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L'Università dei Sapori di Perugia e l'International Culinary Schools at The Art Institutes, prestigioso gruppo americano di college che annovera 50 sedi negli Stati Uniti e in Canada, hanno reso noto di aver firmato lo scorso 23 aprile un importante accordo di cooperazione nel settore della formazione gastronomica.   L'accordo, sottoscritto...

Una stagione davvero incredibile si chiude con l'ennesimo primato. Marco Belinelli, dopo aver dato un contributo molto importante agli Spurs durante la regular season, dopo aver vinto la gara da tre punti all'All Star Game Weekend, diventa il primo giocatore italiano a giocarsi le Finali Nba. Qualcosa di straordinario per un cestista che durante l...

  WTI Magazine #35    2014 June, 18Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   The Italian language is undeniably a fundamental part of the representation of our country in the entire world: it is an instrument of culture, pride, historical evidence, and even marketing. It is a rich and prestigious language, even if it is not among the most sp...

Maserati North America, Inc. continues to break its sales records in North America, today reporting (1,015 units) sold representing the strongest June sales month in the company's history and 228.5% percent increase compared to June 2013 (309 units).   This continues the momentum from May 2014, which marked the best sales month in the compan...

If there ever was an honorary Italian, it must be Bay Area author Dianne Hales. Although the majority of her career has centered on health topics and textbooks, Hales published La Bella Lingua in 2010, a personal memoir encapsulating her 25-year pilgrimage to speak Italian, to impressive reviews.   Her latest book, Mona Lisa: A Life Discover...

The Italian Street Festival "Bazaar" is an annual fundraising and community event for St. Peter's Church the Italian Parish of the Diocese of Portland celebrating the Feasts of the Assumption and St. Rocco.   Come enjoy music, food and children's games! More information hereLocation: St. Peter's Church, Corner of Federal & India Streets...

Pensate per un attimo alla variegata moltitudine di meraviglie artistiche italiane: chiese, dipinti, statue e reperti archeologici delle più disparate epoche, incastonati in quello che dallo spazio appare come uno stivale d'incalcolabile valore. Provate a immaginare la vostra opera d'arte preferita ridotta in macerie da una bomba.   Un atroc...

Domani, 9 settembre, alle ore 21.15 in largo S. Maria dei Barbuti, a Salerno, concerto-evento dei 35 musicisti della "U.S. Naval Forces Europe Allied Force Band Naples". Il concerto-evento sarà preceduto da una sfilata in musica per le strade del centro storico di Salerno. La prestigiosa iniziativa, commemorativa del 70esimo anniversario di Salern...

A couple of years ago, Lapo Elkann, the car-nut grandson of the late Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli, was outraged that Volkswagen had agreed to buy Ducati, the Italian motorcycle company best known for its lean, testosterone-laden road missiles. In a text message to me, he said, "Ducati has to stay Italian" (I had interviewed him not long before abo...

Sarah Jessica Parker will play the lead in romantic comedy All Roads Lead To Rome, with principal photography to start this month on location in Italy. AMBI Pictures principals Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi and Paradox Studios' Mikael Wiren are financing.   Parker stars as Maggie, an uptight American on a road trip throughout Italy wit...

Even with the rollout of his new memoir, Cuomo the Younger isn't getting all the screen time this October.   The governor will be the special guest at an Oct. 21 screening of "The Italian Americans," a PBS special documentary which "explores the evolution of Italian Americans from the late nineteenth century to today, from 'outsiders' once v...

November 8 (Saturday) 2:00 pmFilm presentation: Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (Un eroe Italiano)The incredible story of an ordinary and humble man who did his best to save the lives of thousands Jews during the last months of World War II in Budapest, Offered with the collaboration of the OSIA, Commission on Social Justice with commentary pro...