“The Universality of Italian Heritage” Curriculum Presentation May 17 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
The NJ Italian Heritage Commission's lesson plans allows teachers throughout the state to incorporate Italian culture in their curriculum. Join us for a presentation at Ocean County College that will feature testimonials from administrators, teachers, and even students to the effectiveness of the Curriculum. Attendees will learn how to int...
Our Gourmet: An Italian favorite in a new location
Everybody in Salem, it seems, has their own favorite Italian restaurant. There are certainly plenty to choose from, more than in most towns, and many of them are decidedly top notch. Oddly, even as it established itself over 37 years in one location, we had never visited Ralphie's. Now, with the bistro having moved a mile or so north...
A conversation with Laura Caparrotti Artistic Director of Kairos Italy Theatre
by Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Laura Caparrotti is an artist, educator, journalist, playwright, lecturer, consultant and Italian dialect coach for Boardwalk Empire, a curator and a panelist for NYSCA, who has been working to spread the Italian culture through theater in New York since 1996. After years of professional theatre in It...
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...
Skeletons, coins found in dig of ancient Pompeii shop
Italian and French archaeologists have discovered four skeletons and gold coins in the ruins of an ancient shop on the outskirts of Pompeii, officials said Friday. The skeletons are those of young people, including an adolescent girl, who perished in the back of the shop near the ancient Roman town when Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered i...
La bici 3.0 (made in Italy) Mini computer e dati in tempo reale
di Silvia Morosi Tra la California e l'Italia, a bordo di una bicicletta. Il primo modello hi-tech per uso quotidiano al mondo. Una due ruote che integra funzionalità digitali native — finora appartenute solamente a moto e automobili — combinate a un design unico. Una nuova categoria all-in-one, full optional e versatile, studiata per l'utilizzo c...
Shoot on Versace's biopic to begin in December
The shooting for a film on Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace's life will begin in December.Directed by Bille August, it will star Antonio Banderas. "We will be shooting in Milan, Reggio Calabria and Miami, where he lived. There will be other stars in the cast but at the moment I cannot say anything else," the Danish director said at the Ischi...
Amalfi Coast: daredevil cycling on Italy's south-west shores
There are, I believe, two types of recreational cyclist. First, there are the ones with whippet-like bodies clad in Lycra, who take on near-vertical mountain roads without breaking a sweat. And then there are cyclists like me, who pick their bike according to colour, and whether the basket has enough room for focaccia and fresh cherry tomatoes. &n...
Exhibition reception - Nicole Alexandra Cacchiotti
Please join us for the Opening Reception, Thursday, September 8, from 6-9 PM, at I Am Books, 189 North Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Nicole Alexandra Cacchiotti, "Scenes of Italy" Fine Art Photography Exhibit coming to I Am Books, September - October, 2016. Capturing the warmth, beauty and majesty of the Italian countryside, Cacchiotti, an in...
'Mornings at Dante' May Become Your Favorite NYC Breakfast Tradition
Dante is that casual cool spot in Greenwich Village where you want to saddle up to the bar for a night of craft cocktails... or savor some Italian-American fare with friends surrounded by old world European atmosphere... or maybe just stake out one of the coveted outdoor tables for some prime MacDougal Street people watching. If you're a New Yorke...
Primo premio Ue Giovani Scienziati ad un italiano
Valerio Pagliarino, 16 anni, studente di un liceo scientifico della provincia di Asti, si è aggiudicato il primo premio della ventottesima edizione del Concorso giovani scienziati della Commissione Ue, col progetto "LaserWan: connessione a banda ultralarga laser". Si legge in una nota della Commissione europea. In sostanza, Pagliarino ha t...
Tasty traditions: Italian Festival a family-affair fundraiser filled with food and fun
Saturday was Nick Ameli's 22nd Italian Festival, and he's been in charge of them for 20 years. Ameli was greeting people as they purchased a buffet style Italian meal, complete with spaghetti, meatballs, lasagna, salad and dessert, at the Bluefield Auditorium. The festival is a fundraiser for Order Sons of Italy Southern West Virginia Cha...