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The SITE Program (Study, Intercultural Training and Experience) is a paid internship program for English Teaching Assistants in the schools of the Region of Lombardy, Italy. It is an excellent opportunity for Italian recent graduates or advanced students who wish to get a better understanding of the Italian language and culture while assisting the...

The Georgetown University Italian Research Institute & the Embassy of Italy cordially invite you to a symposium and discussion on "Family Business & Entrepreneurship: Successes & Challenges", featuring - Paolo Zegna, Chairman, Ermenegildo Zegna - Marchesa Tiziana Frescobaldi, Head of Communications, Marchesi de'Frescobaldi...

By Riccardo Chioni   Due campioni del calcio mondiale del calibro di Beppe Baresi e Youri Djorkaeff hanno richiamato oltre 320 appassionati neroazzurri dell'area metropolitana alla sala ricevimenti The Venetian a Garfield, in occasione della VII edizione del gala dell'Inter Club Facchetti del New Jersey.    L'evento, a cui ha par...

Non sono così lontani i tempi in cui, prima di andare all'estero, si metteva il pacco di Barilla in valigia per sentirsi meno soli; i più fortunati potevano vantare una bottiglia di sugo fatto in casa, messo di straforo in valigia dalla mamma.   Oggi, invece, tra chef pluristellati e sperimentazioni culinarie, è cambiato il modo di comunicar...

di Giovanni Cedrone   E' LA memoria flash con la più alta densità mai sviluppata. Ed è stata progettata nel nostro Paese da ingegneri italiani. Stiamo parlando dell'ultimo prodotto nato dalla collaborazione tra Intel, il colosso dei microprocessori, e l'azienda dell'Idaho Micron Technology che rivoluzionerà il mondo dell'elettronica e dell'i...

Just when Americans thought they had wine all figured out, a new frontier in wines, hand-tailored on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean, has come onto the scene in a big way.   In America, while certain wine varieties have become as mainstream as macaroni in the last 15 years, Sicily has been working hard revitalizing indigenous gr...

Last October, the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) unveiled a major installation of sculpture, drawing, and experimental photography by acclaimed modernist Medardo Rosso, revealing the exceptional range of an artist known chiefly for his three-dimensional work. Initially derided by critics, Rosso later achieved renown for his radical approach t...

di Massimiliano Del Barba   È una sineddoche tecnologica. La parte — una ruota, cerchio, raggi, mozzo e pignone — per il tutto — cioè la bici.   L'idea viene dal Massachusetts, e più precisamente dal Mit di Boston, ma la realizzazione industriale della prima ruota elettrica è tutta italiana. Ruota — non bici — elettrica. Perché è...

We need help! On October 11, 2015 we will be putting on the first annual Italian Cultural & Heritage Festival in Hollywood Florida. This will be a fundraising event for Joe DiMaggios Childrens Hospital, and all proceeds will go to this wonderful hospital that does so much for children. We have support from the city, but to make this event succe...

by Chuck Gibson   Home-cooked authentic Italian hoagies and pasta are coming to St. Columban Church festival June 26-28 in Loveland. Greg and Gloria Ionna will serve up home-cooked meatball hoagies, Italian sausage hoagies and rigatoni pasta meals at the church festival this year.   The journey from the Ionna family table to the...

by Olee Fowler Pizza, pasta and cocktails are the name of the game at newcomer La Moderna. The Italian restaurant, which has an outpost in Rome, opens its American location in Sunset Harbour.   On the menu expect, "Italian dishes with a modern twist," like spaghetti with Osetra caviar, squid-ink ravioli stuffed with cod and pizza made using...

Puccia is like pita bread's Italian cousin, but thicker and with a softer texture. The outside is toasted to a mild crisp in a pan and the bread is then used for simple sandwiches. At lunchtime, Sud Italia offers three types of puccia in the style of the Puglia region.   The one named after the city of Foggia is lavished with luscious 'nduja...