Italian Opera Festival – From the Anaheim White House, Waiting for the 2013 Edition
by Alessandra Mastroianni The 2013 edition of the Italian Opera Festival starts from one of the most loved restaurants in Orange County. The Anaheim White House hosted a cocktail party to present the new season of the festival that, last year, gained a good success. In this restaurant, gourmet food meets culture... in any possible...
Forum at Pirelli New York Office @ 6 p.m.
Mark your calendars! NIAF is hosting one of its popular forums again on July 25, 2013 in NYC. Join us at the Frank J. Guarini/NIAF Media Forum at Pirelli's New York office at 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. A panel of prominent Italian experts will address the topic: Austerity vs. Growth: Is it time for growth policies in Italy? Kindly respond a...
Caso Snowden, un freno ai negoziati per il libero scambio? Il made in Italy insorge
di Franco Vergnano L'Europa e l'Italia avrebbero tutto da perdere da una possibile sospensione o "congelamento" dei negoziati per il libero scambio con gli Stati Uniti che potrebbero essere messi a rischio dal caso Snowden. Parla chiaro con il sito del Sole 24 Ore il viceministro per lo Sviluppo economico, Carlo Calenda: «L'accord...
It's time for Italian Festivals in the Bay Area
by Roberto Natalini With the arrival of summer time, each town and city in Italy celebrates tradition and culture with countless feasts throughout the peninsula, where local food and popular customs become the heart of the festivity. In California and in particular in the Bay Area, the Italian heritage is honored as well with seve...
Il Volo's We Are Love: Live from The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
By Geffen Records After one of the most successful PBS pledge runs to date, Il Volo returns with their newly recorded PBS special, We Are Love: Live from The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater. Available today, August 6th, We Are Love: Live from The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater comes as the second liv...
Sarasa Plays Music of Luigi Boccherini at the Boston Early Music Festival
Heralded for their "informed and impassioned music making" (Music & Vision), Boston based Sarasa has presented concerts throughout the United States and made international appearances in Ireland, Cuba, and India since 1999. For their return to the BEMF concert stage, Sarasa's ensemble of five virtuoso string players offers a program of...
Italian trio Il Volo to play Heinz Hall
Il Volo, the Italian opera trio, will perform Sept. 11 at Heinz Hall, Downtown. The group's members — Piero Barons, 19, Gianluca Ginoble, 18, and Ignazio Boschetto, 18 — gained million of fans when the singers performed on the 2012 PBS special "Il Volo Takes Flight." They also were special guests during Barbra Streisand's 2012 tour. T...
Get Up To Speed Before the Conference—–A Brief Summary of info on Italians in America
Italian influence on American history can be traced back to Christopher Columbus and Americo Vespucci. The Founding Fathers, especially Jefferson and Franklin, were familiar with the Italian language and culture and with Roman history. Jefferson was a supporter of Filippo Mazzei and encouraged him in the early 1770s to bring Italian vintners to Vir...
Destinazione Italia, F. Napolitano’s View On Panorama 9/26/2013
Fernando Napolitano provides his input to "Destinazione Italia", a 50 policy action document just issued by the Italian government to attract FDI (Foreign Direct Investments). While welcoming this document and efforts by different ministries, it warns on the peril of being ineffective and not visible to investors who have plenty of options and alte...
Boston Mayor Menino marks final Columbus Day holiday
Sunday's Columbus Day parade will be the last year Tom Menino is part of the event as mayor. The guest of honor at the cocktail reception kicking off Columbus Day weekend in the North End, the irrepressible Thomas M. Menino, is the center of adulation, as he has been for two decades, on Friday night, where he received an award from the Columbu...
'Fantastic' exchange thrills Italian doctor, American counterpart
Two doctors on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean have set up their own international exchange program. Dr. Frank Nisenfeld and his wife, Sue, have hosted Dr. Anna Rebesco, of Asti, Italy, for a month, so she could see how medicine is practiced in the states. Nisenfeld, an orthopedic surgeon with the Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute in...
New poetry by Newport News poet Ann Shalaski
Award-winning Newport News poet Ann Falcone Shalaski was born in Connecticut and "nurtured by a warm, loving, and at times loud Italian family," according to her website. Her second and newest book of poems, "Without Pretense," is dedicated to her parents, Fred and Seraphina Falcone. It is about her everyday experiences from childhood as a...