The new Valentino is in a New York State of mind
On their visit to New York in December, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, the creative directors of Valentino, were contemplating American women. "There's something effortless in your women," Piccioli says. "To go outside with the coffee and the handbag...They feel confident and they express themselves. They don't need to be work...
Red Nation demands New Mexico abolish Columbus Day
The Red Nation, which consists of a large group of American Indians and allies, have joined forces with a student led organization in its effort to abolish Columbus Day in New Mexico. The student led organization at the University of New Mexico (UNM), released a Call to Action – Abolish Columbus Day at UNM – with other students and the local c...
Simona De Rosa Album Release Concert – March 29th
Simona De Rosa is the new Mediterranean jazz voice in the United States. “My Travel” is the title of her debut recording, a project conceived and developed with Gennaro Esposito. The two Neapolitan musicians met after a gig in New York City and soon decided to pay tribute to their Neapolitan roots and experiences collected in New York, Madrid...
CDP alla Farnesina/ COMITES: iscritti al 6,5%/ Carozza: cambiare CGIE/ proposta di legge su lingua e cultura
Sono circa 243mila gli italiani all'estero che si sono iscritti per votare i nuovi Comites. È un dato "quasi definitivo", pari al 6,5% degli aventi diritto. A confermare le cifre è Elio Carozza, segretario generale del Cgie, che da ieri presiede alla Farnesina il suo (forse) ultimo Comitato di Presidenza. Un Cdp che ha discusso di Comites, ovv...
Fondazione Italia Launches Fundraising campaign to send Italian High School teachers back to school this summer
Fondazione Italia has begun a fundraising initiative that they hope will provide 15 Southern California Italian high school instructors scholarships to attend a week-long seminar for Italian Language educators. This is a College Board-endorsed Italian Advanced Placement Summer Seminar organized by the California World Language Project and the Calif...
Casa Belvedere launches Bocelli 'supper club' experience for members
What's being billed as a unique new fundraising venture at Casa Belvedere aims to transport its members back to a bygone era, to a luxe home-away-from-home where everyone knows your name and the food's cooked just right. The Grymes Hill mansion, home to the borough's Italian Cultural Foundation, is partnering with Bocelli Ris...
Torches and Poetry for Saint Peter’s in Portovenere
The church of Saint Peter in Portovenere, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, juts out from a rock spur onto the Gulf of Poets, an area that was dear to great artists such as George Sand, David Herbert Lawrence, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. After his visit here, Lord Byron wrote a poem that begins, "There is a pleasure in the pathless wood...
Bucci Named New Executive Director for Mahopac Chamber
The Board of Directors has hired Michael Bucci as the new executive director for the Greater Mahopac-Carmel Chamber of Commerce. He was hired unanimously and will start on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 24. "This was the perfect way to cap off a productive year for the chamber board," said chairwoman Laurie Lee Ford. "The board has spen...
In a Dark Wood- What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love – 27 May, 6 PM
In the aftermath of a heartbreaking tragedy, a scholar and writer uses Dante's Divine Comedy to shepherd him through the dark wood of grief and mourning—a rich and emotionally resonant memoir of suffering, hope, love, and the power of literature to inspire and heal the most devastating loss. Where do we turn when we lose everything? Joseph...
Slow Food on Film: Storie di terra e di Redzore
Presented at Salone Internazionale del Gusto - Terra Madre, this documentary tells the stories of men and women that keep alive the rich food traditions and legacy of the Modena region. Introduced by Ernest Miller, Co-Chair Slow Food LA. Read more Source: http://www.iiclosangeles.esteri.it/
Why Kathy McCabe Loves Italy
by Elaine Glusac For the past 12 years, Kathy McCabe has written and published Dream of Italy, a subscription newsletter devoted to travel in Italy. Her infatuation with the country began with her first trip there in 1995 to visit Castelvetere sul Calore, home of her maternal ancestors near Naples. The town was full of families be...
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...