The dream - omaggio dell'artista Meo Carbone all’emigrazione italiana negli Stati Uniti d’America nel XX secolo
Il Complesso del Vittoriano ospita dal 9 al 24 novembre 2013 la mostra di Meo Carbone, "The Dream - Omaggio all'emigrazione italiana negli Stati Uniti d'America nel XX secolo". «Mentre mi trovavo a Chicago nel 1995 – racconta Carbone - vidi una mostra fotografica sull'emigrazione italiana. Fui profondamente scosso da quelle immagini, dall'intensità...
Current owner of Cavaretta’s Italian Deli in Canoga Park marks 30 years
By Gregory J. Wilcox It seems to Paul Nunneri that he blinked and 30 years flashed by. That can happen when a leap of faith morphs into a labor of love. "It has flown by, but it's been good. It's my life, you know," Nunneri said of three decades as an owner of Cavaretta's Italian Deli on Sherman Way in Canoga Park. So banners and...
Italian store in Orland Park was teenager's idea
By Ginger Reilly It is not every day that a teenager tells his parents that he wants a store, but that is exactly how one Orland Park business was born. "That was his dream, and we all got together, and we did it together," said Lina Lamorte of her son Alex Lamorte, who was 18 when Italia Imports opened in July 1999 in Orland Park. ...
The man who dressed the Wolf of Wall St
In the fall of 1991, Manhattan tailor Anthony Giliberto received a call from Elliot Lavigne, then-chairman of Perry Ellis. That one call would change the course of the third-generation tailor's life. "He says, 'Anthony, come over here right now. I want to introduce you to somebody.' I says to him, 'Elliot, I can't, I'm busy.' " L...
Italian politics: Is the Five Stars Movement what Italy needs to change?
WTI Magazine #13 2014 Jan, 17Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: Last Saturday, The New York Times' columnist Frank Bruni started his op-ed with a millennial attitude's perfect sum. "Politics boils down to three pronouns: I, you, we. The politician who has them in balance goes a long way"....
Pisa sbarca a New York per celebrare la sua storia
L'anno 2014 segnerà per Pisa un anniversario importante, di valenza internazionale: quello dei 950 anni dall'inizio della costruzione della Cattedrale. Nello stesso anno ricorrerà il 450° anniversario dalla nascita di Galileo Galilei e si concluderanno a Pisa alcune opere di grande rilevanza come l'apertura al pubblico della cinta muraria medievale...
Italian cinema: Los Angeles Italia connection in the name of Eduardo
WTI Magazine #17 2014 Feb, 14Author : Simone doc Bracci Translation by: Los Angeles Italia, one city that joins two different countries, only in the month of February. The Festival founded by Pascal Vicedomini with his group Capri in the world announces its new 2014 edition with the special dedicati...
Lakewood Ranch's Dick Vitale to join National Association of Basketball Coaches' Court of Honor
by David Gaulman Late last week, Dick Vitale was yelling, and it wasn't just about the Duke-North Carolina basketball game. Vitale, the voice of college basketball at ESPN and a Lakewood Ranch resident, was expected about the prospect of receiving the fifth annual Hall of Honor Award given by the National Association of Basketball Coa...
Barilla Pasta Opens Restaurant in New York: Aims to Be 'Italian Version of Chipotle'
Barilla, the Italian-American pasta company, whose CEO made headlines last fall for saying he would never feature a gay family in his advertisements, has just opened their first restaurant, called Academia Barilla, in Midtown Manhattan. According to The Wall Street Journal, Barilla has been making pasta for 138 years, but this is the company's fir...
Niaf. Il 3 aprile il gala newyorkese
Densa di attività l'agenda della National Italian American Foundation di Washington che si appresta ad annunciare la lista di celebrità che hanno dato l'adesione al gala newyorkese del 3 aprile alla sala Cipriani on 42nd Street, un evento di richiamo che segue l'annuncio storico dell'assegnazione di un grant da mezzo milione di dollari alla Univers...
Bayonne chapter of Sons of Italy appoints new officers
by Felix Alarcon The Bayonne chapter of Sons of Italy has announced its new officers for 2014-2015. On April 2 at the Dominic Del Monte Lodge 2560, the organization installed its new slate of officers, which includes John Baccarella, Grace Bitetto, Vitangelo Bitetto, and Gary La Pelusa, who is running for a seat on the Bayonne City Co...
A conference by Prof. Costantino Sigismondi - Measuring Time with the Sun, The Astronomical Use of Basilicas in Italy
A conference by Professor Costantino Sigismondi on measuring time with the sun. Through the construction of meridians (lines through which the sun crosses at noon) in Italian churches, increased precision and accuracy in solar astrometry was achieved. From the Italian Renaissance through the 18th century the great basilicas of Italy were n...