Celebrate Piemonte, Italy with the IAHF
Thursday, January 15, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.425 N. Fourth Street - San Jose, CA 95112$12 members, $15 non-members Start the New Year by attending our first 2015 regional lunch. Join as we kick off the new year with the special treats of Piemonte, Italy, featuring Bagna Càuda (warm sauce). This is a typical Piemontese dish be...
La scultura all’epoca di Donatello: capolavori rinascimentali da Firenze a New York
Titola "Sculpture in the Age of Donatello. Renaissance Masterpieces from Florence Cathedral" la mostra che sarà inaugurata il 20 febbraio al MOBIA - Museum of Biblical Art di New York. Ventitre capolavori dei primi anni della scultura del Rinascimento fiorentino, la maggior parte dei quali mai visti al fuori dell'Italia, saranno in mostra al MOBIA...
La Fontanella gushes gourmet Italian goodness
Another week, another Italian joint, I was thinking wryly to myself. I do not mind admitting, however, that I was colossally wrong. Fact is, I'm ecstatic to report that La Fontanella Ristorante is anything but another Italian joint. In fact, the restaurant, whose name means "fountain," makes me want to gush and rhapsodize. Re...
VINO 2015: una settimana di vino italiano in mostra a New York
di Chiara Zaccherotti Se è vero che il vino è uno dei piaceri della vita, è altrettanto vero che oggi è anche un importante settore di business e un mercato che continua a espandersi in ogni angolo del globo. A New York questa settimana c'è stata VINO 2015 – Italian Wine Week, la manifestazione promossa e organizzata dall'ICE per far conoscere...
Quando con l'italiano si danno i numeri
di Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino A differenza di altri popoli, gli italiani usano espressioni con numeri e parole nei loro discorsi, modi di dire o proverbi, di connotazioni diverse. Il significato delle parole-numero sono connesse al modo di parlare e di pensare del parlante. Di solito, queste espressioni popolari sono usate in conversazioni...
Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage - Fawell and Park BoulevardsGlen Ellyn, IL 60137 - BELUSHI PERFORMANCE HALL | TICKETS $43–$60MARCH 13, 2015 Birbiglia has taken the country by storm with his fresh, brilliant, and hysterical stand up comedy. In "Thank God for Jokes," the award-winning comedian, author, and filmmaker...
POPOS – Italian Urban Piazzas
by Catherine Accardi The words piazza and plaza have the same Greek origin (although some scholars insist the origin is Latin), with plaza being the Spanish adaption and piazza the Italian one. Let's opt for Italian for the purposes of this article! When one thinks of the world's most cherished outdoor spaces, one probably th...
Family Keeps Memory of Hero Triangle Fire Elevator Operator Alive
When the fire broke out on the eighth floor at the Triangle Waist Company Joseph Zito continued doing his job. The 27-year-old Italian immigrant with a solid jaw and dark features kept the elevator running. It was about 4:30 p.m. Nearly quitting time. The fire quickly spread from the eighth floor, igniting the over 2,000 pounds of scrap fabri...
Illinois Sons of Italy Foundation to grant college scholarships
The Illinois Sons of Italy Foundation recently announced that graduating high school seniors who are full or partially of Italian ancestry are invited to compete for college scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each, to be awarded by the foundation. The scholarships will be awarded to qualified students who will graduate this year from any...
Students get a taste of authentic Italian cooking
Students in Maria Colangelo's French-Italian club got a taste of traditional Italian cuisine Wednesday as professional chefs Tina Autunno and Rosa Rocco visited. The pair taught students how to make spinach and ricotta ravioli in a tangy orange sauce. Autunno, a chef at Piccolo Arancio in Farmington and Rocco, who cooks at Peppercorn's Grill in Ha...
Fabio Viviani's Bar Siena set to open this summer in West Loop
by Peter Frost A less-buttoned-up spinoff of celeb chef Fabio Viviani's Siena Tavern is set to open this summer on Restaurant Row. As previously reported by Crain's, Bar Siena, an 8,000-square-foot, 180-seat Italian restaurant/pizza bar/doughnut shop is working toward a summer opening at the corner of Randolph and Green streets, with...
La lingua italiana piace agli studenti Usa
di Francesco Semprini Quota 2.500, l'Italiano trionfa. Sono oltre 2.500 gli studenti americani che hanno sostenuto l'esame Ap in lingua italiana. Di cosa si tratta? E' «l'Advance placement», ovvero il test che viene sostenuto dagli studenti in Usa per guadagnare crediti formativi extra, e con i quali è possibile impreziosire il proprio cur...