Fort Myers Italian Fest this Sunday November 10th
The Rotary Club of Fort Myers returns to the Alliance for the Arts on Sunday, November 10 for Italian Fest 2013, sponsored by the Boston Red Sox Foundation. Italian Fest 2013 will tantalize your taste buds and provide entertainment for the whole family. Italian food will be plentiful, along with cold beverages, beer, wine, Italian ice and ice crea...
Batali: Eataly to Open Dec. 2
by Daniel Gerzina Mario Batali is excited to bring Eataly to Chicago. Very, very excited. Relaxing at the end of the bar at Otto in New York City (which Batali calls his "office"), the larger-than-life chef's eyes grew wider than his collection of Crocs when discussing the opening. First things first: Batali says the Eataly team i...
Mobilitiamoci per tenere aperto il consolato a Detroit
Nel 2009 dopo appena 10 giorni dall'annuncio della possibile chiusura del consolato a Detroit, l'allora Governatore del Michigan scrisse una lettera alle massime autorita' italiane per chiedere un ripensamento della decisione. Dal nuovo annuncio di chiusura sedi i 10 giorni saranno trascorsi lunedi' prossimo: a che punto siamo? Rispetto a...
Installation Mass set for new Rochester bishop
by Sean Dobbin Bishop Salvatore Matano will approach the door of Sacred Heart Cathedral on Jan. 2 and knock three times on the door. Bishop Robert Cunningham will open it. The symbolic gesture will mark the beginning of two days of worship to install Matano as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Rochester. The Jan. 2 solemn vespers...
The Yoox mastermind tells all
Entrepreneurship is probably difficult to acquire. But some men are just born with the gift. With ideas like milking wildebeest in Africa to how to fit a camera in a phone, Federico Marchetti, CEO and founder of the Yoox group, always knew he was meant to be an entrepreneur. It was just a matter of which direction to take. "I realised I wo...
Scalzo offers Tuscan cuisine in ease and elegance
When Giuseppe "Joe" Scalzo talks about Ciao Bella, his Tuscan-inspired restaurant, his passion for creating soul-satisfying dishes comes through. The Calabria, Italy-born Scalzo discovered that passion for cooking while working at a small restaurant in Florence, Italy—and then brought it to the U.S. After studying international business at...
A Roundtable on the “Italian Waves of Innovation”
A hundred years of Italian immigration in Northern California through personal experiences, values and culture brought from Italy to the American society, the reasons of Italian success in the U.S. and new opportunities for entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley today; these were just a few topics debated at the event "Italian Waves of Innovation (191...
Emanuele Mengotti all'Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
Il trailer del progetto cinematografico The Plague Doctor, scritto e diretto dal 27enne regista veneziano Emanuele Mengotti, è stato selezionato all'"Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival". Mengotti ha rappresentato l'Italia al Festival hollywoodiano, nel quale è stato anche omaggiato il regista Tinto Brass con una retrospettiva a lui dedicata....
Students, faculty collaborate to improve concrete structures
By Kelly Schiro The future where people can monitor the structural status of bridges, buildings and roads is coming to life through a collaborative research effort between professors at Iowa State and the University of Perugia in Italy. Using nanotechnology, the students and faculty working on the project are developing materials that s...
Un matematico italiano designato Presidente della Chapman University
Il prof. Daniele Struppa, attuale Chancellor della Chapman University presso la quale e' stato chiamato nel 2006, e' stato nominato dal Board of Trustees dell'Universita' "Presidente designato" e successore dell'attuale Presidente Jim Doti, Ph.D, quando questi andra' in pensione. Laureatosi in matematica all'Universita' di Milano, e conseguito il...
Italian Confidence Undimmed by Statistics
THE Italian economy has been a laggard for years. In the final quarter of 2013, it registered scant growth of just 0.3 percent at an annual rate, and that was a great improvement. Before that, it had shrunk for nine consecutive quarters. The economy remains smaller than it was 14 years ago. Unemployment has climbed to nearly 13 percent, tw...
Fulbright BEST Program Receives Most Applicants Ever
By Mauro Battocchi Fulbright BEST exposes Italian talents to Silicon Valley culture and then sends them back to Italy to turn their innovative ideas and approaches into business ventures. This policy effort, supported by the Italian diplomatic service, uses Silicon Valley as a lever for accelerating the growth of Italy's software...