Italian Educator Teaches Italian in Context
by Roberto Gallo Italian has become one of the world's fastest growing languages, as well as its related fields of inquiry into cinema, popular culture and media studies, according to the Department of European Studies, Italian Studies, at San Diego State University. Its relevancy in arts and humanities, including literature, theatre, hist...
110-Year-Old De Robertis Caffe in New York City’s East Village to Close
De Robertis Pasticceria and Caffe, the East Village pastry shop that first opened its doors in 1904 and has since been immortalized on screen in Manhattan Murder Mystery, Spike Lee's Malcom X, and Sex and the City, will close its doors on December 5, reports Bedford and Bowery. The shop has been owned four generations of the De Robertis fa...
Sunny Italian Art to Exhibit in New York City
The original work of two Italian artists CUFU and STORDEUR will be on display at Agora Gallery, NYC. The exhibitions open on December 23, 2014 and continue until January 15, 2015. The opening reception takes place on the evening of January 8, at 6-8pm. Entrance is free and all art lovers are encouraged to attend, enjoy and meet some of the...
Lessons From The Lives Of Saints: St Frances Xavier Cabrini
BUT how could she be a saint? She was rejected from a convent for bad health, she spoke with a thick Italian accent in her adopted land, she traveled all over to found schools, hospitals, orphanages and other social institutions, she was a U.S. citizen and she drank wine!!! Mother Cabrini, as she is popularly known, came from peasant stock – the s...
Pagliara vs Robertson added to Brooklyn brawl on January 22
Floriano Pagliara, The popular Italian from Cecine Italy and now residing in Williamsburgh Brooklyn will take on slick moving Antwan Robertson from Minnesota USA Pagliara has held title belts as the IBF Mederteranian Champion and Italian Federation in the Jr. Lightweight Division. Read more Source: http://www.worldbo...
Italian pasta and 3D printers
The Industrial Revolution of the 21st century will be led by 3D printers. Sooner than later, they will change our lives completely, allowing us to print what we need. At home. Any time. Thanks to 3D printers complex objects can be created assembling several layers together. Already pioneers are 3D printing production tools, prototypes, jew...
Happy 5th Anniversary to the Promotion Center for Little Italy, Baltimore
The Promotion Center for Little Italy began with an idea in November 2009 and was established by January 2010, celebrating its FIFTH anniversary! With a devoted board of 13 members, this nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization has gained legs and a strong reputation in Baltimore's Italian community as it has promoted Little Italy as a neighborhood, along...
Raymond Suntino performs ‘Thats Amore: An Afternoon of Romantic Italian & American Songs’
The Hamden Arts Commission continues its 2014 -2015 Peter C. Hereld Sunday Performance Series on February 22, 2 pm, when crooner Raymond Suntino presents "That's Amore: An Afternoon of Romantic Italian & American Songs." Suntino's mastery of beloved Italian songs and his magnetic personal charm have made him one of the region's most po...
The Caroline aqueduct and Luigi Vanvitelli’s challenge
The Caroline Aqueduct (also known as Aqueduct of Vanvitelli) winds over 38 kilometers from Bucciano, in the province of Benevento, to Caserta. On May 7th, 1762, although the aqueduct had not been completed yet, one of its major portions – including Luigi Vanvitelli's masterpiece, the section bridging the Maddaloni Valley – was inaugurated. ...
Michael Chiarello's Guide to Eataly
By Allison Beck Leave it to Dave Pasternack, the chef at Esca and Il Pesce at Eataly, to find the perfect description for it: "Studio 54, but in a supermarket, at night." Indeed, the Batali-Bastianich mega-temple of Italian food, Eataly, burst onto the scene this summer and has been thronged with people ever since. Food tourists w...
A celebration of the Life of Isabella Colbran
On April 10 and 11, at 8 p.m., Divaria Productions in collaboration with the Sheen Center will present "Señora/Signora Rossini: A celebration of the life of Isabella Colbran," at the Sheen Center in New York City. The multidisciplinary theatrical piece tells the story of opera diva Isabella Colbran, toast of the opera stages of Europe in t...
How Chiara Ferragni's blog became an $8M business
Just a few years ago Chiara Ferragni was a fashionable Italian law student with a passion for posting photos of her personal style online. Now, she sits atop two companies worth $8 million. She's been on the covers of magazines all over the world, earned the attention of the Harvard Business School, and just sat front row at two dozen New York Fash...