Ennio Morricone Tour Dates Canceled Due to Health Concerns
Jon Burlingame Italian film-composing legend Ennio Morricone's ongoing health concerns have led to the cancellation of his three North American concerts in June, sources say. Morricone, who suffered a back injury earlier this year that led to the postponement of his scheduled March concerts in New York and L.A., had been slated to conduct...
Beretta wants to be U.S. Army's new gun. Again
by Aaron Smith The Italian gunmaker Beretta wants to be the U.S. Army's standard-issue handgun one more time. Beretta has been supplying the Army with its M9 handgun for the last 30 years. But the Army is now looking for a new gun and is holding a contest of sorts for gun makers. However, Beretta is not going to step asi...
Bebop, Swing & Bella Musica
Aside from being great jazz musicians, what do Steve Gadd, Louie Bellson, Flip Phillips, Tony Scott, and Frank Capp have in common? You wouldn't know it from their last names, but each of these talented gentlemen are of Italian heritage. Sometimes names were changed (Americanized) for the sake of simplicity or fitting in. Cappuccio became Capp, Sci...
How American Citizens Can Work in Italy
By Lorenzo Agnoloni Italy is home to thousands of Americans, but with strict visa requirements they had to fight through a quagmire of bureaucracy to get here. So many people are asking how others dreaming of making the move can get through the process as painlessly as possible. Unlike those fr...
U.S. Information Office for Parmigiano Reggiano changes hands after 25 years
After twenty-five years as the Director of the US Information Office for the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano, the official entity for the King of Cheeses in Italy, Nancy Radke is handing over her veritable crown to two successors, Danielle Caponi Bolla and Federico Bolla of Ponte PR & Marketing. Radke's agency, Good Food Cr...
Book review: ‘Bittersweet’ 1960s Sicily
"Rosalia's Bittersweet Pastry Shop," a novel by Rosanna Chiofalo, uncovers the special significance of food as the food writer Claudia Lombardo, uncovers a bakery beside a Sicilian convent, which produces a dessert beloved by all those who taste it. Food – which brings people together, comforts and heals the wounds of strained relationships, an...
Message from the Italian Ambassador to Washington, Armando Varricchio, for the 70th anniversary of the Italian Republic
by H.E. Armando Varricchio I am very pleased to extend my warm greetings to Italians, and Italian-Americans, in the United States on the occasion of Italy's National Day. I would like to thank all of our fellow citizens, our American friends of Italian origin and all those who recognize themselves - in their different ways - in Italy,...
Coro d'Italia Seeking Singers, Dancers for November 20 Italian Heritage Concert
Coro d'Italia ~ Italian-American Singing and Dancing Ensemble is currently interviewing new participants to sing and/or dance in their fall production. The troupe is comprised of both professional and volunteer performers and will begin once-per-week rehearsals in September for their November 20 concert at the Montclair Art Museum. For people of I...
Mauro Marinelli and Rob Lloyd - Under Old Stars: Wanderings in Italian Hill Towns - Kehrer Verlag, fall 2016
At a time when the Census headcount shows that the largest metropolitan areas are growing at far higherrates, the prognosis does not look good for small towns, which continue in steady decline as young people chase bigger dreams in cities. It's a trend consistent across America and around the world that shows no signs of sl...
Maserati North America Sales Up 10.8 Percent In October
Maserati's highly anticipated new Levante SUV has helped Maserati North America increase sales by 10.8 percent in October 2016, compared to September 2016, the company today announced. "Maserati North America's positive sales performance reflects the passion and leadership of our dealer network," said Tom Shanley, Head of Maserati North Am...
US will likely extradite Knox if Italy asks
by Mira Oberman The United States will have little legal argument for turning down an extradition request should Italy seek the return of Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate. In the latest dramatic twist in the high-profile case, a court in Florence on Thursday sentenced Knox to 28 years and six months in prison for killi...
Bialetti Produces New "Autentico" Web Series Featuring Chef Fabio Viviani
Bialetti (http://www.bialetti.com), the leading Italian coffee maker and cookware company, announced today the launch of "Autentico" a series of web shorts featuring America's favorite Italian Chef, Fabio Viviani. These documentary-style videos candidly discuss Italian traditions and debunk what Americans might perceive to be Italian in ov...