Luca Vullo: the voice of the body
Date: Thursday, April 07, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco) Organized by: IIC In collaboration with: Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco Join us at the IIC San Francisco for an exclusive and interactive live show about the art of Italian hand gestures and body language led by Sicilian filmmake...
Filmmaker Frank Gigante receives recognition award
Hoboken filmmaker Frank Gigante recently received a recognition award on behalf of the Mayor of Andria, in the Puglia region of Italy, for sharing a film based on local traditions and culture on weddings in the 1960s, a sort of history piece. The film "La Zuite" by Sabino Matera and directed by Umberto Sardella, about a wedding in Andria i...
Italian town sheltered Holocaust refugees
Perhaps this is an answer who those who doubt the Holocaust veracity. It comes from a little town in southern Italy. The very first museum was inaugurated Jan. 14, 2009, in the town of Santa Maria al Bagno that hosted thousands of holocaust survivors and refugees of the Nazi persecution in the years 1944-1947. The town was also a stopping poin...
L’italiano, la lingua della simpatia e della seduzione
"L'inglese è una lingua che non si ama. Si usa", scriveva il filologo americano Stuart B. Flexner. Cosa potremmo dire dell'italiano? "È una lingua che non si usa. Si ama". O comunque non la si usa, ovviamente, come l'inglese. E perché la si può amare? Non solo perché è la lingua più seducente, come abbiamo già scritto, quella per "acchiappare". &n...
New Jersey Wine School Brings the Italian Wine Scholar Study & Certification Program to Jersey City, NJ, USA
New Jersey Wine School is thrilled to announce the launch of this new wine course and offer you the opportunity to master Italian wines while obtaining a specialized wine certification. The Italian Wine Scholar Study and Certification program provides up-to-date, extensive and precise information on the diverse wines and wine regions of It...
Looking for an Italian Instructor in South Florida
Somerset Academy Canyons is a secondary charter school (grades 6-12) looking to hire an Italian instructor for school year 2016-2017. We kindly ask that you forward this email to any new graduates interested in teaching at Somerset Academy Canyons, located in West Boynton Beach. Our school website contains a lot of information about us and our mana...
Local woman named Plainville’s Teacher of the Year
Local resident Maria Fazio Colangelo is Plainville Community Schools 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year. Fazio Colangelo has been an educator for 37 years, and at Plainville High School for 25 of those, teaching Italian, reading and English as a Second Language. Prior to that, she taught at East Catholic High School in Manchester, and at Saint...
POMI', premium Italian tomato brand, presents its organic line in United States at this Summer Fancy Food, New York June 26-28
Pomì, the premium Italian tomato brand owned by the Consorzio Casalasco del Pomodoro well known for being a leader in sustainability and transparency, presents its new organic product line to the American market in occasion of this Summer's Fancy Food Show, June 26 to June 28. Pomì Organic will be on the shelves starting September. In rece...
Fendi to Launch Traveling Pop-up Concept in North America
Fendi's taking a road trip. The luxury brand is launching a new traveling pop-up concept dedicated to the North American market. Starting from the upcoming Fourth of July weekend, a FendiApe car, a version of the Italian iconic three-wheeled truck, will be travelling across the country with a range of the brand's most iconic products. Amo...
Long-gone Detroit Italian restaurant plans a comeback
La Lanterna, a long-gone restaurant from Detroit's past, is primed to make a comeback near its former location when it opens on the first floor of the Albert building in Capitol Park later this year. The northern Italian-style restaurant opened in what is now the Malcolmson Building in 1956 by Italian immigrant Edoardo Barbieri. In 1978, B...
Rustic Italian Food at Hummingbird Pastaria
The Hummingbird Pastaria opened its doors two years ago on Signal Mountain and has been drawing an ever- widening clientele ever since. Co-owners Patrick Halloran and his wife, Sally, present a classic rustic Italian menu. Chef Patrick describes "rustic" as—"approachable food that people would want to eat every day." Ellen Cook of Signal M...
Evviva San Rocco! A Look at the 127th Annual Feast of San Rocco di Potenza in New York City
By Giovanni di Napoli Sunday, August 21st, the St. Rocco Society of Potenza in New York City celebrated their 127th Annual Festa di San Rocco. Mass was celebrated in English and Italian outside Most Precious Blood Church (113 Baxter St.) in historic Little Italy with Pastor Donald Msgr. Sakano and Msgr. Joseph Ambrosio, visiting from Our L...