Gruppo Italiano & Vinomatica.com Hold Special Wine Tasting At Il Gattopardo
Gruppo Italiano (GI) and Vinomatica held a special wine tasting, Enjoy, It’s From Europe!, at Il Gattopardo in New York. Guests were introduced to signature Italian wines that will potentially find their place in the American market as well. The event was promoted by and featured Consorzio Vini di Romagna; Consorzio Tutela del Lambrusco di Modena;...
IAP 51: Marianne Leone on Love, Loss, Art and being a First Generation Italian American
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast episode, we speak with Marianne Leone who is an actress and an author. She wrote an inspirational book about her son (who she lost way too early) entitled Jesse: A Mother’s Story (Simon & Schuster) and then a second book entitled Ma Speaks Up: And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back (Beacon Press)...
Italian Americans Need A Mutual Aid Renaissance
How can we, regardless of background or affiliation promote our Italian heritage? In my opinion the Italian American community, their families and friends need mutual aid. We need to share what we can give: talents, resources and money. Mutual aid. On one side of mutual aid are the potential givers that can make things happen, literally. They provi...
ISSNAF Annual Event 2017 - RSVP!
November 7th-8th 2017, Embassy of Italy, Washington DC - SCIENCE & THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: INDUSTRY 4.0. Disruptive Changes: the Impact of the 4th Industrial Revolution on Research, Science, Academia, and on our daily lives The theme of this year is Science & the New Industrial Revolution: Industry 4.0: the meaning of the fourth industrial r...
Monteverdi to the max: Chicago’s Harris Theater kicks off rare opera cycle with a captivating, revelatory “L’Orfeo”
Monteverdi madness has begun. The Harris Theater opened its season Thursday night with the Italian composer’s L’Orfeo—the first of three operas by Claudio Monteverdi to be performed through Sunday by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists led by conductor John Eliot Gardiner Gardiner and colleagues have been taking their “Monteverdi 450”...
Monuments, Public Memory, and Group Identity: The Cultural Politics of Italian America in the Twentieth-First Century
Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 6pm - John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, N.Y. 10036 Recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, have highlighted a longstanding debate over how the past should be remembered in public spaces. Although the focus of this discussion has been on monuments associated with...
Italian Heritage Month a Los Angeles
L'annuale ricorrenza del Columbus Day a Los Angeles, grazie all'intervento del Consigliere Comunale del XV Distretto Joe Buscaino, di origine italiana, si e' trasformata in "Italian Heritage Month". La celebrazione ha avuto luogo il 12 ottobre nella sala del Cosiglio Comunale alla presenza della numerosa comunità italo-americana, durante la quale...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 96
Ciao from Rome, and Happy Italian Heritage Month! Last September We the Italians made the first step to a journey that will bring us in the main Italian Festivals all over the US. In Seattle our friends Bob and Lee Casazza (thanks guys! We love you) represented us and spread the word to the several Italians who attended the Festival. It is the firs...
Italian Land and Nature: Bibione, the Sports Lovers' Beach
Bibione is the ideal destination for vacationers that do not necessarily want a vacation from sports and other activities. In this beach locale in the Veneto Region, the beach is not solely an oasis of light play and relaxation, but also for sports, whether on the sand or in the water, along bike lanes or in outdoor gyms.
Italian Cuisine: Salt-crusted sea bass
Salt-crusted sea bass is a mouth-watering and healthy dish. Sea bass is low in calories and an excellent source of protein, minerals, vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids. Salt-crust baking is one of the oldest and healthiest methods of cooking food. The salt insulates the food, cooking it gently and evenly. In this recipe sea bass cooks using its own...
Italian Handcrafts: Shoemaking in Fermo
The Fermo-Macerata Shoemaking District is based in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, in the heart of the Marche region, the home of famous brands that represent Italian style throughout the world. The district has its origins in the 15th century with the workshops of shoemakers that produced footwear for town markets. The municipal statutes and those of the tra...
Italian Little Italies: San Donato Val di Comino, land of passage
San Donato is a village of ancient houses leaned on the slopes of the Apennines, on the cliffs of Monte Pizzuto, covered by beech forests. The Val di Comino opens southwards as a bowl, with its tiny country streets and prismatic fields of green and yellow; northwards, beyond mountains, there is the wilderness of the National Park of Abruzzo, in its...