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Il 26 febbraio 2014 American Chamber of Commerce in Italy e Fondazione Arena di Verona, Teatro d'Opera Lirica, ente senza scopo di lucro che persegue la diffusione dell'arte musicale in Italia e all'estero, hanno firmato un accordo di collaborazione allo scopo di favorire la promozione delle reciproche attività e iniziative. A firmare l'accordo Si...

On the day of the first anniversary of the pontificate of the Holy Father Francis, The Puglia Center of America, leader in promoting the Puglia region of Italy and the Made in Italy in US, organized the 4th edition of its "Puglia Center of America Award", that took place at the elegant restaurant Etcetera Etcetera of Manhattan, in New York on March...

Ralph Fasanella (1914-1997) celebrated the common man and tackled complex issues of postwar America in colorful, socially-minded paintings. Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget celebrates the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth and brings together key works from a career spanning fifty-two years. Fasanella was born in the Bronx and grew up in the w...

La National Restaurant Association ha previsto che nel 2014 il numero di ristoranti in America dovrebbe corrispondere ad un cifra intorno a 990,000.La stessa fonte prevede che, nello stesso periodo, il settore del food service rappresentera' un fatturato totale pari a $ 683.4 miliardi, circa il 4% del prodotto nazionale lordo USA.   Compless...

Join IAWA at the Cornelia Street Cafe for its monthly open reading, featuring Frank Lentricchia and Roberto Ragone. IAWA holds its Open Reading series every second Saturday of the month at two venues: Cornelia Street Café on odd months (July, Sept, Nov) and Sidewalk Café on even months (June, Aug, Oct.) Event kicks off with Open Mic readings of fiv...

Americans and Italians are magnetically attracted to each other. This is one of Beppe Severgnini's statements on May 7th at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco.   Hardly anyone could have questioned it, as 500 Italians and Italo-philes crowded the theater. The event was co-organized by BAIA, the Consulate and the Italian Cultural In...

REDValentino opened its doors at Ala Moana Center June 4. It's the first Hawaii location for the high-end Italian brand, and only it's fifth stand-alone boutique in America.   A sister label to luxury giant Valentino, REDValentino offers fashions and accessories with a similar upscale feel but infused with a heavy dose of whimsy.   Re...

by Sal Pizarro   The San Jose-based Italian American Heritage Foundation is giving out a record $22,000 spread among 18 scholarships for its Italian American Young Scholars program and is celebrating the awards with a barbecue Sunday at its headquarters at 425 N. Fourth St.   Tickets for the barbecue are $22 for adults and $7 for kids...

Solunto bakery, a Little Italy landmark since the late 1960s, will undergo a major renovation that will bring house-made gelato, wood-fired pizzas and fine dining to the India Street space.   While the family-run business was sold about six years ago, it remained a bakery and casual eatery in recent years, but owner Antonino Mastellone, a pr...

Si è inaugurata oggi, a Manhattan, la Premiere Vision Preview - New York, una delle più importanti fiere del settore tessile, abbigliamento e accessori negli Stati Uniti, giunta alla ventunesima edizione.   E la rappresentanza italiana è ancora una volta la più numerosa, con 53 aziende provenienti da Piemonte, Lombardia e Toscana. Altre quat...

Watching the Gallo family converse in their native tongue is like watching a stage show, but you quickly realize language is a very important connection from one generation to the other.   "My dad always told me the more languages you know the more friends you will have. He was right," said Maryda Nicole Gallo, who speaks three languages. &...

Michéal Castaldo, an award-winning classical crossover singer and songwriter, was one of the featured performers at the 20th Annual Sergio Franchi Memorial Concert on August 23, 2014. The outdoor event was held on the grounds of the Franchi estate in Stonington, Connecticut, with an audience of over 5000 people.   Castaldo performed Senza Ca...