Fondazione Italia Festa di Natale
December 12, Saturday Fondazione Italia Festa di Natale -All regular scheduled Italian classes will meet from 9:00am to 10:30am followed by the Christmas program. 11:00am - Noon children and adult performances. Noon to 2 p.m. a light lunch will be served. 10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600 - Los Angeles, CA 90024 Come play Tombola (...
Sons of Italy to award scholarships
The Sons of Italy in America St. Augustine Lodge 2780 is accepting applications for scholarships for the 2015-16 school year. Scholarships are open to any current St. Johns County High School student with a demonstrable Italian-American heritage (of any proportion) and will be judged by the following primary criteria. ■ Applicants mus...
Consul General Antonio Verde visits New Mexico
In October 2014 Antonio Verde took the reins of the Los Angeles Italian Consulate with jurisdiction over Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. Next month he will travel to New Mexico for a series of meetings with government officials and with this state's consular representatives, Rosalba Maniaci and Cav. Lino Pertusini. The visit is...
County judge ponders plea on Little Italy
The final hearing on the proposed incorporation of Little Italy as the state's 502nd town concluded Wednesday with no ruling from County Judge Barry Hyde. Pulaski County's attorney said after the hourlong hearing that Hyde couldn't say when he expects to announce a decision because he's barred from discussing the case under judicial ethics law...
‘Cake Boss’ Buddy Valastro to Open Carlo’s Bakery in Dallas
By Karen Lo Buddy Valastro, otherwise known as New Jersey's Cake Boss, will open an outpost of Carlo's Bakery in Dallas in March. With the new opening, there will be 13 locations of Carlo's Bakery nationwide, including bakeries in New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida. The Dallas bakery is currently under construction, an...
L'avanzata delle PMI negli States
Le ultime rilevazioni ISTAT sull'export italiano, segnalano come gli Stati Uniti rappresentano sempre di più un mercato di riferimento per le nostre PMI che registrano un aumento delle esportazioni pari al 37,2%. L'Italia è il terzo esportatore europeo negli States - preceduta da Germania e Regno Unito - ma diventa il primo Paese esportato...
William Franke, The Apotheosis of Self-Reflection: Dante and the Inauguration of the Modern Era
Date: Saturday, February 27, 2016 Hours: 1:30 p.m. Site: Ruggles Hall - Newberry Library - 60 West Walton Street - Chicago, IL Organized by: Newberry Library In collaboration with: https://www.newberry.org/renaissance-center-program-registration Philosophers typically attribute the foundation of modern thought to René Descartes, w...
Next Opera Production, 'The Italian Girl in Algiers,' Described as Wacky and Hilarious
Strong women who get what they want, self-aggrandizing pompous men who stand in their way and hilarious comedy all around is the basic premise of Gioachino Rossini's The Italian Girl in Algiers, Livermore Valley Opera's production opening on March 12th at the Bankhead Theater. The Tri-Valley's professional opera company will present Rossini's firs...
Open gates for 380 Italian beauties Saturday and Sunday thanks to FAI
by Lorenzo Zanini Italy reveals its beauty and opens to the public the gates of some treasures that cannot be visited during the year. Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20 the event is the 24th edition of the Spring Days of FAI, Italian Environment Fund. The menu of the initiative include over 900 extraordinary visits with voluntary co...
I 109 anni della San Pasquale
Con costanza, passione, fede ed entusiasmo, domenica 13 marzo si è svolto il 109mo gala della San Pasquale Society di Airola (Benevento). Un sodalizio socio-comunitario, creato dagli emigrati della città di Airola nel lontano 1907 con scopi sociali, di assistenza e di beneficenza. Era il vecchio mondo dell'emigrazione italiana, fatta di du...
ChooseNJ and MDM&C Welcome Maurizio Forte
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP ("MDM&C" or "the Firm") today announced that, together with ChooseNJ, it will host a breakfast reception on Monday, April 18th featuring Mr. Maurizio Forte, the Trade Commissioner and Executive Director for the USA Italian Trade Agency (ICE). In addition to remarks by Mr. Forte...
Santa Maria Antiqua: a pearl of art rediscovered in Rome
After thirty years of careful architectural renovations, the church of Santa Maria Antiqua – built in the 6th century inside the Roman Forum – re-opened to the public last March. One of the oldest churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Rome, it is an extraordinary example of Roman painting and Greek-Byzantine art from the Early Middle Ages.&...