‘Mangia Magic With La Befana’ Madison, Hamden women looking to start TV series on cultural traditions
What started as an Italian American woman spending Christmas gatherings learning about Italian history may just evolve into helping others learn about various cultures on television through puppets. Madison resident Kate West, using a puppet called La Befana, hopes to share Italian culture and other traditions with wider audiences through...
Assisi’s quick re-birth after 2007 quake is one of those rare Italian miracles
According to poet Dante Alighieri, who is considered the father of Italian language, Assisi should have changed its name. "He who speaks of this place, should not say Ascesi," suggests the poet in the tenth Canto of his Paradise. "Ascesi" (i.e. Assisi) is a much too short, too limited name. The city should have been called Oriente, si...
Festa di Carnevale 2015
by Arrigo Mongini You are cordially invited to celebrate a Venetian Carnevale together on Sunday, February 15 at 3:30pm at the Friendship Heights Village Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Guests will enter an ambiance simulating Caffe' Florian in Venice where a "murder" will be staged by professional actors, leaving clues that coul...
Gianni Bacci’s, modern-day speakeasy and tapas bar, to open in Old Town
There won't be a secret door or password, but Jason-Paul Febres is opening a tapas bar disguised as a speakeasy of sorts across from his Taste & See in Old Town. "We're going to be modern in a throwback way, so I think it's going to be a beautiful fusion," he says. Gianni Bacci's will open at 301 N. Washington, at the northwest corner...
In scena il ‘siculish’, lingua dei siciliani in America
Cono Cinquemani è un cantautore italiano e autore dello spettacolo "Dizionario Siculish, cento modi di dire emigrato siciliano", attraverso il quale vuole riportare alla luce il siculish, la lingua trasformativa parlata dalle comunità siciliane in America. Cinquemani racconta la grande emigrazione siciliana e italiana di fine '800 attraver...
Italian art: Along the slopes of the Simbruini mountains
WTI Magazine #54 2015 February, 20Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: John Cabot University One of the beautiful characteristics of Italy is its high concentration of art. Anywhere you find yourself in Italy, interesting historical and artistic sites are close at hand. What is extraordinary about this feature is that many times,...
This Italian hot rod is back, and you can find it in Iowa
For more nearly two decades, this Italian sports car has been absent from the United States. But now, car lovers can unite over the first Alfa Romeo that has just arrived at the new Billion Alfa Romeo Dealer in Clive. A turn of the key and you realize this little Alfa Romeo is no ordinary car. “This is Italian passion. It basically embodies everyth...
Presentation of "Long Island Italian Americans: History, Heritage and Tradition"
Monday, March 23, 2015, 6pm John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street 17th floor - New York, N.Y., 10036Long Island Italian Americans: History, Heritage and Tradition (The History Press, 2013) by Salvatore LaGumina For Italian immigrants and their descendants, moving from "the city" to Long Island was more than a c...
Machines Italia: aziende Italiane a Washington con l’ICE
Nell'ambito del Progetto Speciale Tecnologia "Machines Italia", l'Agenzia Ice organizza dal 23 al 26 marzo la partecipazione di una delegazione di aziende italiane della meccanica strumentale ad un Roadshow negli Stati Uniti che comprenderà la partecipazione al "Select USA Investment Summit" - che si svolgerà a Washington il 23 e 24 marzo - ed un t...
Giuseppe Giangregorio: The Italian “Ambassador” Behind Green Cross Pharmacy’s Counter
"Let's sit down in my office," says Giuseppe Giangregorio after agreeing to my impromptu request for an interview. We do sit down — on two small folding chairs he keeps between two of the many shelves in his Green Cross Pharmacy. That's when I realize there is no office. Instead, we are sitting in a corner of the store he and his brother Fernando h...
Part-time Italian Instructor, Rockland, Maine
Penobscot School, a nonprofit center for language learning and international exchange in MidCoast Maine, seeks a native Italian speaker to instruct four levels of Italian courses, conduct tutorials and immersion programs and to assist with cultural events throughout the academic year. This position is available September, 2015 and requires...
Why Americans (should) love Italy
by Claudia Astarita The American magazine International Living recently published on its website an interesting comparison between Italy and France. It all started with the idea that it is a very good time to be an American in Europe, as the EU is cheap for US citizens, as the growing strength of the dollar has made it more affordable than...