Italian American Historian To Speak At Los Feliz Library March 14th
Historian and author Marianna Gatto, executive director of the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, will be the featured speaker at the Architecture and Beyond Lecture Series Thurs., March 14th, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., at the Los Feliz Library, 1874 Hillhurst Ave. Gatto will speak on "Chasing Ghosts: Los Angeles (Hidden) Italian Ro...
New Jersey. Festa dell'Inter Club Facchetti
In un tripudio di neroazzurro, l'Inter Club Facchetti del NJ ha festeggiato il suo quinto anno d'attività ed il 105 anniversario dell'Inter al Westmount Country Club di Woodland Park alla presenza di oltre 400 entusiasti tifosi neroazzurri. Ospiti d'eccezione dall'Italia sono stati l'ambasciatore Inter Campus Francesco Toldo, l'ex amministratore d...
Villa Vosilla, An Italian American Tradition For 50 Years
2013 is a very exciting time for Villa Vosilla, an intimate Italian boutique resort, situated in the heart of the scenic Great Northern Catskill Mountains in the Upper Hudson Valley Region. The National Geographic Traveler named the region, "One of the Top 20 world-class, best travel vacation destinations in the world." Surrounded by Catsk...
Trial and Error
By Sam Tanenhaus The dubiously accused almost always disappoint, once their full stories are told. It is the crime that magnetizes our attention. Remove the stain of guilt, or at least of strong complicity, and what's left? One more casualty, and casualties don't command interest. They spread unease. And so it is with Amanda Knox — the Sea...
Regione: incontro con il Cda della National Italian American Foundation
Il Presidente della Regione Giuseppe Scopelliti e il Presidente del Consiglio regionale Francesco Talarico hanno ricevuto a palazzo Campanella, sede del Consiglio regionale, i rappresentanti del Consiglio d'Amministrazione della National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), presenti in Calabria per una serie di riunioni. La delegazione americana - i...
All'insegna del sommo Dante reading del Veneziano Nereo Rotelli sulla Cultura Italiana nel Michigan al Field Museum di Chicago
Il dato è impressionante ma la molteplicità degli eventi offre un panorama assai variegato della cultura italiana nel mondo sotto i più diversi aspetti in occasione dell'"Anno" negli Stati Uniti. E naturalmente non poteva mancare anche nel Michigan un omaggio al sommo Dante ed alla sua Divina Commedia. Un'opera vista attraverso un prisma che la res...
Old Parma fire station #1 saved, leased by Southwest Italian-American Club
By Bob Fenner PARMA, Ohio - A former Parma fire station will soon become a social destination thanks to Southwest Italian-American Club (SIAC) and Parma Community Improvement Corporation (PCIC). The old fire station #1 building, located at 7504 Ridge Rd. and vacant for six years, will become an Italian social club. SIAC signed a leas...
Vico Fabbris: Rice Polak Gallery
Vico Fabbris was born in Northern, Italy and attended Florence's Institute of Art Porta Romana. He received his MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and presently divides his time between that city and Boston. The artist paints imaginary botanical still lives, imbuing each with a soul and personality making it distinctive from the rest. I...
L’incredibile avventura di Lorenzo Da Ponte, il poeta di Mozart da Venezia a Londra a New York
By Roberto Bonzio Fortunato l'uom che prende Ogni cosa pel buon verso,E tra i casi e le vicende Da ragion guidar si fa. Quel che suole altrui far piangere Fia per lui cagion di riso,E del mondo in mezzo ai turbini Bella calma proverà. finale di "Così fan tutte" di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto di Lorenzo Da Ponte &...
The resurgence of San Diego’s historic Little Italy neighborhood
While New York's Little Italy is in serious decline, San Diego's Little Italy is a thriving community. Walk down Little Italy's main drag and you see coffee-sipping window shoppers brush past old Italian men relaxing in the spotless piazza. New businesses keep popping up and the restaurants are always packed. But it wasn't always that way...
Washington National Opera, Virginia Opera launch new seasons
The Washington National Opera (WNO) and the Virginia Opera both spring into action this month as their 2013-2014 seasons get underway. WNO is first out the gate, opening its season at the Kennedy Center Opera House this coming Sunday afternoon with a matinee performance of Richard Wagner's epic love story, "Tristan und Isolde." The company wi...
Fauxciutto: Is Italian-American Cuisine Really Italian?
Please join us at the Village Garage at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens for the second event of our 2013-2014 lecture series, Food for Thought. Nationally known chef and FIU faculty member, Mark D'Alessandro will examine concepts of Italian and Italian-American food in terms of its evolution in this country. He will touch on the context of...