Chef Walter raising money for Italy earthquake victims
by Tony Gugliotta A relief effort for the victims of the Italian earthquake is already being started in Cranston by Chef Walter Potenza. "It makes you very uneasy. You can't go back to your own home. Just to think, someone died this morning," Potenza said. Chef Walter is offering Bucatini Amatriciana -- a dish created in the town at...
What happens when Barbara Lynch alums bring Italian food to the South End?
By Nestor Ramos If you had 10 grand and a time machine, you could do a lot worse than buying up land in the Ink Block section of the South End. A decade ago, this was a wasteland. Now, dudes in linen blazers and tailored shorts stroll past the latest condo construction projects, and the fanciest Whole Foods in the Whole World has taken up...
Entertainment line up announced for Italian Heritage Festival of Gloucester County
The Gloucester County Italian Heritage Commission announced the entertainment line up for the 13th Annual Italian Heritage Festival of Gloucester County to be held on Sunday, Sept. 25, rain or shine, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of Riverwinds Community Center in West Deptford. Direct from Rome, as part of its 4th U.S. tour, the acclai...
The History Of Cappuccino
Some people say that everything started with an Italian monk, other ones mention about an Austrian soldier, but it seems that cappuccino was born in Vienna and then it arrived in Italy – and was very different from what we drink today. In the 16th century there was an order of monks called "Order of Friars Minor Capuccinos" founded by Ludo...
National Italian Museum of America opening in Philadelphia
In the late 1700s, the first Italian immigrants started arriving by the boatloads - not just to New York, but right here on the Delaware in Philadelphia. The culture here remains so strong, you might find it hard to believe that there's no museum to honor that history. But that's about to change. "The first Italian that lived here liv...
The mystery of the Mary Celeste started on Staten Island 144 years ago
By Irene Spezzamonte On Nov. 7, 1872, the merchant ship Mary Celeste left from Staten Island for Genoa, Italy. The ship -- and the 1,701 barrels of alcohol for fortifying wine it carried -- would never make it to its destination. And so the mystery began. The ship was found on Dec. 4 of that year by sailor David Morehouse at the...
Bruce Arena Named Head Coach of U.S. Men's National Team
U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati has named Bruce Arena as the new head coach of the U.S. Men's National Team. The most decorated head coach in American soccer history, Arena most famously guided the U.S. to its best finish in the World Cup in more than 80 years with a quarterfinal appearance in 2002 and returns to the job where he amassed the mos...
A taste of Italy: Giannetti Artisans founder hosts food tasting event
By Maryann Pisano Sally Giannetti, founder of Giannetti Artisans, brought a piece of Italy with her to the Chicago area last week. Giannetti held a food-tasting event at Pasta Fresh, 3418 N. Harlem Ave., on Dec. 3. Giannetti's Italian roots run deep since both of her parents were born in Italy and immigrated to the United States. Giannett...
Journey in the Landscape of Italian Art - Forests: Myth, Mystery, Spirituality, and Ecology
When: Tuesday, prescription January 17, viagra 2017 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PMWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL The first of a series of three lectures, given by art historian Giovanni Aloi, culminating in a guided tour of the Italian works of the Art Institute of Chicago. This series of talks maps the fu...
IB&II 2012 Spring Symposium – New York
On May 21, a set of New York-based investors were offered an exclusive first look at the best early-stage companies coming out of Italy. IB&II, in collaboration with the Mind the Bridge Foundation and the Intesa Sanpaolo Start-Up Initiative, hosted the second annual "Italian Innovation Day" in New York on Monday, May 21. The event featured seve...
Dalla Georgia a Montepulciano: l'Università di Kennesaw apre la sua sede in Toscana
L'Università statale di Kennesaw, in Georgia, aprirà nell'autunno del 2014 la sua prima sede internazionale a Montepulciano, in Toscana. L'Università ha avuto programmi di studio all'estero da 15 anni e Montepulciano è stata scelta, fin dall'inizio del progetto, come sede di questi programmi, ai quali hanno partecipato circa 1100 studenti. La sed...
America, italiani e il problema della lingua - Intervista a Nancy Carnevale
Nancy Carnevale è una professoressa associata di storia alla Montclair State University del New Jersey. Nel 2010 si è aggiudicata l'American Book Award con il libro "A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants In the United States, 1890-1945" [Una nuova lingua, un nuovo mondo: immigrati italiani negli Stati Uniti 1890-1945 N.d.T.] pubblicato d...