Novecento italiano a Washington - Apre ‘Le Onde’ allo Hirshhorn
Apre al pubblico il 22 agosto l' esposizione "Le Onde: waves of Italian Influence (1924-1971)", grazie a cui sara' possibile per la prima volta ammirare circa 20 opere italiane e internazionali appartenenti alla collezione permanente del museo, raramente o mai esposte prima. La mostra, resa possibile grazie al sostegno dell' Ambasciata d'Italia neg...
Take a look around the new Bar Toma
Bar Toma, Tony Mantuano's Italian restaurant in the Gold Coast off Michigan Avenue, reopens Aug. 21 as a casual pizzeria. The restaurant had been closed since July 6 for renovations, including the addition of a pizza oven. "At Bar Toma we have realized that people want our pizza, and we've been trying to do so many different things th...
Ciao Bella Living Italian Style: Italian programming hits the Philly area
By Peg DeGrassa There's reality TV, Court TV, TruTV, Scyfy-TV, Latino TV, BET, paranormal TV and just about every other kind of TV station out there. But there has never really been a station out there that highlights, spotlights and explores everything Italian American. Until now, that is. When my good friend Barbara Ann Zippi in...
Italy confirms European leadership in organic food, business leaps to over €3.8 bn
by Natascia Ronchetti The flow of 'Made in Italy' labeled organic food exports is turning into a flood. With more than €1.4 billion in turnover, organic businesses have seen exports grow by over 330% over the course of six years starting in 2008. A dizzying pace that, as confirmed by the Italian leadership in Europe with 10.8% of...
The 37th annual Houston Italian Festival set for Oct. 8-11
The 37th Annual Houston Italian Festival will bring Italian Bingo and Poker all' Italiana to this year's event along with a trio of new musical acts hot off the New York and Houston music scene. To be held on the grounds of the University of St. Thomas, the festival will run Thursday, Oct. 8, until Sunday, Oct. 11. This popular festiv...
Italians celebrate Columbus Day parade in downtown Denver
by Elisabeth Hernandez Sabino Romano and his family hoisted Italian flags in the air as they brought up the rear of the Columbus Day parade on Saturday morning in Denver. Romano has been showing his support for the holiday at the downtown Denver event for at least 20 years, he said. "It's an Italian thing," Romano said. "Plus...
'The Light in the Piazza' brings a taste of Tuscany to campus
Wichita State University's School of Music and Performing Arts will present "The Light in the Piazza" as part of National Opera Week at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 29-31, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, in Miller Concert Hall. The romantic musical comedy, which won six Tony Awards, follows the story of two young lovers in 1950s Italy. Par...
Prominent Italian-American organization awards scholarships to NJ medical school, Seton Hall law school students
The Columbian Foundation hosted their 74th Annual Humanitarian, Achievement, and President's Awards Dinner on Saturday, October 17 at at Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ. Honorees included the Foundation's first ever father/son duo, Senator Anthony R. Bucco and his son, Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco, East Hanover Mayor Joseph Pann...
Michael Caine, Paolo Sorrentino Will Kick Off Cinema Italian Style Showcase With ‘Youth’
by Nick VivarelliMichael Caine and Paolo Sorrentino will kick off the Cinema Italian Style showcase of contemporary Italian films in Los Angeles by introducing a pre-opening event screening of Sorrentino's "Youth," the tender reflection on old age that just swept the European Film Award Nominations, ahead of its upcoming release via Fox Searchlight...
Little Italy to participate in Light City Baltimore
The first Light City Baltimore festival in 2016 will feature light art, concerts and performances of dance, theater and puppetry March 28 through April 3 along a 1.2-mile art walk in the Inner Harbor. [Sun story]. "Neighborhood Lights" is a program that will award $10,000 to five communities, including Little Italy, to create public art projec...
Joe Piscopo brings Frank Sinatra to Sands Bethlehem Event Center
By Jim Deegan Joe Piscopo's impersonation of Frank Sinatra was a hit on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1980s. On Saturday, Dec. 12, Piscopo will reprise his impression in a show at theSands Bethlehem Event Center, held on Sinatra's 100th birthday. Piscopo, who lives not far away in Hunterdon County, will mix comedy and music wi...
Progetto “ERE- Eccellenze Romane per l’Export”.
Nel mese di Ottobre la Camera di Commercio Italiana di Houston ha organizzato un fitto calendario di appuntamenti, tra Houston ed Austin, al fine di promuovere il progetto "ERE- Eccellenze Romane per l'Export". L'intento del progetto é quello di promuovere e sostenere i processi di internazionalizzazione tra le migliori imprese artigiane del t...