The fashion industry performs better than average on payment times
In terms of payments, the Italian textile and clothing industry is performing better than the national average, while retail sales, on the other hand, are worsening. These are the figures from the Studio Pagamenti, the quarterly intelligence tool on the payment behavior of Italian businesses, published by Cribis D&B. In the first quart...
Italian good news: A petition to give back the Italian citizenship to those who lost it when they left Italy
WTI Magazine #62 2015 June, 12Author : Angela Fucsia Nissoli Translation by: Con questa petizione Vi chiedo di sostenere la mia proposta di legge sul riacquisto della cittadinanza (N. 2794), affinché venga discussa nell'Aula di Montecitorio il prima possibile. La Proposta di Legge che ho presentato in Parlamento reca: "Modifica all'a...
Taste of Italy in Oakville this weekend
La Festa della Madonna della Libera, also known as A Taste of Italy, takes place the last weekend of June every year. The Cecemaggiore Club in Oakville's Taste of Italy gets underway on Friday and runs through Sunday. The annual weekend-long festival celebrates the members' Italian heritage and includes traditional dancing, live music, novelti...
Opera and a street fair
By Kim Himstreet Portland Opera's 50th anniversary season will conclude on Saturday Aug. 1 with a celebration featuring a street fair and free outdoor simulcast of their final production of Gaetano Donizetti's "The Elixir of Love." While opera and a street fair might seem like an unusual pairing, Portland Opera ties it all together wi...
Claire Farago | Leonardo, Drawing & Discovery
Thursday, July 23 at 6:30 pmMinneapolis Institute of Arts2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 How does the Codex Leicester fit into a lifetime of creative and intellectual pursuits? Hear Leonardo da Vinci scholar Claire Farago discuss the Codex Leicester in the context of the artist's profuse and varied drawing practices—from prep...
The Scalabrinians increase the presence in Syracuse
The Scalabrinians increase the presence in Syracuse. The two Junior Sisters arrived to give support to the three Sisters who opened a "first-line" community in assisting the migrants who come on the shores of Sicily. The two are Sister Andri Boas (Brazilian) and Sister Catherine Petalcurin (Filipino). "The mission has met with great succes...
Italian Cultural Foundation Continues Tradition of Sharing Food
The Italian Cultural Foundation recently decided to donate bags of food bought by the proceeds of their Annual St. Joe's Dinner. For Robert Odorizzi, the Treasurer of the Foundation, giving food is a family tradition. "A very nice thing that was always said about our family was, they said, your great grandmother was a very giving person," said...
Italian E-Motorcycle Maker Energica Challenges Harley Davidson
By Paul Glader In the U.S., motorcycles conjure images of loud, reverberating, menacing engines on stout, chrome-heavy frames adorned in black leather. We're talking Harley Davidson rallies in Sturgis and Daytona, the cinematic scenes of Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider, the disgruntled war veterans, immigrants and roughnecks ri...
The secrets of Trentino Alto Adige’s cuisine
by Claudia Astarita Sunny may not be the first adjective that springs to mind to describe a region whose main features are valleys and mountain peaks. But in Trentino-Alto Adige even the mountains seem to be made of light. Here, two gastronomic traditions live side by side: one of Veneto roots in the area of Trento, and the other of German...
Mauro Perucchetti Confronts the World with His Art
by Nanci Casas The De Re Gallery debuted Mauro Perucchetti's Pop Fiction exhibition on Thursday, September 10th in West Hollywood. Mauro and his stunning wife Lorena Perucchetti, who is also his PR manager, both arrived elegantly dressed and accessorized with miniature pieces of Mauro's artwork in the form of necklaces. With Peron...
Italian manufacturer announces plans to create 150 jobs
Officials in Spartanburg County say an Italian manufacturer of high-end adhesives and sealants plans to create 150 new jobs and invest $66 million in the area. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reports (http://bit.ly/1Fdtfr7) the county council has approved the third and final reading of an economic incentives agreement which allows the compan...
Italian American Club Columbus Day Dinner/Dance
Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Great Food, Fun and entertainment at our annual Columbus Day dinner/dance Doors open at 6:00, Dinner at 7:30 Antipasto Buffet Beef, Chicken, Fish Desserts provided by Carmine's NYC Dondino Mark Giovi and the Tap House All Star Band Special Guests - Attend Event Italian American...