Italian Tenor Concert Planned
Tenor and Italian crossover singer Michéal Castaldo will perform in a special Italian Christmas concert entitled "Natale nel Cuore" or "Italian in Your Heart" starting at 3 p.m. on Sunday, December 15 at the Mattatuck Museum, 144 W Main St. Waterbury native soprano Marissa Famiglietti will appear on stage with Mr. Castaldo, and will be feature...
Cinema Paradiso still resonates with Palm Springs festival fans
by Bruce Fessier In the 24 years leading to tonight, no festival has opened with a better splash than the inaugural opening night film, "Cinema Paradiso." In the daily video series running on mydesert.com, I asked more than 25 people involved with the festival for their festival highlights and the most common response was seeing "Cine...
"Benvenuto Brunello": Montalcino presenta le sue eccellenze enologiche a New York e Los Angeles
Appuntamento a New York e Los Angeles con il Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino, che presenterà l'eccellenza enologica nostrana nelle due città americane rispettivamente il 27 ed il 30 gennaio in occasione dell'evento "Benvenuto Brunello. World Experience USA 2014". Una esperienza unica per conoscere e gustare oltre trenta tra le pi...
Italian Justice Ministry investigating Knox judge
Italy's justice minister has announced an investigation into comments to the Italian media made by the judge who read the guilty verdicts against Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Justice Minister Annamaria Cancellieri said in a statement Monday she has asked the inspector general to make a preliminary assess...
Il Festival della Canzone Italiana a New York si presenta a Sanremo
Dal 1951 è la più importante manifestazione canora d'Italia, trasmessa in eurovisione e seguita da milioni di persone. Dal 29 al 31 gennaio 1951 nel Salone delle Feste del Casinò di Sanremo, il Festival della Canzone Italiana fu seguito da 25 milioni di telespettatori e il giorno successivo, il 1° febbraio, tutti cantavano e volevano rose rosse da...
L'Italia turistica è migliore dell'Italia: analisi sui social media mondiali
Sociometrica, sulla base della tecnologia Cogito© di Expert System, ha analizzato 218 mila post in lingua inglese di persone che sono state in Italia per un viaggio negli ultimi 12 mesi (clicca per scaricare la ricerca). L'analisi semantica sintetizza ogni post nei suoi concetti chiave, negli argomenti preminenti e genera il "mood" o "sentiment" ch...
Inside Quartet at the Italian American Museum
By Giovanni di Napoli Last Thursday I returned to the Italian American Museum for a special live performance by Neapolitan jazz sensation Simona De Rosa. It was special because the vocalist was reunited with her longtime bandmates Inside Quartet, who were in town to support her recent gala at LaFrak Concert Hall. This was one of just a ha...
Cosmopolitalians – “Dal Sud Italia alla DreamWorks: ecco com’è cambiata la mia vita”
Dopo una pausa di tre settimane, tornano on line le storie di 'Cosmopolitalians'.Questa settimana voliamo a Los Angeles per conoscere Marco Regina, 35enne animatore della DreamWorks, partito da Matera ed oggi arrivato ad animare cartoni come 'Shrek' e 'Kung Fu Panda'. L'Italia – "Ho sempre avuto la passione per il disegno, ma la società in...
Viva la festa!
Each year, more than three-dozen Italian patron saint celebrations grace the Chicago area. Kept alive by paesani from villages and cities across Italy, these events preserve some of the most cherished of our traditions. Festivities range from simple religious services to solemn masses and processions to family festivals that last several...
Italian politics: When TV controls politics and politics controls TV
WTI Magazine #29 2014 May, 8Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: Italians are having tough times with political communication. European and local elections are around the corner, and politicians' faces are everywhere. Walls, mail boxes, e-mails, social networks and newspapers are covered with their electoral posters, but...
Professor Flavia Laviosa: Making Italian useful
"So sorry about the mess," says Flavia Laviosa as she welcomes me to her home, a one-bedroom apartment halfway between Harvard and MIT. I quickly realize that the contents of her apartment live up to its location. The "mess" — a consequence of an ongoing home improvement project — consists of books beyond counting, stacked in tall piles on...
O'Fallon Brewery to export to Italy
Italian beer drinkers are about to get a taste of the Gateway City (that's not Budweiser). O'Fallon Brewery announced Monday that it has signed an agreement to ship cases of 5-Day IPA, Zeke's, Wheach and Smoked Porter to Italy this month. The cases include six-packs. Currently, O'Fallon Brewery has a 14-state distribution area. The brewe...