Una startup italiana ha portato i letti negli aeroporti (e sono moduli da fantascienza)
di Alessandro Frau Una notte di disagi in aeroporto, a Berlino, con una donna asiatica che ti dorme addosso. Così nasce la startup che combatte le attese snervanti a causa di un aereo in perenne ritardo. Un'idea tutta italiana, che si chiama ZZZleepandgo, opera di tre giovani neolaureati lombardi: Alberto Porzio, laureato in Scienze Politi...
Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County celebrates 35th Anniversary
The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County Celebrates its 35th Anniversary. During the 1970s, Vittorio Russo, proprietor of a fine Italian restaurant known as the Clinton Point Inn, established an Italian Club by canvassing local businesses owned by persons with Italian sounding names. The club was for men and had a business flavor...
Go Inside the Italian Hideaway Where Cy Twombly Conceived His Masterpieces
Cy Twombly (see Cy Twombly Sculpture Accidentally Smashed at Menil Collection) is one of a handful of American artists that truly loom large over the landscape of 20th century art. But a number of his most famous works were conceived in the picturesque Italian village of Gaeta, thanks to his longtime assistant, archivist, and companion Nicola Del R...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian at K-State
Modern Languages: Visiting Assistant Professor- Ph. D. required, ABD considered; native or near-native proficiency in Italian, generalist with ability to teach introductory and intermediate language courses, ability to teach 5 courses annually, supervise one graduate teaching assistant and coordinate offers in Italian required. Undergradua...
Discover the Treasures of Two Italian Masters
The Christine Fréchard Gallery will host an Opening Reception of Two Great Italian Masters this Friday, April 24. Come and meet the artists, Pier Luigi Slis and Laura D'Andrea, at the Gallery located at 5871 Forbes Avenue (between Shady & Murray). Pier Luigi Slis is an amazing talented artist living in a small village in Northern Italy. In...
Congratulations to NIAF Chairman Joseph V. Del Raso
Congratulations to NIAF Chairman Joseph V. Del Raso, Esq., who received the Gerald Abraham Alumni Association Award for Service to Villanova University School of Law, which recognizes outstanding service by alumna mater. Created and named in honor of Professor Gerald Abraham upon his retirement from Villanova Law School in 1999, the award...
Barbera grape variety looks to grow in NW
by Eric Degerman and And Perdue In its native Italy, barbera is the third-most-planted red wine grape — after sangiovese and montepulciano — but here in the Northwest, it isn't much more than a niche variety. But interest in the bright, rich red variety is beginning to grow as winemakers and consumers alike begin to stretch their...
Paolo Maldini: Italian legend heads US franchise Miami FC
The North American Soccer League (NASL) will expand in 2016, after Miami FC " co-owned by former Italy defender Paolo Maldini " was launched. Maldini, 46, has teamed up with president and co-owner Riccardo Silva to bring football to Miami, with the club to begin playing in the second-tier NASL next year, it was announced on Wednesday. Miami F...
Per Book Expo America l'Italia dei libri torna a New York. E fa fatica
di Maurita Cardone Da mercoledì a sabato si torna a parlare di libri con Book Expo America (BEA), la fiera dei libri più grande del Nord America, che ogni anno a fine maggio porta a New York l'editoria di tutto il mondo per presentare le novità e scambiare diritti d'autore. Meno affollata degli anni precedenti e con un'area esposi...
At Boston’s Babbo, Batali’s fame is beside the point
By Devra First There are a lot of things I expected to write about when reviewing Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca, celebrity chef Mario Batali's 8,700-square-foot restaurant on the South Boston waterfront. Whether the pizza is good. It is! Except when it's not. One of the most mysterious features of Babbo Pizzeria is its inability to produc...
Stanley Tucci releases second cookbook
by Tim Adams One of the pleasures of lunch with Stanley Tucci is that it gives me the excuse, beforehand, to rewatch his film Big Night, easily the best movie ever made about running a restaurant. It's 20 years since Tucci co-wrote (with his cousin), co-directed and starred in his homage to the Italian immigrant experience in New...
Exclusive Interview: VIA VAI Executive Chef Owner Antonio Morichini
By Loraine Stupakoff After completing culinary school in the Peidmont region of north Italy, Antonio Morichini started his career in a restaurant in the seaside town of Chiavari in Liguria (northern Italy), the Lord Nelson Pub. There, he worked with the freshest fish and the traditional food of that region. Antonio returned to his...