Defaced World War I Memorial in Brooklyn Is Rebuilt
First, in 1970, the honor rolls were stolen — bronze plaques listing the 106 fallen World War I soldiers from the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn. Then, in 2000, a thief swiped the allegorical bronze figure at the center of the memorial. Thus the World War I monument, one of 122 across New York City's five boroughs in the parks...
MARCONI The Master of Wireless, 140 years of Guglielmo Marconi – A day of celebration
October 8 | 2:30 pm - 8:00 pmEvent Hosts: Drexel University | Consulate General of Italy | Pi-Philly Italian Professionals in Philadelphia Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph s...
Paid Internship Opportunities for Italian Students - APPLICATION DEADLINE OCT. 15!!!
Apply Now: Friends of the USA Pavilion Milano 2015, in partnership with the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, is accepting applications from American college students to serve as the face of the USA Pavilion at the next world's fair in Milan, Italy. This major event, Expo Milano 2015: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life...
AP Italian ad un passo dall'obiettivo: intervista con l'ambasciatore Claudio Bisogniero sui dati del College Board
Molto incoraggianti le notizie che ci giungono da Washington sul futuro della lingua italiana negli Stati Uniti: l'ambasciatore d'Italia Claudio Bisogniero, rispondendo alle domande de La VOCE di New York, ha rivelato che il raggiugimento dell'obiettivo dei 2.500 studenti che devono sostenere l'esame AP Italian entro il 2016 è ormai prossimo e ques...
This New York sommelier makes Italian wines personal with their stories
"I think that you understand wine makers when you meet them," says Lang, a sommelier and chef in New York. "When you sit down and taste the wine in the place that it's made with the person who made it, that's as good as it gets." When Lang first started traveling to Europe and meeting winemakers, he realized that he could see the winemaker...
Mantelli invisibili, medicina e missioni spaziali: a Houston il "festival" dei ricercatori italiani all'estero
"RICERCATORI italiani all'estero, unitevi!". Il motto è pressapoco questo, l'obiettivo quello di vedersi, almeno una volta all'anno, per confrontarsi, presentare i propri studi e, perché no, trascorrere una serata in allegria sentendosi, anche se per poche ore, in Italia. La decima conferenza dei ricercatori italiani nel mondo che il Comit...
Presepio Napoletano at the Italian American Museum with Anita Sanseverino and Lou Barella
You are cordially invited to attend a lecture and photo exhibit dedicated to the Presepio Napoletano (Neapolitan Nativity Scene) at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, December 4th. The evening's program will also feature a DVD based presentation with music and photos of Presepi taken by Anita Sanseverino throughout Naples and in the...
For the Sixth Film Symposium at IU
Call for Papers on Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema For the Sixth Film Symposium - April 22-25, 2015 On New Trends in Modern and Contemporary Italian Cinema Presentedby The Department of French and Italian at Indiana University Submissions are being accepted for original research on new directors and trends in Italian cin...
A book celebrates Baglietto’s 160 years of excellence in stylish shipbuilding
by Stefano Salis The seagull is still flying. Probably the most recognizable symbol and brand of the Italian boat-building sector (together with Riva motorboats), Baglietto is celebrating its 160th anniversary with a book (in Italian and English) about the history of a symbol of Italian excellence, a long time object of pride and envy. Ba...
Al Greenwich Village riapre la storica libreria italiana Vanni
Se è vero che l'Italiano è ormai una delle lingue più studiate al mondo, i cittadini della Grande Mela amanti della lingua di Dante ne gioiranno non poco: riapre infatti Vanni, la più antica libreria statunitense dedicata al nostro idioma. E questo proprio mentre per le librerie indipendenti di New York l'anno passato è stato nefasto con l...
20 Major Museum Directorships Open as Americanization Sweeps Italy
by Mostafa Heddaya As part of sweeping culture ministry reforms, 20 major Italian museums, including world-renowned institutions like the Uffizi in Florence and the Borghese in Rome, have announced a search for new directors. A January 8 listing in The Economist describes the search as an "international call for applications," and...
Stefania Nesi: Color and the Unconscious at Agora Gallery NYC
Exhibition Dates: February 10, 2015 – March 3, 2015Reception: Thursday February 12, 2015, 6:00pm - 8:00pmGallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11-6Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New YorkEvent URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Stefania_Nesi.aspx Chelsea's Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Italian painter Stefan...