Italian culture and history: Genoa, the Superb city
WTI Magazine #67 2015 September, 4Author : italia.it Translation by: Genoa, the Capital of the lively Region of Liguria, is "superb for its people and its walls," as Petrarch characterized it. One could walk right into infinity, treading the city's historic center and enchanting caruggi, the tight and winding streets lined by very ta...
LE MARCHE: Come Discover the Heart of Italian Beauty
Lecture, Film Screening and Wine & Food Tasting. Presented by Dr. Mauro Peroni You are cordially invited to attend a special program on Le Marche region of Italy at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, September 24th. Le Marche region is a little treasure still unknown to most foreigners. The New York Times and The Guardian enthu...
Panzanella's offers comfort food and more in new Newmarket location
By Rachel Forrest Longtime Newmarket main drag Italian spot, Panzanella's, has moved to larger digs nearby. There's more parking, a bigger bar, and a bit of a separation between that bar and the dining area, which makes one section more family friendly, one more for the Happy Hour crowd and sports fans. Another benefit of the move is thei...
Tirocini MIUR-CRUI 2015: 77 posti retribuiti in Italia e all'estero, scadenza 14 ottobre
Destinatari del nuovo bando per l'anno 2015 presso le Rappresentanze diplomatiche del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale sono gli studenti universitari nell'ambito giuridico, linguistico, internazionale, politico economico, sociale e amministrativo con un'età non superiore ai 28 anni. Richiesta anche una buona conos...
Mayor Alioto at the SF Helm During the Cultural Revolution
Mayor Joseph Alioto, predecessor of lionhearted Mayor George Moscone, was born of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. No, he wasn't born in 1906, but a little backstory will shed light on this curious connection. Joseph's father, Giuseppe Alioto, had sailed from Palermo at the age of nine to the United States and ended up working on the fishing...
Italy's Parma ham connoisseurs defend prosciutto amid processed meat scare
by Ben Quinn and Alberto Nardelli Being categorised by the Word Health Organisation as a cause of cancer might be bad enough, but being lumped in with English bangers and bacon has prompted a particularly outraged response from the guardian's of Italy's sacred tradition of Parma ham. "Prosciutto di Parma isn't a processed meat or a sausag...
New Executive Committee to Represent Women Business Owners in the State of New Jersey, with three Italians
The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) announces the appointment of the 2015–2016 Board of Trustees Executive Committee, as follows: Rosanna Imbriano, of Cedar Grove, president; Holly Kaplansky, of Bloomfield, first vice president; Donna R. Thompson, of Bayville, second vice president; Brenda Hendrickson, of Rockaway, as treas...
Eat, shop, learn at New York’s giant Italian marketplace called Eataly
'Tis the season to feast! For holiday food shopping and more, head toEataly, a large Italian marketplace in New York City owned in part by famed chef Mario Batali. "It's kind of like a melting pot of energy and discovery," explains General Manager Dan Amatuzzi of the foodie destination. "Eataly is the summation of Italian food and wine under o...
The Essentials: 10 Great Sylvester Stallone Performances
By Nikola Grozdanovic "Of course, if you go in intellectually, you hate it. But if you let yourself go with it, something happens about 40 minutes into the movie. You say to yourself, 'Hey, this isn't going to be the colossal downer of all time.'" That's Sylvester Stallone talking about "Rocky," in a 1976 interview with Roger Ebert. ...
NIAF Official Statement- Hall of Famer Jerry Colangelo Joins Philadelphia 76ers as Special Advisor
Attribute to Joseph V. Del Raso, Esq., National Italian American Foundation Chairman (NIAF) and John M. Viola, President "On behalf of the National Italian American Foundation's Board of Directors, we congratulate Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member and Chairman of the Board of Directors for USA Basketball Jerry Colangelo on b...
Quality of Life in Italy: Bolzano back in the lead, Reggio Calabria bottom of the league
by Rossella Cadeo The South Tyrol model remains the benchmark and statistics are there to prove it. Bolzano once more ranks as number one city to live in according to the Sole 24 Ore/Italy 24 survey on Quality of Life in the Italian provinces, closely followed by its partner city of Trento, which takes third place. What's surprising this...
Buon Gusto serves Italian comfort food in cozy setting
By Heidi Knapp Rinella With so many Italian restaurants in Las Vegas — as is the case with most American metropolitan areas, Italian being one of the most popular restaurant genres nationally — when I review one, I look for something that makes it stand out from the crowd. When that was Buon Gusto in 2011, I wrote that I thought the main...