Un'opera in due pagine: An opera in two pages
The Wagnerian Ring Cycle is dark and moody and takes patience and study to understand. Contrast it with the typical Italian operas that are light and bright like the Italian cities and countryside where they take place. The characters in a Rossini opera are all recognizable, albeit a tad exaggerated, and we understand well their parts in the play....
L'italiano è un lusso: intervista con il linguista Paolo Balboni
by Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Il futuro dell'italiano nel mondo passa attraverso l'insegnamento. Per capire quali sono le prospettive che si aprono per i prossimi anni, La VOCE di New York ha intervistato Paolo Balboni, che ha insegnato lingua, didattica, ricerca e metodologia per quasi quarant'anni, sia in Italia che all'estero. Balboni...
Italy’s Presence in Space: An Interview with Italian Space Agency President Roberto Battiston
Italy, one of the key players of the European Space Agency (ESA), is continuously building up its important role in human spaceflight and in international space cooperation. The country of seven astronauts is shaping the future of Europe's next generation launch vehicles and is actively taking part in ESA's space exploration projects. In a...
Lamborghini 3D Printing Track-ready & Prototype Parts Via Stratasys Machines
by Bridget Butler Millsaps Since the inception of the automobile, it's been the platform for showing off tantalizing color, flash, and futuristic innovative energy, all meant to entice us with the idea of speed and power. When you think about it, it's almost comical how such a relatively small amount of metal and parts can be the...
Last of three Fontana sisters, Micol, dies
Micol Fontana, the last of the three sisters who founded the high fashion brand Sorelle Fontana, died on Friday. She was born in 1913. The three sisters' garments were worn by numerous Hollywood stars, including Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Liz Taylor, and Ava Gardner, as well as members of the jet set such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "...
A sicilian patriot, Giovanni Falcone e gli Stati Uniti d'America
di Federico Peloso Ieri 3 luglio, nell'auditorium della chiesa dei Cappuccini di Andria, è stato presentato A sicilian patriot – Giovanni Falcone e Gli Stati Uniti d'America (Cacucci editore), l'ultimo libro di Giannicola Sinisi. «Questo lavoro - ha spiegato l'autore ed ex sindaco di Andria - è una pura raccolta di documentazion...
Italian Diary Archive Rewrites History from the Bottom Up through a Personal Story Commons
by Alessia Clusini The Fondazione Archivio Diaristico Nazionale (National Diary Archive Foundation) is an award-winning public archive in the small Tuscan town of Pieve Santo Stefano. The Archive collects the diaries, letters and autobiographical memories of ordinary people. The Archive, and its adjacent museum, brilliantly illumi...
RAI to air TV series on serial female entrepreneur who left her mark in confectionery and fashion
by Chiara Beghelli Luisa Spagnoli, in the Parisian clinic where she died when she was only 57 (in 1935), could hardly have imagined that 81 years later her story would be narrated in a two-episodes TV series dedicated to her entrepreneurial experience first in the chocolate sector and then in fashion. In 1907, she founded in Perug...
Dig into that bowl of pasta: Italian scientists say it isn't fattening
Just in time for your Fourth of July picnic comes word from Italy that researchers say they have found no link between pasta and obesity. Indeed, they insist, the very opposite turns out to be true. They reached that conclusion after examining the eating habits of 23,000 Italians. Their findings, released today in the journal Nutritio...
Opportunità Fulbright per ricercatori e docenti
Anche per l'anno accademico 2017-2018 la Commissione Fulbright offre a ricercatori e docenti la possibilità di soggiorni di ricerca/insegnamento negli USA attraverso i programmi Research Scholar e Distinguished Chair. Al bando Research Scholar possono partecipare anche artisti non formalmente inquadrati all'interno di istituzioni universitarie, pur...
Il Console Generale Usa: su turismo e seta state tranquilli
In mattinata ha incontrato il sindaco di Como, Mario Lucini, assieme all'assessore Gisella Introzzi. Poi, nell'ambito della sua visita in città, il Console Generale degli Stati Uniti, Kyle Scott, ha offerto una colazione di lavoro ai giornalisti locali. Con lui era presente il Console per gli Affari Economici, Matt Zamary. Diversi gli spunti della...
Stories of immigrants who made a fortune, in Italy
by Claudia Astarita Italy is a preferred destination by immigrants looking for new opportunities or to escape poverty in their home countries. Many of them have become entrepreneurs, and the most recent statistics reveal that over half a million commercial companies in Italy have been started by people coming from foreign countries. Moreov...