Italian restaurant in Coral Gables celebrates 25th anniversary
A South Florida restaurant is celebrating a quarter century of bringing a family's Italian traditions to the Sunshine State. Caffe Abbracci in Coral Gables has been serving up delicious dishes and pleasing plenty of customers since it opened in 1989. "We pay attention to the details," said Nino Pernetti, the restaurant's Venetian owner. "W...
Una finestra sull’Italia al Festival del Cinema Internazionale di San Francisco
La 57^ edizione del San Francisco International Film Festival è alle porte, e come ogni anno in primavera questo evento presenta per quindici giorni una straordinaria selezione di opere cinematografiche provenienti da tutto il mondo. Fra gli oltre duecento film ed eventi live in programma e cento registi in persona, anche l'Italia avrà la...
Nino Manfredi: a Los Angeles proiezione speciale di “Pane e Cioccolata” e all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura una retrospettiva
Dalia Events, in collaborazione con la Onni, sbarca a Los Angeles per la proiezione speciale della versione restaurata del film "Pane e Cioccolata", prima tappa della manifestazione "Nino! Omaggio a Nino Manfredi", presentata lo scorso 10 aprile presso la sala della Protomoteca del Comune di Roma. Quasi già tutto esaurito per la proiezione...
New dates for Santa Rosalia festival
by Helen Klein In a turnaround from prior plans, the Santa Rosalia festival will run for as many days and as many blocks along 18th Avenue as it had previously, but it will be held in the middle of August, instead of the end of the month, which community activists hope will ease problems that have been associated with the long-running even...
Coming Soon: A Maserati Dealership Near You
Maserati is finding amore with American car buyers. The maker of sporty luxury sedans, owned by Italy's Fiat (F:IM), is opening U.S. dealerships at a rate of more than one a week, as sales hit new records in its biggest market. Maserati plans to have 120 U.S. dealerships by the end of this year, up from the current 83, a spokeswoman says....
Bethlehem to hold small 'preview' Italian festival Thursday
A small Italian festival is taking place Thursday in Bethlehem. For the final Tunes at Twilight night of the season, the Lehigh Valley Italian American Band will play, The Brick restaurant will sell pizza and Italian wine and beer also will be for sale. The event will be a small preview for a future large Italian festival in the city, whi...
Ferragosto Celebration: Film & Pizza!
Join us on Sunday, August 17th, 5.30 pm at the ICCC for the fourth annual Festa di Ferragosto! Italian Film & Pizza. Complimentary refreshments. Bring your friends and a favorite bottle of wine! Projected film: "Che bella giornata!" In Italian with English subtitles.
Abel Ferrara’s 'Pasolini' Picks Up Italian Distributor (Exclusive)
Abel Ferrara&rsquos new film Pasolini has picked up an Italian distributor, the Rome-based Europictures. The company was smitten on the film after seeing only a short promo in Cannes. Pasolini, clocking in at 86 minutes, is Ferrara&rsquos look at the controversial Italian director and writer&rsquos last day on earth: Nov. 2, 1975. &nbs...
Quell'«orecchio» italiano che dà sicurezza agli americani: il caso della start up con il cervello a Milano
di Massimo Esposti Una serie di colpi di arma da fuoco in rapidissima sequenza rompe il silenzio della notte di un buio quartiere periferico di Washington. Siamo in un'area commerciale in fase di riqualificazione praticamente deserta. Il suono non è però sfuggito a uno dei sensibilissimi sensori disseminati nella città e collegati wireless...
Old Neighborhood Italian American Club Hosting Street Fest Saturday
by Casey Cora The imposing brick building that houses the Old Neighborhood Italian American Club, plastered everywhere with "Members Only" signs, looms large at 31st Street and Shields Avenue.On Saturday, the decades-old men's club is throwing its first-ever Italian Fest and inviting neighborhood residents to get a taste of what they're al...
Italian Feast Preparations
A massive Italian feast will be served in Utica this weekend. Thousands will make the pilgrimage to St. Anthony's church for the 102nd annual feast, all to honor the saints Cosmas and Damian. To feed the thousands, preparations are now in full swing. People at the feast will be asking St. Cosmos and Damian's for good health. One local Ital...
Arnaldo Mondadori: a Publisher's mark across the history of Italy
The Mondadori, Italy's largest publishing group, has a history, as is the case for almost all large industries, closely linked to the life of one man, in this case the "boy printer" Arnoldo Mondadori who in 1907, when he was still very young, began his career as a publisher in Ostiglia, a small village in the Lombardy countryside. The expa...