Nuovi approcci per l’insegnamento dell’italiano nella East e West Coast: seminario online della Montclaire University
“Nuovi approcci all’insegnamento dell’italiano nella East e West Coast”americane è il tema del seminario online organizzato dalla cattedra di studi italo americani intitolata a Theresa and Lawrence R. Inserra della Montclaire University. Promosso in collaborazione con l’Italian Program (Dipartimento di lingue e letterature moderne) e il supporto de...
Da Bari vecchia a Brooklyn, l'antica gelateria Gentile conquista New York: "In gelato we trust"
Dal cuore di Bari vecchia al cuore di New York, esportando la bontà del gelato barese.Da diversi anni la storica gelateria Gentile - con una tradizione di famiglia che parte nel 1880 - ha aperto una succursale americana nella 'Grande Mela'.Una storia che inizia a maggio del 2015, quando viene aperta la prima sede sulla 5th Avenue, nella zona di Wil...
From Bogart to millennials: Italian hat maker tries new look
Hats off, Bogie. The traditional Italian hat maker Borsalino, whose fedora has defined the rough-and-tumble images of Robert Redford, Frank Sinatra and Humphrey Bogart, has a plan to appeal more to women and millennials by pushing into high-end fashion, streetwear and even sportswear. The recent troubles of the company, which has been rescued finan...
San Diego's Little Italy: A Surviving, Thriving Cultural Jewel
Ask natives and visitors to name popular, thriving enclaves in San Diego, and Little Italy will come in near the top on most folks’ lists. In recent decades, the historic fishing community has been reborn, and now serves as a beacon to those in search of great Italian restaurants, as well as shops, art galleries and an eclectic housing stock. The m...
Archaeologist Finds New Evidence Of The Romans Who Escaped Mt. Vesuvius
The plaster casts of Romans killed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. are internationally famous, but scholars have long known that more people escaped the volcano's destruction of the Bay of Naples than were suffocated by it. New evidence from inscriptions provides clues to where these refugees settled. In a forthcoming open-access article in th...
Prosciutto done right: process, quality and passion
Ah, prosciutto - that lovely, pink hued, paper-thin sliced meat that has delighted Italy’s residents for at least 3,000 years. Perhaps not as romanticized as wine or olive oil (anyone for a cozy picnic in a pig pen or butcher shop?), but possibly revered even more, there’s no question that prosciutto makes a daily appearance on tables throughout It...
Tuscany-Usa, Usa-Toscana: Investing to grow
On February 15th 2019, in the Sala delle Feste at Palazzo Bastogi, together with the Regional Council, the "Toscana-Usa, Usa-Toscana: Investing to grow" convention took place on the occasion of the bicentennial celebrations of the American diplomatic presence in Florence. At the Conference opened by the President of the Regional Council of Tuscany ...
Joseph R. Bonavolonta Named Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office
FBI Director Christopher Wray has named Joseph R. Bonavolonta as special agent in charge of the Boston Field Office. Mr. Bonavolonta has served as deputy assistant director for the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division since March 2018. He previously helped lead the Boston Field Office as assistant special agent in charge from 2013 to 2017 and is hono...
Marblehead Town Meeting to be asked to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
In the mid-1980s, Holly Jaynes asked her mother why she was teaching second graders about Christopher Columbus. “I didn’t know what to do,” Jaynes said. “All I could do was tell her not to teach it.” Since that day more than 30 years ago, Jaynes has found the words to explain why Columbus shouldn’t be celebrated and she is part of a movement to spr...
Aceto Balsamico Day
Balsamic vinegar lovers, rejoice! On Saturday, March 2, Eataly NYC Flatiron is celebrating Aceto Balsamico Day with up to 50% off select Traditional Balsamic Vinegars and complimentary tastingsthroughout our marketplace. Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale, or Traditional Balsamic Vinegar, is considered the ultimate Italian vinegar. The best of the best,...
Sergio Tacchini Introduces Line for North American Market
Chris Ivery, a longtime music producer and executive, always had an affinity for Sergio Tacchini, the Italian sportswear brand started in 1966 by Italian tennis player Sergio Tacchini — it was endorsed by other tennis pros including John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Gabriela Sabatini. Once Ivery noticed other heritage sportswear brands reemerging, h...
At Lyric, a ‘La Traviata’ of Great Intimacy Amid the Social Whirl of Paris
In one form or another, most of the great opera classics are about two things: love and death. While some explore these interlocking themes by looking at the lives of the gods and other mythic creatures, the Italian masters most often focused on the fates of ordinary human beings, even if many were royalty and aristocrats. And few did it as powerfu...