The American story
By Joseph Sabino Mistick This past Tuesday, 50 or so Pittsburgh Italians gathered with family and friends in a basement Mexican restaurant in Pittsburgh's Strip District to view the premiere broadcast of "The Italian Americans," a two-part PBS special recounting the travails and triumphs of the Italian diaspora. Two WQED personalities were there...
This Sunday at OHA, New York Council For the Humanities' Speaker Salvatore Primeggia on Italian Immigration History
By Onondaga Historical Association In collaboration with the New York Council for the Humanities, Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) presents the lecture Tracing Italian Immigrant History to the Italian American Present by Salvatore Primeggia on February 15th at 2:00 P.M. This lecture is free and open to the general publ...
DNA test to determine Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa real identity
by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt Lisa del Giocondo, also known as Lisa Gherardini, was a member of the Florentine Gherardini family back in 1479. Her husband commissioned her portrait to Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance and today many experts believe that that same painting is the Mona Lisa, also known as "La Gioconda". ...
Effort to renovate Santa Lucia Hall in Little Italy restores more than a building
A task to banish a resident raccoon and unplug a gutter has "snowballed" into an interior makeover of a 125-year-old former firehouse in Omaha's Little Italy neighborhood. But that's just the beginning. Owners of the narrow two-story structure — which has long been the Santa Lucia Hall — now want to launch a major capital campai...
Verdi's La Traviata in Wilmington
April 12, 2015 - Sunday 2:00 PMPadua Academy - 905 North Broom Street - Wilmington, Delaware 19806 Delphi Opera presents its production of Verdi's timeless classic masterpiece La Traviata, sponsored by the Wilmington Friends of Italian Culture. This production marks the grand finale of the Friends of Italian Culture's season of mont...
Gentile, Donovan get endorsements in race for Congress
The Republican and Democratic candidates for the special election on May 5 each garnered additional endorsements recently in their bid for the empty seat formerly held by Michael Grimm. Councilman Vincent Gentile received the endorsement of the Italian American Democratic Leadership Council. "Vinnie Gentile epitomizes all the values...
Italy During and After the 2008-9 Crisis. Is it Over? And What are its Country Specific and Euro-area Causes and Impact
Monday, May 4 | 4:00 - 6:15 | De Gunzburg Center For European Studies Harvard University | Cabot Room, Busch Hall | 27 Kirkland Street, CambridgeItaly During and After the 2008-9 Crisis. Is it Over? And What are its Country Specific and Euro-area Causes and Impact - Carlo Cottarelli (Imf) With Comments By Alberto Alesina (Harvard) Italy During and...
The "University of Italian Heritage" curriculum in Philadelphia
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 10:30am - 3:30pmLocation: The Office of the Consul General, Public Ledger Building, Suite 1026 150 south independence Mall West Philadelphia,PA 19106The Italian Consulate General in Philadelphia, in collaboration with the NJ Italian and Italian American Heritage Commissing (NJIIAHC) cordially invites you to atten...
Just when you think he's out... Al Pacino's back in
by Paul Whitington At some point in the early 1990s, or so it seems to me, Al Pacino stopped acting in the sense of disappearing into different characters and began presenting us with various, amplified versions of himself. Which is not to say that he hasn't given some fine and entertaining performances over the last 20 years or s...
ISSNAF Award for the Humanities - Call for Applications 2015
ISSNAF - Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation and La Fondazione NY are pleased to announce the 2015 ISSNAF – La Fondazione NY Award for the Humanities. The award acknowledges the research of young Italian scholars in North America whose commitment to their discipline of study is innovative and honors their country of origin....
Pizzarotti va in America ospite del Governo Usa: 'Farò conoscere Parma nel mondo'
La visita, in programma dal 14 giugno al 3 luglio, presentata in una conferenza stampa in Municipio. Dal 14 giugno al 3 luglio, il sindaco Federico Pizzarotti sarà negli Stati Uniti. Non sarà una vacanza: il primo cittadino sarà infatti ospite del Governo Americano nell'ambito del progetto "Local Government Addressing Global Issues". ...
Bruno's Little Italy to Open Deli Downtown
by Jan Cottingham Gio Bruno, co-owner of Bruno's Little Italy, has announced plans to open a delicatessen at 308 Main St. in downtown Little Rock next door to the restaurant. The lease was signed on Thursday with Dundee Holding Co. of Little Rock, Bruno said. Central Construction Group of Little Rock is the contractor, and Gr...