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Sarà dedicata permanentemente al comandante Piero Calamai e al suo equipaggio la sala del Galata Museo del Mare dove è allestita la mostra "Andrea Doria, la nave più bella del mondo" (la mostra resterà aperta fino al prossimo 30 maggio) . La cerimonia di scoprimento della targa, il 28 dicembre, alla presenza del sindaco Marco Doria, con i familiari...

Italian Food & Wine Expo è l'unica fiera negli Stati Uniti interamente dedicata alla cucina italiana di alta qualità e al vino. Organizzato dalla Camera di Commercio Italiana Americana di Chicago, in collaborazione con ItalianExpo.us, l'evento offre alle aziende italiane l'occasione di trovare qualificati partner americani, e, a compratori ame...

Of the EU-27, Italy claims six of the top 20 most visited regions in 2010. At 60 million nights spent in hotels and campgrounds, the Veneto took the cake ahead of Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Lombardia and Alto Adige/South Tyrol. In last year's Lux Report, a broad survey of luxury travel advisors, Italy topped the charts as the most popular inte...

"18 Ius Soli" a 2012 Award-winning grassroots Italian documentary by Fred Kuwornu about the issues of immigration and citizenship in modern Italy. In interviews with 18 young men and women, it illustrates the plight of 1.000.000 young people born and raised in Italy but unable to acquire an Italian citizenship, because their parents are immigrants....

1 On 1 Genealogy Consultation The Casa Italia Genealogy Department is now offering one on one genealogy assistance in our library on select Mondays. We are not only assisting with Italian research, but any ethnic background. Terri O'Connell is providing consultation on a few dates and specializes in Irish research and also Germans and Russians in...

Si terrà il 18 aprile prossimo all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles un workshop di cucina ampezzana, nell'ambito di "Cortina d'Ampezzo approda a Los Angeles". Durante il workshop saranno presentate le modalità per realizzare i "Casunziei", noti ravioli di Cortina d'Ampezzo, assieme ad altre specialità tradizionali. La serata sarà dedica...

THE BIOTECH SECTOR IN ITALY: A GROWING AND PROMISING REALITY Vigorous growth and an excellent innovation capacity. These are the principal characteristics of the Italian biotech sector. In view of the tender age of this industry such characteristics are, in some respects, very surprising. Thanks to them, Italy has managed to meet a challenge that...

Il 5 maggio, prima domenica del mese, Rocca di Neto, piccola cittadina calabrese della provincia di Crotone, era in festa in onore della Madonna di Setteporte, patrona della città. Da questa parte del mondo, lo stesso giorno erano in festa anche altri Rocchitani. Al Sand Castle di Franklin Square a New York (come di consuetudine della comunità Rocc...

Our heartiest congratulations to all the outstanding students of Italian whose academic and extra-curricular cultural achievements were celebrated during the Coccia Institute's annual Italian Scholarships and Awards Ceremony. A packed house of beaming students, proud parents and faculty, and generous donors filled the Adelina Granito Ferraro Lounge...

The Italian American Club of Maui will host a potluck at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Roselani Place, 88 S. Papa Av. in Kahului. The potluck dinner theme is Northern Italian food. Attendees are asked to bring a dish that serves five or more.   Mary Pence will share stories about Northern Italy. The Italian heritage club welcomes people from any cu...

by Ryan Mavity   For Greve in Chianti, Italy Mayor Alberto Bencista, a trip to Rehoboth Beach was a chance to mix business and pleasure. "He enjoyed the trip. He had a bath in the ocean. He took some sun. He had some lobster," Bencista said through his interpreter Alessandra Molletti. "Over everything, he has a very important relationsh...

The New York Mets announced they will be inducting Mike Piazza into the Mets Hall of Fame. The Mets made the announcement Sunday, before the former catcher played in the celebrity softball game ahead of Tuesday night's All-Star game.   Piazza understands what it's like to be a New York Mets fan. That's why his selection for the team's H...