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by Kimberly M. Aquilina   Mama mia! Hungry New Yorkers raising money for victims of the Italian earthquake plan to break the Guinness Book World Record by throwing back more than 29 meatballs in one minute.   No word on whether the meatballs will be "on top of spaghetti all covered in cheese" as the song goes, but on Tuesday, New York...

Even though I was out late the night before, I made it a point to attend the Traditional Votive Mass of San Gennaro at Most Precious Blood Church in Manhattan's historic Little Italy (Sept. 24th). It has been ages since a Traditional Latin Mass was celebrated at the storied church and I didn't want to miss it. Arriving early, I walked through the...

MADE IN ITALY AND CULTURE. Book Presentation. As part of the events organized for the XVI ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK IN THE WORLD, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, in Washington DC, in collaboration with the Department of Italian at Georgetown University and Italians in DC/Parolab, invite you to the presentation of...

The names of 400 Italians who settled in and helped shape the city of Norwich are inscribed in the Christopher Columbus monument on the Chelsea Parade across from Norwich Free Academy.   The monument, and the people, were honored as Italians of the Year on Sunday by many of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren during a speci...

"Ferrante Fever" is here, with city bookstores planning to make the most of fans' enthusiasm through release parties and talks this November.   The upcoming release of two new books by famed Italian author Elena Ferrante has re-ignited what's been dubbed #FerranteFever on social media, an excitement that's taken hold among her readers. (Ther...

The chef behind Scottsdale restaurants Zinc Bistro, The Mission and The House Brassier is opening a new restaurant this week. Chef Matthew's latest project is Fat Ox, a 7,000-square-feet modern Italian restaurant named after the long-standing cattle showcase and food festival in Piedmont, Italy.   It will be located within the Lincoln P...

by Enza Antenos November 2016 is coming to a close and this tumultuous month has created opportunities for reflection on, among other things, the linguistic and cultural legacy of 2016, and a need to reaffirm, as the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) has, the future of America to be one "where cultural and linguistic di...

By Chiara Assi When it comes to peppers, we all know the basics: bell peppers are sweet, habaneros are extremely hot, some are good fresh, some are better dried. But have you ever heard of a sweet pepper called "Corno di Capra"?   The name literally means "goat horn" in Italian and, if you look at it, you can see why: this Italian heirloom...

By William Grimes Lella Vignelli, a designer who, with her husband, Massimo Vignelli, introduced a spare, elegant style to a wide range of products and corporate brands, attracting an international clientele, died on Dec. 22 at her home in Manhattan. She was 82. The cause was dementia, her son, Luca, said.   Ms. Vignelli, an architect...

Di Silvia Bulckaen   E' successo ieri notte. Nella sua casa in Florida è morto Manlio Rocchetti, il truccatore delle star. Un professionista dalla grande capacità, un talento che lo porta nel 1980 a vincere il premio Emmy per il lavoro di make up per Lonesome Dove. Ma è solo l'inizio.   La sua fama è destinata infatti a crescere ineso...

Se si viene a New York, ci si accorge che il mondo è davvero piccolo e che la presenza di italiani è davvero così massiccia, come si ha modo di leggere se si approfondisce l'argomento. Aziende italiane, turisti, italoamericani che seppure sia passato diverso tempo da quando i nonni approdarono negli USA, rimangono fedeli a quell'Italian Style lasci...

C'è una notizia che circola da qualche settimana nell'ecosistema "innovazione" ma che non è rimasta sottotraccia, forse perché i protagonisti non fanno parte dell'establishment né dell'economia "tradizionale" o perché il fatto è stato rubricato nella categoria "startup e digital business", che tanto fa parlare quando si tratta di fare proclami ma p...