Holy cannoli: Defense lawyer Mario Gallucci thanks court staff with Italian pastry
by Frank Donnelly There are millions of ways to say thank you. Popular criminal defense lawyers Mario F. Gallucci and Lou Gelormino chose to do it Thursday with cannolis. As yuletide tunes wafted from a radio beneath a makeshift tent, Gallucci and friends handed out the tasty Italian pastry to court staff on Richmond Terrace outs...
Domenico Vacca: Committing to the Life of Leisure
I was in the dressing room at Domenico Vacca, wearing linen. White linen. A white linen shirt with blood-red trim ($550). It fit beautifully, with just the right amount of stiffness, which is to say halfway, and just the right amount of translucence, which is to say halfway. It was tucked into a pair of sleek floral pants, with elegantly drawn blos...
Tony Bennett Celebrates His 90th Birthday Today
Nineteen-time Grammy winner, legendary entertainer and New York City native Tony Bennett celebrates his 90th birthday today. The Empire State Building will present a dynamic, choreographed music-to-light show at 8:45 pm to honor Bennett's musical legacy, followed by a light display of the Italian and American flag colors in acknowledgement of Benne...
Italy’s new stability outlined to investors at New York conference
by Mario Platero Last year was a record year for mergers and acquisitions, with deals worth $5 trillion globally, above the previous record of $4.7 billion in 2007. In 2008 the markets collapsed and the crisis ensued. Are we now facing the same situation? Is it possible that today, with volatility, threats of recession, dramatic g...
Start-up italiane: il sogno Usa esiste
Vedere giovani talenti italiani che crescono negli Stati Uniti dà un "non so che" di rimpianto e speranza allo stesso tempo. Rimpianto, per quello che il nostro Paese potrebbe fare ma ancora non fa. Speranza, per i sogni che dall'Italia arrivano e che in America si realizzano.Allo Spring Symposium organizzato a New York da Intesa San Paolo Sta...
Seduzione dei tessuti italiani: il padiglione dell'ICE alla Premiere Vision
NEW YORK. Alla XXV edizione di Premiere Vision al Metropolitan Pavillion l'Italia ha scelto il tema "seduction" per presentare in anteprima agli operatori americani le tendenze del settore tessile-abbigliamento nella più importante fiera della East Coast.Sarà perché attratti dalla parola "seduction" o forse perché il Made in Italy continuare a stra...
How the LES Inspires Ambra Medda
On a sunny fall Thursday, Bond Street bustles under a bright, cloudless sky, but a chat with Ambra Medda is enough to make anyone pray for rain. "There's no feeling in the world like looking up into the sky and seeing a rainbow," says the cofounder and creative director of L'ArcoBaleno ("the rainbow" in Italian), an online marketplace dedi...
Foreign Direct Investment Lead Generation Professional Expert
The Italian Trade Promotion Agency (ITA) currently seeks a Foreign Direct Investment LeadGeneration Professional Expert for the New York office. LEAD GENERATION PROFESSIONAL EXPERTThe purpose of the role will be to support local direct investment in Italy, as well as to strengthen awareness of Italian business and regulatory environment. ...
Art of the Italian Two Wheel - classic motorcycle exhibition in New York
by George Chapman Based in New York? Enjoy Italian design and classic motorcycles? All-round design god and avid bike collector Stuart Parr is currently hosting an exhibition in Manhattan that is not to be missed... As keen on riding his fleet of classic Italian motorcycles as he is collecting them, the producer of Eminem's '8 Mil...
Architect Aldo Andreoli Approaches His Craft With European Artistry And American Practicality
by Adam Lehrer The New York-based Spring Studios, a massive creative studio in TriBeca that is set to compete with studios such as Milk, is a monumental achievement in design and architecture even to the most untrained of eyes. With no background in applied creativity, one can still feel the utter expansiveness of the space: the ceilings...
Ferragamo mixes high fashion with hide-and-seek to advertise spring season
By Sarah Jones Italian fashion label is pursuing the finer things in life through a vivacious spring/summer 2016 advertising campaign. "Lo Splendore Della Vita," or "The Splendor of Life," is based on the eponymous brand founder's idea that beauty is limitless and a drive for perfection never ceases. Beyond promoting th...
L`Italia non mi ha voluto negli Usa batto il cancro
Sono ore febbrili nel laboratorio di Antonio Iavarone alla Columbia University Medical School. Ha fatto il giro del mondo la notizia pubblicata da Nature Genetics che l'équipe guidata dal professore italiano ha realizzato una mappatura genetica completa del tumore al cervello, aprendo la strada alle terapie personalizzate. Un annuncio in g...