Naples, a Haven of Hand Work
In a basement room on a street where motor bikes and honking horns drown out even the insistent church bells, Davide Tofani is working on a typical Neapolitan soft jacket. "When I make a suit, it is like shaping a second skin of my customer," the tailor says. "I cannot imagine making a suit without knowing the body that will use it." Over...
Michele Carlo to Present New Solo Show THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 3/23
"There Goes the Neighborhood" Author/storyteller Michele Carlo presents THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD: a solo show about gentrification and the "tipping point" of one Brooklyn neighborhood, at the East Village's City Lore Gallery, Wednesday, March 23rd @ 7:30pm. On Wednesday, March 23rd, at 7:30pm, author/performer Michele Carlo will perform her...
Technology and flexibility help Italy’s machine tools manufacturers gain third spot among US suppliers
More than €1 million a day, Saturdays and Sundays included. For the Italian machine tools, the US is the first foreign market, able to absorb slightly less than €400 million of Made in Italy products in 2015, twice as much the pre-crisis level. Orders that allowed the Italian technology to gain the third place among the main suppliers of t...
The seven smallest, most wonderful theaters in the world
Italian theaters are universally known for their unsurpassed excellence, especially since the "architectural revolution" that took place between the 18th and 19th century, giving rise to modern structures whose technical and stylistic features became a standard exported all over the world: a horseshoe seating layout ("inventing" the first auditoriu...
Italian American Historical Society Dinner
The Italian American Historical Society of Connecticut holds its annual Distinguished Service Award dinner on May 1 at Anthony's Oceanview at 450 Lighthouse Road, New Haven. This years honorees are Neapolitan singer Nina Pane Sanseverino (daughter of legendary Neapolitan singer, Giuseppina Pan), Tenor Aaron Caruso, and author Anthony Tamburri. &nb...
Amica CEO DiMuccio named Verrazzano ‘Man of the Year’
Robert A. DiMuccio, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Amica Mutual Insurance Company, is the recipient of the Verrazzano Day Observance Committee's 2016 Man of the Year Award. The award will be presented at the organization's annual dinner on Saturday, May 14, at the Venus de Milo restaurant in Swansea, Mass. DiMuccio...
5 Stars to Forno Rosso Pizzeria Napoletana Chicago, IL
Just when you think pizza can't get any better in Chicago (the best pizza town in the world), along comes Forno Rosso to make you rethink everything you knew about pizza. This is not your classic Chicago Style Deep-Dish Pizza. Nor is it your classic New York Thin-Crust Pizza either. Forno Rosso Napoletana is in a class by itself! This plac...
Paulo Busti scholarship award night to be held
Graduating seniors from Genesee County will compete for Paulo Busti Foundation Scholarship at the 31st Annual Scholarship Award Night scheduled for June 15 at Terry Hills. Candidates include:Michael Rose, son of Michael and Tina Rose is a senior at Batavia High School. Michael played basketball for four years, baseball for three years and tennis f...
Call for papers: Italian Sonorities and Acoustic Communities: Listening to the Soundscapes of Italianità
April 27-29, 2017. JOHN D. CALANDRA ITALIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE. Queens College, City University of New York. 25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan. In his 1983 book Acoustic Communication, Barry Truax defined acoustic communities as "any soundscape in which acoustic information plays a pervasiv...
Who are really the Italian Americans of the third millennium? I need help for my next documentary that will be televised on the Italian Public Television
by Luca Martera Dear friends of "We The Italians", my name is Luca and I'm an Italian documentary filmmaker, comedy writer and mass-media historian. Maybe some of you remembered the interview about the history of Italian Americans in the US Tv Industry issued on this newsletter published by Umberto Mucci and included in his book recen...
Little Italy State of the Neighborhood
Wednesday, July 27th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. Rooftop of the new County of San Diego Parking Structure - $45 per Person. The Little Italy Association of San Diego Board of Directors and Staff are proud to present the 16th annual Little Italy State of the Neighborhood dinner reception. Join us on the rooftop of the new County of San Die...
Could an Underwater Aquarium Be Coming to New York City?
Earlier this month, Italian architect Piero Lissoni took home the top prize in a competition to design an aquarium positioned on the waterfront in Queens, New York. Lissoni took the commission one step further: planning to install the aquarium not on the waterfront, but in the water itself. He conceived Aquatrium, as the project is called, as an el...