DOK Dall'Ava Week: a New York il sapore delle cosce più buone del mondo
Ne hanno fatte di cotte e di crude. E continuano a farne. Soprattutto crude e soprattutto cosce di maiale con il marchio DOK Dall'Ava. Infatti a San Daniele del Friuli la famiglia Dall'Ava fa prosciutti da oltre mezzo secolo. "Ma attenzione – spiega il titolare Carlo Dall'Ava - il prosciutto è solo crudo, perché è il prodotto della pr...
Select Italy Presents Its ‘How to Pronounce Italian Wines’ YouTube Series
Select Italy (http://selectitaly.com), the boutique travel company specialized in the Bel Paese, boasts an exclusive, high-end food & wine portfolio thanks to a partnership with distinguished and prestigious Italian wine brands. Select Italy's collaboration with Italy's finest wineries consists of vacation packages, winery visits, and exclusive...
Mount Saint Michael alum appointed as school’s president and CEO
by Robert Wirsing As the new school year draws near, a Mount St. Michael Academy graduate will now serve as his alma mater's president This past May, the MSMA Board of Trustees named Peter Corritori, Jr. as the school's next president and chief executive officer, which became effective on Wednesday, July 1. Corritori, a Class...
The Grand Marshall of The 2015 Basilone Parade is Tony Lettieri
The Grand Marshall for the 2015 Basilone Parade is Tony Lettieri. During World War II he served in the US Navy aboard a highly decorated destroyer the USS Nicholas. Tony Lettieri was born in Raritan in 1926. His family lived at 21 First Avenue. His parents, like many from Raritan in that era, had been born in Italy. They both came to the U.S. as te...
Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas
Time: September 18, 2015 to March 6, 2016Location: Museo Italo Americano - Fort Mason Center - 2 Marina Blvd., Building C - San Francisco, CA 94123Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas, an original, documentary exhibit by the Museo Italo Americano, written by Joseph McBride, will be on exhibit at the Museo from September 18...
Tourists revive Italian hilltop village — but it’s crumbling
By Jim Yardley Forgive Sandro Rocchi if he seems a smidgen satisfied as he enjoys a midday glass of red wine at his children's restaurant and relishes the unlikely revival of this stunning hilltop village. He moved away in the 1970s for lack of prospects. Now there are shops, restaurants, boutique properties and gobs of tourists. "The pla...
L’Anse Creuse Public Schools to offer courses of Italian Language to its students in High School
Italian will be part of the curriculum of study in the L'Anse Creuse Public Schools this coming Fall. The five courses of Italian language will be part of the curriculum at L'Anse Creuse High and L'Anse Creuse High School-North with an enrollment of nearly 130 students. A multi-year Memorandum of Understanding between the Foundation N.O.I. (Nuovi...
9th Annual Italian Film Festival Coming to San Diego
by Chris Jennewein The ninth annual San Diego Italian Film Festival opens next Tuesday with 12 new films ranging from comedies to documentaries to dramas. All but one of films are San Diego premieres, and one is having its U.S. premiere. Venues include the Museum of Photographic Arts, La Paloma Theatre and UltraStar at Hazard...
Lido Cantarutti, Director of the Italian Film Festival of Marin County, CA, Honored by the Italian Government
Lido Cantarutti, director of the Italian Film Festival and long-time resident of Marin County, CA, has been acknowledged by the President of the Republic of Italy with the promotion and conferral of the title of Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della RepubblicaItaliana (Knight Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy). ...
Remembering Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò, Casa Italiana Founder
By Fred Plotkin Many of you know that, for the past eight years, I have led a series called "Adventures in Italian Opera" at the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò of New York University. This institution was born of the vision and fortitude of Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò, who died suddenly on October 17 at the age of 89. She was buried i...
UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy: World Record and Local Challenges
November 12 (Thursday) 6:30-8:30 pm - Schmitt Hall 104 at Montclair State University - 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ. UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy: World Record and Local Challenges Italy is the country with the highest number of UNESCO sites (51) in the world, ranging from well-known historical centers (Venice and its lagoon) to mo...
MAPEI Once Again Supports the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York
MAPEI recently renewed its relationship with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation through a contribution to the retrospective Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting. The exhibition of the works of the Italian postwar innovator opened on October 9, 2015, and runs until January 6, 2016, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Burri,...