Italian report: 100 Italian E-mobility Stories 2019
Casino Royale is the name of the film that in 1953 brought to the screen the character created by the British writer Ian Flaming. It took seventy years and twenty-four films to make this saga a piece of the collective imagination: from the musical theme of the British composer Monty Norman, to the extraordinary locations, to the dream cars, many It...
Italian Gardens: Villa Caprile, Pesaro
Villa Caprile, situated on the hills of Pesaro (Marche), dates back to 1640: it was built by the Marquis Giovanni Mosca, for recreation and rest outside the city; in fact, he had water games designed to take visitors by surprise, with sudden splashes and jets. Subsequently, the Marquis Carlo Mosca Barzi and his son Francesco made other changes, inc...
IT and US: Italian Diaspora Studies Writing Seminar. Calabria, 2019
The “Italian Diaspora Studies Association”, in conjunction with the Department of Humanities at the University of Calabria, located in Rende, a few kilometers outside Cosenza (Calabria, Italy), has launched a new residential writing program dedicated to the topic of “Cultural Heritage and Memory”. With the Patronages of the Canadian Embassy of Rome...
Italian design “Milano al centro, Il Salone al centro”, two interwoven realities reinforcing each other
On April 9th opened the 58th edition of Il Salone del Mobile; as every year, for almost a week, the world was focused on Milan where it is always possible to catch up with the latest changes in style, values and needs, in other words to chat up with the latest trends in the field of design. So, what did we see? Innovation, future thinking and disru...
Italian wine: The Organic Wines of Abruzzo with La Valentina
The terms organic, sustainable and biodynamic seem to be all the hype whether we’re talking about food or wine. Every brand that is certified under these labels boast proudly their practices for all to know. So what is the difference between organic and biodynamic wines? The laws vary from country to country, but in Italy organic wines relate...
Nutella, i 55 anni della crema spalmabile più famosa al mondo
Nel 1964 entrava in commercio il primo vasetto di Nutella, la celebre crema spalmabile di Ferrero. Il primo barattolo uscì dalla fabbrica di Alba il 20 aprile e il prodotto riscosse un successo istantaneo. In questi 55 anni è stata celebrata in tantissimi modi, dagli omaggi nel cinema e nella musica ai francobolli personalizzati, a testimonianza de...
Family-run Ciao Ristorante in Vista unveils dramatic transformation
After six years of planning and three years of construction, Ciao Ristorante Italiano in Vista is finally finished with its vast expansion project. Since 2016, the popular family-owned restaurant at 2015 E. Vista Way has been undergoing a gradual expansion that has quadrupled its size from 3,000 to 12,000 square feet. Along the way, the original r...
Passion For Joy: Book Tour With Author Dianne Hales
Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. Italian Cultural and Community Center, 1101 Milford St., Houston, TX 77006. The Italian Cultural and Community Center is pleased to be a part of the New York Times best-selling author Dianne Hales' book tour. Dianne Hales will present her new book La Passione - How Italy Seduced the World, a lyrical portrait of a...
Luisi brings command, precision to Dallas Symphony program
Dallas Symphony Orchestra music director designate Fabio Luisi will step onto the podium as the orchestra’s fulltime music director orchestra in the fall of 2020. This weekend, however, he reintroduces himself to the orchestra and the audience with a set of two non-subscription concerts at Meyerson Symphony Center, the first of which took place Thu...
Acclaimed Chef Chris Cosentino Will Open an Italian Restaurant in Houston
CHRIS COSENTINO, A RENOWNED CELEBRITY CHEF who is known for appearances on Top Chef Masters and The Next Iron Chef, is opening an Italian restaurant in Houston. At a press conference Thursday at The Hay Merchant in Montrose, chef Chris Shepherd announced that Cosentino, who won season four of Top Chef Masters in 2016, and is co-owner at Cockscomb i...
The New York Times Has Failed the Italian American Community
On March 14, 1891 a mob of anywhere from 8,000 to 20,000 people hung, shot and clubbed 11 Italian immigrants outside Parish Prison in New Orleans. This was the largest recorded mass lynching in American history. Nine of the immigrants had been charged with the murder of the city’s police chief, David Hennessy. A lawful trial had been held and the j...
Maine is on the verge of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day
A bill to officially change the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day in Maine received final approval from the Senate on Thursday, paving the way for it to become law. The bill from Rep. Ben Collings, D-Portland, will change the name of the holiday that dates back to the 1930s and falls on the second Monday in October. While Indigenous Pe...