Rome Center Intern Emma Smith reflects on her year spent in Italy
Emma Smith has been living and working as an intern at the UW Rome Center since last summer. She will continue her journey in Italy in the fall as an intern with the Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Department at the U.S Embassy in Rome. Below Emma reflects on the year she has spent abroad, and gives advice about balancing your personal...
Via Emilia 9 Brings Regional Italian Cuisine and Half-Off Wine Bottles to South Beach
Via Emilia 9 in South Beach prides itself on serving authentic regional cuisine from the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy. Just north of Tuscany, the region includes cities like Bologna, Parma, Ferrara, and Modena. The name Via Emilia refers to the main street that crosses the entire region. The restaurant is owned by husband and wife team chef Wendy...
Raphael, Prince of the Arts: A New Film Explains His Genius
Nobody would ever question the formidable artistic genius behind Raphael’s greatest works: together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti, the artist was among the luminaries of the High Renaissance, as well as one of the most influential painters of all times. But even so, a brand new film by Luca Viotto, titled Raffaello, il principe...
New York Architects Star Material Immaterial 2017
INTERNI AND THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY IN NEW YORK PRESENT “NEW YORK ARCHITECTS STAR in MATERIAL IMMATERIAL 2017”, AN ENCOUNTER ON THE ITALIAN DESIGN SYSTEM AND THE DESIGN DISCIPLINES IN THE UNITED STATES. The protagonists include two of the most interesting architecture studios on the international scene based in New York: BIG - Bjarke Ingels...
La Bella Strada - An Italian Street Painting Festival in Del Ray!
Join local artists in an Italian art form that will come to life dubbed "La Bella Strada," Del Ray's Annual Street Painting Festival Saturday, May 13, 2017, Mt. Vernon Ave., 9-3, FREE. Watch Mt Vernon Avenue come to life as artists, sponsored by local businesses create vibrant, large-scale chalk paintings directly on the sidewalk!La Bella Strada is...
Trending Tables: Italy in full force
Italian food has long been the most popular “ethnic” cuisine in America, but that doesn’t mean it’s not also trendy. Of this class of Trending Tables, 13 out of 33 restaurants show strong culinary influences from Italy — that’s 40 percent. That includes establishments like Vinoteca in Los Angeles, Il Posto in Denver and Trattoria Fanny in Portland,...
'Please stop calling - it was just an idea!' Mayor of Italian village who proposed paying people €2,000 to move there says to stop ringing him after thousands tried to take him up on his offer
The mayor of an Italian village who proposed paying people €2,000 to move there has begged people to stop ringing him after thousands tried to take him up on his offer. Daniele Galliano floated the idea on Facebook in a bid to encourage more people to live in Bormida, a hamlet of 394 in the mountainous region of Liguria in north-west Italy. With th...
Nel Long Island consegnati i premi degli educatori dell’AIAE
Nel Long Island si è celebrato il ventesimo anniversario dell’AIAE (Associazione degli Educatori Italoamericani). L’appuntamento annuale, organizzato dalla dinamica presidente dell’associazione, la Prof.ssa Josephine A. Maietta, si è tenuto al Chateau Briand, dove erano presenti circa 150 ospiti. Maietta, docente di italiano nel Long Island, organ...
Italians become first couple to scale all eight-thousanders
Italian mountaineer Nives Meroi and her husband Romano Benet reached the peak of Nepal's Annapurna early on Thursday, making them the first couple to scale all 14 of the eight-thousanders - mountains that are more than 8,000 metres above sea level. Meroi's sister Leila gave ANSA the news after making contact with the couple. The pair did the climb...
Lou Malnati's Is Bringing Chicago Deep Dish Pizza To New York City
If Chicago has anything on New York, it's the pizza. Okay, and maybe the hot dogs. And the 2016 World Series Champions. This Chicagoan-turned-New Yorker loves a greasy dollar slice as much as the next frantic and hungry commuter, but nothing can rival the multilayered, super cheesy bliss of a hot out of the oven Chicago-style deep dish pizza.
Who Plays Francesca In 'Master Of None'? Alessandra Mastronardi Is A Rising Italian Star In America
When Master of None returns on May 12, it will focus on Dev’s journey of self discovery against a beautiful Italian backdrop. Season 2 promises an adventure for Dev, filled with possibilities of a new life... and new love. Alessandra Mastronardi plays Francesca on Master of None, Dev's second season romantic lead. SPOILERS AHEAD. When Dev and Franc...
Soccer league teams with Italian club, brings new mindset to Capital City
There’s a new game in town. Or, more accurately, there’s a new league -- playing an old game in a new way. James Johnson and his family moved to Helena from Louisiana five years ago. They quickly became involved in the local soccer community, but Johnson felt something was missing. “I have a National D coaching license, and from the beginning I...