BU showcases Pierluigi Billone’s dramatic innovations
On Thursday night, in a brightly lit meeting room at Boston University's Hillel House, the violinist Marco Fusi performed a half-hour soliloquy that had all the swollen emotion and gravitas of Shakespearean tragedy. Hamlet or Lear, perhaps . . . or, to keep things on musical terrain, Wotan's great oration from the second act of "Die Walküre." &nbs...
The Multilingual Classroom: An Asset for Teaching Italian And Romance Languages
The Multilingual Classroom. An Asset for Teaching Italian And Romance Languages Italian Language Resource Laboratory. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street - New York, NY 10036 Saturday, 18 April 2015 Schools and college classrooms in the U.S. are increasingly multilingual. In order to bene...
Italian Festa returns to Waltham on May 30
The Regina Margherita di Savoia Mixed Lodge #1094 of the Order Sons of Italy in America will again host an Italian Festa on the Waltham Common on Saturday, May 30th, from 11:00 am – 7:00 pm; rain date is Sunday, May 31st. In addition to showcasing Italian heritage, the Festa is a fundraiser for the various charities which the Order support...
New Dean is Italian Scholar from University of Connecticut
Norma Bouchard, Ph.D., will join San Diego State University as dean of the College of Arts and Letters, following the retirement of Paul Wong, Ph.D., later this year. Bouchard is professor of Italian and comparative literary and cultural studies at the University of Connecticut. She has served as interim associate dean for humanities,...
Life's better in Italy, say expat mums
A recent survey by MumAbroad.com has revealed that 49 per cent of expat mothers living in Italy, Spain, France and Italy never plan to return to their home country to live. And nearly two-thirds believe that the quality of life in their adopted nation is better than that in their native country, even though they think the schooling is not...
Country’s oldest open-air market to celebrate 100 years of South Street Italian Market Festival
by Dorothy Sasso Another weekend, another amazing outdoor food festival in the city. This time, South Street's Italian Market, America's oldest continuously running open-air market, is hosting a massive, multi-block food festival. This year is the 100th anniversary of the market. The festival starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sund...
Leah Ferrazzani: pasta maker in L.A. using the authentic Italian technique
by Nancy Casas Semolina Artisanal Pasta, located in Los Angeles, has an authentic fresh wheat flavor that founder Leah Ferrazzani's traditional methods accomplish in order to keep the Italian heritage alive. One woman's insistent passion on making pasta the old-fashioned Italian way, in small carefully dried batches, is what sets...
NBA, Danilo Gallinari: "Voglio rimanere a lungo in America e, magari, vincere un titolo"
di Marco Pezzetti Danilo Gallinari si trova nella sua amata Milano. La stella della nostra Nazionale ha lasciato gli States per tornare un po' in Patria. Un'intervista qui, un autografo là, e il solito bagno di folla ad attenderlo. Il 'Gallo' si, sa, è un patrimonio dello sport azzurro. Per Danilo, così come per tutti i Nugge...
Medford High School Italian students attend Boston Lyric Opera's ‘Don Giovanni' performance
By Jillian McCarthy On Wednesday, April 29, students from Medford High School Italian classes attended the Boston Lyric Opera's final dress performance of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Shubert Theatre in Boston. Forty free tickets were given to us by the educational department of the Boston Lyric Opera. The bus to take us to...
VivaBioCell, la startup italiana delle staminali venduta per 60 milioni
di Alice D'Este Funziona così bene che è stata acquistata da pochissimo da un gigante statunitense del settore delle staminali per, sembra, circa 60 milioni di dollari. VivaBioCell è una società nata da uno spin off dell'università di Udine che si occupa di cellule staminali autologhe (cioè prelevate dal paziente e reimpiantate nella stess...
Louie Bossi's Is a Modern American-Italian Restaurant Boasting Old World Techniques
by Nicole Danna The scene at Louie Bossi's Ristorante Bar and Pizzeria in Fort Lauderdale is fueled by intense energy. On a recent weekday evening, every inch of the main dining room is jammed like the Dolphin Expressway at rush hour. Except here, people seem perfectly agreeable with being elbow to elbow. From the large table of e...
Overhauling La Guardia, an Airport With a Historical Name but a Tarnished Image
By David W. Dunlap Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has declared that the $4 billion rebuilding planned at La Guardia Airport in Queens will amount to replacing the airport "in its entirety." So is it time, after 76 years, to replace the name, too? Patrick J. Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, whic...