The 2014 Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12)
The Director of the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America, Dr. Mary Ann Re, is delighted to announce that, recognizing the importance of acknowledging and motivating excellence in the teaching of Italian, the Coccia family and Lawrence Inserra, Jr., have generously increased to $4,000 the monetary prize associated with the Teaching...
Assemblyman Lentol Announces Collegiate Scholarships
Assemblyman Joe Lentol announced this week that the New York Conference of Italian-American State Legislators is now accepting applications for four $2,000 scholarships to be awarded June 9th at their Annual Legislative Conference Day. "The cost of attending college is increasing every year, every opportunity must be made by Brooklyn stude...
Bruno Munari in the spotlight at Milan's Museo del Novecento
A 20th-Century artist, designer and graphics master, Bruno Munari is the focus of a retrospective tracing his life and work, from his first sketches and designs of the 1930s to his final experimentations of the '80s. The Museo del Novecento or Museum of the 1900s in Milan hosts the exhibition Munari politecnico until September 7, 2014, off...
Passport Philadelphia: il 12 luglio missione a Pittsburgh
Per venire incontro alle numerose richieste di rilascio di passaporto da parte dei connazionali residenti nell'area di Pittsburgh, il Consolato Generale d'Italia a Philadelphia il prossimo 12 luglio si recherà in missione presso gli uffici del Console Onorario a Pittsburgh, Carla Lucente (Fisher Hall, 728, 600 Forbes Avenue). Qui, l'impieg...
New agreement signed by Italian Culinary University and the United States
The agreement was signed in Washington nearly one month ago. The two parties involved are Uds (Università dei Sapori, lit. Culinary University), a Perugia-based centre occupied with culture and education about food, and the Art Institute, a group of colleges with a total of fifty locations across Canada and the US, counting around 70 thousand stude...
820 mila dollari per TOK.tv, angels IAG tra gli investitori
Italian Angels for Growth (IAG), la principale associazione italiana di business angel, annuncia la partecipazione dei propri soci all'investimento realizzato da venture capitalist e business angel statunitensi nella startup TOK.tv chiuso nei giorni scorsi per la cifra di 820 mila dollari. I soci IAG intervengono nell'investimento con la cifra di...
2014 Indipendence Sicilian Festival Heritage Ball
An estimated 300 people attended the Sicilian Festival Ball. 17 visiting queens from around the state attended, including all of Tangipahoa Parish royalty which are Tangipahoa Fair Queen, Victoria Rooney, Italian Festival Queen, Samantha Lamonte, Strawberry Festival Queen, Gabrielle Palma Amite, Oyster Festival Queen, Julie Morel, and the Louisiana...
Italian American Culture Club honors two Easton Area High School graduates with scholarships
The Italian American Cultural Club of Lehigh Valley honored the two recipients of the 2014 IACCLV scholarships recently. Rebecca Nathanson and Janessa Scherrman each received $500 and a certificate of recognition. Rebecca, a graduate of Easton Area High School, received the Carol DiBiagio Memorial Scholarship, which is given in memory of...
Authentic Italian Festival Begins Again in Rochester
by Allison Norlian The Abruzzese Festival kicked off Sunday at Gates Memorial Park. The authentic Italian celebration is an all day event starting with a morning mass at St. Theodore's Church with Bishop Matano. Doug Mandelaro, the communications director for the CatAbruzzese Festival holic Diocese of Rochester said Matano is Roc...
Rizzoli Bookstore Set to Reopen in St. James Building in Nomad
When Rizzoli closed its doors at 31 W. 57th St. in April, the elegant bookstore promised it would be back. That's what everyone says. But given the challenging economics of brick-and-mortar bookstores, I assumed Rizzoli was toast and assigned it a choice niche in the columbarium of my memory. It's a space becoming increasingly clutter...
Un corso di lingua e cultura italiana interamente online? Sì, si può fare!
by Daniela Bartalesi-Graf Il mese di maggio segna la fine dell'anno accademico a Wellesley College, ma quest'anno per noi del Dipartimento di Italianistica è l'inizio di una nuova avventura: stiamo per lanciare Beginning Italian Language and Culture, il primo corso di lingua e cultura italiana interamente online. Sto leggendo le centinaia di doma...
The only guide to Italian delis you'll ever need
Before there was Eataly, there were Chicago's classic Italian delis, many multigenerational affairs started by immigrants. Many are thriving in city neighborhoods and nearby suburbs. Most are relatively small, with just a few aisles of necessities and imported delicacies, as well as a deli counter offering cured meats, cheeses, sub sandwic...