The Italian Emphasis on Beauty in Design
Last year during Italy Design Week 2.0, there was a spirited debate about the utility of beauty in design. The panelists, who included Makers, Journalists and Technologists, sparred over the appropriate value to ascribe to beauty as represented through design. This blog contended that consumers place a high value on beautiful design and, t...
Staten Island's Garibaldi-Meucci Museum hosting June 22 trip to Magnanini Vineyards
Yeah, yeah, yeah, our borough has the best legit Italian culture in all five boroughs. However, it doesn't hurt to sample off-Island offerings once in a while. On Sunday, June 22, the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum will host an upstate bus trip to the Magnanini Vineyards in Wallkill, New York. After a stroll on the lush 13-acres of beautiful coun...
L'Arte di fare impresa in tempi duri. Un premio per il Made in Italy. Iscrizioni ancora aperte
Il Museo Regionale dell'Emigrazione Pietro Conti – Centro di Ricerca sull'Emigrazione Italiana con sede a Gualdo Tadino, presenta la quarta edizione del premio all'eccellenza "Un'Impresa ad arte. Gran Galà dell'Imprenditoria Italiana 2014", con la collaborazione del Sole 24Ore – Formazione ed Eventi ed il Patrocinio del Comune di Gualdo Tadino e de...
L’importanza del programma AP Italian e i rischi che corre
Nei licei degli USA gli studenti d'italiano hanno dato l'esame AP Italian Language and Culture il 15 maggio 2014. Non si sa ancora quanti studenti hanno sostenuto l'esame e se il loro numero è aumentato in paragone all'anno scorso; nel maggio del 2013 gli studenti che hanno dato l'esame sono stati 1,980 in totale. La meta per il 2015-2016...
A brokerage with foreign flavors
Carlo Piras had been investing in real estate for more than a decade. But the Italian American was more comfortable in a kitchen, having worked in restaurants since he was 16 years old. In 2006, he opened Café Americano and built it into a downtown staple. When Piras sold the business in late 2012, he signed a non-compete clause that force...
Italian cookie & pastry shop coming to the River Market
Vito and Carol "Rookie" LaBruzzo operated LaBruzzo's Tavern at 1809 Grand from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. Their daughter, Carol LaBruzzo, co-owned Kelly's Bakery for 16 years (from about 1979 to 1995) in the old Northeast area, as well as a Kelly's Bakery outlet in the River Market. Her sisters — Vicki LaBruzzo, Christy Maenza, an...
Welcome Home Oriana: la prima America della Fallaci
di Chiara Trebaiocchi Amata e odiata, senza troppe misure o mezzi termini. In fondo anche Oriana era così, una donna e una giornalista unica, senza troppe misure o mezzi termini. Di certo è stata e rimane la Fallaci, la giornalista italiana più nota e apprezzata all'estero. Nel suo paese, anch'esso forse amato e odiato, la sua figura conti...
Bertolucci - A Film Series (Cinema Italia SF)
Following the success of the 2013 film series PASOLINI, we are presenting four of the most successful and loved works by legendary Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci. BERTOLUCCI - A Film Series will engage the audience in a one-day pursuit of a dream that arose from a prolific cinematic career spanning over fifty years. The fes...
A Look at the 88th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, Little Italy, New York City
By Giovanni di Napoli Friday, September 19th, I made my way to Most Precious Blood Church in New York City's Little Italy to meet some friends and celebrate the Feast of our beloved patron San Gennaro. The evening began with a special Mass celebrated in English and Italian with Monsignor Cassato, visiting from Saint Athanasius Church in B...
New England Italian Film festival: The Ideal City
The Italian Program at Northeastern University is pleased to present, in collaboration with the Italian Consulate in Boston and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the New England Italian Film Festival. This week movie is a drama by director Luigi Lo Cascio, The Ideal City. Michele Grassadonia is a fervent environmentalist. A long time...
Twentieth Anniversary Festa in Little Italy
San Diego's Little Italy Festa began its Twentieth Anniversary on Friday, October 10th with a vintage Italian poster exhibition at Meyer Fine Art Inc., and ended with the Festa's Bocce Ball Tournament on Sunday October 12th. Between these celebration's activities ranged from shopping at Little Italy's Mercato on Saturday, through its Gesso...
feStivale 2014 Gala Finale Brings Season to a Close
At precisely 5:00, Saturday evening a select gathering of Italian singers and band members rehearsed, while sumptuous Italian appetizers were set out early in anticipation of the San Diego Italian Film Festival members and their guests, who began pouring into Balboa's Museum of Photographic Art, on bringing feStivale 2014, to an exciting finale. &...