Italian foreign exchange student excited for American school experience
For high school students, one of the most exciting things to experience is the chance to study abroad in a whole new country and be immersed in something very different to their usual norm. If not personally experiencing that themselves, the next best thing is getting to know someone who is a foreign exchange student. This year, Fillmore C...
JoAnn Falletta to receive Columbus Day honor
JoAnn Falletta, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's music director, can chalk up a lot of awards and achievements. On Columbus Day, though, she will receive an honor that strikes especially close to home. Falletta is going to be honored by the Federation of Italian-American Societies of Western New York at their 107th Annual Columbus Day...
Sample Wines From Every Region of Italy at Wilmington's Wine Festival!
More than 3,000 wine lovers are expected to meet up Sunday, Oct. 12 for the Societa da Vinci Vendemmia Wine Festival in Wilmington, Delaware. From 2 to 6 p.m., you can sample fine wines and other treats from the area's best Italian restaurants and bakeries. The festival will also include live music performances, handcrafted wine and homemade gravy...
Call for Papers "Puppets, Dolls, Robots, and Avatars: The Human Double in Italian Literature and Film"
This panel welcomes papers exploring the cultural, philosophic, and aesthetic ramifications of the puppet image and metaphor in Italian literature and film (including possible connections to other media such as theater, animation, visual arts, and video games). Please send 150-300 word abstract and short bio by December 1st to panel organizer at pa...
Dibattito: "Elezioni Comites" - 19 dicembre 2014
Presentazione e moderazione del dibattito: Marco Circelli, Direttore Esecutivo Italy-America Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia. Ospiti annunciati: Carmine Berardi (Forza Italia), Gabriella Romani (Innovitalia) e Pasquale Nestico (Uniti per un Futuro Migliore) Il dibattito è aperto a tutta la ci...
Italian Christmas Market
Friday, Dec. 5 & Saturday, Dec. 6 - 10 to 6 pm / Sunday, Dec. 7-12 to 4pm American Italian Heritage Museum • 1227 Central Ave • Albany, NY 12205 Share this truly old Italian Tradition with us. Our Museum rooms will be filled with many items. Decorations Unique Gifts for Children & Adults Ceppos (some fully decorated) Italian Music CD's -...
Sicilian ‘slab’ pizza in Portland, Maine
Stephen Lanzalotta makes what he calls Sicilian "slab" pizza, bubbly slices of a lofty, rich, but light-textured crust topped with a thin layer of smooth, sweet tomato sauce and channels of gooey cheese. Lanzalotta used to make it at Micucci Grocery until last year, and now he's at Slab, a restaurant he opened earlier this year in the old...
Elena Attala-Perazzini: "The Writer's Assistant" and "Via da Noi, Away from Us"
by Annie Shapiro After her three publications in Italy, two novels and one collection of stories, Elena presented for the first time in New York two of her works. The unusual and interesting backdrop was of the event were a hundred and fifty early ink and graphite drawings by Andy Warhol exhibited for the first time ever at Anton Kern Gal...
Sweet treats, stories conclude 'Italians' exhibit presentations
By Sarah Gooding A hearty helping of Italian food and culture was dished up by Miners Hall Museum this fall as the museum featured an exhibit on Italians in Southeast Kansas. Accompanying the display were events celebrating the heritage and food, beginning with antipasto to whet the appetites at the members-only opening in October, continuing wit...
Lambretta: out with the old, in with the…old
by Paige Hoffman It's winter in Milan, no question about it. Grey skies and a chilled drizzle characterize this non-jolly time of year, sending residence scurrying for the warmth of a nearby café or bar. Nevertheless, this winter there was one more reason to celebrate under the weary skies of the northern Italian capitol. A m...
Music, Fascism, and the Holocaust
Thu, Feb 5, 2015, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pmREGISTERThe Italian Academy - 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 (Just south of 118th Street)With Michael Beckerman (NYU) and Harvey Sachs (Curtis Institute of Music). Europe and the United Nations commemorate the victims of the Shoah each winter on the date of Auschwitz's liberation in...
Pazzi da emigrare: le conseguenze psicologiche della vita da immigrati in uno spettacolo e un dibattito
Dell'esperienza dell'emigrazione-immigrazione tanto si è detto e scritto ma di quel processo di trasformazione restano tuttora in ombra le conseguenze psicologiche. Eppure il distacco, l'abbandonare ciò che si conosce per l'ignoto, il lasciare le sicurezze per una realtà in cui bisogna reinventarsi e ricostruire una propria identità, è un...