A Caravaggesque masterpiece with a long Italian history goes on the block (again) in New York
by Morina Mojana When in 1989 I issued the first monograph (to this day the only one) on Valentin de Boulogne (1594-1632) -- the French Caravaggesque painter who was one of the best followers of the Italian master's style -- his painting "Christ mocked and crowned with thorns" had been acquired by art dealer Giacomo Algranti and was part o...
Directors’ Nomination Process in the U.S. and Italy
February 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm. The Harvard Italian Law Association is pleased to invite you to this spectacular event focused on a key issue of corporate law. We are going to host a fantastic speaker, Prof. Marco Ventoruzzo (Penn State and Bocconi University) who will talk about the process to appoint the board of directors at both Ita...
CICIS Annual conference
Date: Friday, February 26, 2016 - Saturday, February 27, 2016 Hours: http://cicis2016.weebly.com/ Venue: UCSB Organized by: CICIS In collaboration with: IIC To register visit the following site http://cicis2016.weebly.com/ The California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies was established in 2002 to bring together faculty, student...
Parmesan Pete's Launches Little Pete’s Italian Food Truc
Parmesan Pete's, an award-winning Italian restaurant created by chef and owner Peter Della Rocca, is now serving up a little bite of Brooklyn—on the go—with the launch of Little Pete's Italian food truck. Little Pete's offers up four generations of Brooklyn-style cooking, including traditional sandwiches; meatball and chicken Parmesan; sau...
Meet Author Michele Cecchini from Lucca at the IIC Next Week
by Mauro Battocchi Join Italian literary enthusiasts at the Italian Cultural Institute (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F) next week Tuesday March 22 at 6:30 for a special talk by lucchese author Michele Cecchini as he presents his new book "Per il bene che ti voglio." Mr. Cecchini was born in Lucca in 1972 and teaches literature in Livorno, the I...
Lidia Bastianich on cooking as connection to heritage, keeping a family together, and what never to do when cooking pasta
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Lidia Bastianich, otherwise knows simply as Lidia, Emmy award-winning public television host of "Lidia's Kitchen," bestselling cookbook author, restauranteur, co-owner of the Italian marketplace Eataly, and purveyor of the best-selling artisanal Lidia's pasta and sauce line. He...
Contemporary Creativity and Cultural Heritage: “Arte Contemporanea a Villa Pisani”
Date: Monday, April 18, 2016 Time: 6:30 PM. Location: IIC (601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F, San Francisco) Meet a Masterpiece by Andrea Palladio: A talk by Francesca Pola This talk is intended to present the project "Arte Contemporanea a Villa Pisani" (Contemporary Art at Villa Pisani) which Francesca Pola started in 2007 as curator, and whic...
House committee rejects bill to abolish Colorado’s Columbus Day
By Joey Bunch Columbus Day will live on in Colorado after legislation to abolish it was voted down Monday night. Rep. Joe Salazar, a Democrat from Thornton who sponsored the bill, originally sought to have Oct. 12 renamed Indigenous People's Day. He dropped that part of the proposal with an amendment during the committee hearing. The four...
L’olio di Cortona conquista l'America
Buone notizie da New York per il prezioso nettare verde di Cortona. Ben tre aziende del comune hanno sbaragliato la concorrenza portandosi a casa riconoscimenti nella più importante selezione di oli oliva organizzata in America dall'associazione NYIOOC. Si tratta di due medaglie d'oro e una d'argento le prime due conquistate rispettivament...
"Opera in the Italian Garden"
When: July 31 at 6:00-7:30 p.m.Where: "Opera in the Italian Garden" 990 East Blvd.- Cleveland, OH 44108 For information: 216-916-7780 250 chairs but bring your own to ensure a seat. The popular, free concert "Opera in the Italian Garden" will be presented on the lawn of the beautiful Renaissance Italian Cultural Garden Sunday, July 31 at...
A New Pizza Restaurant Brings Out Crowds in The Heights: True Italian by Way of Dallas?
Nothing rivals authentic regional cuisine enjoyed in its own backyard. Take a Philly cheese steak devoured in Philadelphia, or a key lime pie savored in Key West. Dallasite Jay Jerrier's own flavor/region epiphany arrived in the form of Neapolitan pizza tasted during his honeymoon in Italy. Nearly 20 years after his first bite, Jerrier par...
The “Italian Cultural Spring” Continues into Summer & Fall
by Catherine Accardi Earlier this year, our own San Francisco Italian Consul General, Mauro Battocchi, posted an important observation in his blog at San Francisco, Italy, www.sanfranciscoitaly.com. Consul General Battocchi noticed an increase in interest of all things Italian in the San Francisco Bay Area. He called this welcomed phenomen...