Dalla Sicilia a New York: la musica degli emigranti italiani rivive in digitale
di Emanuela Zuccalà Sbarcavano a Ellis Island, sotto la Statua della Libertà, con le valigie colme solo di sogni. Li abbiamo visti in tanti film, i quattro milioni di italiani emigrati negli Stati Uniti fra Ottocento e Novecento, ma non sapevamo che tra loro si nascondessero dei musicisti sopraffini. Mandolinisti, cantanti, pianis...
Greater Youngstown Italian Fest continues tradition
by Guy D'Astolfo The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest continues to extend a welcoming hand to the downtown crowd. The annual street festival is this weekend and – continuing a tradition – the food vendors will get an early start by opening for lunch Friday. This year, the lunch rush will morph into an early happy hour with the band Pun...
And They Came to Chicago: The Italian Legacy — a film by Gia Amella is available on You Tube
The complete 80 minute version of ATCTC is available on You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqeikaWQCyo And They Came to Chicago traces the 150-year history of Italians settlement in Chicago, from early arrivals who laid the foundation for burgeoning Italian enclaves to the Italian American contribution to politics and labor, the ar...
Local author filming movie in Detroit and Italy
When Pierette Simpson was nine years old, hergrandparents sold everything in their native Italy to bring her to America. But along the way, The Andrea Doria luxury liner collided with another ship, The Stockholm, and sank. A lifeboat saved Simpson and her family. But 51 people died, and the captain was unjustly blamed f...
Italian paintings by Place exhibiting at Base Camp Coffee
Artist Sandra Place opens a new exhibit of her work, "Italy: Journeys and Inspirations," June 15 at Base Camp Coffee Bar in Sister Bay. A reception is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. June 17 at Base Camp. Place, a summer resident of Egg Harbor who makes her permanent home in Santa Fe, N.M., has traveled several times in northern Italy in recent...
90 years later, names corrected on Highland Park World War I monument
By Karen Berkowitz Laurence Pasquesi wasn't looking for mistakes when he first visited the World War I monument that was erected in 1926 to honor the 363 Highland Park residents who served during the global conflict. When he discovered two misspelled names of Italian-American servicemen on future visits, however, he couldn't let the...
L'antica Sicilia in mostra in Ohio? A schifìu finìu
di Giovanna Cirino Aperta al pubblico fino al prossimo 19 agosto, la mostra Sicilia: arte e invenzione tra Grecia e Roma, allestita dal Paul Getty Museum nella sua sede di Malibu, è un'occasione a "stelle e striscie" per scoprire l'arte classica di Sicilia. In esposizione 150 opere del periodo tra il V ed il III secolo a.C. Un'epoca di gra...
Giornate dell’Emilia-Romagna negli Usa: Incontri visite alle Associazioni e Seminari con i modenesi di Illinois e Wisconsin
Riscoprire legami dimenticati e farli fruttare come nuove opportunità di relazioni culturali ed economiche. Questo lo scopo delle "Giornate dell'Emilia-Romagna negli Stati Uniti" che vedono la presidente della Consulta degli emiliano-romagnoli nel mondo Silvia Bartolini impegnata negli Stati Uniti insieme con l'Assessorato all'Agricoltura...
Festa della Repubblica Celebrations in Detroit
Dr. Maria Luisa Lapresa, Consul of Italy in Detroit, hosted a reception on Hune 2 commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic. The event was held at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University. On behalf of the president of Italy, Dr. Lapresa awarded the Ordine Della Stella D'Italia to Lia Adelfi...
IA club honors Cecchini
A former Kenoshan who found success as the owner of McDonald's franchises in Ohio and later helped a local struggling community bank was honored Sunday night. Gaetano "Guy" Mattioli Cecchini was feted at the annual Columbus Day banquet of the Italian American Society for his many contributions to the community that helped launch his American D...
Italy Invests in the US: Italy’s Reply Group Opens Facilities in Auburn Hills (MI)
Thanks to assistance from Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, another international company is setting up shop in Southeast Michigan. Automation Alley International Business Center tenant Reply Inc., of Turin, Italy, has found a permanent home in Auburn Hills and is looking to hire local employees. Reply, part of...
Happenchance: World War II Photographs, Italian Campaign, 1942-1945 by photographer Alfonso Carrara
Date: Friday, November 13, 2015 - Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Hours: 6:00 p.m. Site: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago - 500 N Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 Organized by: IIC Chicago In collaboration with: https://happenchance.eventbrite.com Carrara, an Italian-American architect-artist-poet-photographer, documented the ex...