The beauty of Venetian floors
by Kathryn Bromwich Sightseeing usually revolves around buildings, parks and sprawling vistas, but when German photographer Sebastian Erras was in Marrakech a few months ago, he turned his gaze downwards to the mosaic floors. Once back in Paris, where he lives, he started photographing the floors there: "I had no idea there was such a vari...
Bella’s Pizza Villa brings Chicago style to Murrieta
by Ashley Ludwig When Murrieta residents think of family style Italian dining, Bella's Pizza Villa, off Los Alamos and the 215, is a sure bet. Winners of the West Coast Pizza Championship and finaling in an international pizza competition, Bella's Pizza Villa can satisfy any appetite for Italian food from Chicago Style pizza to homemade decadent p...
Artemest: Ippolita's E-Commerce Destination For Italian Artisanship In Home Décor, Art and Jewelry
by Vivienne Decker Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. When Ippolita Rostagno, the iconic jewelry designer behind Ippolita, realized that Italian artisans were closing their shops, she was dismayed. As a woman who had successfully launched her own jewelry company to international appeal, she was frustrated that so...
RAI: Fauttilli e Nissoli/ ripensare la strategia di comunicazione da e per gli italiani nel mondo
L'on. Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli ha presentato, assieme al Collega Fauttilli della Commissione di Vigilanza Rai, un quesito al Presidente ed al Direttore Generale della Rai sulla futura strategia di comunicazione dell'azienda "da e per gli italiani nel mondo". In particolare, considerando che nel 2016 scade la Convenzion...
N.J.'s best Italian restaurant: Where an 84-year-old grandma makes the gnocchi
Don't mess with grandma when it comes time to make the gnocchi. Filomena DiVentura may be in her mid-80s, but only one person makes the gnocchi at Filomena Lakeview in Deptford and its sister restaurants in West Berlin and Clementon. "Every Sunday, at all three restaurants,'' says daughter-in-law Donna DiVentura, whose husband, Mauro,...
Studying (in) Italy: Earn a certificate in entrepreneurship when you study abroad in Italy
WTI Magazine #77 2016 March 18Author : Author Translation by: What do HowtoBee founder Kelson Adams, Jemba Against Domestic Violence founder Oston Jemba Madengue, and Maryann Klucevsek and Emily Salm – creators of the networking app Ubumm – all have in common? At first glance, perhaps not very much. Each of their startups responds to...
Celebrating Family and Friends
April 3, 4 pm/7 pm in CDT. Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen - 712 W Brookhaven Cir, Memphis 38117. Celebrate family with all your friends. Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen is hosting an event sponsored by Rena Chiozza, Bill Lucchesi and the UNICO Memphis Chapter Foundation where the proceeds go to the Columbus Statue Relocation Project.&...
A collection of sketches offers a glimpse of a now-vanished Rome
In the 19th century, Rome looked very different from now. The city had just 20,000 inhabitants and was full of orchards, vineyards and villas. Just think that in 1864 -- when Rome was still governed by the Papal States -- a regulation barred the inhabitants from "letting whatsoever chicken, unclean animal, cow and mare meander in the squar...
Food? Italians do it better. Healthy eating “explained” to Americans
by Alessandra Verzera Italians do it better. This provocative statement was printed on one of pop star Madonna's T-shirts in the 80s. It was a continuous "wink wink nudge nudge" referred to what Italians do better. And despite the allusion was sexual, many Americans thought of meatloaf, instead; a homemade dish popular in Italy and widely...
A Conversation With Francis Ford Coppola
The cement was barely dry from the hand- and footprint ceremony in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theater (Grauman's Chinese) in Hollywood where director Francis Ford Coppola had just been enshrined before he took the stage to talk about some of his seminal 1970s films with TCM Classic Film Festival host Ben Mankiewicz. Ostensibly, Coppo...
Abruzzo offers Italian magnificence without the endless crowds of tourists
The Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere is perched on a bluff above the Adriatic Sea, overlooking a patch of grapevines, olive trees, and a long sandy stretch of beach. In the Italian province of Chieti, the Abbey was completed in the 13th century and built over an old Roman temple – columns from which still remain deep in the Abbey's crypt, alongside...
Back in the Day: Brooklyn-Italian boxing film hits cinemas
Writer, producer and actor William DeMeo, who got his big acting break in A Bronx Tale, is now starring in his new film "Back in the Day," which hit selected theaters and VOD platforms this week. "Back in the Day" is a gritty tale about Anthony Rodriguez, a half Italian – half Puerto Rican teenage boxer growing up on the streets of Bensonh...