Lingua e Cultura Italiana nel Mondo/ La Voce degli Eletti all’Estero: Nissoli (PI) e Porta (PD)
Per la comunicazione la lingua è essenziale: insegnare la lingua è fondamentale. Partendo da queste premesse Fucsia Nissoli, deputata PI eletta nella Circoscrizione Nord e Centro America, Commissione Esteri alla Camera, è intervenuta ai lavori del convegno "Lingua e Cultura Italiana. Strumento di integrazione in Italia e nel mondo", svolto a Roma p...
Sarà un italiano il nuovo numero uno di General Electric?
Potrebbe essere italiano, originariamente di Firenze, il prossimo numero uno di General Electric. Ai vertici della conglomerata americana si sta infatti mettendo in discussione il mandato ventennale affidato all'amministratore delegato motivo per cui, scrive il Wall Street Journal, Jeff Immelt potrebbe andarsene prima del 2021, quando in teoria sc...
HUMAN CAPITAL Opens in theaters January 14th
HUMAN CAPITAL opens in theaters January 14thWatch the trailer: http://bit.ly/1v4mQHd "Captivating from start to finish" -- The Hollywood Reporter"Engrossing, stinging...The performances are flawless" – Variety Directed by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Virzi, the award-winning film, HUMAN CAPITAL is a nuanced account of desire, greed an...
Frank Sinatra 100th Anniversary Celebration
Hoboken’s favorite son, Frank Sinatra, continues to evoke images of the good life nearly 17 years after a heart attack dealt its fatal blow on May 14, 1998. Ol’ Blue Eyes will always be remembered for meeting life on his own terms summed up in the signature anthem “My Way.” His long-breath, vocal style and impeccable phrasing conveyed emot...
Loacker celebrates 90th anniversary with American Road Trip campaign
Where the wafer meets the road — Loacker's is celebrating its 90th anniversary through its American Road Trip campaign this summer. While the iconic Italian wafer and cookie company has been based in the Sud Tirol region of Italy since 1925, its made waves in the U.S. only in recent years. "We're thrilled to be celebrating our 90th An...
Bauli Unveils The Launch Of New Miniature Seasonal Cakes
Bauli, the leading creator of authentic Italian holiday cakes and pastries, is proud to announce the launch of their newest seasonal cakes, mini Panettone and Pandoro, available at retailers nationwide, including: Fairway, Target, Whole Foods and Walgreens. Bauli has been part of Italian family traditions since 1922 as a beloved bran...
Made in Italy eyes US defense contracts
by Alberto Magnani From NASA to Elon Musk's Space X, from nuts and bolts to the latest generation of drones for civil protection, there are many opportunities in the American defense and aerospace market tracked by ExportUsa , a consulting firm which deals with the sale and promotion of Italian products in the US. The firm just si...
Announcing the 2016 Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12)
The Director of the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America, Dr. Mary Ann Re, is delighted to announce that, recognizing the importance of acknowledging and motivating excellence in the teaching of Italian, the Coccia family and Lawrence Inserra, Jr., have established this significant award. Our donors will be awarding a very ge...
The Invisible Italian American boxers
To the untrained eye, it seemed that prior to the 1920s there were few noteworthy American boxers of Italian origin—and a limited presence in the decades that followed. But behind many Irish boxing names, there frequently stood an oliveskinned, darkhaired fighter with a hidden identity. More than one thousand Italian professional boxers went...
‘Ingredienti’ by Marcella Hazan—Notes on the Building Blocks of Italian Cuisine
I'm ambivalent about posthumous publications, mostly, but I knew I'd want to take look at "Ingredienti: Marcella's Guide to the Market" (Scribner, $20). Marcella Hazan, who died in 2013, had tremendous influence on how we cook Italian in the U.S. Long before Mario Batali, who may be her influence inheritor, she taught us to make fresh past...
Feds Finally Credit Italian Sculptor From New York as Mount Rushmore’s Chief Carver
by Douglas J. Gladstone For more than seven decades, the name of Luigi Del Bianco had gone unnoticed by historians chronicling the creation of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Not anymore. The United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS), which is the federal agency charged with supervising and admi...
Campaign against the National Education Association’s attempt to minimize Columbus Day
The IAOVC is supporting UNICO National in their campaign against the National Education Association's attempt to minimize Columbus Day. The National Education Association is encouraging its members to urge their school districts to celebrate the 2nd Monday of October as El Dia de la Raza and Indigenous People's Day. They expect to spend$ 57,500 to...