Sotto 13 Brings Italian Tapas to West Village
By Nadia Ghattas The Turks call it mezze, the Spanish tapas, the French amuse-bouche and the Venetians call it cicchetti. Sotto 13 calls it Italian tapas with choices of small-sized pizza for sharing. Sotto, located in the West Village, offers a dining experience of Italian-styled tapas with fabulous original cocktails. The setting is rustic, war...
UCLA: Assistant Professor of Italian Literature and Culture
The University of California, Los Angeles, invites applications for an Assistant Professorship in Italian literature and culture, beginning July 1, 2014. Broad scholarly specialization will range from Dante and the European Humanist tradition to the 17th century. The successful candidate will be a committed and published scholar, with PhD in hand,...
Postponed Columbus Day parade lands in Sea Isle City Oct. 26
The city's postponed Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26. The festival and parade was originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12. It was postponed due to weather. According to Mayor Leonard Desiderio and his family, who are hosting the events, the Italian Festival and the Columbus Day Parade will celebrat...
Il bolide dell'ultima vittoria di Nuvolari va all'asta in Texas
By Beatrice Bondi Motostalgia, una delle maggiori case d'asta di automobili di lusso, ha annunciato la messa all'asta della 1950 Cisitalia Abarth 204A, l'auto guidata dal leggendario pilota Tazio Nuvolari nell'ultima vittoria della sua lunga carriera, sul percorso che da Palermo porta a Monte San Pellegrino, nel 1950 all'età di 57 anni, tre anni p...
Columbia University Italian Academy Fellowships 2014-15
Columbia's Italian Academy invites applications for projects in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. These may be related to all aspects of cultural memory; to research at the intersection of history, ethnography, and anthropology; to the relationship between contemporary and historical cultures; and to the histories of art, music, litera...
New era begins in Mercer County as sale of 93-year-old Roma Bank becomes official
by Mike Davis At the close of business on Friday, Roma Bank, the 93-year-old community bank founded in the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, ceased to exist as a business entity. While the sign on the bank's Town Center headquarters won't come down just yet, Roma Bank and Investors Bank on Friday took the final step in consummatin...
English/Italian Mass and Homemad Italian Lunch set for Jan. 5 at St. Thomas Apostile Church, Long Beach
The Gulf Coast Italian American Cultural Society will hold an English/Italian Mass and Homemade Italian Lunch on Epiphany Sunday, Jan. 5, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church and Community Center, 720 East Beach Blvd., Long Beach. The Mass will be at 11 a.m. and will be concelebrated by the Revs. Joe Dilettuso, Mike Austin and Michael Marascal...
Destinazione Italia: measures 3 and 4
WTI Magazine #13 2014 Jan, 17Author : Destinazione Italia Translation by: Developed in close coordination with the economic policy priorities set out in the Economic and Financial Planning Document, Destinazione Italia establishes a set of measures to foster inbound investments in a cohesive and str...
The Great Cocozza. The Tragically Short Life of Mario Lanza
By Niccolò Graffio "My candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-It gives a lovely light!"—Edna St. Vincent Millay: First Fig, (1920) My clearest memories growing up of my father was of him being a workaholic. He had spent the first 17 years of his life living in Italy helping his mother and older br...
L'extra vergine Igp Toscano vola a New York: certezza dell'orgine contro ogni accusa
La notizia ormai nota della vignette di Nicholas Blechman sul New York Times che ha fatto il giro del mondo ha creato scompiglio. Ha generato dichiarazioni squalificanti e penalizzanti nei confronti dell'intero comparto olivicolo italiano e di riflesso anche su quello della Regione Toscana. Le ultime dichiarazioni del Presidente Enrico Rossi e del...
Ketchup on your pasta? Basta! Italian food institute issues a list of rules for foreigners to follow
by James Hanning We've all committed them, but now, at last, we have no excuses. A respected food institute has listed those culinary no-nos that make Italians wince inwardly but which they are too polite to tell you about. The Parma-based Academia Barilla, which aims "to defend and safeguard Italian food products made by reputable artisan...
Il gusto del vino campano in America: così la cantina diventa un tesoro
By Beatrice Bondi L'eccellenza dei vini della Campania sbarca a New York, presentandosi agli States in due giornate di incontri istituzionali e tasting organizzate da Unioncamere Campania in collaborazione col Merano WineFestival e con l'Italian Trade Commission di New York. Gli appuntamenti newyorchesi delle eccellenze campane si sono aperti mar...