Un semestre alla Columbia: i fellow dell’Italian Academy
di Laura Loguercio L'Italian Academy della Columbia University si è posta anche quest'anno in prima linea per la preservazione e la coltivazione del sapere aprendo, il 15 settembre, le iscrizioni per il nuovo programma di fellowship che verrà attivato per l'anno accademico 2017/2018. Il programma darà a studiosi di tutto il mondo la possibi...
‘The Sauce Lady,’ Tullia Barbanti, dies at 88
If you dined at Tullia's, you cleaned your plate. It didn't matter who you were. You were treated like family and expected to finish everything – and then some. The joke in the Barbanti family was that the matriarch must've had a third eye, an electric eye, in the middle of each one of her plates in order to know exactly when someone was done...
The Italian Place Brings Taste of Europe to Old Town
When it comes to international cuisine, Old Town is no slouch. Mexican, Thai, and sushi, just to name a few, find themselves well-represented within the community. But unlike some cities in the Northeast, where bodegas and international markets dot the landscape block by city block, the realm of Italian markets has been sorely lacking in Alexandria...
Italy gets €530 million BEI financing to build new schools
by Massimo Frontera Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi signed a protocol agreement yesterday in Rome that calls for the EIB (European Investment Bank) to make €530 million-worth of new loans available for school construction. Renzi celebrated the event on School Safety Day (dedicated to the memory of Vito Scafidi, a student in Rivoli who...
Dine Out Maine: Find classic red-sauce cuisine at Rose’s Italian in Windham
Weaknesses come in all shapes and sizes. One of my biggest is an inability to turn down a meal at a red sauce joint. My fondness for Italian-American food probably has roots that Freud would love to explore – especially since neither side of my family is Italian. If I had to guess, I'd venture that some of my attraction comes from the cuisine's unu...
Art in the Roman Empire - The Art of Desire: Gender and Sexuality in the Roman Empire
When: February 7th at 6pmWhat: The Art of Desire: Gender and Sexuality in the Roman Empire, drugs series of Lectures with Sinclair Bell, medications Associate Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois UniversityWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, cialis 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450, Chicago, IL First Lecture. Registration at https://art-...
Olivia Culpo è Miss Usa 2012: vince la bellezza italoamericana
Origini italiane anche per Miss Usa 2012: la ventenne Olivia Culpo succede ad Alyssa Campanella nell'albo del vincitrici del celebre concorso di bellezza americano, sempre più a tinte Tricolore. Origini vicentine, dalla parte del bisnonno, Olivia Culpo si è aggiudicata la finale di Las Vegas dopo essersi presentata con il titolo di Miss Rhode Islan...
“L’auto-da-fè del camminante": successo negli USA per lo spettacolo su Arturo Giovannitti
È terminata con grandissimo successo la tournée americana dello spettacolo "L'Auto-da-fé del Camminante" del Teatro del Loto di Ferrazzano (CB), sponsorizzata dalla Regione Molise e dalla Provincia di Campobasso e organizzata da Silvana Mangione. Ne è protagonista Arturo Giovannitti, il poeta e sindacalista di origine molisana che nel 1912 guidò l...
"Porte aperte" all'IIC di Chicago per le winter session classes
Serata "Porte aperte" oggi, giovedì 17 gennaio, all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago. A partire dalle ore 17.30, la sede di ItalCultura, al 500 di N Michigan Ave, Suite 1405, consentirà a chiunque sia interessato di apprendere il programma delle Winter Session Classes che inizieranno il 22 di gennaio. Si tratta di corsi di lingua it...
Italian American Club embarking on a new era
Founded in 1966, the Cape Coral Italian American Club is breathing new life into its membership with more weekly activities and an executive chef. President Cathy Sangiovanni explained that the club was on the verge of closing last year due to financial challenges. Elected in November, she hopes to turn things around for the group, saving what her...
Cinema Italiano Classico – Italian film series in Santa Barbara
The Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara announces two new appointments with Cinema Italiano Classico, the series of Italian films open to all the Italian film lovers! For 2013, the organization has chosen a mix of genres that goes from comedy to drama, and includes a homage to Spaghetti Western. Last March 8, the Fe Bland Theatre...
Language Courses: Spring Session
Language Courses for Adults: Spring Session From the first day, students are fully immersed in the Italian language and culture. Our instructors speak only in Italian and create an atmosphere of free expression, while continually focusing on the needs of the students.