Appuntamento con l’enologia toscana all’IIC di Los Angeles
Appuntamento con i vini rossi toscani all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles che organizza per il 20 febbraio prossimo alle 18.00 il seminario, con degustazione enologica a seguire, "Villa Le Corti, San Casciano (Florence). Classic Tuscan Reds" tenuto da Giammario Villa, esparto enologo. In programma anche "FamousTuscan Families and Their...
An Evening with Margaret Fuller in Italy and Newpoli
When: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 — 6:00 – 7:30pmPre-Talk Reception at 5:30 PMWhere: Massachusetts Historical Society — 1154 Boylston Street, Boston MA [map]Prize-winning author and MHS Fellow Megan Marshall will read from "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life," her biography of the 19th-century heroine who spent her last years in Rome and Florence a...
NIAF Lecture and Book Signing: "Saving Italy" author Robert Edsel
Don't miss this exclusive lecture, discussion and book signing by Robert Edsel, the bestselling author of the critically acclaimed 2013 book "Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis." Edsel's dramatic story chronicles the little-known heroic effort of two U.S. soldiers—an artist and an historian—dispatched to Italy on...
Vendors and saints at Philadelphia's Italian Market
by Adam Zolkover Street vendors, saints, and live outdoor music marches into the Italian Market this Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19. The market, located on South Ninth Street in Philadelphia and widely regarded as the center of the Italian-American community in the city, will be throwing its ordinarily crowded doorways and streets wide...
Amateur historian proves '15th century map' that showed Vikings discovered America before Columbus is a FAKE
by Becky Evans It was hailed as the first proof of Viking exploration to the America and the earliest known map of the New World. Moreover, the Vinland Map was used by some to claim that the Vikings had discovered America 50 years before Christopher Columbus. Now a Scottish independent researcher has used simple Google searches to in...
James Gandolfini Is Dead at 51; a Complex Mob Boss in ‘Sopranos’
by Dave Itzkoff James Gandolfini, the Emmy Award-winning actor who shot to fame on the HBO drama "The Sopranos" as Tony Soprano, a tough-talking, hard-living crime boss with a stolid exterior but a rich interior life, died on Wednesday. He was 51. Mr. Gandolfini's death was confirmed by HBO. He was traveling in Rome, where he was on vacat...
The D.I.V.E. of Los Angeles special guests of Consul General at La Casa all’Italiana
by Silvia Simonetti Among the initiatives celebrating 2013, Year of the Italian Culture in the United States, the residence of Consul General of Italy Giuseppe Perrone has recently become La Casa all'Italiana in Los Angeles, hosting gorgeous design works by Italian renowned artist Gio Ponti. Since June 20 and for a whole week, Pon...
Il trionfo di San Paolino a Williamsburg
di Claudia Vanni Nell'aria il profumo delle zeppole che si mescola a quello dei veraci sughi meridionali. E poi tutto intorno bandiere italiane che sventolano assieme a quelle a stelle e strisce, mentre nelle strade risuonano le ballate napoletane. Per dodici giorni, come ogni luglio, il distretto di Williamsburg a Brooklyn ha fatto un tuf...
Like pizza? Grab a wing at Quality Italian
By Steve Cuozzo You've tried the rest, now try the best — not pizza, which touts its alleged superiority on every box, but chicken parmigiana that only looks like pizza. What might be called "chicken pizzagiana," a round, 13-inch-diameter replica of a Ray's pie at new Quality Italian, is the summer's runaway whimsical hit — good, clean fu...
Pills, poison and power
The Role of Medicine at the Court of the Medici Grand Dukes September 18, 2013 - Washington DC - Embassy of Italy A lecture by Sheila Barker Medici, the name of the family that ruled Tuscany for two hundred years, means 'doctors.' This curious fact, however, is only the beginning of the epic story of this Italian court's role i...
Seattle Center Festal to Host Italian Festival, 9/28-29
Live performances, audio-visual arts, foods, hands-on activities, games and a lively marketplace explore the cultural roots and contemporary influences of Italy and Italian-Americans in the Pacific Northwest at Seattle Center Festál: The Italian Festival, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28 and 29, in Seattle Center Arm...
Resident offers Italian classes in her Ahwatukee home
When an individual is passionate about a certain subject they will jump over as many hurdles as they can to be able to keep their passion alive.For Ahwatukee resident JoAnn Richi her driving factor lied in one area: honing her skills on speaking Italian. For many years Richi has shown interest in learning how to speak Italian fluently, dating back...