Designers from all over the world descend on Milan for the Salone del Mobile
by Marta Casadei The Salone del Mobile is a key event for the home furnishing sector, which has always been the flagship of Italian industry. This year the 54th edition of the trade show will open on Tuesday, April 14 at the Fair of Milan-Rho and will involve 2,000 exhibitors, including furniture, lighting and office accessory companies....
Corona D’Italia Announces Scholarship Winners
Patrick L. Gilkey, a Lincoln High senior has been awarded a 2015 Corona D'Italia $500.00 scholarship. This award is given to a child or grandchild of an active member of the Corona D'Italia Lodge #807 or Sons of Italy #607 who attain the scholastic record and involvement in school activities as required. The grandson of member Mary Jane Fo...
‘Fantastico!’ Library serves ‘A Taste of Italy’ to hundreds
Columbus Day isn't until Oct. 12, but the Italian American community was out in full force six months early when the North Bergen Public Library held their "Taste of Italy" event on April 25. The afternoon was packed with activities, entertainment, education, and food, food, food. Hundreds of attendees showed up from the area to share...
“Made in” labelling/2: Vice Minister Carlo Calenda wants to include furniture and jewelry
by Laura Cavestri The Italian government plans to keep fighting for "Made In" labelling. As the Vice Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda (who also oversees international trade) has explained: it's yes to a "Made In" limited to five sectors - ceramics, footwear and textile-clothing as proposed by the EU Commission, but also incl...
Dante turns Seven Hundred and Fifty
by John Kleiner On April 24th, Samantha Cristoforetti, Italy's first female astronaut, took time off from her regular duties in the International Space Station to read from the Divine Comedy. She picked the opening canto of the Paradiso, in which Dante describes his ascent through the circle of fire and his approach toward God: I was with...
Massimo Bottura's Pope Francis-Approved Refectory, and Recipe to Turn Stale Bread Into Gold
Italy's most progressive exhibition of sustainable cooking commences this Thursday, when the Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura throws open the doors of Refettorio Ambrosiano, the once-derelict theater repurposed to educate and feed the refugees and working poor who reside far across town from the multinational pavilions welcoming culinary touri...
Annual Italian Feast and Carnival to Take Place September 17th – 20th
The Rockland Lodge 2176 of the Sons of Italy will host the 6th Annual Italian Feast and Carnival this September 17th through italianfestthe 20th. The event draws thousands of people from around the tri-state area during the four day celebration of all things Italian and has been recognized as one of the biggest events in Rockland County. T...
Edutainment con l’orto verticale e il granaio americano: il Padiglione Usa a Expo
by Barbara Minafra Una cascata capace di scrivere messaggi di benvenuto con le gocce d'acqua, un'ampia scalinata che accoglie i visitatori e un orto verticale pieno di piantine che profumano di basilico, menta o rosmarino la terrazza. ll Padiglione a stelle e strisce che racconta il concetto alimentare americano 2.0, è un edificio progett...
Dr.Michael Matone Baglino LIVE as Frank Sinatra
Monday, July 20th - 6 pm EDTContour Day Spa - 455 SW 78th Ave, Plantation 33324 Mondo Italiano Newspaper - www.FloridaItalian.com The Luxury Chamber of Commerce Revel Spirits, Inc. & South Florida Italian Singles - www.Italiandating.org Present: Michael Matone Live at Contour Banquet Room. Italian-American Michael Mato...
Enel Green Power aggiunge nuova capacità eolica negli Stati Uniti
Enel Green Power S.p.A. ("Enel Green Power"), attraverso la sua controllata Enel Green Power North America Inc. ("EGP-NA"), ha completato e allacciato alla rete il nuovo parco eolico di Osage, nell'omonima contea, in Oklahoma. Il nuovo parco, detenuto da Osage Wind, LLC, al 50 per cento di proprietà di EGP-NA, con una capacità installata t...
Discovering one of Italy’s strongest R&D sectors with science journalist Riccardo Oldani’s
by Silvia Simonetti In the world's eyes, groundbreaking robotic innovations are usually associated with the high-tech research carried out in leading countries like the U.S. or Japan. Nevertheless, Italy as well boasts a very productive robotics sector, which is one of the best examples of our creativity, programming and manufacturing sk...
Italians and food: a love story told in photographs
The way we sit around the table to dine together but also what we eat can tell so much not only about our gastronomic habits but also about our culture and identity. It's quite an experience to see how the gastronomic costumes of a nation have changed during the years in correspondence with its most important historical, social and political events...