Direttrici di musei, fiere e accademie. In Italia, l'arte è sempre più femminile
Galleriste, direttrici di musei, di fiere, di accademie. Negli ultimi mesi si è assistito a un netto aumento delle presenze femminili ai vertici di istituzioni e di sedi private che si occupano di arte a vari livelli. Ma come si arriva a ricoprire ruoli di potere in questo settore? Certamente si parte quasi sempre da una formazione in mate...
An Audio Journey to the Italy of "La Dolce Vita" with Studs Terkel - Wednesday, May 04, 2016 at 6:00 pm
Date: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 - Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: WFMT - In collaboration with: https://studsterkel.eventbrite.com Hear the voices of some of Italy's most exciting 20th century cultural figures during the era of La Dolce Vita...
New Italian Consular office opens in Niagara Falls
A new location for the Italian Vice Consulate in the Niagara Arts & Cultural Center on Pine Street will serve Italian citizens. Honorary Italian Vice Consulate Lucia Caracci Ederer and assistant Elisa Ridolfi Wareham are available for translation services and legal referrals as well as to answer inquiries regarding visa regulatio...
Dante in the USA: an interview with the Dante Society of America’s President Albert Russell Ascoli
by Francesca Bezzone To an Italian, Dante is croce e delizia, pleasure and pain: forcefully immersed in the study of his heavenly works during the rebellious years of adolescence, we usually begin our relationship with the Dantean world with the wrong foot. But then comes adulthood and, with it, this strange necessity to pick those ol...
Annual Amador County Italian picnic features food, wine, song
The Italian Benevolent Society of Amador County will host its annual Italian Picnic and Parade for three days at the Italian Picnic Grounds in Sutter Creek, 581 Highway 49. The event includes a spaghetti eating contest. Since 1882, the society – after Italian immigrants came to avoid being drafted into the army during a time of turmoil – h...
The Best Italian Food in the US
Eating genuine, authentic Italian food can be a struggle when you are not in Italy. Italian cuisine is one of the most popular cuisines in the world, but also, alas, one of the most imitated. Mind, the quality of food and ingredients in restaurants, as well as the respect of the country's culinary tradition, is an issue also in Italy: we, too, have...
Apple, arredi e pareti made in Italy per il nuovo Campus2 di Cupertino
Il team di aziende italiane costituito dal Gruppo Profilati (da oltre 35 anni leader europeo per l'estrusione e la lavorazione dell'alluminio) e da Estel (produttrice di soluzioni di arredamento e complementi d'arredo per casa e ufficio) è stato selezionato da Apple per una fornitura di pareti divisorie da installare nel nuoviss...
Where many have failed, Skipolini’s off to a good start
THE PLACE: My friend is more than happy to accept my invitation to lunch at the new Skipolini's Italian in the Summit. She doesn't know anything about the restaurant, but she can't wait to go. Why the eagerness? Because my friend lives in the provinces — I mean, off Mount Rose Highway — and she's always lamenting the lack of good dining option...
St. Ann's Italian Festival returning to Hoboken for 106th year
St. Ann's Italian Festival is set to bring food, live music and more to the Mile Square City this week. The 106th annual celebration hosted by St. Ann's Church in Hoboken will begin Friday night and continue through Tuesday at Seventh and Jefferson streets at St. Ann's Square. The festival corresponds with a nine day novena -- or prayer -- that wi...
Anton Coppola, a Maestro With Many Encores
Francis Ford Coppola may have created the "Godfather" films, but these days, the real godfather of the Coppola clan is his uncle Anton Coppola. "I don't know if I like the Mafioso connotations of that," said Mr. Coppola, who is 99 and still composing, conducting and devoting his life to opera. He is also uncle to the actress Talia Shire, a...
Pebble Beach 2016: 1936 Lancia takes best of show prize
by Charles Fleming A beautifully restored pre-war Italian sports car once owned by musician Eric Clapton walked away with the best of show award at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance automobile exhibition. The 1936 Lancia Astura Cabriolet, with body by design house Pinin Farina, also took the top prize in its European Classic Early...
Nutella stands out as the new competitor of peanut butter in the US
Nutella is an Italian product famous around the world. Ferrero – the Italian company based in Alba (Cuneo) – is the "father" of the well-known gourmandise. The company emerged as a colossus since it was founded in 1946 by Michele Ferrero, who has recently passed away (February 2015), but remain famus as the inventor of Ferrero Rocher. Besi...