The Development of Italian Renaissance Painting through the Works of Raphael
Friday December 6. 7:00 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Institute, One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY. Admission: Members $20; Non-Members $25. Contact: 914-771-8700 http://www.wiccny.org This lecture will trace the development of technical and aesthetic excellence in Italian Renaissance painting by highlighting the works of Raphael Sanzio, the...
Oggi l'incontro tra Decaro e Mary Avery, nuovo console degli Stati Uniti a Napoli
Questa mattina il sindaco Antonio Decaro ha ricevuto a Palazzo di Città il nuovo console generale degli Stati Uniti d’ufficio a Napoli, Mary Avery, che da poco ha assunto l’incarico. “Il legame tra il nostro Paese e gli Stati Uniti è un legame antico e solido - ha sottolineato Decaro - che si è strutturato anche grazie alla presenza del consolato a...
Cinque Terre’s Amazing Views
Being a New Zealander born and breed, I’ve lived my life surrounded by natural beauty and picturesque locations. Although I’m skeptical other countries have more to offer, I’m always game to explore, and being a gluten for punishment, the idea of a 10 kilometre coastal hike to capture the best of Italian beauty, was too enticing to pass up. So, acc...
Veneto: a land of food and wine specialties
Placed in the North East of Italy, Veneto is the first Italian region for GI food and wine economic impact (3,5 billion euros) – following 2018 Ismea-Qualivita report – and it counts three of its provinces in the top five wine producing provinces ranking. Verona (ranked first with 918 million euros), Treviso (ranked second with 845 million euros),...
More Italian women than ever are playing softball at U.S. colleges and high schools
With the Team Italy women's softball squad heading to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the Italian softball revolution has just begun. In order to compete at a higher level than the European standard, more Italian women than ever from both sides of the Atlantic are playing at U.S. colleges and high schools. Starting every game in the Europe-Africa Olymp...
Living in a Palazzo on the Grand Canal
Visitors to Venice cannot help but wander around admiring the facades of endless palazzi, perhaps wondering what they are like on the inside. The Biennale offers the opportunity to go inside a few of these magnificent buildings when they open to the public for several months to display art exhibitions, but there are many more buildings which the to...
Good Cook? AirBnB Will Fly 100 Home Cooks To Italy For Intensive Culinary Experience
So you think you can cook? Or perhaps, you know someone who really can? Airbnb is launching a global search for 100 top home cooks and treating them to a trip to Italy to learn how to refine their recipes with teachers including David Chang and his mom. The lucky chosen will travel to the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy, for a...
Pat Tiberi makes magic for Ohio at the intersection of business and politics
Pat Tiberi was voted by peer CEOs as CEO of the Year in the small nonprofit category for 2019. Pat Tiberi’s story couldn’t be much more American. The son of a steelworker, he grew up in an Italian immigrant family that took its Catholicism seriously. His first job was at McDonald’s when he was 16. He loved playing the trumpet and sports while he wa...
A Festa in Celle Ligure
Before recently, I had never heard of a town named Celle Ligure. Here in the province of Savona, I found another beautiful, hidden, curved gem along the shoreline of Liguria. As we arrived via train, the immediate view was less than beautiful. Soon, however, we were walking by a monument to the locals who lost their lives in the two World Wars. Nex...
Prospect Heights Bakery ‘Ciao, Gloria’ 2019 Eater Award Finalist
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of traveling across Europe, you might find one of the continent’s pleasantries the daily availability of fresh baked goods. Bakeries are about as bountiful as bodegas. Well, one Italian bakery, Ciao, Gloria in Prospect Heights, brings that experience to Brooklyn residents. And apparently its baked goods are so delici...
Daughter of iconic artist, furniture designer, Harry Bertoia, sharing his legacy in St. George
The legacy of Harry Bertoia, an iconic Italian artist who largely influenced the “modern” furniture movement of the 1950s, is being carried on through a St. George-based foundation in his honor. As the face of the Harry Bertoia Foundation, his daughter, Celia Bertoia, said that her father was much more than just a furniture designer. He was a jack-...
A local’s guide to Treviso, Italy: 10 top tips
Criss-crossed with picturesque canals, this historic town also offers great art and eating – to a soundtrack of popping prosecco corksHire a bicycle Treviso is a cycling city. We all get around the historic centre on two wheels: it’s a good way to avoid traffic jams, and tourists have to get used to bikes weaving between them in what look like pede...