Nutella Day spreads to Chicago
Chocolate and hazelnut will transcend cultural boundaries Feb. 16 from 1 p.m.— 4 p.m. at 2518 W. Armitage Ave. Multilingual Connections will host the Chicago Nutella Day party, a Nutella-themed party with Nutella-inspired games and treats while teaching beginner-level Italian lessons. We believe strongly in the connection between language, fo...
Olive Garden postpones opening its first Hawaii restaurant at Kapolei Commons
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant which has reached a tentative agreement to open its first establishment in Hawaii at the Target-anchored Kapolei Commons, is postponing its entry into the state until further notice, the head of leasing and property management for the Honolulu-based developer of the West Oahu shopping center told PBN. Todd Hedrick,...
Pirandello Lyceum Presents I Migliori Awards 2014
by Lisa Cappuccio Pirandello Lyceum President Rosario Cascio has announced the 2014 recipients of the Pirandello Lyceum's prestigious I Migliori in Mens et Gesta award. The Board of Governors has recognized a group of outstanding Americans of Italian-American descent who have made important contributions to their profession, to society and to the...
Italian cinema: Italy, a set for the Avengers
WTI Magazine #23 2014 Mar, 28Author : Simone doc Bracci Translation by: Gone are the years when Cinecittà enthroned at the center of Italy as the focal point of European cinema, ideal locations and sets for the big American productions and for those of the Italian system that gave space and freedom of movement to great authors, now r...
Houston – A meeting of Italian cinema and food
From Rome to Houston: "Movie 'n' Food – Sapore di Cinema" is an initiative aimed at celebrating Italian history and culinary specialities through the recipes of great Italian film actors and directors – Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Giuseppe Tornatore, Sofia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni – which will take place in the Texan...
Italian Film Festival USA Coming to Tempe April 26
Time to brush up on your italiano.The Italian Film Festival USA recently added Tempe, Arizona, to its 11-stop schedule. This year marks the 10th edition of the fest, which brings contemporary Italian films stateside to cities including Boulder, Colorado, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Don't worry; there will be subtitles. The single-day ci...
Il Brain Prize al neuroscienziato italiano Giacomo Rizzolatti
Per la prima volta il Brain Prize è stato conferito a uno scienziato italiano: Giacomo Rizzolatti, docente di Fisiologia presso il Dipartimento di Neuroscienze dell'Università degli Studi di Parma. Il prestigioso riconoscimento è assegnato annualmente dalla Fondazione Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research per premiare uno o più studiosi c...
Holmes loves Facchinetti's chic designs
Katie Holmes has shared her admiration for Alessandra Facchinetti. Katie Holmes loves the "elegance" in Alessandra Facchinetti's work. The Italian fashion designer had a dinner thrown in her honour in SoHo, Manhattan, earlier this week. She was named creative director of luxury shoes and leather goods company Tod's last February and Katie, wh...
The Crowning and Blessing of our Patron Saint "La Madonna Del Bosco"
Sunday, June 1st, 2014 - 10:30 AM at a Special Mass Our Lady of Grace Church - 15 George Waterman Road, Johnston, RI 02919 The Pannese Society of Providence is excited to Announce a Crowning and BlessingCeremonial Mass that has not been done in about 100 years.The Celebration Mass will take place on Sunday, June 1st, at 10:30 AM...
Italian dishes in double high C
Carmela and Delphine Calamari flit, at the moment, between New York City and Philadelphia. The Calamari Sisters' hilarious Italian stew of cooking, dancing and singing will be front, center and sideways in the Strand Center for the Arts on Friday, June 13, and Saturday, June 14. "We're about to start a web series," said Delphine, the more...
Gli scavi al Colosseo che hanno individuato un ingresso medioevale
Dopo i fasti gladiatori, un "condominio", quando le gallerie del Colosseo e gli ambienti che sorreggevano le tribune degli spettatori divennero abitazioni private. Una svolta per l'Anfiteatro Flavio che tra il IX e il XIV secolo si trasformò in spazio per una comunità di sub-locatari che vi risiedevano, vi tenevano gli animali o le merci, e avevan...
A Look at the 2014 Feast of Santa Marina, Inwood, Long Island
By Giovanni di Napoli Saturday, July 12th, I made my way to Inwood, Long Island for the 53rd Annual Feast of Santa Marina Vergine, patroness of Filandari, Calabria. It was standing room only at beautiful Our Lady of Good Council Church (68 Wanser Ave.), as devotees came from far and wide to celebrate Mass and march in the Procession. &nbs...