New doughnut shop and Italian restaurant open in Virginia Beach
By Judy Cowling For those still in shock over the closing of the Starbucks at the foot of the Lesner Bridge, weep no more. Sugar Shack Donuts & Coffee opened Dec. 2 and is ready to satisfy your caffeine, hang spot and sweet tooth fixes. The interior has been updated with multicolor wood planking, ceramic wood-look tile floors and bric...
Plantone’s Italian Market offers iconic East Coast sandwiches
One culinary upside of living in a town full of expatriates is the cross-section of regional delicacies available in the Las Vegas Valley. But two of the northeast corridor's favorite sandwiches, the Newark Italian hot dog and Philadelphia roast pork, have proven fairly elusive — rarely attempted and almost never done properly. Fortunately for...
Programma "Silicon Valley 2012"
Il progetto "Lo sviluppo tecnologico/industriale negli USA e in Italia", giunto alla terza edizione e realizzato in partnership con la NIAF (National Italian American Foundation) dal 19 al 25 agosto 2012, ha permesso a sette studenti italiani in ingegneria un soggiorno formativo incentrato su di un programma di visite alle aziende della Silicon Val...
A Shy Italian Shines
Though the origins of coffee hail from the Yemenite peninsula (in MOkha city), it only spread throughout Italy, starting from Venice, in the XVIth century, then in theUnited States, a hundred years later, with the opening of a Cafè in Boston. First question coming up is why the coffee we taste in Italy is literaly different from the one made in US...
Il Bacco Toscano seduce ancora gli States
Il primo amore non si scorda mai. E infatti gli Stati Uniti continuano a dimostrare il loro apprezzamento per i Vini toscani a Denominazione d'Origine Protetta. Vini che dal 2010 hanno cominciato a riconquistare le quote di mercato perse tra la fine del 2008 e il 2009, arrivando oggi a livelli superiori a quelli pre-crisi. Da gennaio a ottobre 201...
Conferenza sull'industria aeronautica e aerospaziale negli USA
Sono stati inaugurati ieri a Beverly Hills, in California, i lavori della 27° Conferenza organizzata da Speednews/Penton Publishing sul tema ''Commercial Aviation Suppliers''.Penton e' una storica casa editrice americana (fondata da John Penton nel 1892) che si occupa di pubblicazioni, conferenze, congressi e seminari su temi economici, manifatturi...
Michelangelo’s masterpieces come to Boston
Two thousand thirteen is the year of Italian Culture in the United States and Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is one organization that's undoubtedly on board with the initiative. Not only did the museum welcome the Roman bronze sculpture "Brutus" on January 18, but now the institution is also preparing to honor Michelangelo in a new exhibition. &nbs...
Italian Visiting Affiliate Assistant Professor
Visiting Affiliate Assistant Professor (or Instructor), Italian - Job Category: FacultyDepartment: Modern Languages & LiteraturesIf Temporary or Visiting, Estimated End Date: 06-30-2014Essential Duties of the Position: Teach Italian 100-level courses (3/4 of position) and coordinate pre-core and core courses (1/4 of position)Required Qualifica...
Italy and US: strategy for joint acedemic collaborations
During 2013, the Year of Italian Culture in the USA, the Honors Center of Italian Universities (H2CU) presents a series of events - meetings and conferences - that will show the results of the ten years of the H2CU activity in the US while outlining the strategy for future collaborations.
Roberto Palomba: Italian Industrial Designer
Presented by Apartment Zero at Artisphere on the occasion of The Washington, DC International Design Festival and in conjunction with The Next Wave: Industrial Design Innovation in the 21st Century. Experience this unique opportunity to meet one of the world's most prolific and sought-after product designers, direct from Milan. Roberto Pal...
Private Tour of Burst of Light: Caravaggio and His Legacy Exhibit
Join the Connecticut Region of NOIAW for a Private Tour of Burst of Light: Caravaggio and His Legacy ExhibitThe Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio had a tremendous influence on 17th Century art. Join NOIAW members and friends for a private docent tour of the exhibit. Learn about his use of dramatic lig...
Replacing Hudson's Italian team wins design contest for demolished Detroit department store site
An elevated platform surrounded by commercial, residential and office space designed with red brick to match the surrounding architecture won Rock Ventures' international design competition for the former site of Hudson's department store in downtown Detroit. "MINICity Detroit," designed by Davide Marchetti and Erin Pellegrino of Rome, Italy, won t...