Neorealism
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2015 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 In collaboration with: https://neorealism.eventbrite.com A discussion with the Director David Lee Morea and Alberto Zambenedetti, Professor of Cinema Studies at Oberlin College Neorealism - Screening...
White Christmas Benefit Concert for San Pio Foundation
December 11 (Friday) 7:00 pm. White Christmas Benefit Concert for San Pio Foundation. The concert will feature a performance by the Acclaimed Italian Tenor Luciano Lamonarca and Soprano Veronica Iovan, and the New York Trio (Patricio Molina, Piano; Julian Langfords, Cello and Yura Seung-Jung Oh, Violin). And with the extraordinary partici...
Sud Italia Imports New Executive Chef Sandro Scarafile
by Wes Griffin A little more than six months ago Shannon Scott and his wife opened the doors on Sud Italia, their reincarnation of personal travels to southern Italy. What's unique about the regional fare is the incorporation of more seafood and Mediterranean ingredients found in the lower coastal region of Italy. In fact, teh restaurant...
Boys’ and Girls’ Town of Italy‘s 53rd annual benefit lunch
Boys' and Girls' Town of Italy's 53rd annual benefit lunch, presented by the San Francisco Women's Committee, celebrated 70 years of service to 30,000 children in Rome, and the launch of Boys' and Girls' Towns of Ethiopia. Boys' and Girls' Towns offer a safe haven and a chance in life for hungry, homeless and orphaned children living on the streets...
Save Venice Inc. and Friends of Florence Restoration Collaboration - Drawings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo at the Horne Museum in Florence, Italy
In 2016, Friends of Florence and Save Venice Inc. will sponsor the conservation treatment of a group of 48 drawings by the Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1692–1770), held in the Horne Museum of Florence. Forty-four of the drawings are bound in an album and an additional four from the same album are mounted separately. The drawi...
Italian Wine: America’s first choice. Let’s meet Melania Spagnoli, a Sommelier and Account Manager at BevCo International
Born and raised in Brescia, land of Franciacorta wines, Melania has always had a passion for food and especially wine. After completing her Masters degree in Management at Bocconi University in Milan and two years working within the PR department at Bialetti Industrie, she decided to turn her passion into work. In May 2014 she earned her S...
Esportare con successo l'agroalimentare negli USA: i suggerimenti di Tiziana Ciacciofera
Descrivere Tiziana Ciacciofera è molto complesso: la sua esperienza professionale non può catturarla e costringerla dentro una etichetta, per quanto eccellente. Direi che è soprattutto donna di passioni vere, sincere, il sangue della sua Sicilia le scorre dentro forte per darle caparbietà; ma non solo: è donna saggia, sensibile, arguta. Do...
Learn fig trees - and molto other Italian-related topics - at Pandola Learning Center
NEW! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Growing Fig Trees. Saturday, February 27. 10:30a - 2 pm; $25 Want to grow a fig tree? Learn how to grow fig trees in ground or in a container, plus ways to care for them in the winter: pruning, propagation, transplanting, fertilization, and how to rejuvenate a freeze-damaged tree. To...
Be Italian for a Week: Adventure Tour Takes Guests to the Heart of Italy
With olive oil consumption on the rise internationally, consumers are interested in discovering authentic Italian olive oil and tasting fresh, raw olive oil immediately after it's produced for a multitude of health benefits. To answer that interest, Olive Oil Sommelier Carol Firenze is offering an exciting opportunity to olive oil lovers around the...
To the Opera via Hollywood: a Phantom’s journey
by Elisabetta Russo Brilliant, versatile, spiritual, funny and generous. Franc D'Ambrosio, an artist with a thousand faces, hidden for over 2,600 performances behind the shadow of the most fascinating and obscure mask of the theater musical, The Phantom of the Opera. D'Ambrosio's resume also includes an Academy Award nominated film, an Emm...
The Crypt of the Holy Sepulcher reopens in Milan
Walking into the crypt of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Milan, knowing the history of this place, can be an overwhelming experience. Think about the white, polished stones under your feet: they once paved the city's 4th-century, Roman forum – which means Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine and Emperor Theodosius all probably walked over t...
Rocket Italian Review Indicates It Is Top Pick For Learning Italian
Based in Miami, Florida, How to Learn Language, which reviews language learning programs and offers information to consumers, has recently announced its top pick for learning the Italian language, which is Rocket Italian. It has indicated this decision in its review of the language learning program. Jason Gaines, the reviewer of the progra...