Bethlehem to hold small 'preview' Italian festival Thursday
A small Italian festival is taking place Thursday in Bethlehem. For the final Tunes at Twilight night of the season, the Lehigh Valley Italian American Band will play, The Brick restaurant will sell pizza and Italian wine and beer also will be for sale. The event will be a small preview for a future large Italian festival in the city, whi...
Ferragosto Celebration: Film & Pizza!
Join us on Sunday, August 17th, 5.30 pm at the ICCC for the fourth annual Festa di Ferragosto! Italian Film & Pizza. Complimentary refreshments. Bring your friends and a favorite bottle of wine! Projected film: "Che bella giornata!" In Italian with English subtitles.
Abel Ferrara’s 'Pasolini' Picks Up Italian Distributor (Exclusive)
Abel Ferrara&rsquos new film Pasolini has picked up an Italian distributor, the Rome-based Europictures. The company was smitten on the film after seeing only a short promo in Cannes. Pasolini, clocking in at 86 minutes, is Ferrara&rsquos look at the controversial Italian director and writer&rsquos last day on earth: Nov. 2, 1975. &nbs...
Quell'«orecchio» italiano che dà sicurezza agli americani: il caso della start up con il cervello a Milano
di Massimo Esposti Una serie di colpi di arma da fuoco in rapidissima sequenza rompe il silenzio della notte di un buio quartiere periferico di Washington. Siamo in un'area commerciale in fase di riqualificazione praticamente deserta. Il suono non è però sfuggito a uno dei sensibilissimi sensori disseminati nella città e collegati wireless...
Old Neighborhood Italian American Club Hosting Street Fest Saturday
by Casey Cora The imposing brick building that houses the Old Neighborhood Italian American Club, plastered everywhere with "Members Only" signs, looms large at 31st Street and Shields Avenue.On Saturday, the decades-old men's club is throwing its first-ever Italian Fest and inviting neighborhood residents to get a taste of what they're al...
Italian Feast Preparations
A massive Italian feast will be served in Utica this weekend. Thousands will make the pilgrimage to St. Anthony's church for the 102nd annual feast, all to honor the saints Cosmas and Damian. To feed the thousands, preparations are now in full swing. People at the feast will be asking St. Cosmos and Damian's for good health. One local Ital...
Arnaldo Mondadori: a Publisher's mark across the history of Italy
The Mondadori, Italy's largest publishing group, has a history, as is the case for almost all large industries, closely linked to the life of one man, in this case the "boy printer" Arnoldo Mondadori who in 1907, when he was still very young, began his career as a publisher in Ostiglia, a small village in the Lombardy countryside. The expa...
An evening with Mario Fratti - November 6, 2014 at 7:00pm
Internationally acclaimed playwright and drama critic Mario Fratti, best known for the musical Nine and winner of seven Tony awards, will present his publications Twenty-Eight Unpredictable Plays. Unpredictable Plays features 28 Plays, and at least 28 Surprises. Dry, sly, provocative plays presented by the master of unpredictability, Mario Fratti....
Rinnovo Comites: Associazioni Italiane a Washington unica lista ammessa nella capitale USA
Associazioni Italiane a Washington: si chiama così l'unica lista ammessa alle prossime elezioni del Comites di Washington. La lista ha avuto il via libera dal Comitato Elettorale Circoscrizionale, istituito presso la Cancelleria consolare dell'Ambasciata, riunitosi il 28 ottobre.Dodici i candidati che la compongono. Questi i loro nomi.Buti...
San Francesco arriva a New York e annuncia Papa Francesco
Quando il cardinale argentino Jorge Bergoglio è stato nominato Papa e ha deciso di adottare, per la prima volta nella storia millenaria della Chiesa cattolica il nome di Francesco, ha inaugurato il suo pontificato con un gesto di alto profilo. Come è noto infatti, il nome che un Papa decide di assumere per la più alta carica del Cristianes...
Zero Otto Nove In Armonk Is Old School Italian, Without Irony
It's hard to do old-school Italian with a straight face nowadays. It's been that way since Manhattan's Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi opened their three odes to Italian-American cuisine: Torrisi Italian Specialties, Carbone, and Parm. These restaurants dared to admit that, sure, the mid-century Italian joints of our grandparents' generatio...
IAS/Kress Travel Grant Winners
The IAS is pleased to announce that the Samuel H. Kress Foundation has generously granted us $5,000 to share with the winners of the IAS/Kress Travel grant awarded to individuals with a Ph.D. conducting transoceanic travel to present in an IAS session. To date, the 2014 award winners ($1500 each) are Emily Fenichel (Florida Atlantic Univer...