From Italy to America at the Greenwich Historical Society
From Italy to America combines an installation celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the Italian-American community in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a complementary exhibition of 26 black and white photographs from the show From Italy to America: The Photographs of Anthony Riccio, organized by the Bellarmine Museum of Art, and Fairfield Universi...
The afterlife of books and other curious artifacts
Conference on digital projects directed by Prof. Massimo Riva (Brown University), about the Decameron Web (Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio), the Project Pico (a few masterpieces by Giovanni Pico – Mirandola) and the Panorama Garibaldi May 3, 2013New BrunswickRutgers University conference starting at 4.30 pm
L’Italia rischia l’abbandono degli investitori esteri
di Riccardo Puglisi In una cornice un po' warholiana (l'Hotel Principe di Savoia era circondato dalle fan degli One Direction, le onedirectioners, in attesa dei loro idoli) ieri a Milano sono stati presentati i risultati di un'intervista a 33 top manager di grandi imprese Usa sull'attrattività del nostro paese rispetto agli investimenti di...
Little Italy has a Grand Rebirth in San Jose
by Mauro Battocchi It was an honor to be in San Jose the other week and meet the Little Italy San Jose Foundation, which is building a world-class Italian district in San Jose next to the HP Pavilion. As in many parts of California and the world, this history of San Jose is enmeshed with that of Italy. The Italian fishermen, agriculturists...
Muos: la prima volta dentro il cantiere, gli Usa: "Non ci sono rischi per la salute" tensioni No Muos giornalisti
di Andrea Punzo Finisce così come è cominciata la giornata dentro il cantiere del Muos, il sistema di telecomunicazioni satellitare della marina militare statunitense: con il blocco, da parte di chi si oppone all'opera, del bus su cui viaggiavano i giornalisti a cui, per la prima volta, è stata concessa l'autorizzazione di guardare da vici...
Antichità, Teatro, Magnificenza: Renaissance and Baroque Images of Rome
August 24 -- November 17, 2013 An exciting temporary exhibition on the representations of the eternal city includes maps, views, and books on Rome from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Maps are a focus for each period, while the title refers to the individual themes or attitudes that characterized each era. The Antiqu...
An Interview with Self-Help Expert Dr. Raeleen D’Agostino Mautner
Lemons Into Limoncello: From Loss To Personal Renaissance With The Zest Of Italy, written by Dr. Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner, is the first self-help book to prescribe a traditional Italian cultural approach. This Italian-American author teaches readers how to overcome challenges with simple strategies from the "bel paese." Life is about cha...
Visit to Italy brings home U.S. soldiers' sacrifice
My wife says that I am a genetically engineered workaholic. From observing my busy siblings, I would have to agree! So when she devised a two-week trip to Europe this June to celebrate our recent 30th wedding anniversary, I was plagued with thoughts of "work withdrawal syndrome" (my own diagnosis!). This is characterized by the consta...
"Manifattura italiana": il marchio per la promozione del 100% fatto in Italia, promosso da CNA Federmoda
Continua il programma di azioni per la promozione e il sostegno della filiera moda messo in atto da CNA Federmoda. In particolare, con il marchio "manifattura italiana" CNA Federmoda si concentra sulle produzioni interamente fatte in Italia. L'iniziativa è l'evoluzione di un progetto che dal settembre 2010 ha visto CNA Federmoda impegnata...
Italian Plastic Machinery State of the Industry Report 2013: Exports to US Up!
The analysis by Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association, belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups together some 160 manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery) of the latest ISTAT, the Italian National Institute of Statistics, figures for Italian foreign trade shows that, in the first half of 2013, imports in the sector were som...
Negative Stereotypes About Italian Americans Perpetuated by Joseph Gordon-Levitt's "Don Jon" Movie, Says The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition
The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition—the nation's largest Italian American anti-bias organization -- is taking "Don Jon" Director-Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt—ironically the son of parents who founded a once-famous Jewish national social justice organization—to task for stereotyping and denigrating Italian Americans and Jews in his new movie. "H...
Linear Genius, Bold and Transformative
by Miriam Bale "Every time we take the subway in New York, we're in Vignelli-land," says Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art, in the new documentary "Design Is One." Ms. Antonelli is referring to the Italian couple Lella and Massimo Vignelli, whose firm designed many graphic elements for t...