Il libro “Italiani di frontiera” finalmente disponibile anche in tutti gli USA! Grazie a Libreriapino di San Francisco …
di Roberto Bonzio Fino a qualche giorno fa, l'ardente curiosità dei tanti amici di IdF oltreoceano poteva essere soddisfatta solo con una copia digitale di "Italiani di frontiera. Dal West al Web: un'avventura in Silicon Valley" (EGEA), in formati diversi su Amazon, Egeaonline, IBS.it. Sì lo so che nella Bay Area si era scatenata...
Congratulations and Welcome: Sons & Daughters of Italy in America Lodge 20
On behalf of Concordia Lodge 20, we would like to say congratulations and welcome to ALL new state lodge board members and officials. We look forward to working with you all, growing our great organization together, and getting to know one another a lot more in the future. We also want to wish our Lodges President, Joseph McGonigal, for be...
Celebrated Italian Designer Domenico Vacca To Open Complete Luxury Lifestyle Destination In Midtown Manhattan
Marking the first time that a fashion icon has expanded his portfolio into a comprehensive branded luxury lifestyle destination, designer Domenico Vacca has announced the $20m renovation of The Domenico Vacca opening September 2015. The impressive 12-story luxury space, located on 55th Street just off Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, wil...
Taste the spirited side of Italy's cherry harvest
by Emily Saladino In northern Italy, the annual cherry harvest brings something considerably more inebriating than American pies to the table. Maraschino liqueur is a heritage spirit made from the Veneto region's signature stone fruit and has become a cult bartender's favorite on both sides of the Atlantic. Italy's Luxardo f...
Per decenni ha regalato il sorriso agli Italiani d'America. Addio a Silvana, donna del sud che faceva sognare
di Domenico Logozzo Silvana Romania, la voce del sorriso della newyorchese "Radio Icn" che per oltre 20 anni ha tenuto compagnia agli italiani d'America, si è spenta improvvisamente a Brooklyn. Troppo presto è volata in cielo la "ragazza di Gioiosa Jonica" che mezzo secolo fa lasciò l'amata Calabria con l'amato Sasà, per inseguire il sogno america...
EU contest for Young scientists: Four Italian teams to compete during Expo2015
Italy has picked its entries that will compete in the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (Eucys), that will be held next September 17-22 at the Expo 2015 World's Fair in Milan: four projects signed by 9 Italian students will be on display on the 20th of September at the premises of La fabbrica del Vapore in Via Procaccini, Milan. ...
Alfa Romeo's new sports sedan could be a threat to BMW
By Benjamin Zhang After a two-decade absence, Alfa Romeo returned to the US last year with the pint-sized 4C sports car. Now, the legendary Italian brand is ready to offer something a bit more mainstream with the 2016 Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan. It's an important vehicle Fiat Chrysler Automobiles —Alfa's parent company — as the company seeks to...
Italian grapes finding success in Texas
by Gaia Pianigiani When Laurell Boyers, 34, and her husband, Federico Bastiani, 37, moved in together in Bologna in 2012, they did not know any of their neighbors. It was a lonely feeling. "All my friends back home had babies, play dates, people to talk to, and I felt so left out," Ms. Boyers, who moved from South Africa, said on a re...
Luciano’s named one of Nevada’s top 10 Italian restaurants
by Jennifer Steiger The king salmon fillet, Asiago cheese risotto and carrots is one of the most popular menu items at Luciano's, a local restaurant serving both French and Italian cuisine. In August, Luciano's received recognition in an online article, "10 Italian Restaurants in Nevada That'll Make Your Taste Buds Explode," at www.On...
CI-AMA to honor Dr. Burdi
The Cegliesi Italo-American Association will present Dr. Luciana Burdi with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual feast in honor of Maria SS di Buterrito. The event will take place at Alta Villa Banquets on Oct. 18. (847-224-9324) Dr. Burdi is the deputy director of Massport's capital program and environmental affairs department. ...
From Cajun to Italian, Emeril Lagasse's new cookbook is a broad life history in recipes
By Kelli Kennedy Before there were Food Network icons and cultish produce, before farm-to-table was a philosophy and cake decorating became a competitive sport, there was Emeril Lagasse. And his is a life story best told by the kitchens that formed and informed him. There was the Portuguese bakery where he washed dishes as a...
Alberto Burri, a Man of Steel, and Burlap
by Roberta Smith Alberto Burri's prescient paintings — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. It presents an artist who is impressive less for the profundity of his work than for his consistency and his ideas,...