Gabriele Ciampi: the delicate balance between classical tradition and contemporary trends
An exclusive performance of classically trained Maestro Gabriele Ciampi conducting his CentOrchestra was held at the Italian Cultural Institute on Thursday, June 5, under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles. Featuring an 18 piece orchestra and 3 soloists from Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome, the concert presented Ga...
Rockefeller Foundation: "Aiuteremo Roma a diventare una città efficiente". Il progetto "100 resilient cities"
"Forse voi italiani non vi rendete conto di cos'è Roma agli occhi di uno straniero. E' davvero la città eterna, culla di una civiltà bimillenaria carica di ricordi, monumenti, citazioni. Oggi viaggia con qualche ritardo sul binario della globalizzazione, ma noi intendiamo aiutarla ad uscire dai suoi shock più robusta, più efficiente, più b...
New York Fashion Week Italian Collections 1st Stop on the New Generation Fashion Tour from Italy
Uomo Moderno, a fashion and lifestyle magazine from Italy, is inaugurating the New Generation Fashion Tour from Italy, which will kick off at the close of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 12 with New York Fashion Week Italian Collections at 320 Studios on 320 West 37th Street, 14th Floor, New York. The tour will continue to Phil...
Italian American Club of Maui to Host Flatbread Pizza Paia Fundraiser Night
The Italian American Club of Maui will be hosting a fundraiser on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at Flatbread Pizza in Paia. Enjoy small or large pizzas from 5-10 pm (either dine-in or take-out) and help support the scholarship fund for the Italian American Club of Maui. Please mark your calendars and don't miss the best wood-fired pizza on Maui...
Neoclassicismo e il Futurismo italiani esposti a Washington
di Emanuela Anderle Il Neoclassicismo e il Futurismo sbarcano a Washington. Dal primo settembre 2014, la National Gallery of Art ospiterà una mostra dedicata a questi movimenti artistici italiani dal titolo "From Neoclassicism to Futurism: Italian Prints and Drawings, 1800–1925". "Un periodo questo un po' trascurato ma che in realtà ha pro...
Paolo Vannini, lo stratega del business
di Liliana Rosano Arriva a trent'anni nella Grande Mela con le idee chiare, cinque lingue parlate fluentemente e un'esperienza internazionale che lo aveva portato in Africa e India a vent'anni. Ad accoglierlo la New York degli anni novanta: ruggente, adrenalinica, dinamica. Lui giovanissimo arriva direttamente al top scalando le vette...
See an American Designer’s Homage to Italian Typography
Louise Fili — the American graphic designer behind the iconic branding of products like Tate's cookies and Late July crackers — remembers exactly when she first became interested in Italian typography: She was 16 and on her first trip to Italy when she spotted a billboard for Baci Perugina chocolates. In the years that followed, Italian de...
Giunta al X anno, la Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance apre il nuovo decennio per scrivere la storia
by Riccardo Chioni Con lo sguardo rivolto a "L'Italia Bugiarda" da una parte e la moltitudine di giovani all'estero dall'altra, la Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance venerdì ha celebrato il decimo anniversario della fondazione con una serie di eventi terminati col simposio dal titolo "L'identità degli italiani nella prossima generazione". I...
Highwood’s Del Rio celebrates 90 years of timeless Italian food
Highwood's Del Rio Restaurant is known for its authentic Italian food and Old World ambience — emphasis on the word "old." Del Rio, which turns 90 this year, may be old by industry standards, but the restaurant itself is constantly evolving. Owner Bill Pigati attributes Del Rio's success to the philosophy of the original owner, his grandm...
Tour of art exhibit offered in Italian at the California Lutheran University - Nov. 12 at 10:30
The public is invited to take a free tour of a California Lutheran University art exhibit in Italian from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12. Brittany Corbucci, an Italian instructor at Pepperdine University, will guide visitors through "Coming Home: Alumni Art Exhibit" in the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art on the Thousand Oaks ca...
Number of Italian startups rises 120% to 2,700
A total of 2,716 startups have been set up in Italy in 2014, more than double last year's figure of 1,227, according to a report from the ministry for economic development (MiSE) and the School of Management at the Milan Polytechnic. The report found that the number of startups that received business angel funding increased by 74 percent,...
Pizza Hut Asked a Bunch of Old Italian People to Judge Its Pizza
Pizza Hut has just started a major rebranding effort. Headlined the "Flavor of Now," the campaign aims to give a much-needed boost to Pizza Hut's U.S. business by wooing customers with dozens of new pizza options. Why have plain crust when you can make that toasted Asiago? Pepperoni is so boring—how about spinach and a drizzle of honey sri...