant Bringing Pasta, Olive Oil Cakes to Falls Church
A casual Italian restaurant is set to open later this month in downtown Falls Church. Named after the couple that runs the restaurant, Thompson Italian will fill the former space (124 N. Washington Street) of Argia — another Italian restaurant. Gabe Thompson, who was the executive chef for RPM Italian in D.C., plans to incorporate seasonal, local i...
Traces of crawling in Italian cave give clues to ancient humans' social behavior
Evidence of crawling in an Italian cave system sheds new light on how late Stone Age humans behaved as a group, especially when exploring new grounds, says a study published today in eLife. The cave of Bàsura at Toirano and its human and animal fossil traces have been known since the 1950s, with the first studies conducted by Italian archaeologist...
The Guarneri ‘Il Cannone’ Comes to Columbus, Ohio
It could be something out of “Mission Impossible.” Only under armed guard, chaperoned by a conservator, and kept in a protected temperature- and humidity-controlled custom-made case can the celebrated 1743 Guarneri del Gesù “Il Cannone” leave its specially made room at the Palazzo Doria-Tursi in Genoa, Italy. To host such a celebrity must be both a...
Mayor Bill de Blasio Enters 2020 Race for President
Bill de Blasio, the Democratic mayor of New York City, announced on Thursday that he was running for president, seeking to show that his brand of urban progressive leadership can be a model for the rest of the nation. It will be a steep challenge: He becomes the 23rd Democrat to enter the presidential race, and he does so against the counsel of man...
Patsy's Italian Restaurant Celebrates 75th Anniversary in NYC
New York restaurants come and go, but Patsy’s Italian Restaurant is forever. The famed Midtown West eatery turns 75 years old this year and is only getting better. Join in the celebration with a meal at Patsy’s, welcoming you and your family. Chef Sal Scognamillo, owner and operator of Patsy’s Italian restaurant, is the third generation of Scognami...
Rifiuti, l'Italia ricicla l'80,2% dell'alluminio
Con 54.300 tonnellate di imballaggi in alluminio riciclate nel 2018, pari all'80,2% delle complessive 67.700 tonnellate immesse sul mercato - cui vanno aggiunte 4.300 tonnellate di imballaggio sottile destinato alla termovalorizzazione -, l'Italia si conferma anche per il 2018 Paese di eccellenza a livello europeo per quantità di alluminio riciclat...
WTI Events: May 17 2019 We the Italians @ RAI L'Italia con Voi
Video: https://www.raiplay.it/video/2019/05/L-Italia-con-voi-17-05-2019-e18febff-f0ff-4ab3-8743-40b0827fb8c8.htmlMay 17 2019 Roma, Italy
A 19th-century French Quarter cottage with a storied past asks $999K
This French Quarter cottage sits on a storied plot of land with a written history dating back to the 18th century. Ursuline nuns established themselves on the property as early as 1766 and sold this lot to the U.S. government in 1825, according to records from the Historic New Orleans Collection. In the 1850s, this cottage was built. It was transfe...
Launch: Italian Wine Information and Marketing Campaign for US Audience announced by Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG
The Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore D.O.C.G. is pleased to announce its 2019 communications program for the United States. The Consorzio of vine-growers, winemaking companies and bottlers from Italy's Conegliano Valdobbiadene, which was established to safeguard the standards of what eventually became the D.O.C.G. criteria in crafting wi...
Continuing Mother Cabrini’s Legacy in New York
One hundred thirty years ago, on March 31, 1889, a humble Italian nun was greeted upon her arrival in New York by the unpleasant news that her accommodations were not ready and her plans to establish an orphanage were in danger of being scrapped. Despite obstacles and opposition, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini and the seven nuns who arrived with her...