L'ambasciatore Usa: "Puglia modello per l'Italia, impressionato dal tasso di innovazione"
"È la seconda volta che vengo in Puglia perché la prima volta ci sono stato 45 anni fa. Oggi sono davvero rimasto colpito dalla positività e da tutto quello che ho visto". L'ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti in Italia, John Phillips, in visita a Bari incontra il presidente della Regione Nichi Vendola e sale in bicicletta con il sindaco Antonio Decaro...
Opening Concert
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute686 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10065 Organized by: ICI The exhibition will present Italian string instruments coming from four different cities, and made from the 17th to the 20th century. In particular, the only surviving violin made by Giovanni Pietro Caspani in 1657 will...
Emigrazione, Turano (PD) incontra la comunità italiana in Florida e nel New Jersey
Cittadinanza, risorse per gli italiani all'estero, finanziamento dei capitoli di spesa su lingua e cultura italiana, situazione politica e prospettive future della rappresentanza. Sono questi alcuni degli argomenti trattati dal senatore Renato Turano (PD) nel corso degli incontri con la comunità italiana tenuti nei giorni scorsi in Florida e nel Ne...
Marco’s Pizza Scores Major Victory at International Pizza Expo
Marco's Pizza, the fastest-growing pizza franchise in the United States, made its debut appearance at the 31st annual International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas from March 23-26 competing in the International Pizza Challenge. Drawing on its quality ingredients, Marco's Pizza took home the silver prize in the traditional division with its Pepperoni Mag...
The Persistence and Damage of Negative Imagery
by Dr. Emanuele A. Alfano The history of anti-Italian American bias manifests a blatant bigotry for the past 100 years. Long before the entertainment media chose Italian Americans as whipping boys the American press maligned them in news reports, columns and in cartoons. With the advent of movies, radio and TV programming the incidence of...
Roslyn trainer brings Italian heritage to big screen
Growing up in an Italian-American neighborhood in the Corona section of Queens, Peter Gaudio lionized the actors who brought to the silver screen the wiseguys he knew in real life — the De Niros, Pacinos and Stallones who instilled in him a sense of pride for his heritage. "You see them and you say to yourself, I have something inside of me that I...
Clessidra buys control of Italian fashion label Cavalli
by Massimo Gaia and Astrid Wendlandt Italian private equity fund Clessidra acquired control of fashion house Roberto Cavalli on Thursday for an undisclosed sum, concluding one of the longest running courtships in the luxury goods industry. Clessidra, which has invested in jeweller Buccellati, held discussions with Cavalli back in 2008 and 2009 an...
Fiat Chrysler Offers Free College Tuition to Dealership Employees
by Matthew Rocco Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCAU) is launching a new program that provides free college tuition for dealership employees, as the automaker looks to combat high turnover in the industry. Employees of participating Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram and Fiat dealerships in the U.S. can earn a "no-cost, no-debt" degree from S...
In a Dark Wood -What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love
The Italian Cultural Institute presents: In a Dark Wood -What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love, by Joseph Luzzi Introduction by Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat of NYU with the participation of writers: André Aciman and Alexander Stille Wednesday, May 27 - 6PMItalian Cultural Institute - 6...
Our Ancestors Gave All They Had
By Salvatore Buttaci Who has not heard the classic cop-out, "I would if I could, but I can't, so I won't"? That old "Shoulda, coulda, woulda." So many wondrous events would occur if fewer folks wielded "would" as a weapon instead of "will." The former is built on conditions; the latter on volitions. "Would" tries to excuse the speaker...
OC Fashion Designer Nadia Bozzetti: Calm, Cool and Custom Fit for Success
by Gaya Lynn These days, most people answer the phone in a few ways. Either with disdain or with intense caution as if ready to say the word "No," before you even say hello. But when calling fashion designer Nadia Bozzetti, she did neither. Instead, her voice was like pure sunshine, bubbly, speaking both in English and Italian with a grace...
Celebrate Italian Heritage at Fest
It's about a month until the 33rd annual Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival gets underway, with this year's event set for July 24-26 at Wheeling's Heritage Port. The Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival began in 1983 as the brain child of Anthony Zambito, Vincent Colaianni, Anthony Iannarelli and Benny Battistelli who visited the Cl...