È Italiano il cibo meno contaminato nel mondo
L'Italia conquista il primato in Europa e nel mondo della sicurezza alimentare con il minor numero di prodotti agroalimentari con residui chimici oltre il limite (0,3 per cento) che sono risultati peraltro inferiori di cinque volte a quelli della media europea (1,5 per cento di irregolarità) e addirittura di 26 volte a quelli extracomunitari (7,9 p...
Un Assaggio di Europa al “Taste of Europe Language Fair”
La scorsa settimana i rappresentanti istituzionali di quattro paesi europei si sono riuniti per organizzare un evento unico nel suo genere: "European Language Fiera: A Taste of Europe". Grazie alla partnership di Alliance Française, del Goethe Institut, dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura e del Centro per gli Studi della Grecia Moderna alla San Fran...
Empire State Building. Agli italiani il contratto di manutenzione
Chissà cosa avrebbero detto i fondatori della CPL Concordia, cooperativa storica della provincia di Modena, se nel 1899 avessero loro detto che 114 anni dopo la società avrebbe fatto la manutenzione del più famoso dei grattacieli di New York, l'Empire State Building. A un anno dal terremoto che sconquassò l'Emilia, la coop ha annunciato la costituz...
"Our Story: The Italian American Video Collection" Adds New Title
The Sons of Italy is pleased to announce the addition of a new title to "Our Story: The Italian American Video Collection." The newest film in this collection, "Immigrant Son" is the story of John Mezzogiorno's journey to make sense of his past. Centering on Italian immigration, John's exploration of his ancestral history takes viewers from the Bro...
Welcome to the newest ICI scholarship winners!
Awarding ICI scholarships is indeed one of our proudest ways to meet the ICI mission to "celebrate and share Italy's unique history and culture with the community." The 2011-2012 scholarships were awarded at the April Board of Directors meeting to Jordan Lanham, Chris Austerman and Mitch Eckert. All three will be using their scholarships for furthe...
UNICO makes plans for bocce tournament Sept. 14
UNICO, a national Italian-American service organization with local chapters in Delaware, encourages members to have annual fundraisers to provide service and financial help to local and national charities. The Delmarva Chapter based in Millsboro and including surrounding areas met recently at the home of Nick Ruggerio to discuss a bocce tourna...
Landmark Sons of Italy building for sale
By Mike LaBella There's always been a bit of the old country at the Sons of Italy hall in downtown Haverhill. From members getting together to make Venetian masks for Italian-style carnivals to hosting pasta dinners to sustaining the only drum and bugle corps in America that is still associated with a Sons of Italy lodge, this is...
Tributo Ferrari An Iconic New York Rally From Battery Park To Bridgehampton
Ferrari is hosting owners and admirers of its mythic sports cars on a rally from New York's Battery Park to Bridgehampton on the East End of Long Island. Today over 60 models of the Italian performance car and their owners are expected to run in the Tributo Ferrari, with the ultimate destination being the Bridgehampton Polo Club to celebra...
Lecture "Verdi between Romanticism and Risorgimento"
Alberto Rizzuti, born in Turin in 1963, is one of Verdi's leading scholars. After a Ph.D. in Chicago in 2001, he currently teaches History of Musical Civilization at the University of Turin. In 2008, he edited the critical edition of Verdi's opera "Giovanna d'Arco." In his lecture, Prof. Rizzuti will discuss Verdi's life and work...
Solar Power International 2013
L'ICE-Agenzia per la promozione all'estero e l'internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane organizza a titolo gratuito, una partecipazione con catalogoteca e meeting pont in occasione di SOLAR POWER INTERNATIONAL 2013, nell'ambito dell'Accordo di collaborazione pluriennale con il Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare (M...
Naples that Chants and Enchants
On October 24, 2013 the Maestri Monzu will travel from Naples to the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club to celebrate with the Italian, and the Italian American Communities the Mayor of Naples Hon. Luigi de Magistris, and the artists of Naples' Teatro di San Carlo on the occasion of the United the Two Bays Concert featuring the Teatro di San Carlo'...
Cyclist Gino Bartali honored by Holocaust museum
Gino Bartali rarely spoke about this for all these years. During World War II, the champion cyclist — winner of the 1938 and 1948 Tour de France — helped rescue Jews in his native Italy by hiding forged documents and papers in the tubes and seat of his bike. Bartali died in 2000. Now, son Andrea Bartali is leading an effort to gain recogn...