Buy a House in Italy for 1 euro
Small towns that have seen a dramatic decrease in population year after year, hope to reverse the trend this way. In some cases the properties have been inherited by heirs who live somewhere else and not only have no use nor interest but also do not want or cannot pay money in taxes. The municipality act as "middleman" checking the serious...
5th Annual Italian Feast and Carnival
Thursday, Sep 11 6:00p - German Masonic Fairground, 89 Western Hwy., Tappan, NY 10983 A four day celebration of all things Italian. Gates open Thursday at 5 p.m. and the festival will kick off with the opening ceremonies and a tribute to the fallen heroes of 9/11 at 6 p.m. The event is a showcase for area talent and live ent...
Knights of Columbus Italian Festival
The Knights of Columbus Villa Marie Council No. 6342 of Absecon and Galloway is sponsoring its fourth annual Italian Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Historic Smithville's Village Greene, Route 9, GallowayTownship. Enjoy live Italian music featuring Jim Craine and the Altantic City All-Star Band, a game of bocce, delic...
Clooney to be married by Rome's ex-mayor
Veltroni, who served as Rome mayor from 2001 to 2008, will wed the pair on September 29th in the former Doge's Palace, Ca' Farsetti, Corriere della Sera reported. Clooney and Veltroni reportedly met when the actor came to Rome to receive a Summit Peace Award for his humanitarian work in Darfur from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in 2007,...
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò dedica una Tavola Rotonda al fotoromanzo italiano
"Pensate a fumetti misti a fotografie di grandi attori e attrici degli anni '50 e '60 in Italia, strettamente intrecciati e dedicati a storie d'amore strazianti. Ne deriva il fotoromanzo, un genere tutto italiano che ha goduto di enorme popolarità in Italia del dopoguerra e può ancora contare su un devoto - anche se ridotto - numero di let...
Columbus Day Parade sends powerful message
All parades are tribal, and all parades look back. See how far we've come, they say. Better parades look forward, too. This is where we're going now. But the best parades reach out to others, raising a banner for universal values of goodwill, aiming in some small way to heal the world. Such a parade is walking down State Street in Chicag...
La danza, linguaggio universale che unisce Usa e Italia
La cultura italiana arriva a New York sotto varie forme, lo si è visto durante la seconda edizione dell'Italian International Dance Festival, dove artisti e coreografi italiani si sono esibiti al fianco di quelli americani. Il Gran Galà, nato dall'idea dei ballerini Antonio Fini e Tabata Caldironi, ospita diverse realtà del mondo della danza. In f...
Tutto cominciò a Ellis Island
by Paolo Battaglia Prima di salire sul ferry che parte da Battery Park con destinazione Ellis Island, abbiamo fatto colazione in un take-away all'angolo tra 80th West e Broadway. Una turista canadese ci ha chiesto che cosa facessimo a New York, e alla nostra risposta le sono brillati gli occhi: anche lei era qui per Ellis Island, sulle tracce del...
Lavenderizing Italian American Heritage Month: A Celebration of Intersecting Identities
During this past October, my partner, Michael Carosone, and I were invited to give a talk at a community college in downtown Manhattan, on our experiences around being gay and Italian American, in order to celebrate National Italian American Heritage Month. I wanted to share the transcribe of my talk since it has been my agenda to bring vi...
New authors of Italian Cinema - 2014 edition
The Cinema Studies Program and the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia and the International House of Philadelphia, present the 2014 edition of NEW AUTHORS OF ITALIAN CINEMA. The festival has been curated by Nicola M. Gentili (Penn, Cinema Studies) and a...
Growing Up Italian: Southern Comfort (Food)
By Rosa Mariotti The holiday season is here. With that, fond memories of the many great times spent in Italy with my family. Decorating the tree: year after year, using the same ornaments and the same short, beaten-up artificial tree from which we couldn't depart such we loved him so much. During my childhood, dad would also decorate a hu...
Biennale di Architettura a Chicago, 1 Ottobre 2015
La Camera di Commercio Italiana Americana di Chicago ha il piacere di annunciare la Biennale di Architettura Americana che si svolgerà a Chicago dal 1 Ottobre 2015 al 3 Gennaio 2016. La Biennale sarà il più grande evento di architettura e design del Nord America a cui parteciperanno i più grandi nomi internazionali nei campi dell'architett...