L’On. La Marca (PD) incontra il Direttore Vignali sul miglioramento dei servizi nelle aree periferiche dei grandi Consolati della ripartizione Nord e Centro America
L’on. Francesca La Marca, lunedì 9 ottobre, ha incontrato il Ministro plenipotenziario Luigi Maria Vignali, Direttore Generale per gli italiani all’estero e le politiche migratorie del MAECI, per fare una ricognizione di alcune situazioni sensibili relative ai servizi consolari nella ripartizione Nord e Centro America. Dopo uno scambio di vedute su...
Baltimore official says damaged Columbus monument will be repaired, rededicated
A damaged monument to Christopher Columbus — believed to be the oldest in America — will be repaired and rededicated, a key Baltimore official said Monday. Eric Holcomb, the city’s director of the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, said it’s possible the monument will remain dedicated to the Italian explorer but also be reded...
Artists, designers, students & the community reflect on the art of making, craftsmanship & technology in the fabric of cultures: systems in the making
The Fabric of Cultures: Systems in the Making. A Multimedia Exhibition curated by Eugenia Paulicelli. October 5–December 15. Opening Reception: Thursday, October 12 at 5:30 pm. Queens College Art Center Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, 6th Floor 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Queens, NY 11367 The Fabric of Cultures: Systems in the Making brings together artists...
Columbus statue in Phoenix vandalized on holiday
Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, is recognized as a federal holiday and a state holiday in Arizona. The City of Phoenix, however, does not recognize Columbus Day as a holiday, but Mayor Greg Stanton did proclaim Oct 9, 2017, Indigenous Peoples' Day. Controversy over honoring the Italian explorer for his arrival to the Americas in 1492 st...
Presentation of the English version of "La Ferocia". A book by Nicola Lagioia
When: Monday, October 23, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago - Entrance : Free Winner of the 2015 Strega Prize, Italy's preeminent prize for fiction, "Ferocity" is a cinematic suspense novel that also addresses vital social questions, a combination of Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl" and Jonathan Franzen's "Freedo...
Riccardo Muti brings a changed Chicago Symphony to Orange County
“Describe the Chicago Symphony’s sound.” It was an innocent enough request, but it carried a hidden inference, and Riccardo Muti pounced on it like a cat bagging an unsuspecting sparrow. “Of course, at one time it was renowned for its famous brass, but that comment seems to neglect the rest of the orchestra,” said the symphony’s 76-year-old music d...
Valpolicella Comes Out of the Shadows
Valpolicella seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. Not literally, of course. The vines are still growing there in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, and the bottles are still being filled and shipped. Yet this once ubiquitous wine now seems kind of absent. Back in the 1970s and ’80s, even American children knew of Valpolicella. Comm...
We “Ran the Circuit” at Italian Village for Its 90th Anniversary
In a city of about 7,300 restaurants and 2.7 million humans who are mostly creatures of habit, it’s easy to overlook the dining institutions among us. This was the case for me, a 26-year customer of the three-restaurants-in-one Italian Village, who rarely ventured outside of the subterranean chophouse La Cantina, nor beyond my usual cup of minestro...
Innovation in Italian Programs and Pedagogy - October 21 at Georgetown University
Join us on October 21, at Georgetown University, for the third iteration of the Italian Language and Culture Conference which this year focuses the discussion on pedagogical innovations to increase enrollments in the Italian classroom. The Keynote Speaker will be **Giuseppe Cavatorta** from the University of Arizona, and the conference will feature...
Popular South Beach Italian restaurant opening soon in Delray Beach
A popular South Beach-based rustic Italian eatery that offers dishes from different regions of Italy is opening its second location in Delray Beach. Sardinia Enoteca Ristorante, a staple of South Beach for more than a decade, opens at 3035 S. Federal Hwy, in the South Delray Shopping Center south of Linton Boulevard, on Thursday, Oct. 12, according...
Tosca, Opera’s “Gateway Drug,” Takes The Stage At Boston’s Lyric Opera
You’ve always thought about going to an opera, but, well, it just seems so darned…operatic. Too big, too much, not relatable. And then, of course, there’s Tosca. Boston Lyric Opera Artistic Director Esther Nelson describes Puccini’s opera as the “gateway drug” for newcomers to opera, because once you hear it, you’re hooked. Nelson took time to spea...
A Roma la presentazione del 12° Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo della Fondazione Migrantes
È arrivato alla sua XII edizione il Rapporto Italiani nel Mondo della Fondazione Migrantes, che verrà presentato nell’Auditorium “V. Bachelet” del Church Palace - Domus Mariae a Roma il prossimo 17 ottobre. Dopo i saluti di Don Giovanni De Robertis, Direttore generale Fondazione Migrantes, e l’introduzione di Monsignor Guerino Di Tora, Presidente...