Francesco Piu in San Francisco
February 4, 2015/Wednesday 5:30 PM - 11:30 PMBiscuits and Blues - 401 Mason Street - San Francisco, California 94102 An explosive mixture of blues, funk and soul music in acoustic: this is the formula of the sound of Francesco Piu, Sardinian singer and guitarist born in 1981. Accompanying their voices with instruments like acoustic guita...
An Altarpiece by Ugolino da Siena
Visitors to the Cleveland Museum of Art's Italian Trecento gallery will notice that it is dominated by a painting from Tuscany. An altarpiece painted by the Sienese artist, Ugolino di Nerio da Siena (about 1280-1349), forms a major sightline object in that gallery. Dating to about 1317, the altarpiece has survived nearly 700 years relative...
Great Italians of the Past: Margherita di Savoia
WTI Magazine #52 2015 January, 23Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna of Savoy was born in Turin on November 20, 1851, daughter of Ferdinand, the first Duke of Genoa, and Elizabeth of Saxony. She was the first Italian Queen consort, a character of great charm, a woman who has profoundly influenced...
Student Ambassadors to serve at the USA Pavilion for the Next World's Fair in Italy
Today, Friends of the USA Pavilion Milano 2015, in partnership with the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, announced the selection of 120 American college students who will serve as on-the-ground ambassadors for the USA Pavilion at the next world's fair in Milan, Italy. As part of the USA Pavilion Student Ambass...
ARIA DI COMMEDIA: An Evening of Italian Renaissance Theater and Music
MARCH 09, 2015 - 06:00 PMCasa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 What do you get when you put together a hungry servant, a know-it-all Latin speaking doctor and a string of sausages? You get Pazzi Lazzi in Aria di Commedia! You'll giggle at Dottore's "little problem" and the beautiful Flaminia's long...
Good Eye: Italian Bankers Row
by Inga Saffron In the late 19th century, when thousands of Italian immigrants were pouring into South Philadelphia to make their fortunes, Seventh Street was transformed into a bustling bankers row. By 1897, there were 25 rowhouse-size banks between Bainbridge and Washington Avenues, all competing to provide newcomers with loans, money tr...
Theo Ubique unplugs a rock classic
Italian-American performer Max DeTogne will play the title role in a unique rendition of “Jesus Christ Superstar” being staged by Theo Ubique in Chicago. Artistic Director Fred Anzevino will unplug the legendary rock opera, presenting an acoustic performance in the cabaret setting of the No Exit Cafe. “We feel our intimate space in the No...
Roscigno, il manager del Credito cooperativo "Uomo dell'anno" negli Usa
Il direttore generale della Bcc Monte Pruno di Roscigno, Michele Albanese è stato nominato negli Stati Uniti "Uomo dell’anno”. Il prestigioso premio è stato conferito dalla Federazione delle associazioni campane in USA per "i suoi meriti, il suo servizio, la sua amicizia nei confronti delle Associazioni americane aderenti alla Federazione". ...
Continua la corsa delle bollicine italiane: export +241% in dieci anni
La grande corsa degli spumanti made in Italy. Se l'export di vino italiano, complice anche il calo della produzione interna, nel 2014 ha subìto una battuta d'arresto (fermandosi a un modesto +0,8% in quantità) continuano invece a inanellare successi le vendite all'estero degli spumanti. L'export di bollicine made in Italy anche nel 2...
Carnia, where silence, beauty and tradition collide in one of Italy’s best kept secrets
It's written 'Carnia' (the Carnorum Regio described by the Roman historian Titus Livius/Livy) but it's read 'mountain.' Beauty, order and silence are the rulers of this land of around thirty towns with 40,000 inhabitants in the province of Udine, in the extreme North-East of Italy. These numbers alone speak of peace, of good relaxation for...
‘Crazy for Italian Food’ based on Italian-American experience
by Roberta Saddan Although the farm-to-table concept may be one of the hottest trends today, it was the only way to eat in the New York City of the 1930s. For the many immigrant families in a new world, the dinner table was the center of family life. Cookbook author Joe Famularo shares the details of his childhood in Crazy fo...
With 1100 Millecento Done, Pininfarina Sets Up Shop in Miami
The Italian automobile design firm, Pininfarina, established in 1930 and famous for creating iconic designs for companies like Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Ferrari, and Maserati (you might have heard of them) has recently expanded its repertoire of to skyscrapers, and is setting up shop with a new office in Miami to design them. Their first ever high...