Justinians uphold legacy of giving
The Justinian Society of Lawyers held its 15th annual Children’s Endowment Fund dinner at Lux Bar in Chicago. More than 60 Justinians were in attendance as the 2017 CEF recipients, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Reflections Foundation, each received a sizeable grant check for $3,625. The mission of the CEF is to assist disabled or di...
1st Annual Italian Opera Concert Celebration: “FOREVER YOUNG” – Most Loved Music of Donizetti, Puccini, Verdi”
DATE: Thursday, JULY 6, 2017, 6:00pm – 7:30pm. Place: CENTRAL PARK NAUMBURG BANDSHELL. Admission: Free to the Public CENTRAL PARK SUMMER CONCERTS is initiating this first annual celebration of Italian Opera as a gift to the people of New York. The concert has been programmed with an emphasis of inspiring the new generation with a lasting appreciati...
Interview with Gaetano Pesce at his studio in New York
With a career spanning four decades and projects completed in architecture, urban planning, interior, exhibition and industrial design, Gaetano Pesce is one of the most versatile and unconventional designers of the 20th century. Born in La Spezia — a coastal city in the north of Italy — pesce has called Venice, London, Helsinki and Paris home, befo...
I 20 piccoli gioielli italiani che conquistano i turisti
Sono la fedele rappresentazione della storia e della cultura del nostro Paese. I borghi italiani ci raccontano molto del territorio in cui sorgono, delle differenze tra un zona e l'altra della Penisola, degli usi e costumi che le singole regioni hanno e che cercano di custodire intatte ancora oggi. Come tante fotografie, hanno quasi fermato il temp...
Capo Deli Hopes To Be Shaw's New Little Italy
An old-school deli in one of D.C.'s hippest neighborhoods? Fuggedaboudit. For all its restaurants, D.C. has a particular dearth of traditional Italian delis, with their black-and-white flooring, ceiling-hung laminated signs listing the almost-too-many sandwich options, and shiny glass display cases of goodies ready to be scooped into to-go containe...
The “Olympic Games” for Students of Italian in America
The 2017 National Italian Exam, a national contest of Italian language and culture for middle school and high school students, organized by the American Association of teachers of Italian (AATI), was recently concluded. From California to Massachusetts to Puerto Rico, 5,465 students representing 16 states participated in the contest. The exam was a...
Columbian Lawyers Association honors former president and welcomes new one at annual dinner dance
The Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn celebrated its 49th annual dinner dance on Friday to honor former President Dean Delianites and to install Linda LoCascio as the incoming president. “What a year we had under Dean Delianites,” former President Steven Bamundo said, standing between an Italian and an American flag. “From the beginning, De...
Ron Onesti talks summer fun at the Arcada Theatre and Festa Pasta Vino
Oakley Festa Pasta Vino aka the Oakley Avenue Italian Block Party, celebrating Italian culture with food, wine and music the in the heart of Chicago’s classic Italian neighborhood. He talks about some of the acts including a Dean Martin tribute for the singers 100th birthday, and keeping a close-knit neighborhood ‘block-party’ feel to the festival...
Get Ready for “Taste of Little Italy”
Need a quick vacation? Grab your passport and come down to San Diego’s Little Italy for the 9th Annual Taste of Little Italy Presented by U.S. Bank on Wednesday, June 14, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Taste of Little Italy makes the perfect summer outing for all foodie lovers in America’s Finest City. Attendees can tour the streets of Little Italy, e...
Pitti Uomo fair gets underway: Italian men’s fashion generates more than €9 billion turnover
Here it is again, the fair that is capable of attracting buyers from more than 100 countries, international media and influencers, designers and creative people, industry players and managers. The world of men's fashion is returning for the biannual Pitti Uomo fair (from today until June 16) at Florence's Fortezza da Basso. They are aware that this...
Antonio Citterio on His Luminaire Exhibition & Chicago's Design Legacy
When commercial design trade show NeoCon 2017 descends on the Merchandise Mart from June 12–14, some of the industry’s biggest names will converge on the Windy City. Coinciding with the affair is the appearance of famed multi-disciplinary Italian designer and architect Antonio Citterio—known for his pieces for Vitra, B&B Italia, and other lines—to...
An 'Embassy Of Italian Art' Opens In Cold Spring, New York
Nancy Olnick may live in New York, but she embraces the Italian culture in all aspects of her life. Before she met her Sardininan- born husband Giorgio Spanu in 1989, Olnick collected 1960s Pop art. They took a mutual interest in the Arte Povera movement and began building their collection. This movement originated in Italy. It consists of artists...