Italian Identity in the Third Millenium - Symposium September 19
The symposium "Italian Identity in the Third Millennium" is a continuation--a sort of inter-mission-of the last three symposia ILICA, the Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance, has sponsored on the topic. After two events last fall and a third this past spring in Rome, ILICA concludes this discussion in November. This event, in the mean...
Chicago Opera Theater tackles an early Verdi rarity
With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera driving the Giuseppe Verdi bicentennial bandwagon, there nevertheless is room for other local organizations to climb on board. Chicago Opera Theater is doing so, big time, this weekend, when it dusts off an early work by the Italian master the city has never heard before. Indeed, "Giovann...
Staten Island Columbus Parade returns on Oct. 6
By Stephanie Slepian After a one-year hiatus, the Columbus Day Parade returns. Floats, school bands and costumed characters -- including Christopher Columbus himself -- will travel the traditional route up New Dorp Lane at 1 p.m. on Oct. 6. "We're back," said Borough President James P. Molinaro, who came under fire when he canceled l...
Simpatico to celebrate Columbus Day
Simpatico, Italy's Finest will host its fourth annual Columbus Day Celebration at St. Michaels from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, with Italian wine, food, art and games in honor of explorer Christopher Columbus. Columbus himself will be in attendance and will share tales of his adventures, as part of the festivities planned for adults and...
Encore for Tosca
With the opening of an updated and modernised version of North Beach stalwart Tosca, the people of San Francisco have let out a collective sigh of relief. Tosca, you see, has a bit of a history in the Bay Area - 92 years of it to be precise. This is the place where Hunter S. Thompson once broke an ankle as he jumped from the bar, where Tim Burton c...
Italian-American comedy film launches production
Testa Dura Media company has begun production for Lobster fra Diavolo, a comedy film which focuses on a modern Italian-American family's Christmas Eve celebration. Lobster fra Diavolo is based on the true story of a young vegan named Angie who reluctantly purchases a live lobster for Nonna's traditional Christmas Eve dinner. When Nonna goe...
Texas: c’è un’America che sta allungando il passo
Nei prossimi anni si assisterà a una vera e propria rivoluzione nello scenario globale dell'energia. Il boom avviato negli Stati Uniti dallo sfruttamento di shale oil e shale gas, che renderà gli USA autosufficienti dal punto di vista delle risorse e nel lungo periodo esportatori, si riflette anche in una crescente differenziazione delle prospettiv...
Newest Temple owl gains life under artisan’s loving touch
Some artists use a paintbrush and oils to create their art. Franco Minervini uses a block of stone, a chisel, a mallet and a hammer to create his. Minervini, a master carver and sculptor who resides in Marlboro, has been commissioned by various agencies over the years to create stone sculptures. He was commissioned by the National Cat...
Parla con la bocca piena. Al Mit fa il tutto esaurito il corso che insegna l’italiano cucinando
di Andrea Marinelli Parla con la bocca piena: non è una regola stravagante imposta ai figli da genitori anticonformisti, ma il titolo di un seminario organizzato dal «Massachusetts Institute of Technology», che da gennaio svelerà agli studenti i segreti del cibo, della lingua e della cultura italiana. Tutti insieme, in tredici lez...
President Obama to visit Italy in March
Obama will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on March 27th to discuss poverty and inequality, the White House said in a statement. While in Rome he will also meet Letta and Napolitano. The visit is part of a wider Europe trip, which includes a US-EU summit in Brussels on March 26th, when Obama will meet with Herman Van Rompuy, presiden...
Life's a party during Piedmont's Carnival Celebrations
The Region of Piedmont's Carnival celebrations are historically-renowned, and they involve everyone with their traditional, fun and exciting events. First, Turin: if this city of the Savoys had its own mascot, it would certainly be the famous Mask of Gianduja, protagonist – along with his love, Giacometta – of the local Carnival parade. Known and...
Canova at the Metropolitan Museum of art
You've heard of Michelangelo, of Raphael and of Leonardo da Vinci but maybe it's time to expand your artistic horizons. Antonio Canova was the most celebrated artist in Europe in the early nineteenth century who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style, his work mark...