Luxottica and Intel team up for new generation of connected eyewear
"We started to explore new opportunities related to wearable tech devices more than a year ago. In recent months we met several times with Intel. Their research team first came to see us at our center in Agordo, and later we went to Santa Clara, in California. At this point, why not signing a partnership?" said Massimo Vian, Luxottica CEO,...
Tony Quartaro pays homage to his family's Italian kitchen at Formento's
"My entire upbringing is based in Italian-American food," says chef Tony Quartaro. "My grandma is a major inspiration for me, and there are pictures of me when I was 8 years old making gnocchi with my dad." Quartaro is poised to bring that traditional Italian family cooking — with a few twists — to Chicago's dining scene when Formento's opens in Ja...
Mirella Bentivoglio: selected works 1966-2012
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2015 - Hours: 5 - 7pm Venue: Pomona College Museum of Art Organized by: Pomona College Museum of Art In collaboration with: IIC Mirella Bentivoglio (1922 - ) is an Italian artist, poet, art critic, art historian, and curator. Recognized internationally as one of the key figures in the Concrete and Visual Poetry...
52 Places to Go in 2015: 1. Milan, Italy
A revitalized city welcomes the world. Sure, Italy is rich with romantic cities like Florence, Venice and Rome — but its most vibrant might just be Milan. And this is the year for tourists to explore its charms, as it hosts the 2015 World Expo. Twenty million visitors are expected to visit the city for the Expo, a mammoth event that runs from...
Italian sport: Let it snow!
WTI Magazine #52 2015 January, 23Author : Simone Callisto Manca Translation by: Good news for the ski team on the eve of the next World Cup, scheduled in Colorado from February 2nd to February 15th. For sure, these are not the times of Tomba and Compagnoni, or even of Giuliano Razzoli (Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010 in the special...
La Dolce Vita: The Music of Italian Cinema with the New York Philharmonic Featuring Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming and Josh Groban on THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, February 27 at 9 p.m. on PBS
Dawning in the dark aftermath of World War II, the fertile mid-century decades of Italian cinema delighted international movie audiences with an eclectic mix of movie classics from groundbreaking directors including Frederico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone and many more. A major component of Italian cinema's enduring popularity continues t...
A Roma va in scena “America”, musical sull’emigrazione italiana
L'emigrazione italiana è stata raccontata attraverso studi e ricerche, analisi attente e approfondite indagini. Anche i libri e le canzoni hanno "disegnato" questo fenomeno ma ora è il teatro a mettere in luce storie di emigranti italiani, quelli partiti per l'America nei primi anni del '900. Il 24 febbraio il Teatro Italia di Roma (ore 20...
Il sogno americano del vino made in Italy
di Andrea Cuomo Una bella responsabilità per Vias Imports Ltd che, fondata nel 1983 da Fabrizio Pedrolli, oggi chairman, ha contribuito a cambiare l'approccio dei consumatori americani nei confronti del vino in generale e del vino italiano in particolare. «Quando abbiamo iniziato - ricorda Pedrolli - se volevamo far degustare i no...
Italian chef brings authentic tastes of home to Batavia
Anyone who travels will most likely agree that the best restaurants are those that are known mainly by local residents. These small eateries where the owner is often the chef survive on reputation so the food is prepared with personal passion. The Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is trying to discover these best-kept secrets by ho...
Olivia Palermo: Inside the life of an American socialite
Olivia Palermo was born on this day, February 28, in 1986. Born in Manhattan’s ritzy Upper East Side, Olivia shot to stardom after being cast on MTV’s ‘The City’ and has since turned from reality TV star to a widely admired fashion and style guru. Olivia spent her early years growing up in between Greenwich, C...
Andrea Riccardi alla Presidenza della Società Dante Alighieri
Si è svolta oggi, domenica 22 marzo, a Roma nella sede di Palazzo Firenze, l'Assemblea Straordinaria dei Soci della Società Dante Alighieri – presieduta dal Presidente facente funzione Gianni Letta e dal Vicepresidente Paolo Peluffo - convocata per l'elezione del nuovo Presidente. Durante le operazioni di voto sono stati espressi 19012 voti. Sono...
Mario Marazzitti: 13 Ways of Looking at the Death Penalty – April 13
Mario Marazziti, co-founder of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty, will talk about his recent book on the inhumanity and irrationality of the death penalty in the US with Cesare Romano, Loyola Law School Los Angeles (moderator), Sarah Haley, UCLA Gender Studies, Sean Kennedy, Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, and S...