In Antartide stanno costruendo il primo aeroporto. Ed è tutto made in Italy
In pochi giorni ci sono da organizzare 26 voli: si atterra e si decolla di nuovo. Si scarica e si riparte. Bisogna fare tutto molto in fretta, perché l’estate qui sembra ancora più breve. Certo non fa caldo, ma anche in Antartide, nell’inferno gelido ai confini del pianeta, si fanno sentire gli effetti del surriscaldamento globale e la pista ghiacc...
The Feast of the Epiphany and Italy’s Befana
Drive down any neighborhood in the U.S. a few days after Christmas, and you’re likely to see Christmas trees at the curb, ready to be picked up by the local garbage men. I’ve seen my share with tinsel or fake snow still on them. For many, Dec. 26 is the day to un-decorate, and remove Christmas from your home. Having been raised in Italy, where the...
Marathon, by Edoardo Erba
Chiara / Valerio, a couple of international theatre makers, will stage “Marathon” by Edoardo Erba (translation by Francesca LoDico) on Wednesday January 15 2020 at 7:30PM at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street, between Rivington and Delancey, Manhattan NY. Featuring Chiara Cimmino and Kimberly DiPersia. Directed by Valerio Vittorio Garaffa and stage-...
Italian Heritage Center Exhibit with Chef Walter
Chef Walter Potenza joins us in the Studio today to take us on Tour of the Italian Heritage Center Exhibit. The only photographic collections of early Italian immigration in Rhode Island! Since 1886 Federal Hill in Providence Rhode Island has been one the centers for Italian immigration in the United States. Italian settlers replaced the Irish sett...
Cent’anni di Renato Carosone: iI significato di “Tu vuò fa’ l’americano”, classico nel mondo
Il 3 dicembre 2020 si festeggiano i 100 anni dalla nascita di Renato Carosone, uno dei maggiori innovatori della canzone italiana e partenopea. Il musicista napoletano, diplomatosi in pianoforte a diciassette anni al Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella è uno dei nostri artisti più conosciuti al mondo. Non è un caso che nella notte di Capodanno, u...
Gennaro's brings top notch Italian comfort food to Egg Harbor City
Fact: There can never be too many spots for great Italian food in New Jersey. Yeah sure, some joke that you could throw a dart in the air at random and you’d probably hit a pizzeria in New Jersey, but that doesn’t mean all are worthy of eating a meal at. But this one is. It’s in Egg Harbor City and it’s called Gennaro’s Italian Grille and Pizzeria....
Italian American Association donates toys to disabled veterans' families and local children
The Central Orange County Italian-American Association has been quietly doing good works for decades. And last Christmas was no exception. On Dec. 18, members of the association, comprised of individuals of Italian-American heritage, met at the Dikeman Engine & Hose Co. in Goshen to turn over dozens of toys they had purchased to veterans Pete and L...
The forgery of national products
Famous and appreciated all over the world, a number of popular Italian products are constantly at risk of being counterfeited, especially abroad. Many companies have tried, today as in the past, to imitate them: similar names are often used as a brand, in an attempt to confuse consumers and get them to buy a product which is far from being an origi...
A Night Out: Ascione Bistro is Impressive ‘neighborhood Italian’
Alexander Argirov, a native of Sofia, Bulgaria, has been working in restaurants nearly his whole life. "I started doing this when I was 15,” he said. “My dad put me to wash dishes in our family restaurant." He and his business partners had wanted to open a place in the neighborhood for three years, observing that Hyde Park needed “something with a...
Nivola in New York / Figure in Field
The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, the Costantino Nivola Foundation, and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York present Nivola in New York I Figure in Field, an exhibition of the work of Italian sculptor Costantino Nivola (1911-1988), known for his large-scale bas-reliefs, murals, and free-standing sculptural installations created in c...
Coverciano: The coaching school behind another decade of Italian winners
No country supplied more Premier League-winning managers than Italy in the 2010s. Omnisport took a look behind the scenes at Coverciano Buoyed by two wins from two as Everton manager, Carlo Ancelotti begins the new decade back in the division where he was the first title-winner of the previous one. Tactical thought in the 2010s was dominated by the...
An Easy Hand-Rolled Pasta Perfect for Slow Winter Days
There’s something deeply nostalgic about having a meal prepared for you by your grandmother or grandfather—eating a dish that’s been passed down from generation to generation. This special dish is often not written down, but kept stored away in a grandparent’s head, a recipe whose ingredients and proportions may change with the weather. But a new c...