Supporting our Little Italy Businesses in San Jose
Little Italy San Jose has accomplished so much and tried so hard for many years to beautify and redevelop this part of Downtown into an Italian Cultural District. We are excited that we have our permit to start construction on our Cultural Center & Museum, but it would be devastating to the future of Little Italy if we lose one or several of our bu...
Why amaro is the any-occasion drink
Amari (literally "bitter" in Italian) are liqueurs (sweetened liquors) that have been bittered and flavored with botanicals. As for the base spirit, well, anything is game: neutral corn spirit, cane distillate, Everclear (popular among home-brewers), even wine. Same goes for the botanical blends — most amari have upwards of 30 botanical ingredients...
Alitalia to restart New York and Spain flights as Italy's lockdown eases
Alitalia said on Wednesday it would increase flights by 36 percent as Italy prepares to welcome holidaymakers in June. The troubled Italian airline, which is set to be nationalised, plans to resume flights between Rome and New York as well as certain flights to Spain, including from Rome to Madrid and Barcelona, from June 2nd. It will also resume s...
What Does the Future Hold for the Italian American Studies Association?
Join the Italian American Studies Association on Friday May 22, 2020, at 4pm EST for a Zoom Q&A regarding the Lucca Symposium, Pittsburgh Conference, and the new IASA journal published by the University of Illinois Press. Please email Courtney Ruffner at [email protected] to receive the Zoom link. The participants will provide up...
Live Coffee Chat at Casa Belvedere: A Culture of Gardening
Saturday, May 23rd • 10:00am. Italian, and Italian-American, gardening knowledge has been carried from generation to generation and is now more relevant than ever. REGISTER HERE Join Beatrice and guest Mary Menniti , founder of The Italian Garden Project, as they celebrate the joy and wisdom inherent in the traditional Italian American vegetable g...
Mount Carmel Society club in Springfield gets warning from state, but future still uncertain
It felt like a Prohibition-era moment. Investigators from multiple law enforcement agencies descended on the The Mount Carmel Society social club in the South End without warning in the late afternoon of Aug. 15, 2019. They were armed and in great numbers, according to witnesses, quizzing employees and board members about their alcohol inventory. “...
Young Investigator Awards 2020
ISSNAF - Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation - annually awards the Young Investigator Awards in various disciplines to outstanding, early-career Italian researchers working in the United States or Canada, in recognition of their significant and innovative contributions to their field of research. ISSNAF is very pleased to a...
This Italian startup is working hard to develop the first vaccine to kill coronavirus: Will it win the race?
The entire world is racing to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus. Multiple pharmaceutical companies, startups, and test labs are working around the globe to come up with a vaccine. One such company is a humble startup from Europe called Takis Biotech. The Italian startup has been working on a vaccine for COVID-19 and has now announced a ne...
“I promessi sposi” and the Plague of 1630
Today we will examine I promessi sposi (The Betrothed), one of Italy's most influential historical novels. This novel, by Alessandro Manzoni, was initially published in 1827 and was the first to be written using modern Italian language. The story, set in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, takes place between 1628 and 1630, during the Spanish...
Authentic Fresh Pasta, Made in Oakland
If you are wandering the Bay Area, craving traditional Italian pasta fresca, it might be time for you to visit Michele Belotti. Throughout the quarantine, this young (33-year-old) chef from Bergamo has continued to work tirelessly at his restaurant and pasta shop in Oakland, still producing staples like bigoli, ravioli, and casonsei (traditional du...
Sardinia's Nuragic Civilization
Friday, May 22, 2020. 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm. 45 minutes lecture, 15 minutes Q & A. The webinar will take place online through Cisco Webex. The webinar is $10 for all Filitalia members and non members. RSVP is required, so please reserve your ticket online. Join Angela Cacciarru and learn about the Island of Sardinia, the oldest land in Italy and one of...
New social distancing technology at Magazzino Italian Art
Magazzino Italian Art will be the first museum in the United States to adopt new social distancing technology to protect future visitors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Developed by Italian and American companies, this new technological device takes the guesswork out of social distancing by using radio waves to measure and maintain safe dista...