St. Paul and Modena's Sister-City Status
Ferrari, Maserati, and Pavarotti all hail from St. Paul’s sister city in Italy: Modena. Not interested in exotic cars and opera? This northern Italian city also holds a claim to creating tortellini, tortelloni (not the same thing!), Parmigiano-Reggiano, prosciutto, and the dark, syrupy aceto balsamico (balsamic vinegar). You may not have realized...
Palazzo Bonocore in Palermo
Palazzo Bonocore is a magnificent 16th-century building on Piazza Pretoria, (also known as “Piazza della Vergogna” – that is “Square of Shame” – because of the naked statues in the amazing fountain at its center). The neoclassic style of the façade dates back to the first half of the 1800s, and echoes Milan’s La Scala Theater – an obvious influence...
Local Italian restaurant opens in La Junta
La Juntans have something new to salivate over following the opening of Anthony Martinez’s Papa GiGi’s Italian Grill. The Italian restaurant that officially opened on Oct. 4 can be found off U.S. 50 at 27866 Frontage Road. Martinez, the owner, said it had been his lifelong goal to open an Italien restaurant in the spirit of his late grandmother, wh...
SHRO Presents Medicine, Media & Patients: A New Professional Language -Annual Medical Conference Panel Convenes During NIAF 44th Anniversary Gala Weekend
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce that Medicine, Media, and Patients: A New Professional Language, presented by Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO), will convene on Saturday, November 2, from 9 - 11:30 a.m. at the Omni Shoreham Hotel as part of the NIAF 44th Anniversary Gala Weekend. The conference will i...
Elisabetta Giriodi di Monastero Panissera: Stuffed Animals Abound
Countess Elisabetta Giriodi di Monastero Panissera is an Italian photographer living in NYC. Her inaugural ‘Stuffed Animals Abound’ exhibition last May shared Elisabetta’s experience in New York using pictures of stuffed animals. ‘Stuffed animals are a gift. They are companionship in the absence of companions, a materialization of adoration, a tok...
Famed chef Bruno Serato and celebrated butcher and restauranteur Dario Cecchini headline the upcoming Food & Culture: An Italian Perspective event at Chapman University
Organized by the Italian Studies Program at Chapman University, the Food and Culture event will be the Þfth in the annual Italian Perspective Series. Scheduled for April 4, 2020, 10 am -2 pm, the event will take place at the state-of-the-art theater hall The Musco Center of the Arts. The event will include a series of TED Talk-style presentations...
A big thank you - The Four Italian Tenors
What a marvelous evening at the Cathedral Basilica of St Louis with the four Italian Tenors. Very special thanks to Scott Kennebeck and the St Louis Cathedral concerts for their tremendous work in putting this concert together. The Italian Community of St Louis thanks the St Louis Cathedral Concerts for their discount of 20% off all tickets for mem...
Ferrante Workshop in North County
Join members of ICC and SDIFF for a night revolving around the world of Elena Ferrante. SDIFF Executive Director Diana Agostini and SDIFF Artistic Director Antonio Iannotta will hold a workshop on Elena Ferrante's first two novels: L'amore molesto and I giorni dell'abbandono. The workshop will be taught in English, with references to the original t...
2019 ISSNAF Annual Event. Science and Beauty: Leonardo's legacy
November 14th 2019, Embassy of Italy, Washington DC. Please RSVP through this link: www.issnaf.org/issnaf-annual-event-2019-registration-form.html THE THEME OF THE ANNUAL EVENT. This year the main theme is linked to the world celebrations related to the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci. Art scholars, scientists and researchers wi...
In the Beginning: Duccio, Giotto and the Origins of Western Painting
When: Wed, November 20, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM CST - Where: American Italian Cultural Center, 537 S. Peters St., In the history of Western art, a few names shine particularly brightly: Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Picasso. But in the standard histories, and for contemporary commentators, the first in this illustrious line of exceptional artists...
Taking Italy Out Of The Pasta Bowl
With over 29 years of experience, Damien O’Farrell is a professional, life, and expatriate coach, helping thousands of clients from individuals to corporations. Ultimate Italy is a one-day, once a year, intensive course reserved for 50 people to learn up-to-date quality information about the culture, job market and other necessary information “on h...
Midtown’s Now Home to a Luxe Italian Restaurant From Chef John DeLucie
Just weeks after opening a huge Italian restaurant and beer garden Ainslie in Williamsburg, chef-restaurateur John DeLucie is at it again. Today, he unveils new Italian restaurant Lumaca in the hip luxury hotel HGU New York in Midtown. Lumaca, opening at 34 East 32nd Street, between Madison and Park Avenue South, serves coastal Italian fare with up...