Europa e Usa risvegliano il tessile italiano
I buoni auspici per il settore del tessile italiano arrivano dall'estero. Ma, a differenza degli ultimi anni quando era l'area extra europea a infondere barlumi di speranza, ora a ridare fiducia a tutto il mondo a monte della filiera della moda made in Italy c'è un risveglio da parte della locomotiva europea, degli Stati Uniti e del Giappone. &nbs...
Roscigno, la Pompei del ’900 rivive grazie ad un gruppo di italo-americani
di Alessia Marsigalia La chiamano la "Pompei del 900" anche se il suo vero nome è Roscigno Vecchia, uno dei cosiddetti "paesi fantasma" d'Italia, dopo che nel 1902 fu investito da una frana. Oggi, grazie ad un gruppo di italo-americani, che avevano antenati in queste zone e che hanno costituito la Roscigno Vecchia Foundation, questo borgo...
16th-century masterpiece reveals cheese glue recipe
by Rossella Lorenzi Sticky cheese might be the secret behind one of the most intriguing Mannerist paintings, according to a preliminary investigation carried out during restoration work. Restorers had wondered what holds together the five poplar wood planks which make up "Visitation," an enigmatic work by the 16th-century Mannerist Ja...
Italian Venture Forum, the 4th edition will showcaseItalian best innovative companies in ICT, Clean technologies and Life Sciences
Europe Unlimited and its partners Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato e Agricoltura di Torino, Unioncamere Piemonte, and Enterprise Europe Network are pleased to announce the fourth edition of the Italian Venture Forum taking place in Torino, Italy on the 4th of November 2014, which will showcase Italian best innovative companies in ICT, Clea...
Expo 2015: United Tastes of America
Expo 2015 vuol dire cibo, in ogni sua declinazione: è questo il tema che metterà assieme tutte le attività per il grande evento di Milano, tirando così in ballo una molteplicità di ambiti, approfondimenti, persone ed aziende. Anche il mondo dell'innovazione? Si, eccome, e in modo prioritario: la dimostrazione è nella partnership che Micros...
Supporters Visit Our Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy
Mario Alioto, 2015 honoree for the San Francisco Ball of the Year, visited Boys' and Girls' Towns with his wife Kelly in February. Mario has been involved with Boys' Town in San Francisco for several years and knows BGTI's history. As he says, "until you put real faces and names to the story, it is impossible to understand the true essence of...
50 simboli del design italiano
Design, cibo, moda: quando si parla di Italia, e di genio italiano, la triade resta questa, ma non è una colpa e neanche un limite. L'attualità di certe soluzioni e la bellezza senza tempo di diverse proposte, soprattutto nell'ambito del design industriale, grazie anche a un tumultuoso per quanto tardivo sviluppo industriale nel secolo scorso, è la...
Tourists in hot water for Rome fountain dips
In the early hours of Monday, a group of American tourists put on their costumes and went for a dip in the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in Rome's Piazza Navona. According to an appalled eyewitness Victoria Wyatt, who published photos of the event on Facebook: "They did full circles around the fountain...after their 20-minute swim, the tourists dr...
Mamma mia! Italian exhibit focuses on motherhood on sidelines of Expo
by Colleen Barry They called it "The Great Mother," but organizers of an exhibit focusing on motherhood opening this week on the sidelines of the Milan Expo world's fair may just as well have been called "Mamma mia." Curator Massimiliano Gioni said there was some irony in the choice of theme "because motherhood and the mamma is part of the...
Why Sophia Loren is the Number 1
There are many, many reasons to love Sophia Loren and dedicate our enthralled gratitude to her, and to tell the story of her legend is tell the story of a piece of Italy's past, the most difficult but also the brightest pages of our country's history. In fact, Sophia Loren's career has been intertwined with the transformation of society, morals, fi...
The Art of Making Coffee the Italian Way
The morning moka: a bleary-eyed ritual involving an aluminum pot (also known as a stovetop percolator or espresso maker), a small mountain of ground coffee, and that gurgling sound that sends people rushing to their kitchen as the coffee begins sputtering and pouring into the top chamber of the pot and sending out wafts of that incomparable, comfor...
The Face of Mercy
By Nicolina Villani It was St. Ambrose who said, "Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy." Our beloved Pope Francis, for whom mercy is a central element of his personal and spiritual experience, has declared the upcoming year, "The Year of Mercy". Starting on December 8, 2015 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception), the c...
