Brooklyn College Cancels the Major and Minor in the Italian Language Program
To: Anne Lopes, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Re: The Reduction of Italian courses at Brooklyn College. As Director of Italian American Studies at Queens College I am writing to register my dismay over the recent action taken to severely reduce the Italian course offerings at Brooklyn College. In my more than forty years...
A square deal at Sicilian Oven
I had pizza on the brain, but not in my belly, after the troubled recent inaugural edition of the Fort Lauderdale Pizza Festival. Like other attendees who felt short-sliced, I wound up hankering and hunting for cheesy goodness in the aftermath. Such is the power of pizza. It is America’s ultimate communal comfort food, the stuff of teen sleepovers,...
Ferrari Roma Coupe Evokes La Nuova Dolce Vita
Inspired by the iconic city of Rome, Ferrari designers say the new swooping, minimalist design of the Ferrari Roma pays homage to the carefree vibrant life of that city in the 1950s and ’60s. Believed to have been designed to compete with the Aston Martin Vantage & Mercedes AMG GT, the Roma encompasses Ferrari’s award-winning turbo V-8, with 611 ho...
Veterans museum uncovers warfare on the lakefront!
Just off Chicago’s shoreline during World War II, the U.S. Navy trained more than 15,000 carrier pilots on a pair of coal-fired, side-wheel passenger steamers transformed into “flattops.” Not every pilot landed successfully on the pitching decks of the USS Wolverine and USS Sable, and many aircraft plunged into the watery depths. Today, more than 1...
10 Corso Como's new pop-up highlights Italian beauty brands
Aiming to promote the prestigious quality of Italian beauty products in America, Beauty Made in Italy is partnering with the Italian luxury concept store 10 Corso Como New York for a limited-time holiday pop-up store featuring 12 Italian beauty brands. Open from November 14, 2019, through January 3, 2020, the pop-up will spotlight products from Acc...
I cento più potenti del mondo dell’arte. Nel 2019 ci sono ben 6 (o 7?) italiani, ecco chi sono
A costruirla concorrono 30 giurati internazionali rigorosamente anonimi, ma resta ovviamente un’iniziativa effimera, soltanto indicativa. Eppure Power 100 List stilata ogni anno dalla rivista Art Review resta uno strumento molto presente nel mondo dell’arte globale, consultato e citato perché comunque indicativo di trend e sentiments spesso molto v...
Rockstar Bon Jovi donates $500,000 to build a living facility for homeless veterans
Jon Bon Jovi dedicated his newest song “Unbroken” to honor veterans suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but his new single is not the last thing he did for the brave men who served our country. The Grammy Award-winning singer and philanthropist, through his JBJ Soul Foundation, donated $500,000 to help build the Walter Reed facility in...
Exploring Cerveteri: In the Footsteps of the Ancient Etruscans in Lazio
Beyond Rome, the landscape of Lazio unfurls in a panorama of fertile fields dotted with cypresses and umbrella pines. Venturing north toward Tuscany, we move into the heart of ancient Etruscan lands. One of the most evocative testimonies of this ancient culture lies at Cerveteri, a quiet town an hour’s drive north of Rome. It’s an easy day trip fro...
Clean as a whistle
I think it must be part of the genetic makeup of Italian-American “housewives” over 50. If in fact it isn’t, I sure can site several cases that make this premise at least worth considering. The gene to which I refer causes these ladies to keep a spotless or near spotless home….inside and out. Take my wife, Luann, for example. We have been marri...
PMI Day: new more events in the USA with the Miami Scientific Italian Community for the 10th anniversary of the Piccola Industria Confindustria
The PMI DAY, the National Day of Small and Medium Enterprises, organized by Piccola Industria of Confindustria to promote the spread of Made in Italy business culture among young American students, is still growing in the United States thanks to the partnership with the Miami Scientific Italian Community and the small, medium-sized Italian companie...
Consul General of Los Angeles, Silvia Chiave, Visits San Diego
This week, Convivio was thrilled to host a luncheon to welcome the consul general of Italy, Los Angeles, to America's Finest City (and to introduce her to our stellar Italian community, of course). In addition, it is my immense privilege to announce my appointment as the honorary vice consul of San Diego, an honor the consul general officially conf...
Noseda, in his prime, lifting National Symphony Orchestra
After a piano rehearsal, two orchestra sessions and one concert performance together, soprano Christine Goerke gushed with praise for Gianandrea Noseda. “He doesn’t just use his hands and his arms. He conducts with his entire body,” she said. “And it is amazing, because when you see that kind of energetic physicality, there is no mistaking what he...