Foreign real estate investment in Italy returns to pre-crisis levels
by Michela Finizio After Qatar's splashy purchase of the Porta Nuova district in Milan, with an investment of about €900 million to acquire a share of the new skyscrapers, other international deals on Italy's real estate market have followed hot on its heels and reached €2.7 billion in the first six months of 2015. This is more or less the same am...
Per Forbes Magazine il Teatro del fuoco della Sicilia è uno dei 12 più cool del mondo
La rivista statunitense Forbes Magazine ed il website Forbes.com pubblicano i 12 festival più cool del mondo, quelli per cui vale la pena fare un viaggio. In lista tra questi c'è il Teatro del Fuoco, festival italiano ideato e prodotto dalla giornalista palermitana Amelia Bucalo Triglia. Forbes, nota per la classifica annuale degli uomini più ricc...
First on First: Zamboni
Most people are familiar with the Zamboni ice resurfacer, but did you know an Italian American invented the machine? Frank Zamboni was born in Eureka, Utah, in 1901. His parents, both immigrants from Italy, moved their family to a farm in Idaho shortly after his birth. When he was 15, Frank began to work as a mechanic at a local garag...
Una delegazione di italo-americani a Norcia, alla ricerca delle proprie origini
Una delegazione di italo-americani accompagnati da Padre Jeffrey E. Lee lo scorso fine settimana ha raggiunto Norcia ed è stata accolta dal sindaco Nicola Alemanno, dall'assessore alla cultura Giuseppina Perla e da padre Cassian Folsom, priore del monastero benedettino di 'Maria Sedes Sapientiae'. L'obiettivo dell'incontro è stato quello di rilanc...
Italy consolidates its leadership among food exporters
by Micaela Cappellini Italy is the largest exporter of food in the world, and in 2014, it grew faster than the world's average: +3.24% against +1.96%. Yet, if we look at individual item categories, the Italian supremacy often wanes. In other words, we are the best in the total, but there is (almost) always someone who does better in individual pro...
Iorio’s Gelato Invites East Lansing to Celebrate Grand Opening on November 10
In August it was announced that Iorio's Gelato will be opening up at the new Trowbridge Lofts, and now they're happy to announce they'll be opening to share their artisan Italian gelato and coffee drinks next week, starting with a ribbon cutting grand opening celebration at 9 am on Tuesday, November 10. Iorio's (pronounced "ee-or-ee-oes")...
Italian culture and history: Shopping in Rome, The Streets to Know
WTI Magazine #72 2015 November 13Author : italia.it Translation by: Rome is certainly one of the focal cities of Italian shopping tourism. Travelers love taking advantage of its innumerable shops and boutiques in between discoveries of magnificent monuments and cultural experiences. One of the Eternal City's most lusted-after areas i...
Dragotec: Family business from Italy to Fenton, Iowa
by Jean Caspers-Simmet Dennis Bollig, Dragotec USA president, reflected on the history of the business he and his wife, Darlene, grew on their farm. The Bolligs introduced the Drago GT corn head to the news media Nov. 10 at their rural Fenton location at the same time Olimac, the Italian company that manufactures the corn head, introduced it...
Art & Artists of the Renaissance: Botticelli
December 11. 6:30 pm — 8:30 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square - Tuckahoe, NY Members $15, Non-Members $25 Sandro Botticelli, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, responsible for creating the indelible images of "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera", was also an excellent portraitist and artis...
Three CT Seafoodies Share Their Feast Of The Seven Fishes Traditions
by A. Talbot Despite all the hullabaloo surrounding Christmas, for many Italian Americans, one of the most exciting meals of the year happens the night before: the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. No one entirely knows how the tradition started, but a few details are widely understood. For starters, Christmas Eve is techni...
Salem Philharmonic Orchestra to present Carla Maniscalco-Giovinco
The Salem Philharmonic Orchestra will begin its 2016 season a performance from soprano Carla Maniscalco-Giovinco and the Salem High School Orchestra at 3 p.m. Jan. 10 at Salem High School, 77 Wilson St. Maniscalco-Giovinco will perform a selection of opera arias by Puccini, Massenet and others. Maniscalco-Giovinco, an Italian-American soprano...
Italy’s Trade Czar Appeals to Silicon Valley Investors
The Italian Government will establish a desk to promote direct investment from the US to Italy in San Francisco, at the Italian Consulate. A professional with a hands-on experience of the Silicon Valley will be selected in the coming months to strengthen the network of business relationships and accelerate the flow of information and capital to Ita...