IT and US: Let's learn Italian with the AP Program
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. Reports Best June Sales in 100 Year History, with a Landmark 323% Gain for the First Six Months of 2014
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...
Mona Lisa: Bay Area Author Finds the Woman Behind the Smile
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...
89th Annual Italian Bazaar
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...
Ilaria Dagnini Brey presenta i “Venus Fixers” all’IIC nell’anniversario della liberazione di Firenze
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...
Sbarco di Salerno, sfilata e concerto ai Barbuti della banda musicale "US Naval Forces Europe"
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...
How Italian Ferrari could become an American company
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 Finds ‘All Roads Lead To Rome'; Romcom To Shoot In Italy
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...
Gov. Cuomo to guest star at screening of Italian American documentary featuring his pop, Mario
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...
Film presentation: Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (Un eroe Italiano)
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...
Bridging New York Celebration at Casa Belvedere Fri. 11/21/14 - RSVP Today!
Join Us For Casa Belvedere's Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge - Friday, November 21, 2014 - 7 pm to 11 pm Welcoming performance by Wagner College "Seahawk" Marching Band - Premium Cocktail Hour - Seasonal Gourmet Sit Down Dinner by Bocelli Restaurant Castello Verrazza...
Free Italian holidays festival @ Smithsonian American Art Museum
AMERICAN ART MUSEUM + EMBASSY OF ITALY/ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE Present: ITALIAN HOLIDAYS FESTIVAL. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2014 | 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM - SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM - KOGOD COURT 8th & F STREETS | WASHINGTON, DC 20004 *** NOTE: ARTISTS' PERFORMANCES CYCLE THRU THE DAY. WEB SITE: CLICK HERE ARTIST...