Gulf Coast Italian American Cultural Society meets, to hold Christmas Gala
The Gulf Coast Italian American Cultural Society met in October, Italian American Heritage Month. Giovanni Fontecchio discussed Italian history, and Father Joe Dilettuso spoke on upcoming trips to Italy and the Italian Mass to be held in January. The club will holds its Italian Christmas Gala at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Great Southern Club in...
ACTFL Italian Language Teacher Workshops
The Italian Language Foundation is underwriting the cost of upcoming workshops for middle and high school teachers of Italian. A $25 teacher membership in the ILF is a condition for Participation. Teachers can become ILF members via the ILF website (www.ilf.org). The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) will conduc...
Petit Miami: Italian Eats in Sunset Harbour
The Magic City is home to countless restaurant imports, but Petit Miami is one of the few to arrive at our shores via Milan. Despite its French name, this month-old Sunset Harbour spot is actually an Italian bistro. With the exception of salmon teriyaki and seared tuna tartare with yuzu sauce, Petit's repertoire consists of classic, unfussy Italia...
Piero Tosi Wins Academy Award
Renowned costume and set designer Piero Tosi received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his outstanding design career. He earned five Academy Award nominations for costume design, in the films La Traviata (1983), La Cage aux Folles (1978), The Leopard (1963), Death in Venice (1971) and Ludwig (1973) – the latter three in collab...
Sorrentino vince gli Oscar britannici Ai Bafta premiata “La Grande Bellezza”
Dopo aver trionfato a gennaio ai Golden Globes di Hollywood, "La grande bellezza" di Paolo Sorrentino ha conquistato anche il premio per miglior film straniero ai Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts), considerato il premio Oscar britannico. L'ultimo traguardo per il film di Sorrentino sarà a questo punto tra meno di tre sett...
IID 2014: i makers italiani alla conquista dell’AmericaIID 2014: i makers italiani alla conquista dell’America
By Marco Marinucci Siamo alla quinta edizione dello showcase degli innovatori italiani in Silicon Valley, l'Italian Innovation Day. Da 5 anni facciamo del nostro meglio per cercare di migliorare la percezione del made-in-italy tecnologico in USA concentrandoci sulla selezione, la preparazione e soprattutto il "packaging" dei progetti che mettiamo...
Grazie America – dal 11 giugno al 1 luglio – CittaFiera – Torreano di Martignacco (UD)
«Grazie America!». È il titolo della grande mostra fotografica dedicata alle relazioni italo-americane dal secondo dopoguerra a oggi, dall'11 giugno fino al 1 luglio, nella Sala Multiseum (Piramide) del Cittafiera di Martignacco, con l'organizzazione della Fondazione Allori di Roma e la collaborazione di Provincia di Udine, Exe Spa e Centro commerc...
AmCham patrocina la serata di Gala della Palazzo Strozzi Foundation
American Chamber of Commerce in Italy ha rilasciato con grande piacere il proprio patrocinio a un evento di grande prestigio. Si tratta della serata di Gala dell'Associazione Palazzo Strozzi Foundation organizzata a Firenze il 23 aprile a Palazzo Vecchio, nel Salone dei 500. L'occasione è la consegna del Palazzo Strozzi Renaissance Man of...
Bradshaw International Signs North America Distribution & Licensing Agreement with Italian Cookware & Coffee Maker Brand Bialetti
Bradshaw International, a premier marketer of housewares in the U.S., today announced that it has reached an agreement with Bialetti Industrie S.p.A. (http://www.bialetti.it), the leading Italian coffee maker and cookware company as the brand's North American partner. The partnership provides a 25-year license agreement for Bialetti cookwa...
Italian politics: Berlusconi, from Forza Italia to social services. And back?
WTI Magazine #27 2014 Apr, 25Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: "Parks and Recreation". "Person of Interest". "Orange is the New Black"."Community Services Are the New Prison Sentences". Wouldn't it be a nice title for a tv show? This is what it is going to be, by the way. A tv show.
BGTI Raises $1.1 Million at Annual Spring Ball honoring Joe Plumeri and Natalia Quintavalle
Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy (BGTI), a nonprofit that empowers war refugee, migrant and at-risk youth living on the streets, raised a recording breaking $1,095,150 at its 69th Annual Spring Ball on Monday, May 5 at The Pierre, New York. BGTI honored Joseph J. Plumeri, former CEO of Willis Group Holdings, as Man of the Year and present...
"Fundamentals" in the Giardini della Biennale and the Arsenale
The exciting biennial must event for apasionados, scholars, critics, and tourists is just around the corner: the 14th annual International Architecture Exhibition in Venice runs June 7th to November 23rd, in the Giardini della Biennale and the Venice Arsenale. The Fundamentals exhibition, part of the Venice Biennale, looks at the origins, primordi...