Quei genietti delle università americane e inglesi che vogliono salvare il Made in Italy
di Marco De' Francesco Giovani, talvolta giovanissimi, ma che si sono già messi alla prova. Hanno superato selezioni internazionali, barriere culturali; e percorso spazi considerevoli, in cerca dell'ateneo più prestigioso e di occasioni di lavoro che non capitano a tutti. E la notizia è che – tutto sommato – il Belpaese è ancora a...
Macroeconomic indicators point to mild signs of recovery from crisis-stricken South
by Marzio Bartoloni After seven years of persistent economic disgrace, the Italian "Mezzogiorno", or South, has started recovering: tenuous signals of economic revival have finally stopped the financial downfall. In the first three months of the year the employment rate registered un uptick (+0.8%). As a consequence of this phenomenon, firms' soci...
West Haven bocce court vegetable, flower garden vandalized
by Mark Zaretsky The tight-knit bunch down at the beachside John Barone Bocce Court along the boardwalk thought they were doing a nice thing when they planted a little vegetable garden adjacent to the court. They just don't understand the mentality of people who walk around wrecking other people's good work. After coming up with...
SACA to honor Judge Coco
The Sicilian American Cultural Association will present Gloria Coco with its Medal of merit on Sept. 27 at Monastero's Banquets in Chicago. Tickets for the event are $40 for adults (cash bar) and $18 for children 2 to 12 years of age. Entertainment will be provided by past winners of the Bel Canto Foundation Opera Contest. (773-588–2515) The...
Federico Vercellone, thinking and Imagination: Between Science and Art
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICIReserve Panelist:Giovanna Borradori (Vassar College) e Achille Varzi (Columbia Uni.) "Thinking and Imagination" makes a fundamental contribution to the understanding of the image as a new cultural environment and as the place w...
Museo Ferrari keeps pulling in more visitors
by Jennifer Clark The bright red race cars at the Museo Ferrari attracted almost as many visitors last year as Jackson Pollock's iconic splashings at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. In August, the museum hit a new all-time record for daily visitors, 2,422 -- more than the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan had on Easter Sunday. W...
UConn Stamford to host annual Italian American Heritage Celebration
By Korey Wilson University of Connecticut Stamford will host its second annual Italian American Heritage Celebration on Thursday, Oct. 8. The annual event highlights Stamford's Italian-American community and heritage with a lecture, food, crafts and music. "We're really excited about this because during our initial event last year, w...
Let’s Learn from the Past: Bloomfield
By Breanna Smith Known as Pittsburgh's "Little Italy," Bloomfield today comprises a variety of specialty Italian shops and traditions. But more than 100 years before the first wave of Italian immigrants, another ethnic group laid claim to this city neighborhood. Located about three miles east of Downtown Pittsburgh, Bloomfield encompasses...
Authentic Italian restaurant gets crazy in Memphis
by Meagan NicholsA new Cordova restaurant is about to bridge the gap between the Bluff City and the boot of Europe, thanks to a few of Italy's native sons. Crazy Italians Restaurant, located at 1250 N. Germantown Parkway, suite 105, will hold its grand opening Monday, Oct. 19. Giampaolo Ongaro and Daniele Zucca are the co-owners and "...
Honoring Kansas City Italians! Dr. J. B. Bisceglia
In 1908, the Northeast Community Center founded its roots in the Italian Mission founded by Kansas City's Central Presbyterian Church. The work began in a small frame building at 505 Forest, where most of the city's Italian immigrants passed through for medical care, English lessons, child care and education. In 1918, Dr. J. B. Bisceglia arrived i...
Bottega in Italia, affari all’estero Reputeka conquista Usa e Far East
di Alessandro PapayannidisGli inglesi comprano gioielli, i tedeschi scarpe e borse. L'artigianato Made in Italy promosso da reputeka.com, dopo un anno, ha piantato bandiere in tutta Europa e ora si prepara a un doppio sbarco: Stati Uniti e Far East. Da Raossi, una piccola frazione di Vallarsa, tra le montagne del Trentino, la piattaforma e...
Travinia Italian Kitchen opens near the Fillmore
by Michael Klein The name is Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar and the wine list includes about 60 wines by the glass, but therein lies the rub. The liquor license for the contemporary restaurant - set up in the old Ajax Metal Works building next to the Fillmore in Fishtown and just across Delaware Avenue from the SugarHouse Cas...