The Illustrated Body: Printing, Anatomy, and Art in the Renaissance
This international conference commemorates the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andreas Vesalius (1514 -1564), the Flemish founder of modern anatomy and the author of De humani corporis fabrica, and the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius, the founder of the Aldine Press in Venice. UCLA Library Special Collections houses one of the wo...
Parte la raccolta fondi per il restauro del Duomo di Milano, primo contributore Eataly di Oscar Farinetti
Milano chiama New York per sensibilizzare gli amanti dell'arte sulla necessità di raccogliere fondi per il restauro del Duomo e della guglia dedicata alla madre dei migranti, Santa Francesca Xavier Cabrini che lega con un ponte virtuale la capitale lombarda con la Big Apple. Ieri l'organizzazione nonprofit International Patrons of Duomo di Milano...
Nuoto: D'Arrigo, che show in America
Prosegue senza sosta la missione americana di Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo: il nuotatore azzurro, 20 anni ancora da compiere, è uno dei protagonisti del SEC (Swimming & Diving Championship) in corso a Auburn. Il colpo grosso è arrivato la scorsa notte con il successo nelle 500 yards stile libero, con il primato personale migliorato di due secondi (...
Italian Identity: IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON: Italian Migrations in the Art of Joseph and William Papaleo
Joseph Papaleo (1925–2004) was considered the grandfather of Italian American writing. He was a best-selling author who won the Guggenheim and American Book Award, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize Award for his short stories collection, Italian Stories. Joseph Papaleo retained a profound sense of infe...
Here are St. Louis’ 6 AAA Four Diamond restaurants
As of this year, three area eating establishments have the distinction of having spent a decade and a half or more on the travel organization AAA's list of "Four Diamond" restaurants. Tony's restaurant, at 410 Market St. in downtown St. Louis, joined the 15-plus-year club this year, when AAA released its Four Diamond list. "It is a privile...
Italian Week earns ‘Bravo!’; plans underway for 2016
Officials with the Worth Avenue Association are calling the first year of Italian Week Palm Beach a success, but they're ready to plan an even more successful week next year. Six days of events celebrated the rich Italian culture in town and raised money for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York and Il Circolo, also...
TV's 'Pizza Masters' launch 'Staten Italy' cookbook
Despite Hollywood television stints and daily toils with their multiple pizzerias, cousins Francis Garcia and Sal Basille took time to talk with the Advance about their rise to fame from humble beginnings -- and their favorite pie on S.I. Just as background, the native Staten Islanders have hit the big leagues as far as pizza chefs are concern...
Antonio Ciongoli's Eidos Brings Italian Luxury to American Streets
"People talk about how it's hard to mix Italian and American, but I think it's easy," says Anotonio Ciongoli, the 31-year old creative director of Eidos. Sitting back in his chair in Eidos's midtown showroom, surrounded by phalanxes of suits, Ciongoli--bearded, irrepressibly jovial--is the young pontifice presiding over the marriage of an unlikely,...
Architetti: al via collaborazione Italia-Usa
Implementazione di accordi per lo sviluppo delle attività professionali; ricerca e sviluppo congiunti nello scambio di know-how nei settori della progettazione e della pianificazione, del project management e project financing; definizione e implementazione di progetti comuni sia negli Stati Uniti d'America sia in Italia per valorizzare la cooperaz...
Hope for the Pope
by Vicky Carabini Mission San Juan Capistrano has launched a Hope for the Pope campaign to encourage Pope Francis to travel to California when he visits the United States in September. He announced that he will be canonizing Fr. Junipero Serra during his Papal visit making our historic Mission ,which is home to the only remaining...
Un italiano fra i 7 morti del treno deragliato
C'e' un italiano tra le vittime del disastro ferroviario accaduto sulla linea Washington-New York. Lo ha reso noto all'ANSA il console generale di Filadelfia, Andrea Canepari. La vittima si chiamava Giuseppe Piras ed era negli Stati Uniti per lavoro. Il console Canepari ha spiegato di essere venuto in contatto con la famiglia di Piras in Italia, ch...
A festival honoring the Madonna and family roots in the Cilento
On Saturday, May 30, 2015, at 11:30 a.m., at Holy Face Monastery, 1697 Route 3, Clifton, New Jersey, there will be celebrated a Solemn High Mass with Gregorian chant in honor of Our Lady of Sacro Monte of Novi Velia, Salerno. Following Mass there will be a grand procession on the monastery grounds with the statue of Our Lady, her canopy an...