Union Station Community Concert with Italian Maestro Gianandrea Noseda
L'8 Febbraio, Venerdi' alle ore 13,00, il Maestro Gianandrea Noseda sara' alla Union Station, con i concertisti della National Symphony Orchestra, per sorprendere con un bel repertorio le persone che saranno gia' li' o che vorranno venire a sentirLi suonare. L'anno scorso questo evento, proposto per la prima volta a DC, ha riscosso il suo primo gra...
Il maxitorneo di Pidro, il gioco con le carte portato dall’America dagli emigrati
Centoventotto coppie iscritte, mai così tante negli ultimi trent’anni. Perché saranno anche belli i giochi sullo smartphone e sul tablet, ma vuoi mettere il gesto di schiaffar sul tavolo la carta, in un torneo che coinvolge tutto il paese? A Lonate Pozzolo sono in fibrillazione, per la grande sfida. Niente scala 40 o scopa, qui va di moda – da un s...
How Valenza Chocolatier started when a real estate businesswoman began searching for her real passion
Amy Jo Pedone, owner of Valenza Chocolatier, sits in a 400-square foot studio that she calls the Cioccolato Lab at The Hood Kitchen Space in Costa Mesa. It’s almost Valentine’s Day, one of her busiest times of the year yet she’s not haggard, she’s downright bubbly. But she’s a very different person than she was in the spring of 2007, attending a fa...
The Italian Museum You Have to See in 2019
The National Archeological Museum of Naples, MANN, has unveiled its program for 2019-2020, and it’s rich with outstanding exhibitions, the awaited re-opening of important sections, and the restyling of others. The program has been called ‘Mann at Work’ and, in the words of its director, Paolo Giulierini, “In 2020, Naples will have an archeological...
Now that I Live in His Country, My Reflective Images of Nonno in New York
When I was a graduate student at Columbia University, dad bought you a ground floor apartment in the tenement walk-up on East 61 Street, where first you lived with Nonna for over thirty-five years and then on your own for another thirteen. Your emphysema no longer allowed you to walk up four flights of stairs, but before you could even move in, you...
Humanoid robots to debut in Italy hospitals
Humanoid robots are set to make their debut in Italian hospitals, medical sources said on Wednesday. A two-to-three-year pilot scheme is set to start at the hospital in san Giovanni Rotondo near Foggia, which was originally built thanks to St Padre Pio. It will then be extended to other Italian hospitals, as well as French ones, the sources said. O...
Joseph's Expanded Family Aims To Please Both Locals and Wall Streeters With Classic Italian Food
Comfort, a civilized ambience, attentive service, generosity of spirit. It seems such virtues once associated with good restaurants have been replaced by cramped, naked tables, ear-shattering noise, a “who-gets-what?” attitude and portions of food the size of a shoe polish tin. Indeed those virtues that once distinguished the joys of dining out are...
Along the Aurelian Wall: Highlighting the A-B-C's of Ancient Rome
When: Wed, February 27, 2019 time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST - Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford St, Houston, TX 77006 In 271 AD, the Emperor Aurelian began the construction of a defensive wall around the city of Rome. The wall, known as the Aurelian Wall, surrounded the city in a circuit of 19 kilometers or about 12 miles with a...
Cibo Divino’s Popular Grab-And-Go Italian Eats Expand From West Dallas to Downtown
Cibo Divino Marketplace, a West Dallas favorite for grab-and-go Italian eats will open a new spinoff in Downtown this spring. Cibo Divino Centro will debut at 2001 Bryan Street facing the DART rail on the ground floor of Bryan Tower, according to CultureMap. Most of the items that made its Sylvan Thirty outpost popular will make the trek to Downtow...
Aziende più antiche, il record è italiano
Quali famiglie hanno avuto la forza di attraversare mille anni alla guida delle loro aziende ed essere ancora lì, capaci di mantenere la barra a dritta? Guerre, trasformazioni, rivoluzioni quante ne hanno dovute affrontare? E i travagli interni alle famiglie stesse che hanno dovuto superare? Quante lezioni potrebbe rivelare il loro percorso millena...
Don’t be Artichoked by Gross Vegetables: Eat the Roman Fried Artichoke!
The Artichoke originating in the Mediterranean region, is commonly used in Italian dishes such as salad, pizza, and pasta. Common preparations of the artichoke include roasted, grilled, pickled, and cooked Jewish-style. Otherwise known as carciofi alla giudia, the Jewish-style artichoke is a staple in Jewish-Roman cuisine. This dish referred to as...
Private Equity in Italy on the rise: the direct experience of a Us private equity veteran
For years American investors—companies and individuals—have perceived Italy as a complicated place to do business. A legal system which makes the rule of law uncertain and untimely, employer-unfriendly labor laws, and a stiflingly bureaucratic public administration comprise three reasons why aggregate private investment in Italy from the U.S. sinc...