Italia protagonista nelle classifiche Usa con 8 bottiglie, sorprendono Sicilia, Friuli e Alto Adige
Che sia bianco, rosso o rosato non importa, per il mercato a stelle e strisce ciò che conta è la qualità racchiusa nel marchio made in Italy. Almeno secondo il sito Winenews.it che riferisce, come il mercato n. 1 al mondo per consumo complessivo, ha visto una crescita dell´import di vino italiano nella prima metà del 2013 dell´1,9% in volume (a 1,2...
How to Dress Like an Italian: Fall and Winter Edition
Fashion in Italy is serious business—so it's no surprise that lots of travelers often ask us how to dress like an Italian while they're here! While you certainly don't have to dress like a local when you're visiting, and while you should definitely wear what you're comfortable in, immersing yourself in the culture can be part of the fun. And that m...
Bergamo e il suoi tesori
By Beatrice Bondi Bergamo si presenta a New York. Il 21 novembre la Provincia di Bergamo e l'agenzia di promozione turistica Turismo Bergamo, in collaborazione con l'ENIT di New York, hanno presentato al pubblico americano le bellezze e le opportunità turistiche che la provincia bergamasca offre: dallo storico centro cittadino alle montagne, dagli...
An Italian new prosthesis sensitive to senses
The Sant'Anna BioRobotics Institute in Pisa is a prestigious hub for research. Engineers from Sant'Anna actively cooperated with a team from EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, lit. Polytechnic Federal School of Lausanne) to developed the revolutionary invention of a robotic hand sensitive to senses. In 2013 a prototype of this...
IB&II Marks Its 3rd Anniversary
Our CEO, Fernando Napolitano tells us about the achievements and the results that the Italian Business & Investment Initiative reached in three years of activities. Dear All, At the three-year mark, IB&II has covered a lot a ground. We will celebrate our latest results next July 9 in Rome at Radio Dimensione Suono headquarters wh...
Un'opera in due pagine: An opera in two pages
The Wagnerian Ring Cycle is dark and moody and takes patience and study to understand. Contrast it with the typical Italian operas that are light and bright like the Italian cities and countryside where they take place. The characters in a Rossini opera are all recognizable, albeit a tad exaggerated, and we understand well their parts in the play....
L'italiano è un lusso: intervista con il linguista Paolo Balboni
by Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Il futuro dell'italiano nel mondo passa attraverso l'insegnamento. Per capire quali sono le prospettive che si aprono per i prossimi anni, La VOCE di New York ha intervistato Paolo Balboni, che ha insegnato lingua, didattica, ricerca e metodologia per quasi quarant'anni, sia in Italia che all'estero. Balboni...
Italy’s Presence in Space: An Interview with Italian Space Agency President Roberto Battiston
Italy, one of the key players of the European Space Agency (ESA), is continuously building up its important role in human spaceflight and in international space cooperation. The country of seven astronauts is shaping the future of Europe's next generation launch vehicles and is actively taking part in ESA's space exploration projects. In a...
Lamborghini 3D Printing Track-ready & Prototype Parts Via Stratasys Machines
by Bridget Butler Millsaps Since the inception of the automobile, it's been the platform for showing off tantalizing color, flash, and futuristic innovative energy, all meant to entice us with the idea of speed and power. When you think about it, it's almost comical how such a relatively small amount of metal and parts can be the...
Last of three Fontana sisters, Micol, dies
Micol Fontana, the last of the three sisters who founded the high fashion brand Sorelle Fontana, died on Friday. She was born in 1913. The three sisters' garments were worn by numerous Hollywood stars, including Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Liz Taylor, and Ava Gardner, as well as members of the jet set such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "...
A sicilian patriot, Giovanni Falcone e gli Stati Uniti d'America
di Federico Peloso Ieri 3 luglio, nell'auditorium della chiesa dei Cappuccini di Andria, è stato presentato A sicilian patriot – Giovanni Falcone e Gli Stati Uniti d'America (Cacucci editore), l'ultimo libro di Giannicola Sinisi. «Questo lavoro - ha spiegato l'autore ed ex sindaco di Andria - è una pura raccolta di documentazion...
Italian Diary Archive Rewrites History from the Bottom Up through a Personal Story Commons
by Alessia Clusini The Fondazione Archivio Diaristico Nazionale (National Diary Archive Foundation) is an award-winning public archive in the small Tuscan town of Pieve Santo Stefano. The Archive collects the diaries, letters and autobiographical memories of ordinary people. The Archive, and its adjacent museum, brilliantly illumi...