Fashion Icon Rose Cherubini Celebrates 100 years in Style!
On Aug. 1, SoWa's Samsøn gallery celebrated fashion designer Rose Cherubini's 100th birthday in style.With the artist in attendance, guests were able to view dozens of handmade dresses that were once sold in Cherubini's stores in downtown Boston. Born in Boston in 1913, Cherubini opened her first shop at the age of 33 in Quincy, where she had grow...
Cumar’s Ivo Cubi: A destiny carved in marble
No matter how hard he tried, Ivo Cubi could not have done anything else for a living. His last name, to begin with, in Italian literally means "Cubes." Plus he was born into a family that, in one capacity or another, has worked with marble for seven generations. The sixth of which, his father, did everything possible to keep his only son on "the ma...
Scavolini sempre più forte negli USA: nuovo flagship store a Boston
Scavolini, brand ambassador del made in Italy in tutto il mondo, annuncia l'apertura del nuovo Store monomarca di Boston. Situato nell'emergente zona Dry Docks a South Boston, al 6 °piano del prestigioso Boston Design Center - building dalla superficie complessiva di 110.000 mq dedicati ai più rinomati marchi del mondo del...
Mark Patinkin: From Alex and Ani to Benrus, Giovanni Feroce is all business
By Mark Patinkin I've long wondered who Giovanni Feroce is. I knew of him as the CEO who took Alex and Ani global and is trying to do it again, re-launching the World War II watch brand Benrus into a vintage clothing-and-gear play. But I've seen little written about him. So I called. Then waited six weeks. Finally, he to...
Italian American Young Professional Networking In Rhode Island
Thursday October 9, h. 5.30 PM - Trattoria Zooma - Providence 02903NOIAW and the Justinian Law Society of RI have joined forces for an Italian American Young Professionals Networking Event. Meet special guests: Hon. Jeanne LaFazia, Chief Judge of the Rhode Island District Court and Daniela Mansella, Food Entrepreneur and Creator of La Bel...
A Navy coat tradition, made in East Boston
By Megan Woolhouse Massachusetts has its share of peacoat industry contractors, but none like this. By the end of the month, Sterlingwear Boston will have stitched about 40,000 peacoats this year for the Navy at the company's East Boston factory, where scores of workers sit at rows of sewing machines on a cement factory floor nearly the size of a...
Science Writer Fellowships
The Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation, in conjunction with the Italian Science Writers Association (UGIS), offers a Science Writers Fellowship Program for young Italian science writers working in Italy. Each year two Italian science writers at the beginning or mid-career are selected to spend a week in June or July at Harvard Medical School. Sc...
Maserati of Westport opens its doors
For some, the allure of the Maserati Ghibli is its sleek design and luxurious feel. For others, it's the fine Italian leather interior, Ferrari engine and Brembo brakes. But for many, it's simply the "basso profundo," as Italians like to call the car's rumbling. The resounding tone is present no matter how fast the luxury car is going. &...
Hundreds of Italian cars will rally at annual Tutto Italiano event
by Jay Ramey If you consider yourself a fan of Italian cars, then you can't miss the upcoming Tutto Italiano classic car show in the Boston area. The Larz Anderson Auto Museum is set to host its single most popular annual lawn event this weekend, and hundreds of Italian cars from Fiats to Ferraris are expected to come out. Over th...
Seminari Pratici PIB: Tasse per Italiani in USA
Cari PIBiani, PIB, d'intesa con il Consolato Italiano a Boston, sta organizzando una serie di seminari di grande utilità pratica per gli italiani a Boston. Il primo, alla fine di gennaio, consisterà in una discussione sul pagamento di tasse per italiani in USA. Joseph Ciccarello e Karen Timmermans, CPA, partners di "Gray Gray...
Satisfying the Fetish for Italian Shoes
"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world," goes a saying often attributed to Marilyn Monroe. M.Gemi, a 15-month-old e-commerce startup, has taken this proposition one step further: Sell beautiful, well-crafted, high-end shoes online without the luxury price tag, and you can conquer the girl. Armed with a team of data scientists,...
OFFICINA 189, “The Italian Shopping Experience” Opens on North Street
by Matt Conti OFFICINA 189, the Italian Shopping Experience, is a new boutique that has opened at 189 North Street in North Square, across from the Paul Revere House in Boston's North End. Officina translates from Italian to "workshop" and 189 is the address number on North Street. Owner Fabrizio Di Rienzo is from Milan and comes...