Belle Macchina Italiane in Nashville Brings Together Ferrari Club of America Members
By Janelle A. Weber A little rain couldn't dampen the spirit of the Tifosi who descended on the Music City for the 2016 Belle Macchina Italiane weekend. Guests from Florida, Mississippi, and Georgia joined members of the Tennessee Chapter of the Ferrari Club of America for three days of countryside driving and exotic auto ogling. &nb...
Vincenzo Avanzato Delivers Pasta Fundraiser Proceeds
Stella Luna's Bucatini all'Amatriciana may be the ultimate in comfort food. Tony and Vinne Avanzato began serving the pasta dish, famous in Amatrice, Italy, as a fundraiser after the Aug. 24 earthquake that devastated the town. "Our friends over there told us there were foundations we could donate to, but they would take 20-30 percent...
Paula’s Picks – Coperta – Denver’s Hottest New Italian Restaurant
Paul and Aileen Reilly, the brother and sister team who brought us the incredible American craft restaurant, Beast and Bottle, have done it again with Coperta! Coperta serves traditional dishes from Rome and South Italy like Panzanella salad, Paninis, Orecchiette with Sausage, Broccoli Rabe pasta, and lots of fresh mozzarella! Coperta is l...
Faculty soprano celebrates Italian opera with WSU Symphony Orchestra
Faculty artist Cristina Castaldi, soprano, will join the Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra for "Verdi to Verismo," a celebration of Italian opera arias, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, in Miller Concert Hall. The program, featuring music by Verdi, Puccini, Mendelssohn and Kevin Puts, will be led by Director of Orchestras Mark Lay...
Italian Festival benefits Desert Arc
This year's Italian Festival was the best one yet! The venue at Rancho Mirage community park was the setting for the sixth annual festival. Weather was perfect with more food choices and music that set the mood. The U.S. National Anthem was the first music of the day followed by the Italian National Anthem. As you walked by all the food vendors yo...
Italian-American center offers memberships
The Center for Italian and Italian American Culture, 411 Pompton Ave., Suite 5, is open to new members. Anyone who loves Italian cuisine, Italian music, Italian art and Italian traditions is invited to join. The organization, which has been in existence since 1990, was founded by four professional men, who wanted to preserve and promote I...
Italian Bred continues to sell out - Moves to Bigger Theatre!
ITALIAN BRED comes to the West Coast after a successful Off Broadway NYC run with Sold-Out Crowds and Rave Reviews. After several, seek standing room only performances at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood, buy Italian Bred moves to The Colony Theatre in Burbank to accommodate the frequent large crowds. ITALIAN BRED is a Fresh and Hilariou...
Rome's water clocks and Father Embriaco's talent
Giovanni Battista Embriaco (Ceriana, 1829 – Rome, 1903) was a Dominican friar from Liguria, with a penchant for clocks. Water clocks, specifically, or hydrochronometers, which he invented. Rome still keeps two of these sophisticated machines he made. The most famous one is on the Pincian Hill, from where you can overlook the city from a be...
Nuovi orari al Consolato di Boston
Cambiano gli orari al Consolato d'Italia a Boston. Da lunedì prossimo, 17 settembre, gli Uffici saranno aperti al pubblico il lunedì, martedì, mercoledì e venerdì dalle 9 alle 12.30. Il giovedì, sia la mattina – dalle 9.30 alle 12.00 – che il pomeriggio – dalle 14.00 alle 15.30. L'Ufficio Notarile sarà aperto il martedì ed il giovedì, ma riceve e...
American English
L'Ufficio per gli Affari Educativi e Culturali del Dipartimento di Stato americano ha lanciato il nuovo sito interattivo 'American English'. Il sito è un centro di risorse per l'insegnamento e l'apprendimento della lingua e della cultura americana e fornisce una molteplice gamma di interessanti risorse e materiale per l'aggiornamento professionale...
The Monk, the Priest, the Nun
The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, the Italian Studies Section, and the Italian Consulate General in Philadelphia present The Monk, the Priest, the Nun March 22-23, 2013 The conference, held at the University of Pennsylvania, will explore how monks, priests, and nuns dwell in literary texts and the visual arts quit...
Incontro con il Prof. Dominick Salvatore
L'American Chamber of Commerce in Italy ha organizzato un incontro con il Professor Dominick Salvatore, Director of the Ph.D. Program in Economics at Fordham University in New York City dal titolo "Stati Uniti, Europa, Italia: quando la ripresa? - Outlook 2013", tenutosi a Milano, giovedì 21 marzo 2013. Il dibattito è stata un'interessante occasio...