Ricercata e originale: la moda maschile italiana a New York e Las Vegas
Nuovo appuntamento internazionale per le imprese della moda maschile italiana che, grazie all'Ice-Agenzia, si spostano a New York per la prima tappa statunitense del MRket Trade Show, dove verranno presentate le collezioni primavera/estate 2017 del segmento classico di alto livello e degli accessori uomo. Apputamento al Javits Convention C...
Lady Gaga planning Italian earthquake donation
Lady Gaga has vowed to donate money to help recovery efforts in her family's native Italy after an earthquake shook the country early on Wednesday (24Aug16). The pop superstar, real name Stefani Germanotta, was among the celebrities expressing their heartbreak on social media after waking up to learn a 6.2 magnitude tremor had rocked the m...
Win in Rome: An inside guide to the best of Italy’s hippest ‘hood
When Rome restaurant Antica Pesa opened a satellite in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2012, it brought a bit of the Eternal City's atmospheric Trastevere neighborhood with it. That ancient district sits just south of the Vatican, on the far side of the Tiber River from the historic center (Trastevere literally means "across the Tiber" in Italian), whe...
La Marzocco Opens Its First Café and Showroom
La Marzocco recently opened its very first café & showroom, located inside KEXP's New Home in Seattle Center. In addition to the fully operating café that is open daily, the La Marzocco space includes a showroom with commercial and home espresso machines, as well as historical archives and vintage machines for guests to...
Riccardo Muti, Indulging a Passion for Overlooked Italian Composers
By Anthony Tommasini When Riccardo Muti learned that I would be attending his concert here with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Friday afternoon he earnestly invited me to drop backstage afterward — first, so we could finally meet, but also so he could tell me all about Giuseppe Martucci. Though his works are seldom played by Am...
Shame on protesters
LOUD, RUDE protesters again brought shame to themselves Monday by attempting, unsuccessfully, to disrupt Pueblo's annual Columbus Day celebration. The contrast was stark. The celebrants — Italian Americans and their friends of mixed ethnicity — were tolerant and respectful of the protesters. The protesters were totally intolerant and disrespec...
Learning more about Tuscany’s Avignonesi winery run by two talented women
As a wine lover, I'm always on the lookout for interesting wines to taste and match with cuisine. As a wine writer, I'm always on the prowl for interesting wine stories to tell. Today, I've got both to share with you. The story and the wines come from Italy and the Tuscan winery, Avignonesi. I've purchased and enjoyed Avignonesi's wines fo...
Ennio Tasciotti incontra gli alunni di Latina: Fare lo scienziato in America è bellissimo, ma il metodo scientifico è stato inventato da un italiano
Lo scienziato di Latina Ennio Tasciotti, professore associato al Methodist Hospital Research Institute di Houston, Texas, ha incontrato gli alunni dell'Istituto Comprensivo Prampolini di Latina illustrando alle classi terze il suo lavoro. Da anni Tasciotti coordina un team che ha compiuto importanti passi avanti nell'utilizzo di materiali per...
America celebrates Italian cuisine and food
Great public success and media coverage surrounded the First Week of Italian Cuisine in the World that in the United States was organized one week ahead of the rest of the world due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The week-long world premiere has given great prominence to the initiative promoted by the Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agricul...
The Fermo shoe making district is raising a new generation of artisans
by Natascia Ronchetti The shoe industry around Fermo in the eastern Marche region of Italy has opened its doors to 31 people under 35 years of age. It is one of the biggest shoe manufacturing districts in the country, with more than 3,000 companies, including luxury group Tod's. Interns accepted by the district's four vocational workshops...
Some local Italian-Americans embrace 'feast of the fishes' tradition on Christmas Eve
By Lisa Abraham Although many Old World Christmas customs have gone the route of spiral-sliced ham, a dedicated group of Italian-Americans in the Columbus area have held on to the traditional Christmas Eve "feast of the fishes." The meal is rooted in the fasting from meat that Italian Catholics traditionally observed before midnight Mass on De...
Rolling Meadows instructor Antonino Bondi
Spending every summer of his childhood in Sicily convinced Antonino Bondi that he wanted a career somehow related to Italy. He never pictured himself as a teacher in those days, but he has realized his dream in a classroom. Bondi, 31, the son of parents who immigrated from Sicily to Chicago in the 1970s, teaches Italian 2, 3 and 4 in northwest...