Parte dal Fancy food una campagna contro l'Italian Sounding. Il ministro Martina porterà oggi le istanze a Washington
"Parmisan", "parmisao", "regianito", "pamesello". Comunque lo si pronunci, il richiamo al parmigiano reggiano, il formaggio Dop italiano più amato (e copiato) a livello internazionale, è evidente. In questa fiera agroalimentare a New York, il Fancy Food, (cibo raffinato), di storpiature sul Parmigiano se ne vedono molte. Evocare la denomin...
Save Venice - Annual General Meeting- 2014
The Annual General Meeting of the Boston Chapter of Save Venice is scheduled for Tuesday, September 30th at 7:00 pm at the Chilton Club, 287 Dartmouth Street, Boston. A reception will precede the Business Meeting at 6:30 pm. Following the Business Meeting, Dial Parrott will present a short lecture on "Venice: The Vanguard State." The Busin...
IASA - Call for papers for Traversea Vol. 4
Traversea, a peer-reviewed, online, open-access journal is dedicated to the publication of research in transatlantic history. Transatlantic history pertains to the interconnectedness of human experience and cross-cultural encounters of Europe, Africa, and the Americas (North and South) from 1500 to the present. It is inherently interdiscip...
VIVA VERDI!...life's third act may just be the best one after all!
Stories of romance, tragedy and triumph, love lost and won from Casa Verdi's marvelously eccentric artists, divas and performers abound in our documentary, VIVA VERDI! Well beyond their prime, these living treasures live out their "third act" with vibrancy, dignity and purpose in this stately retirement home bequeathed them in 1902 by Giuseppe Verd...
Dedicate ai capolavori di Rossellini "Viaggio in Italia" e Risi "Il sorpasso" due serate alla National Gallery a Washington
La National Gallery a Washington dedica due serate a due capolavori italiani "Viaggio in Italy" di Roberto Rossellini il 26 settembre ed "Il sorpasso" di Dino Risi il 28 settembre per la rassegna "Eventi Speciali: Estate 2014". Il film del regista italiano narra di un Viaggio attraverso l'Italia meridionale di una coppia inglese, interpret...
Book Presentation: My Fault by Margherita Grassini Sarfatti
Edited, Annotated and Commentary by Brian R. Sullivan, Yale University and U.S. Naval War College; with Dr. Ernest Ialongo, Hostos Community College, CUNY In the summer of 1938 Mussolini's former adviser and lover, Margherita Sarfatti, first spoke of writing a highly revealing biography of the dictator. The Fascist regime had begun trumpeting vici...
Ebola, arrivato il via libera dagli Stati Uniti per il vaccino made in Italy
di Stefania Pescarmona «Abbiamo già consegnato all'Organizzazione mondiale della sanità circa 3 mila dosi e altre 7 mila le consegneremo entro i primi di dicembre». A parlare è Piero Di Lorenzo, presidente dell'Istituto di Ricerca Bio Molecolare di Pomezia (IRBM Scienze Park), in merito al vaccino che potrebbe fermare Ebola, virus altament...
Film Screening (Italian with English Subtitles): Divorce Italian Style + Live Monologue: The Man From the South - Friday, October 24, 7:30 P.M.
You are cordially invited to attend a screening of the classic film "Divorce Italian Style", the masterpiece of Italian cinema starring Marcello Mastroianni, and a live "monologue" performance of Aldo Nicolaj's "The Man From the South" at the Italian American Museum on Friday, October 24th. About the film: Baron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcell...
Gtech sigla contratto 10 anni con Lotteria Washington
Gtech Corporation, controllata da Gtech, si e' aggiudicata un nuovo contratto della durata di 10 anni con la Lotteria di Washington per la fornitura di un'ampia gamma di un nuovo sistema centrale, terminali per le lotterie ad estrazione, macchine self-service, tecnologie multimediali per i punti vendita, oltre a servizi di supporto. Il con...
Italian culture and history: St. Anthony of Padua, the Places of Worship
WTI Magazine #47 2014 November, 12Author : italia.it Translation by: The city of Padua is inextricably linked to the figure of St. Anthony, a Franciscan friar of the thirteenth century, venerated all over the world and patron of the city itself. Strenuous defender of Catholic doctrine, he fought the Cathar heresy, especially in Franc...
Alexo Wandael ITALIANY Exhibition in Miami Beach
December 4, 2014 - December 17, 2014The James Royal Palm - 1545 Collins Avenue - Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Ex-pat Italians have had a huge influence on American life in many fields from art, fashion, film, food and so much more! This is the subject of New York-based Italian photographer Alexo Wandael's project, ITALIANY, in coll...
Luxottica and Intel team up for new generation of connected eyewear
"We started to explore new opportunities related to wearable tech devices more than a year ago. In recent months we met several times with Intel. Their research team first came to see us at our center in Agordo, and later we went to Santa Clara, in California. At this point, why not signing a partnership?" said Massimo Vian, Luxottica CEO,...