di Chiara Barbo Film Forum, istituzione cinematografica tra le più prestigiose a New York e negli Stati Uniti, rende omaggio al grande Mario Monicelli. Non solo Neorealismo, possiamo finalmente dire. Sì perché spesso Neorealismo è sinonimo stesso di cinema italiano, di una stagione meravigliosa e lontana del nostro cinema: un cinema i...
WTI Magazine #49 2014 December, 10Author : Manuela Bianchi for learnitalygroup.com Translation by: As we have already pointed out in other occasions, the idioms contribute to enrich the Italian lexicon and constitute one of the most important sectors of our language. Today we talk about the word "rompere" (to break), discovering some...
Attention Fort Point patrons! There's a new brunch in town this holiday season. The artisanal pizzeria, which focuses on authentic wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, is launching their Italian brunch this Sunday, December 21. And trust us – there's more to love than the pizza, itself, at this new brunch. Here are the deets: When Pastoral's brun...
Mike and Elynn Malone first tried Rita's Italian Ice last year when they were visiting their daughter, who's attending college in Wichita, Kansas. The Crete couple were so taken with the company, which sells treats ranging from snow cones to frozen custard, that they decided to become franchisees and bring it to Nebraska. Read mor...
San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley and Music Director Nicola Luisotti recently delighted Bay Area opera enthusiasts by announcing next seasons opera productions, four of which are works of famous Italian composers. The apex of the season will be the world premiere of a brand-new opera by the Italian composer Marco Tutino, L...
ARTCORE will feature Cristina Fontanelli this Saturday at 7:30 pm at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Cristina has become a well-known personality through her recordings, her appearances on TV, radio, in concert, nightclubs, and opera, and through her acting debut on network television. Her most recent role is as PBS-TV/NY Affiliates Host fo...
By Carolyn Kellogg A are book sold via AbeBooks for $191,000, smashing all the online bookseller's records. The largest previous sale was for $65,000. The $191,000 book is "Storia naturale degli uccelli trattata con metodo e adornata di figure intagliate in rame e miniate al naturale. Ornithologia methodice digesta atque iconibus aene...
Taking a passeggiata along Columbus street in San Francisco can turn into a unique opportunity: in fact, in the way it keeps the authentic charm from its origins, North Beach is not a neighborhood as the others. This is mainly due to the architecture of houses and restaurants populating the area since the late 1800s. Both residential and b...
The spices division of Florence-based company Drogheria & Alimentari, owned since 1987 by Francesco Carapelli (the former owner of the oil brand bearing his name) and two investment funds (Sici Sgr at 24% and Hat at 16%), was purchased by American giant McCormick. The division’s turnover stands at €50 million. Read more  ...
Uvet has reached the US market. The tourism’s pole distribution channel, leader in Italy with a turnover of 2.2 billion euro, is extending its sales channels and tools to supply Expo tickets and tourist packages. The Group, led by Luca Patanè, has now uploaded the new website of Uvet USA www.uvetusa.com, its American Company based in Chicago, to di...
The Italian American Social Club of Waldwick celebrated its 8th annual St. Joseph’s dinner/dance at St. Luke’s Church in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J. It continues on its path to bring forth traditions to the next generation in a whole new way. In tribute to St. Joseph, a first-of-its-kind St. Joseph’s altar for children was created beside the abundantly food an...
April 8, 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm John D. Calandra Italian American Institute25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor - New York, N.Y. 10036 Italian Scientific Migration to the United States after the 1938 Racial Laws Alessandra Gissi, University of Naples "L'Orientale" The Fascist government's 1938 anti-Semitic Racial Laws prompted a major...