A Look at the 2015 Feast of Maria SS. Della Misericordia in Brooklyn, New York
By Giovanni di Napoli Hundreds of devotees gathered at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Sunday afternoon (April 26th) to celebrate the annual Feast of Maria SS. della Misericordia (Our Lady of Mercy), patroness of Fontanarosa in Provincia di Avellino. Warmly welcomed, we celebrated Mass in En...
Young Italians and the Arts: A talk with Curator Cecilia Alemani
by Silvia Simonetti They call it brain drain, the latest plague that affects our modern societies, including the Italian one. But is it really a plague? In a globalized world can we consider progress - either scientific, artistic or human in general - as a prerogative of one country or the other? What should be highlighted, perhaps, is th...
CFP on Italy and Documentaries - UCLA Italian Graduate Student Conference
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of ItalianL'ITALIA E I DOCUMENTARI/ ITALY AND DOCUMENTARIESGraduate Student Conference - January 15-16, 2016Keynote Speakers: Alina Marazzi (Film Director), Paola Bonifazio (University of Texas, Austin) Since the early 20th century, documentary films, ranging from Arturo Ambros...
A John Viola il Gei Award
Il presidente della Niaf (National Italian American Foundation), John Viola, è stato ospite del Gei (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani) a una colazione in una sala privata del RNel corso dell'incontro John Viola ha ricevuto da Lucio Caputo, presidente della prestigiosa organizzazione che racchiude i principali rappresentanti delle organizzazioni italiane c...
Developer bringing Italian theme into $36M senior living project
by Candace Carlisle A Dallas senior living community will soon undergo a $36 million expansion and renovation to keep up with demand for senior living options in North Texas, which will showcase a Italian theme for residents. "When baby boomers today imagine their retirement, it's much different than what their parents or grandparents wan...
Dal calcio alla scherma: con lo sport le università Usa aprono all'Italia
di Michela Cuppini Studiare in America senza pagare esorbitanti rette universitarie? Oggi non è più impossibile. L' "American Dream" potrebbe presto diventare realtà grazie a borse di studio istituite da college statunitensi. I requisiti d'accesso richiesti? Essere degli sportivi. Ebbene sì, il proprio background atletico giocherà un ruolo...
Christopher Columbus Statue Vandalized With Red Paint, 'Black Lives Matter'
by Danielle Abreu The Christopher Columbus Statue on Boston's North End was vandalized Monday night with red paint and the phrase "Black Lives Matter," Boston police said. Red paint was poured over the top and sides of the white marble statute. The slogan, which has become a common refrain at demonstrations across the U.S. in...
Ha 20 anni l'Mp3, algoritmo che canta e fa le playlist
Compie 20 anni l'Mp3, il formato che ha cambiato radicalmente il modo di distribuire la musica nel mondo e ha portato la rivoluzione delle playlist personalizzabili anni prima dell'arrivo di iTunes, iPod e dello streaming. Una rivoluzione nata non dall'industria musicale, ma da un collettivo internazionale di scienziati coordinato da un ingegnere i...
The Italian Way: Addressing the Italian Stereotypes, Myth 7 - Latin Lovers
WTI Magazine #65 2015 July, 24Author : Elda Buonanno Foley Translation by: I always surprise foreign people when I mention that I married an Irish man. "What about a lovely, passionate and sexy Italian man?" would be the usual comment while obviously thinking of the "typical" Italian man. Thus, here is the focus on one of the best kn...
Italy's cowboys show off their skill
Italy may be better-known for its soccer skills, but on ranches across the country, cowboys are honing their skills of horsemanship and cattle management, and dreaming of taking on the Americans at their own game. Team penning and ranch sorting is believed to have started as a competitive sport in California in the early 1940s. Since then...
Italian Grandmother, Multistate Wholesaler, Happy To Grow Slowly And Make Gelato By Hand
by Zach Melvin A city famous for its pizza is making a name for itself with another Italian delicacy. At Gelato Giuliana, 15 employees produce between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds of gelato a day. The company sells to supermarkets, country clubs, restaurants and colleges from Maine to Delaware. "This was quite accidental actually,...
Where those dishes in “Northern Italian” restaurants actually originate?
The term "Northern Italian" has long been more of a marketing tool rather than an accurate descriptor of a restaurant. It is term that is supposed to denote some level of sophistication, at least in regards to the typical Italian restaurant. At least that is how it has been used for much of the past thirty-five or forty years when "Northern Italian...