Tornare al visto per gli italiani in America?
Rimettere il visto per i turisti italiani negli Usa? E' la proposta di alcuni parlamentari Usa: vorrebbero eliminare l'attuale programma Esta, che esenta dal visto i cittadini Ue e prevede una procedura facilitata (online) per i soggiorni turistici di tre mesi. Troppo facile per un jihadista entrare in America col passaporto europeo, secon...
Spoleto Festival USA unveils many premieres, debuts
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but it's also the aunt of inconvenience and the sister of scrambling at the last minute. Spoleto Festival USA learned in November that renovations on Gaillard Auditorium, the Charleston, S.C. showplace for big dance and music events, would not be finished for the fest. Read more &nb...
Newpoli to Perform at South Shore’s Italian American Cultural Organization
When: Sunday, March 1, 2015 — 3 p.m.Where: The Great Pond, Manor Function Hall — 120 Baystate Dr., Braintree MATickets $20 (children under 12 free), can be purchased at the door. Boston's own southern Italian folk group Newpoli will be performing at the South Shore's Italian American Cultural Organization on Sunday, March 1, 2015. Starting at...
Tiziana Rozzo: The Childhood of a Family
When: March 5-29, 2015Where: Griffin Museum of Photography — 67 Shore Road, Winchester MA 01890 Tiziana Rozzo's work focuses on people, their relationships and the places where they work, play and live. In 2012 she conceived and produced the idea of documenting the mentoring program at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. In 2013 she w...
New Memorial shopping center brings Italian eatery to Houston
Park Place Memorial, a 10,000-square-foot shopping center, will be home to the first Houston expansion of Ohio-based Piada Italian Street Food, according to the Houston Chronicle. Piada Italian is a fast-casual restaurant with hand-rolled piadas and pasta bowls. Park Place Memorial is expected to open in August. The $7 million shopping cen...
Piazza St. Francis, The Poet’s Plaza
It is not often that a metropolitan city like San Francisco has the opportunity to incorporate a new urban piazza in the center of one of its most historic districts. That would be a rare opportunity indeed! It does appear this vision is turning into a reality for San Francisco's beloved North Beach. Recently, I spoke with Angela Alioto, S...
The New Italians
Their parents didn't immigrate to America. They are not first, second or third generation Italian-Americans. They work in research laboratories at UW, the Hutch, and Seattle Children's Research Institute. They work at Microsoft and Boeing, Amazon and start-up companies. They are the new Italians living and working in Seattle, and they want to creat...
Another successful Italian dinner
Charitable Italian American Organization of Lima wishes to thank the Limaland community and our sponsors for enabling us to produce another successful Italian Dinner. We were able to serve nearly 4,000 dinners, helping us to generate funds for many charities that we sponsor. Among its many philanthropic projects, CIAO of Lima continues to award nea...
Bakersfield WWII vet honored in Italy 2 years after his death
Two years after his death, a Bakersfield veteran is being honored by a city in Italy for his unique contribution to their history. Edward Reep was a soldier-artist who captured photos of the day 70 years ago when the city of Bologna was liberated in World War II. Reep took photos of a spontaneous shrine citizens had erected, and later...
PEN World Voices Festival: The Passion of Elena Ferrante [Mandatory RSVP]
MAY 08, 2015 (06:00 PM)Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 Presented as part of The Literary Mews - a festival within the PEN World Voices Festival. Award-winning translator Ann Goldstein (The New Yorker) and NYU professor Rebecca Falkoff will discuss the anonymous Italian author, whose devastatingly h...
Joe Bruno: A Very-Well-Compensated Consultant to Charter Schools
by Rick Cohen "Paradise in Potomac: Every inch of couple's estate built for living lavishly," read the Washington Post headline about the home of Joe Bruno and his wife, Cynthia Marini Bruno, in a society-page style article in the Post's real estate section. For those of us who don't often turn to the society or real estate column...
3rd Annual Festa Italiana of Frederick, MD
On May 30 Fredericktonians and residents of the Washington Metropolitan Area will have a chance to celebrate and discover Italian cultural heritage at the 3rd Annual Festa Italiana of Frederick, MD. The event is full day family festival and fundraiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, MD. He event is an opportunity for the c...