La Hollywood sul Tevere incanta ancora New York
Sulle musiche di Alessandro Cicognini e Carlo Savina, i titoli di testa creati dal color co-ordinator e fotografo Hoyningen-Huene, tratti dai dipinti della pittrice caprese Carmelina Alberino, con le sue vedute naif dell'isola, ha inizio la serie Roman Hollywood (American Movies Go To Italy), al Film Forum di New York fino al 21 dicembre. La progra...
R.I.P. Giuliano Zuccato
Giuliano Zuccato passed away last night at the age of 85 years. Zuccato immigrated from Italy first to Canada and then to the United States. In Detroit, he became one of the designers who modeled the famous 1964 Ford Mustang. Our sympathy goes to the family of Mr. Zuccato, who has always been very active within the Italian and Italian-American comm...
Beyond spaghetti and meatballs. A food journey to northern Italy
In my ongoing attempts to keep you up to date on world culinary trends, the Chico News & Review recently sent me to northern Italy. Since the corporate jet was in the shop, I had to fly commercial coach, but it was worth the lack of legroom. I got the goods on il buono, il cattivo, e il brutto of Venetian cuisine. First, everything you think you kn...
“Trasferirsi in California”: all’IIC di Los Angeles l’incontro organizzato dal COMITES
“Trasferirsi in California” è il tema dell’incontro che si terrà mercoledì prossimo, 20 dicembre, presso l’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles. L’iniziativa è organizzata dal Comites di Los Angeles, in collaborazione con l’Istituto e sotto gli auspici del Consolato Generale d'Italia, ed intende offrire una occasione di discussione e consigl...
$12,000 to be awarded in scholarships
In 2018, Little Italy Lodge La Famiglia Scholarship program will be awarding four scholarships totaling $12,000: two $4,000 and two $2,000 awards. Eligible members of Little Italy Lodge and their families are encouraged to apply. The scholarship program benefits those desiring to continue their education at an accredited college or university. Appl...
Caffè Umbria Opens 9,000-Square-Foot Coffee Facility in Chicago’s Logan Square
Longtime Seattle roasting and retail company Caffè Umbria has opened a new roastery, training lab and café in Chicago. On W. Armitage Ave. between Western and California in Logan Square, the facility will serve as the Umbria production headquarters for wholesale clients from Chicagoland to the East Coast. The roastery, which occupies a little less...
Napoli: lunedì la presentazione dell'archivio delle storie degli italo-americani in Florida
Lunedì 18 dicembre, alle ore 16, presso la Biblioteca nazionale di Napoli, in occasione della Giornata internazionale per i diritti dei migranti, sarà presentato l'archivio "Racconti italo americani: per una storia orale", creato presso la biblioteca della Florida Atlantic University da Vincenza Iadevaia, Viviana Pezzullo e Federico Tiberini, tre s...
Consolato Onorario a Clifton, NJ
D’intesa con il Consolato Generale d’Italia a New York, si informa la comunita' italiana residente nelle Contee di Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, Warren, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Hunterdon, Mercer e Somerset del New Jersey che l’Ufficio del Console Onorario a Clifton sarà aperto per la rilevazione dei dati biometrici ai fini del...
Unesco, la sorpresa Matera fra i siti più amati del mondo
Al vertice c’è l’affascinante Angkor Wat, in Cambogia, il “tempio della città” nel quasi omonimo sito archeologico nei pressi di Siem Reap, che emerge maestoso dalla foresta pluviale. Alla seconda piazza, invece, il Taj Mahal, in India, con buona pace delle autorità dell’Uttar Pradesh che hanno fatto fuori il “mausoleo dell’amore” di Agra dai mater...
An Italian town is in a remarkable state of limbo
“You’re going to walk out of here crooked,” says my friend Michelle—not an outlandish statement, except it’s 10:30 in the morning. We’re the only sober people at Gruden Stanislav, a sparsely decorated, wood-beamed osmiza (or tavern) on the hilly and—as I would find out—oddly unique northeastern fringe of Italy. A fire crackles in the stone fireplac...
It’s Still Spaghetti Hill, But the Place Has Changed
We recently attended a housewarming for our newest neighbor. It was a casual thing, barbecue in the back yard, a potluck, wine in plastic cups. First impression: they will be an agreeable addition to the neighborhood. A restored VW Beetle is his pride and joy. She’s a retired schoolteacher. They’re from somewhere else. We were all from somewhere el...
Fabiana Filippi opens first U.S. store in Miami
The 1,400-square-foot boutique is located inside the Brickell City Centre. Fabiana Filippi has opened its first North American store in Miami this week. The 1,400-square-foot boutique is located inside the Brickell City Centre, a 500,000-square-foot shopping center, which inaugurated last year. Designed by Milan-based Nicola Quadri Studio, the stor...