Employment Opportunity: Italics TV
POSITION: Camera/Editor (Broadcast Associate). DESCRIPTION: The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY seeks applications for the position of Broadcast Associate who will report to the dean and work closely with the producer of the TV program Italics. This is a 32-hour-per-week position. DUTIES: Camera Operation: remotes...
You can hire a fairytale castle for weddings in Abruzzo, Italy for just €100
A refurbished castle is available to hire out for weddings at just €100 per day - so what's the catch? It's an incredible offer for anyone dreaming of a fairytale wedding in Italy: a hilltop castle is available for exclusive hire for just €100 a day. With historic wedding venues in Italy often charging thousands of euros for just a few hours’ hire,...
101-year-old veteran still carries on values learned in Army
A 101-year-old woman who enlisted during WWII still carries on the values she learned in the U.S. Army to this day. Sgt. Millie Epifanio is a New Yorker, first-generation Italian-American and one of the original Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. She still makes her bed every day and still does her Army exercises. She also still wears her dog tag."It sa...
Find your new favorite latte (and more) at Nutella Cafe NYC
When Italian chocolatier Ferrero announced it was opening an official Nutella Cafe in New York, it could’ve been a refined affair with a giant old brass espresso machine and traditional pastries. What you actually find inside Nutella Cafe NYC is an amusement park that the hazelnut-cocoa spread built. “Everything on this menu is built around Nutella...
Cinema Italian Style’s Student Short Contest
Cinema Italian Style, the five-day film festival bringing the best of contemporary Italian filmmaking to Santa Monica, is putting on a short film contest for film students from Santa Monica College, USC, Chapman University and the New York Film Academy Los Angeles. The winner will get a 4-day trip to Rome (roundtrip flight and hotel accommodation),...
The Dish: Husband-and-wife team Scott Tacinelli and Angie Rito
Growing up in New Jersey, Sott Tacinelli shared his Italian-American family's passion for food. He began a career in advertising but felt the call of the kitchen so he left for cooking school and eventually some top jobs in the industry. His best move may have been teaming up with, and marrying, fellow chef Angie Rito. After tying the knot in Flor...
This New Database Aims to Become the World’s Best Resource on the History of Overlooked Women Artists
Picture an artist in your mind. Is that person male? Probably. The majority of famous artists most people can name off the top of their head are men. But that doesn’t mean that women haven’t had an important place in the history of art. And while most of them have yet to make it into the textbooks, a new illustrated database should go a long way to...
Relazioni Italia-Usa, a Palazzo Reale celebrati 75 anni di amicizia
Non sempre la diplomazia e’ un mestiere facile, specialmente se l’interlocutore e’ un popolo che ha subito una guerra fratricida, ma quando uno ti tende la mano per risalire dal fosso profondo ove si e’ precipitati, non si deve guardare in faccia il Salvatore perché sia degno di noi. Aiutare il prossimo certe volte odora di bruciato e i primi ad av...
Inside Milan’s Casa Verdi, where musicians retire in harmony
When Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi in the late 1800s built a neo-Gothic mansion in Milan, he envisioned a bustling sanctuary for professional musicians who were not earning livable incomes. Since then, Casa Verdi has hosted 1,500 residents and become an exclusive retirement home for elderly players. Special Correspondent Christopher Livesay repor...
American Society of Italian Heritage honors its Rising Stars
The American Society of Italian Heritage held it annual Rising Star Banquet at DiChristina's Restaurant. The organization includes members from all parts of the Northshore and several south shore members as well. Guest speaker was Professor Anthony Margavio, former University of New Orleans, Loyola University, and Southeastern Louisiana University...
Public money to back Italian restaurant, preservation in former St. James Methodist church
People entering the historical former St. James United Methodist Church building in downtown Waco see a message in gold lettering assuring that prayer changes things. Lane and Amy Murphy had a prayer answered Thursday, when the board of Tax Increment Financing Zone No. 1 voted to grant $531,185 in TIF money toward a $2.6 renovation plan the couple...
Celebrating Veterans
The Sons of Italy thanked hundreds of area veterans for their service Friday with free spaghetti dinners at the organization’s headquarters. Service members from different military branches and eras of conflict ate and talked in a packed hall. “This is an annual function that the Sons if Italy puts on to honor the veterans,” Doug Hartleib, presiden...