Giuliano Testa
As a teenager, I was told that I would never be able to carry my own child. I had been diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, or MRKH, meaning I was born without a uterus. Then in 2016, I met Dr. Giuliano Testa, an expert in kidney and liver transplantation at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He had gathered a team of ex...
Ad Alessia Antinori il “GEI Friendship Award”, premio agli italiani capaci di distinguersi in Usa
Ad oltre un secolo dalle prime migrazioni italiane verso gli Stati Uniti, la comunità italo americana è tra le più rappresentative ed attive degli Usa, in ogni campo, dalla politica all'economia, passando per l'arte. Tanto che a New York, città che nel corso dei decenni ha avuto ben tre sindaci di origine italiana (Fiorello La Guardia, Rudolph Giul...
Finalmente l’italiano in una scuola pubblica del distretto scolastico 3 di Manhattan
Il Ministero dell’Istruzione pubblica americana, sede di NY (NYCDOE), affiancato dallo IACE e dal Consolato Italiano di New York offre il primo programma bilingue inglese-italiano (DLP) per settembre 2018 in una scuola pubblica di Manhattan completamente gratis, nel distretto scolastico 3 dell’Upper West Side e West Harlem. Avere accesso ad una...
The Lambrusco renaissance
Lambrusco’s second life. After opening the world markets to Italian wines and years of struggles at bay, we have now been witnessing the rebirth of Lambrusco for some seasons, which has become synonymous with fizzy red wine – or rosé, everywhere. It cannot go unnoticed, however, that Lambrusco has many different identities. The homelands of Lambrus...
A Young Italian Woman From Brooklyn Uses Song To Sooth Her Patients’ Disabilities And Her Ownc
One of the benefits to managing the Italian Enclaves Social Media pages (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and blog, aside from traveling to some very interesting places, is that it affords me the chance to meet spectacular people. Occasionally, I try to shed light on individuals of Italian descent who are making extraordinary contributions to society....
Motorcycle Heaven Is a Place and It’s Located at Ducati’s New York Showroom
It’s fitting that Italian motorsports brand Ducati would open its newest showroom in SoHo, New York City, seeing as everything they do (including the newest 2018 bike models) is drenched in luxury and exclusivity. Global Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali was in attendance alongside Ducati MotoGP “team flag-bearer” Jorge Lorenzo for the grand opening op...
Dean Martin Night In Derby June 8
The Valley Regional Sons & Daughters of Italy is pleased to announce The Dean Martin Night Dinner and Fundraiser. The event will be held at the La Sala Banquet Hall, 73 High Street, Derby, CT on Friday, June 8th, 2018 at 7:00 PM. Performer, Jack Lynn will sing nostalgic Dean Martin songs. A pasta dinner and dessert will be served. There will be a c...
New restaurant Pizzeria Monzú, brings chef full circle
With Pizzeria Monzú, Giovanni Mauro is returning to his roots — and at the same time bringing Las Vegas a less-familiar aspect of Italian culinary tradition. Mauro is one of three sons of the family that operated Nora’s Italian Cuisine at 6025 W. Flamingo Road for nearly 30 years. He operated Nora’s Winebar and Osteria in Rampart Commons a few year...
The Italian Startup Clairy is Determined to Solve The Indoor Air Pollution Problem with Plants with Its Kickstarter Campaign Called NATEDE
The Italian startup Clairy continues to raise funds for its second successful Kickstarter campaign for the smart indoor air purifier NATEDE. NATEDE has already raised €500,000 during the first half of its Kickstarter campaign, which ends on June 1st. Until then, anyone anywhere in the world will be able to join the campaign and pre-order this natur...
SXSW and the evolution of Italian music
Despite of its ups and downs, as of 2018 it is still clear that the SxSw conference in Austin, Texas is one of the most important – if not the most important – media conference that exists in the world. Split into three main categories (Film, Music and Interactive) as well as several other subcategories (Education, Fashion, Gaming, Wellness etc), e...
A Return to Italia Three Longtime Italian Mainstays with New Chefs
I’ve always loved Accanto. It’s one of my brunch besties—a place that takes reservations, but you can probably snag a table if you’re being impulsive. It’s also always punched up a few levels, serving great Italian at fairly reasonable prices. Meant to be a sister to the fancier Genoa restaurant, it’s Accanto that’s survived—and thrived. As Chris F...
How women rice weeders in Italy took on fascism and became heroines of the left
In an era before the dawn of pesticides and mechanisation, an all-female workforce was employed to “disinfect” and harvest Italy’s rice crops. These Italian rice weeders may be a thing of the past, but they have a remarkable political legacy. Italy was, and remains, Europe’s largest rice producer. The rice weeders, known in Italian as “mondine”, co...