Aquazzura Opens Pop-up Store in East Hampton
Aquazzura, the luxury footwear brand, has opened a pop-up store in East Hampton selling spring and pre-fall merchandise. The shop, at 20 Main Street, carries beach and urban styles, including espadrilles, wedges and flats, as well as "Wild Thing," "Christy Flat" and "Spin Me Around," the brand's signature styles. The store will stay open until Sep...
Starbucks Invests in Italian Bakery as Reliance on Food Grows
Starbucks Corp., counting on food sales to help maintain growth, is investing in an Italian bakery and plans to expand it with new locations. The world's biggest coffee-shop chain is buying a stake in Princi, which sells pastries, pizza and pasta in Europe, according to a statement. Starbucks will also act as a global licensee of the Italian compa...
Leslie Scalapino: Italian of the Week
Leslie Scalapino: poet, playwright, essayist and editor. Born on July 25, 1944, in Santa Barbara, California, Leslie grew up in an academic family that often traveled the world. She attended Reed College and later UC Berkeley where she focused on literature. Leslie published over 30 books including poetry, plays, fiction, essays and various collabo...
It's official: Giordano's headed to Market Place later this year
University of Illinois students will have something new to sink their teeth into when they're back in Champaign-Urbana. Sometime later this year, Chicago-based Giordano's will bring its famed stuffed deep-dish pizza to Market Place Mall, a corporate spokeswoman confirmed Thursday to The News-Gazette. "We believe that Champaign is a gr...
7th Annual Italian Feast & Carnival in Tappan, NY
This festive celebration of all things Italian, which is hosted by Rockland Lodge 2176 of the Blauvelt Sons of Italy, takes place Sept 15-18 at Masonic Park in Tappan, NY. The festival, which attracts thousands of people from around the tri-state area, features plenty of Italian food, as well as live entertainment and Dreamland Amusements midw...
Il miglior suono del mondo costa 250mila euro. E lo ha creato la torinese Yar
Entrare in una stanza, udire della musica e pensare che ci sia un gruppo di musicisti a suonarla: questo è l'obiettivo che Giancarlo Sopegno e Adriano Marconetto si sono prefissi quando hanno fondato Yar, startup con cui hanno prodotto un sistema audio fatto da un amplificatore, due altoparlanti e stand da 250 mila euro. "Siamo una startup anomala...
October is Italian-American Heritage Month
The annual kickoff of this year's Italian American Heritage Month will be held on Friday, September 30th at 5:45 p.m. in the State House Chamber, 3rd Floor. Coro Dante will be performing the American and Italian national anthems and other musical selections. New entertainment for this year, a performance by musician Ray Cavicchio, soloist...
MANI - the heart of Italian craftsmanship
MANI - the heart of Italian craftsmanship - is a project launched by the Italian Stories team, whose main objective is to promote and share the knowledge of Italian artisans all around the world. We want to celebrate the beauty of Italian craftsmanship through a limited edition book containing pictures and stories of different artisans, sh...
Chef Lidia Bastianich Joins the HITN Family
HITN-TV, the network that offers educational and entertaining programming to U.S. Hispanic audiences, is announcing the addition of celebrity chef, Lidia Bastianich and her Emmy award-winning cooking shows, "La Italia de Lidia" (Lidia in Italy) and "La Italia de Lidia en América" (Lidia's Italy in America) to its growing line-up of health and lifes...
A Treat: Italian School Master Painting Takes $117,500 At Barridoff
Gaetano Chierici's (Italian, 1838?-1920) "The Mask," a Nineteenth Century scene characteristically rich in the "picture seller" style of the artist, was the top lot at Barridoff Galleries' international fine art auction on October 28, achieving $117,500, including premium. Signed and dated "Chierici Gaetano [sic] 1871" lower left, the 31-b...
Italian culture and history: Valle d'Aosta and Its Castles
WTI Magazine #85 2016 November 21Author : italia.it Translation by: Charming, spectacular Aosta Valley is a region with a lot to offer its visitors. We'll show you a route created ad hoc, that combines nature, sports and culture: A tour of the fantastic castles of Aosta Valley. In addition to being well-known for its mountains, this...
Sebastian Leone, Borough President Who Championed Brooklyn, Dies at 91
Sebastian Leone, who as borough president in the 1970s worked to raise Brooklyn's profile long before its current renaissance, died on Nov. 14 in Brooklyn. He was 91. The cause was complications of pneumonia, his wife, Helene Leone, said. Mr. Leone, a Democrat, was borough president from 1970 to 1976, when Brooklyn did not enjoy the r...