"La Dolce Vita" of Italy Living Well, Living Fit, Living Long
On the Occasion of the Italian National Sport Day and the Italian Festa della Repubblica with the collaboration of the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and in cooperation with Casa Italia Chicago, Cav. Uff. Mico Delianova LicastroUS Representative, Coni, Italian National Olympic Committee cordially in...
Inside Bar Pisellino, the Gorgeously Appointed New Italian Hangout From Via Carota
For New Yorkers seeking comforting Italian cooking, the easy 2019 answer is to look to Jody Williams and Rita Sodi. The couple first independently ran their own hit West Village restaurants, but together, they reached fixture status after partnering up to open Via Carota more than four years ago. Now, the duo is working together once again, combini...
10 Questions With… Joseph Grima
Italy’s first design museum just made its debut—and it’s about time. Launched during Salone del Mobile last month and located on the ground floor of the La Triennale di Milano, the Triennale Museo del Design Italiano has a permanent collection of 1,600 pieces. To mark the opening, architect Joseph Grima, the director of the new museum, curated its...
Life sciences: un ponte Italia-Usa
Una lettera di intenti che spiana la strada alle piccole e medie imprese italiane che operano nelle Life Sciences. Direzione: Stati Uniti. Più precisamente, Boston in Massachusetts. A stringere il patto che getta le basi per creare un ponte tra Italia e Usa sono i vertici delle associazioni di categoria: così Confindustria dispositivi medici string...
Peter Secchia, Mike Jandernoa receiving Economic Club of Grand Rapids top awards
Peter Secchia and Mike Jandernoa will be this year's honorees when the Economic Club of Grand Rapids gathers for its annual dinner May 29, headlined by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. “We are pleased to recognize and honor two extraordinary individuals at our annual dinner event this year,’’ said Lorna Schultz, executive d...
Food Tourism: Eating Will Always Be the Best Part About Traveling
We all love traveling. There’s sight-seeing, experiencing different cultures, and let’s not forget about the endless amounts of Instagram posts. But the best part of all is the food. A video accompanying this announcement is available at: https://youtu.be/Pw5f6fAL21M Food tourism is the act of traveling for a taste of place in order to get a sense...
“Deliriously” Leafing Through Naples, City of Paradoxes and Enigmas
In the year and a half that I studied abroad in Florence, Italy, I didn’t get to go to Naples once. I’ve heard you can find the best pizza in Italy there—or any kind of delicious Italian cuisine—and that the streets overflow with curiosities and history. The tourist vision of Naples is what most of us see; millions of people venture there to sit in...
Scopa: A Traditional Italian Card Game
Scopa (“to sweep” in Italian) is one of the most popular card games in Italy. Nearly everyone in Italy has played it at least once in their life, and in small towns it is still common to see people gathered around a table where four elderly are exchanging swear words and bantering over a heated game of Scopa. The game of Scopa may be easy to learn,...
DeBoni appointed managing partner of Romanucci & Blandin
Gina Arquilla DeBoni has been appointed managing partner of Romanucci & Blandin. She joined the Chicago-based law firm in 2010. As one of the few female managing attorneys in the state of Illinois, Arquilla DeBoni is responsible for the overall management and quality assurance of the firm’s legal and compliance services for its clients. “Gina is an...
Chicago Italian Restaurants Named Among Nation's Best
Two popular Chicago restaurants were named among the best Italian restaurants in the country, according to a new survey. The Daily Meal's "America's 50 Best Italian Restaurants" list included two spots in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood — Spiaggia and Nico Osteria. Spiaggia, which ranked #4 on the list, received high praise from The Daily Meal ed...
Matera: Paesaggi Probabili | Probable Landscapes
Join us for the Opening Reception of the photo exhibit Probable Landscapes (Paesaggi Probabili), by Nico Colucci. For the occasion, harpist Giuliana De Donno and composer and cellist Vito Paternosterwill join us in celebrating Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019. Part of the celebration is the film retrospective Shot in Matera (details will be...
Sketch which escaped the bonfire by chance is 'the very first Michelangelo': Artist drew The Seated Man when he was just TWELVE and learning his craft, declares expert
A sketch which is believed to be the earliest-known drawing by Michelangelo has been discovered - revealing that, even from a young age, he could make his art look like child's play. The Seated Man has been identified by Sir Timothy Clifford, a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance, as 'the earliest drawing efforts of a youth who would one da...