Italian classic Negroni lifts bitter to a new level
Bitter is perhaps the least desired flavor. But note that it is still a flavor on your palate. How do you like your coffee? Cream? Sugar? Lots of cream? Lots of sugar? If so, this drink isn't for you. The Negroni is a storied cocktail that, when ordered, lifts the spirits of any bartender worth their salt. Maybe it's because so few people orde...
Italian student hits the gridiron in rural Nebraska
He knew he was the last man. If he missed the tackle, the running back would score. To the north, tan cornstalks blew in the wind. Parents watched from the stands built into the Tecumseh hillside and 22 players were on the field, but in that moment, it was just the runner against Johnson County Central's No. 87. Andrea Graziani, a 17-...
Presepio Napoletano at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center
Presepio Napoletano on display now through Saturday, January 14, 2017. Presepio Napoletano represents our rich cultural and spiritual traditions. It portrays a bustling village located at the base of Mount Vesuvius. The landscape is handcrafted in wood, cork and papier-mâché, while the figures, many standing over a foot tall, are made of terra cott...
Life on the Corner: Eataly, Part 2
by Nicholas Dello Russo A month ago I wrote a brief essay about my visit to Mario Batali's new Italian food emporium in the Prudential Center mall. That first visit was part of a press tour so we had Eataly all to ourselves and I was very impressed with the quality of the food and the overall ambiance. Molto Mario and his partners know how to cook...
From Italy to America Opens March 1 at Greenwich Historical Society
From Italy to America combines an installation celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the Italian-American community in Greenwich, Connecticut, with a complementary exhibition of black and white photographs from the show From Italy to America: The Photographs of Anthony Riccio, organized by the Bellarmine Museum of Art, Fairfield University, Fai...
La Piccola Scuola Italiana (parte 2)
Recentemente L'Italo-Americano è andato a visitare La Piccola Scuola Italiana a San Francisco, insieme alla direttrice Valentina Imbeni. Dopo la pubblicazione della prima parte dell'incontro con due delle ideatrici del progetto, ecco la seconda parte dell'intervista. Uno dei precetti fondamentali dell'insegnamento di Reggio Emilia, sviluppatosi ne...
Artemusica incanta Santa Monica e Pasadena con il Requiem di Mozart
Artemusica, con la direzione del Maestro Ermanno Zotti, è stato protagonista di due esibizioni molto apprezzate dal folto pubblico accorso alla Saint Monica Church, Santa Monica venerdì 15, ed il giorno successivo alla St. Peter the Apostle Church a Pasadena. Fondato nel 2011, il coro è composto esclusivamente da cantanti non-professionist...
Vito Campese (President - ISSNAF Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation)
Una delle opinioni più ricorrenti tra i graditi ospiti di questa rubrica è quella secondo la quale l'unione tra la creatività italiana e il fecondo ambiente americano genera opportunità e successi altrimenti molto difficili. Capita in vari campi, ma mai come in quello della ricerca. Sono migliaia gli scienziati, gli intellettuali e i ricercatori it...
"Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell" by Peter Caddick-Adams
This excellent account of one of the bloodiest and most violent battles in human history presents the general reader, if not the military historian or the specialist in World War II, with a genuine dilemma: If you have read Matthew Parker's "Monte Cassino: The Hardest-Fought Battle of World War II," published nine years ago, do you really want to g...
Successo per la settimana del vino trentino a New York: protagonisti Made in Italy e associazionismo
Bilancio positivo per il Programma "Trentino. Taste of Dolomites" che dal 6 al 12 maggio scorsi ha visto nove aziende vitivinicole trentine partecipare a New York ad un ricco programma di eventi, incontri business to business, seminari degustazione e azioni di promozione presso alcuni templi della ristorazione italiana nella Grande Mela. I...
Congratulations to the Class of 2013!
On Monday, May 24th, forty-six graduates received their AUR bachelor degrees in International Relations and Global Politics, Archeology and Classics, Communication, Business Administration, Interdisciplinary Studies, Film and Digital Media, and their Associate Degrees in Liberal Studies. This year's graduates represented countries such as the...
Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian - K-12. Application Deadline: June 28, 2013
The Coccia-Inserra Award honors a teacher of Italian at the K-12 level, and is generously donated by Coccia Foundation in the name and memory of its founder, Cav. Joseph Coccia, Jr., and by Mr. Lawrence R. Inserra, Jr. Founded in 1994 by Joseph and Elda Coccia, and now under the leadership of President Elisa Coccia, Coccia Foundation aggressively p...