The Innocence of Maria
Our readers are cordially invited to attend a reading of Dennis Loiacono's play, "The Innocence of Maria" on Thursday, April 3rd at the Italian American Museum. The play tells the story of Maria Barbella who was the first woman sentenced to die in the electric chair. About the play:On April 26, 1895 an Italian immigrant from the Lower East Side of...
Italian good news: Castellana caves, when tourism has no barriers
WTI Magazine #25 2014 Apr, 11Author : buonenotizie.it Translation by: Just imagine traveling miles - three to be exact - in a scenario hanging in the balance between Dante's "Inferno" and Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". Stalactites and stalagmites everywhere, calcite crystals twinkling in the dark. The silence dominates, cl...
Italian Government Scholarships Call for applications - Academic Year 2014/2015
Introduction The Italian Government awards scholarships for studying in Italy both to foreign citizens and Italiancitizens resident abroad (IRE). The list of the countries whose citizens and IRE may apply can be seenon the Ministry of Foreign Affairs webpagehttp://www.esteri.it/MAE/EN/Ministero/Servizi/Stranieri/Opportunita/BorseStudio_stranieri.h...
E' uscito il nuovo numero di “It@lico”
Esce in questi giorni il nuovo numero di "It@lico", magazine dell'Associazione Italiano per piacere, diretto a St. Louis da Franco Giannotti. È proprio Giannotti che, come di consueto, presenta i contenuti del periodico: "iniziamo con il resoconto della riunione precedente che ci ha offerto la possibilità di riscoprire uno dei grandi padri...
Toledo OHIO: Italian visitors tour area to get feel for business
by Jon Chavez The three-day 2014 Italian Business Forum in Toledo this week ended Wednesday night with an odd mix of boxing, wine tasting, a pork roast, and music at the host site, the Park Inn by Radisson downtown. But the underlying purpose of the forum — to encourage Italian companies to pursue business opportunities in Toledo...
Start-up in Silicon Valley: chi sostiene le idee italiane
di Mauro Battocchi In un ambiente super-competitivo come la Silicon Valley, in cui si aggirano decine di migliaia di giovani imprenditori di tutte le nazionalità, come fare a farsi notare e prendere sul serio? A parità di tecnologia, conta il saper comunicare alla californiana. Ma conta anche avere entrature con "insider" cioè protagonisti del mer...
Italian trio Il Volo excels in language of love
Turns out the U.S. isn't the only country putting together boy bands to make big bucks. Producers of popular Italian TV variety show "Ti Lascio Una Canzone" ("Leaving You a Song") saw opportunity and dollar signs when three good- looking teen boys auditioned for the show in 2009. That's how Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble bec...
The Carino’s Foundation Donates $25,000 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation Through Its Round It Up Promotion
The Carino's Foundation announced today that it has donated $25,000 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The donation comes on the heels of a month-long campaign where guests dining at Johnny Carino's restaurants could round up their payment to make a donation to NBCF. Each dollar raised was matched by the Carino's Foundation. ...
Italy's Gtech buying slot machine maker International Game Tech for $4.7B in cash and stock
The Italian lottery operator Gtech is buying slot machine maker International Game Technology for $4.7 billion in cash and stock. Including $1.7 billion in debt, the companies on Wednesday valued the deal at $6.4 billion. Gtech said last month that it was in talks with the Las Vegas company and IGT said at the time that it was weighin...
St. Jude Schedules 24th Italian Festival
The 24th annual St. Jude Italian Festival will take place from Wednesday, August 20 through Saturday, August 23 at the Church fairgrounds located on Rte. 111 near the intersection with Rte. 110. The festival will open from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and from 5 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday. The festival...
Gubernatorial hopeful Raimondo says her overhaul of Rhode Island pensions shows key leadership
by Erika Niedowski At first, Gina Raimondo thought solving Rhode Island's pension problem was just a matter of math: Billions of dollars of unfunded benefits were owed to the state's teachers, police officers, firefighters and others. But the newly elected general treasurer quickly learned back in 2011 that the fix was as much about p...
Book Presentation: RE-READING ITALIAN AMERICANA: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism
by Anthony J. Tamburri The author in conversation with: Josephine Hendin, NYU and Martino Marazzi, University of Milan This book is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in Italy. It also discusses other socia...