Sonny Bono: 20 years later, his last ski run feels 'as if it was yesterday'
Twenty years ago this week, Sonny Bono went missing. He was a Palm Springs icon, born Salvatore Phillip Bono to a Sicilian peasant and a second generation Italian-American whose marriage was arranged when his mother was 14. In Washington D.C., he was the Honorable Sonny Bono, Republican member of the House of Representative for California’s 44th Di...
The Museum of Modern Art Gallery Sessions: Giorgio de Chirico
January 2, 2018 (Tuesday) 11:30 am; January 5, 2018 (Friday) 1:30 pm. The Museum of Modern Art - 11 West 53 Street, Manhattan (please enter at 18 West 54 Street). Gallery Sessions: Giorgio de Chirico. Contact: 212-708-9400 https://www.moma.org/ Join a discussion on Giorgio de Chirico and the enigmatic paintings of the scuola metafisica ("metaphysic...
AIFIC: three-month upaid internship program for undergraduate or graduate students
Fields of Experience and Interest: Art Management, Fine Arts, Italian and American Studies, Communication Art and Technology, Literature and Culture, International Relations and Business a plus. The candidate should have an interest in AIFIC’s mission. We are seeking motivated and responsible interns hoping to gain experience working with a nonprof...
Doctoral Candidate Amy E. Martin Seeks Italian American Women for Research Study
NOIAW member and Doctoral Candidate in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, Amy E. Martin, M.A., is seeking participants to interview for a research study as part of her dissertation. The research is a qualitative study on Italian American women leaders. A native of San Francisco whose family has Sicilian roots, Amy became interested in talkin...
North Carolina goes crazy over new ‘Utica Bakery’
A CNY native is bringing a taste of Utica to North Carolina and the response has been amazing. When Vincent DeSimone started offering Utica delicacies out of his home, he never imagined the response would be so overwhelming. In fact, the son of Utica natives, says he's had to throttle back on hours to keep up with the massive demand. How did one ki...
Italy's Eni Begins Drilling Oil Well In Alaska's Beaufort Sea
Italian oil producer Eni this week began drilling a new well in U.S. waters off the north coast of Alaska, becoming the first company to do so since 2015, federal regulators said on Wednesday. The oil and gas firm is working from an artificial island in the Beaufort Sea about three miles off Oliktok Point in the Arctic Ocean. The well is expected t...
Il Giorno Della Memoria 2018
On Thursday, January 25, the ICCC will present a short lecture and a screening of the film “My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes” as we remember the victims of the Holocaust. Each year on January 27, the United Nations remembers the many people of Jewish origin affected by the Holocaust and this day is officially called the “International Day of...
Ciro's a worthy successor to its South End namesake
With an identity chosen to reference Springfield's South End history -- a Ciro's Restaurant operated on Main Street for more than five decades -- Ciro's Italian Restaurant opened its doors last summer. Ciro's occupies a Main Street space that's been home to several earlier restaurant efforts. From those predecessors Circo's has inherited a slick co...
Ne “Il dio di New York”, Fontanella fa rivivere l’emigrazione italiana d’America
Recentemente Passigli Editori di Firenze ha pubblicato un romanzo che riconferma l’interesse dell’editoria italiana nell’esperienza dell’emigrazione italiana di fine Ottocento e inizio Novecento quando milioni di italiani lasciarono soprattutto le nostre terre e i piccoli paesi in cerca di fortuna nelle Americhe. Ho scritto più volte che l’Italia,...
Il Progetto Gustoso raggiunge gli Italiani nel mondo
Martedì 2 gennaio Daniele Cipollina fondatore e Presidente di Gustoso Sicilian Food Experience - l’impresa ambiziosa che ha riunito undici importanti aziende del Food siciliano sotto un unico brand per conquistare gli scaffali della grande distribuzione degli Stati Uniti, il primo acquirente al mondo di prodotti agroalimentari, dagli studi di Saxa...
Quaint Fort Pierce restaurant and pizzeria serves satisfying Italian meals
A Touch of Brooklyn Pizza is a quaint Italian restaurant and pizzeria in the Taylor Creek Commons plaza at the intersection of U.S. 1 and A1A in Fort Pierce. It has two dining rooms; one offers table service and you order at the front counter in the other before seating yourself. The walls are covered in Italian murals and the lighting is dim. We...
Breaking Balls theatrical release
Hometown Media Productions (HMP) announced today that it will be releasing the film festival hit Breaking Balls for an exclusive one week run at Atlas Cinemas Great Lakes Mall theater beginning with a premiere on Friday, January 12th at 7:30pm and running twice daily through January 18th. Breaking Balls, produced by HMP affiliate Pallino Productio...