Not-To-Miss Event and Exclusive Ferlinghetti Documentary Screening This Saturday in San Francisco
Don't miss the "Italian Matters Because..." event this Saturday at 4:00 PM at the Museo Italo Americano. Professors, lecturers and technologists will come together and show how learning la dolce lingua can change your life and your career, as well as expand on the larger significance of multilingual literacy in our modern world. But, that's not al...
Gianni Russo to Be Honored as Little Italy's 'Man of the Year' at Mulberry Street Mall Ribbon Cutting, 5/25
Summer in Little Italy will officially start on Saturday, May 25, with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 12 Noon marking the opening of the Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall, it was announced by Ralph Tramontana, President of the Little Italy Merchants Association (LIMA) which has operated the Mall since its creation 25 years ago. The ceremony will take p...
Divina Natura
Light installation and poetry reading June, 24 2013 - Chicago, Field Museum Light Installation by Marco Nereo RotelliReadings from the Divine Comedy translated by Robert PinskyPoetry Reading curated by Arica HiltonMusic and Choral settings curated by Alessandra ViscontiSoprano Karolina DvorakovaSound-track by Adrian Leverkuhn e Thomas Master...
New J-Term Partnership Means “Greater Access to Iconic Italy”
The American University of Rome and the Sant'Anna Institute-Sorrento Lingue are pleased to announce a partnership. A Memorandum of Agreement was recently signed to signal the two institutions' commitment to work together and provide unique high quality educational experiences in Rome and Sorrento. To launch the partnership Sant'Anna will be offerin...
L'Orto in Campania ospita il programma 'Orto in condotta' e gli educatori di Slow Food
L'Orto in Campania, uno dei fiori all'occhiello del Centro Commerciale Campania di Marcianise (Caserta), è stato scelto come sede per il workshop dedicato ai formatori del programma Orto in Condotta, organizzato dall'Ufficio Educazione di Slow Food Italia. Dal cinque al sette luglio, 50 educatori provenienti da tutta Italia e dagli Stati Uniti, si...
Molto Bene! The Italian Festival rises again Aug. 2-4
Carmine Bianco is determined to revive the city's flagging Italian Festival, even if he has to do it single-handedly. And that may actually be how it plays out. The Niagara Falls High School gym teacher, who put on a mini-festival last year that revived the 35-year tradition of a festival in the city's Italian district, is returning this year...
The FIAT Brand And Grind Media Launch The Fiat 500L Urban Surf Party Series Kicking Off This Summer
The FIAT Brand is debuting its unique urban beach party series – the Fiat 500L Urban Surf Party – in six major U.S. cities beginning this month to celebrate the launch of the new 2014 Fiat 500L in North America. The six parties, the first of which took place in Miami Beach (FL) this past weekend (Friday, August 2) at the Bass Museum of Art, will co...
Kiwis take 6-1 lead over Italy's Luna Rossa, on brink of advancing to America's Cup vs. Oracle
By Antonio Gonzalez Emirates Team New Zealand is trying to wrap up a spot in the America's Cup match against defending champion Oracle Team USA as fast as it can. The only thing slowing it down is the weather. The Kiwis set a race record of more than 54 mph on the new 72-foot catamarans Saturday, sailing swiftly in a strong wind t...
Body, soul fed at Italian gathering
Drive deep into the woods and hills of southern Lake County about 30 miles from the nearest stoplight and you'll start seeing red, white and green Italian flags hanging from the cabins and cottages. Under a lush canopy of fir trees, signs start appearing: Parking only for Italians, others will be towed. One pine sprouts signs for DeMattei...
The toughest restaurant reservation in the US
Think getting a reservation in your city's hot spot is tough? Just try to nab a meal at Rao's, which is so popular with its regulars that the phone lines never open. The tiny eatery in New York's East Harlem is "the toughest restaurant reservation in this country," writes Forbes' Larry Olmsted. The Italian restaurant only has about a dozen...
Tradition and Innovation Meet at Giano
By Channaly Philipp Giano, an Italian gem in the East Village, is named after the old Roman god Janus, the deity of beginnings and doorways. In mythology, Janus, has two faces looking in opposite directions, one to the past, and the other to the future. The decor at Giano takes inspiration from this in an unusual way. The front of...
Citi Hires Attolico, Di Stefano for Italy Investment Bank
Citigroup Inc. (C) hired Pierpaolo di Stefano and Leopoldo Attolico to run investment banking in Italy as the euro-region's third-largest economy emerges from recession.Attolico, 50, joins from Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), where he was vice chairman of investment banking for Italy, while Di Stefano was hired from Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604), where he ov...