Design, cultura, medicina, software: dove hanno successo le startup italiane in Usa
di Maria Teresa Cometto Da New York a Los Angeles, passando per Boston e Kansas City, le startup italiane cercano – e a volte trovano – l'America in tutti gli angoli degli States, impegnandosi nei business più diversi. Ecco qualche storia con un bilancio degli errori e delle lezioni imparate nel 2015, con i "buoni propositi" per il 2016....
An Italian Bookish Life
by Heather Cook In Gaia B. Amman's first book in The Italian Saga series, An Italian Adventure, she takes us on a journey of friendship, sisterhood, and familiar family drama, as we learn about Italy in the late 80's. The protagonist, Leda, the character we follow throughout the series, has her nose buried in books when she isn't out being...
Orlando City Acquires Italian National Team and Former AC Milan Midfielder Antonio Nocerino
Orlando City SC today announced that the Club has acquired former AC Milan and Italian National Team midfielder Antonio Nocerino from D.C. United in exchange for Targeted Allocation Money and General Allocation Money. Nocerino will be added to the Orlando City SC roster upon receipt of his P-1 Visa and ITC. "Antonio is a player that we rea...
Taste Italy's Piedmont region at San Carlo Osteria in SoHo
Northwestern Italy's Piedmont region is best known for its wines and the zippy little Fiat that all other tiny cars aspire to. But there's also Fassone beef, made from a special breed of cattle whose double-muscled meat is prized for its lean tenderness, white truffles from Alba and a buttery take on fondue called bagna cuada. Six Piedmont...
John Calipari finds something he 'loves' in Des Moines
Kentucky men's basketball coach John Calipari tweeted this morning that he knew "there was something he loved" about Iowa. What was it? Two photos of the mural outside the Italian American Cultural Center of Iowa on Indianola Avenue. Calipari, an Italian American, said he was leaving mass when he came across the art. "Sent us to the r...
Ferrante novel a finalist for translation prize
Elena Ferrante's "The Story of the Lost Child," the most recent best-seller by the Italian author whose identity is unknown to the general public, is a finalist for a translation prize. Ferrante's novel, translated by Ann Goldstein, is among 15 fiction nominees for the Best Translated Book Award. The poetry category has 10 finalists. They...
Caravaggio's Art Displayed - Without The Canvas
Caravaggio's art has been exhibited many times since his death in 1610 but a major gallery in Rome has launched a different type of display - there isn't a single canvas on show. Video artists have projected the 57 works - which include Jesus being flogged, a man being beheaded and the severed head of snake-haired monster Medusa - onto the...
Piccolo Sogno Due Will Reinvent Itself as the More Casual Nonnina
A taste of cooking from the four Italian grandmothers you never had is headed to River North in early summer. Piccolo Sogno Due (340 N. Clark St., River North), sibling restaurant to Piccolo Sogno, will close at the end of April to reconcept into the more casual Nonnina. "Nonnina is influenced by our grandmothers—all four of them," says ch...
Re-Mapping Italian America. Places, Cultures, Identities „Re-Mapping Italian America. Places, Cultures, Identities
Il 12 e 13 maggio si terrà all'Università Roma Tre il convegno internazionale Re-Mapping Italian America. Places, Cultures, Identities presso il Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere (via del Valco di San Paolo, 19 - Sala Conferenze "Ignazio Ambrogio"). L'iniziativa, realizzata in collaborazione con il John D. Calandra It...
Oscar Farinetti, creator and founder of Eataly, receives Honorary Degree at AUR graduation ceremony
Oscar Farinetti is one of Italy's most successful and inspiring entrepreneurs. He has founded a business that celebrates and fosters Italian culinary excellence around the entire world, exalting quality, diversity and traditions in a way that no one ever accomplished before. "Today, we are honored" stated Richard Hodges, President of The Ameri...
Congratulations to NIAF members
Congratulations to NIAF member Sal Mastroianni on the publication of his new book, "The Long Roads Home." Mastroianni's book describes the life of his father, an American who is raised in Italy, conscripted into the Italian army during World War II, and eventually – after 45 years – returned to his home in the United States. The book is available o...
Watertown Sons of Italy Distributes Nearly $10,000 to Scholarships and Charities
This month, the Watertown Sons of Italy Lodge Piave Fiume #1036, an affiliate Lodge of the National Order Sons of Italy in America, distributed nearly $10,000 to deserving high school graduates and local charities. These donations were made possible by the ongoing fundraising efforts by the Sons of Italy throughout the year, including fun...