Italy’s boat-making industry turnover grows 7.5% in first four months
by Raoul de Forcade Good news for the Italian boat industry, which saw a 7.5% increase in turnover for the first four months of 2015, as well as for Italy's manufacturing economy, which shows better numbers than one might think, after years of a stifling economic crisis. The boat industry figures were published by the Italian mari...
Ufficiale l’apertura della American Chamber of Commerce in Calabria
Il Consiglio di Amministrazione della Camera di Commercio Americana in Italia ha deliberato l'apertura della rappresentanza regionale della Calabria e reso pubblica la nomina ufficiale dell'Avvocato Paolo Zagami come responsabile per la Regione Calabria durante l'ultima Assemblea Ordinaria tenutasi nel Padiglione USA all'Expo di Milano. ...
YANKEE BATBOY Presentation by Anthony Florio, Tue. July 28th @ Casa Belvedere
YANKEE BATBOY "The Luckiest Kid in New York". From Little Italy to Yankee Stadium... The story of Anthony Florio, an Italian-American that grew up on Mott Street in Little Italy (NYC) and became a batboy for the New York Yankees in the 1960s. Anthony will be presenting his new book "Yankee Batboy - The Luckiest Kid in New York"...
Author Senses 'A Real Movement of Urban Resistance' in Detroit
Don't judge an upcoming Detroit book by its author. That may seem hard initially in the case of "Detour in Detroit" by Francesca Berardi, whose bio invites cheap-shot target practice: She's 31, from Turin, Italy, and has a master's degree in contemporary art.She has "curated multiple art projects, all focusing on the role of art in postin...
Attention all Italian Americans and organizations
The Italian American One Voice Coalition as well as Coalition members UNICO Nation, the Anti-Bias Committee of UNICO and the UNICO Columbus Parade Committee (www.iaovc.org) are adding its voices to the growing chorus of organizations and public officials shocked by the recent defacing of the Christopher Columbus statue in Hamilton Township, NJ. &n...
Lakeside restaurant offers Italian cuisine in a unique setting
by Jacque Hilburn-Simmons For an authentic taste of Italy, head to Hawkins, turn west at the stoplight and follow the signs into the woods. Along the way, roll down the windows, soak up the lakeside breeze and savor the fresh piney smell of swaying trees towering overhead. Don't get too relaxed, however - it's easy to miss the turn. &nb...
SF Firm is looking for Italian Speaking accountant
Un mio cliente (studio italiano di commercialisti con uffici a NYC, Miami e San Francisco) mi ha ingaggiato per aiutare loro a trovare una figura professionale per il loro ufficio di San Francisco. In sintesi, stanno cercando un accountant che parli italiano meglio se gia CPA o con almeno un paio di anni di esperienza in accounting (che mastichi bi...
Roland Merullo's The Italian Summer Reissued
Publications announces the reissue of Roland Merullo's memoir/travelogue The Italian Summer: Golf, Food, and Family at Lake Como. Called "a colorful, affectionate tour of Italian landscape and food" by Kirkus Magazine and "simply a wonderful read" by BookReporter, it is a charming narrative of a glorious summer of golfing, eating, and learning...
Little Italy in North End Boston
by Phyllis Hinz & Lamont Mackay The North End, Boston's first neighborhood, is the place to experience the Italian lifestyle. Once the home of American revolutionaries, the community maintains an old world look. Plants hang from the balconies of five-storey, red brick, walk-up condominiums. There is no such thing as a supermarket in t...
Italian Fest: Reno Radio stars share grape stomp secrets
by Johnathan L. Wright The annual splatter free-for-all — aka the grape stomp — is a mainstay (stain-stay?) of the Eldorado Great Italian Festival. Back in the day, the stomp was held on South Virginia Street, and the Eldorado had to pay to clean any storefronts splashed with the inky (and incredibly staining) juice and flesh of Alicante Bous...
Giorgio Armani, film director? The fashion icon discusses his cinematic side
by Booth Moore To mark 40 years in fashion, Giorgio Armani has written his autobiography. Part coffee-table book, part memoir, the lavish, 576-page tome titled "Giorgio Armani" (Rizzoli), chronicles his career in his own words. It uses personal photos and those from runways, red carpets and ad campaigns, along with candid shots...
Lidia Bastianich's new book empowers us to master the art of Italian cuisine
by Susan Schwartz Part of what makes Emmy award-winning television host and bestselling Italian cookbook author Lidia Bastianich so popular, even beloved, is that she genuinely wants to empower her viewers and readers to cook well in their own kitchens, to mentor them to "give them the confidence to run in the field of cookery, like I do," she sai...