Carlos Museum Celebrates Year of Italian Culture
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced 2013 as the "Year of Italian Culture" in the United States. Atlanta arts institutions have joined in the celebration and will host events throughout the Fall that highlight everything from Italian music to Renaissance and Baroque images of Rome to Italy's best exports, wine and design. Harmonie Univ...
Announcing the 3rd Annual San Gennaro Feast of the Hamptons
Saturday, October 5th & Sunday, October 6th, 2013 (10AM — 10PM) Good Ground RoadHampton Bays, NY 11945 Opening ceremony parade Saturday, October 5th at 10:30 am There will be plenty of delicious food, fun carnival rides, games, and fantastic live entertainment, including the "voice of romance" Franco Corso and the "smooth voice" of J...
Italian Heritage Celebrations Start in San Francisco
by Mauro Battocchi 145: quite a number for San Francisco's Annual Italian Heritage Parade. On Sunday October 13, I will have the honor (and the pleasure) to take part in the 145th celebration of Italian culture in the City on the Bay. In North Beach, the Italian traditional neighborhood, people will be partying all over the week-end. We h...
New York - 'Un caffe' con...' Eco
Ospite d'eccezione all'appuntamento 'Un caffe' con...' organizzato dalla Rappresentanza permanente d'Italia alle Nazioni Unite: a prendere la parola e' stato lo scrittore e filosofo Umberto Eco che, di fronte a un gruppo di corrispondenti italiani e stranieri all'Onu, ha presentato Encyclomedia, un'opera digitale di nuova concezione che attraverso...
Michael White Writes the Book on Italian Cuisine
by Catherine Sabino Michael White, the darling of food critics at home and abroad, has often been described as the future of Italian gastronomy, thanks to the spectacular inventiveness he brings to modernizing the world's most popular cuisine. In early November, White releases Classico e Moderno: Essential Italian Cooking (Ballant...
Consulate General brings 151 Electronic Passports to Italian Nationals in Seattle, Portland and Honolulu
by Mauro Battocchi Sergio Barbieri, the passport officer of the Italian Consulate, travelled to Honolulu, Seattle and Portland last month and issued 151 electronic passports. This process generally requires require nationals to travel to San Francisco and present themselves at the Consulate in person. In fact, the passport office...
The 10 Best Italian Beef Sandwiches in Chicago You've Probably Never Tried
Ever felt like the more you love something, the easier it is to pick out its faults? Doesn't make you appreciate the good parts any less, but it does get under your skin after awhile. In this case, I speak not of my wonderful wife or my darling daughter (who still hasn't slept through the night), but of the Italian beef—the meatiest and messiest sa...
Usa, app per far conoscere arte italiana a Los Angeles
È online da pochi giorni "Italy Art LA", l'applicazione per Android e iOS dedicata all'esplorazione dell'arte italiana a Los Angeles. Completamente gratuita, l'app è stata ideata dal nostro Istituto di cultura e fortemente sostenuta dall'ambasciata d'Italia a Washington e dal Consolato Generale a Los Angeles. Obiettivo è far conoscere una...
Sicilian Olive Oil – Medicine, or Magic?
I nearly got run over after dropping my son off at school recently. As it turned out, the driver swerved in the nick of time, swore in Sicilian, and drove off. So essentially, nothing actually happened. Yet I was left in a state of utter agitation. Instead of going straight home, I decided to drop in on a friend in the village, in order to...
ACTFL Italian Language Teacher Workshops
The Italian Language Foundation is underwriting the cost of upcoming workshops for middle and high school teachers of Italian. A $25 teacher membership in the ILF is a condition for participation. Teachers can become ILF members via the ILF website (www.ilf.org). The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) will conduc...
La Milwaukee italiana
È da quando ho iniziato la mia collaborazione settimanale con AlessandriaNews che desidero parlarvi della Milwaukee italiana e di come sia possibile essere italiani senza, molte volte, averne il passaporto. Oggi vorrei farvi conoscere questo aspetto di Milwaukee, che magari non è conosciuto come la Milwaukee di Happy Days, ma per me è dive...
Cal Poly to Screen Italian-Ghanaian Filmmaker’s Documentary March 7
Italian-Ghanaian filmmaker, producer and activist Fred Kuwornu will visit Cal Poly for a screening of his documentary "18 IUS SOLI" from 4:10 to 6 p.m. Friday, March 7, in the Baker Center for Science and Mathematics (Building 180), Room 101. A conversation with the filmmaker will follow the screening. The documentary tracks the lives of 1...