Il Design italiano con l'ICE alla “Neocon 2017” di Chicago
Professionisti del design a Chicago: a richiamarli tutti è la Fiera NeoCon, in programma quest’anno dal 12 al 14 giugno, che si svolge presso il Merchandise Mart dal 1969, e che è considerata la più importante fiera di design del Nord America. In quasi 50 anni, NeoCon è diventata una delle più riconosciute e frequentate fiere del settore. L'evento...
You Say ‘Anguria,’ I Say ‘Cocomero’: Italy’s Many Dialects
Say you’re shopping at a farmer’s market in Rome, and you’d like to pick up some nice, ripe watermelon. The signs at some stands call it “anguria”; others say “cocomero” or “melone d’acqua.” Why so many different words for the same fruit? Because in their daily lives, many Italians don’t speak Italian. That is, they don’t shop or chat or argue in s...
The Real Dorsia Brings Modern Italy to Brady Street
You can be the envy of Patrick Bateman who could never get a reservation at the fictitious Dorsia, the restaurant from the movie American Psycho from which a new Milwaukee restaurant got its name. The owners of Cataldo’s recently opened Dorsia as a thoroughly modern Italian restaurant, a place with lots of energy, creativity and an effortless cool...
Al Pacino to play Joe Paterno in HBO's biopic about the Penn State scandal
The rumors are true. Al Pacino will star in an HBO biopic about the Penn State scandal, senior vice president of corporate communications Jeff Cusson confirmed to USA TODAY. The actor will play longtime Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Under the direction of Barry Levinson, the movie is set to chronicle Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse scandal....
Italy does its Memorial Day right
Memorial Day has just passed. What did you do to honor those that made it possible for you to live free in America? Italy knows how to honor its warriors. Every year, the Alpini Mountain soldiers of Italy gather in a major city to honor their service. This year, the gathering was in Treviso, a city of about 100,000 people just north of Venice. 500,...
Italian Wine Seminar at ICCC
My husband and I, both members of Houston’s Italian Cultural & Community Center (ICCC) and frequent guests at their wine tastings (read about past events here and here), were thrilled to attend their first ever Italian wine seminar in four two-hour classes over the course of four weeks, led by Master Sommelier Craig Collins (Meet the Sommelier at t...
Giacomo Ghiazza: a sparkling storyboard artist from Asti to Hollywood
Storyboard artist, Giacomo Ghiazza, was born in Asti (Piedmont, Italy). Until now, the “comune” has been widely known for its sweet sparkling white wine, made from the Moscato Bianco grape. Today, more and more people living in the northern town or just stopping by Asti’s Palazzo Mazzetti, are discovering An Italian Pencil in Hollywood. Giacomo Ghi...
Morinello welcomes winners of 2017 Italian-American scholarship awards
On Monday, Assemblyman Angelo J. Morinello joined his colleagues in welcoming the students who were awarded the New York State Conference of Italian-American Legislators' academic and athletic scholarships. "I congratulate the winners of these awards for their hard work in both the classroom and on the athletic field," Morinello said. "With the ris...
Buddy V's Ristorante gives the feeling of being back in mom's Italian kitchen
This week I went to the Strip and visited one of my favorite celebrity restaurants, Buddy V’s Ristorante located inside the Venetian Las Vegas. Buddy Valastro of TLC’s TV show “Cake Boss” has brought his Italian flair for food from New Jersey to Las Vegas. I have been a big fan of the restaurant since it opened but now that I have discovered the We...
Dallas' underground Italian Club drifts after losing Addison location
The nonprofit Italian Club of Dallas has become a club without a home after losing its location in Addison. The organization, which describes its role as promoting and preserving Italian culture and traditions, moved out of the space it occupied since 2006, following a dispute with the landlord that it cannot discuss, but which surely must have som...
Italian ceramics industry back at pre-crisis levels, investments booming
You would need to turn back to 2008 to find similar production levels in the Italian ceramics industry as those achieved last year: 415 million square meters of fabricated tiles, up 5.4% compared to 2015 and about 50 million square meters more compared to a difficult year in 2009. And there is no trace in the last twenty years of the boom of invest...
Coffees – Italians do it better(?). Il primo documentario sull'arrivo di Starbucks in Italia
È ufficiale ormai da tempo: Starbucks Reserve aprirà i battenti a Milano, in piazza Cordusio, nel 2018 e l'attesa si fa trepidante. Ma cosa ne pensano gli esperti di caffè italiani? E quelli stranieri? Un documentario indaga sull'approdo del gigante americano in Italia insieme a baristi e torrefattori. Ne abbiamo parlato con gli ideatori del video....