‘Italian Sunday Feast’ to be served at cancer charity fundraiser
By Paula KatinasGuests will be able to "mangia" to their hearts' content, enjoying linguine, lasagna, chicken Francese, and other tasty dishes at an "Italian Sunday Feast" fundraiser for a children's cancer charity to take place in one of Bay Ridge's most popular restaurants on April 27. The owners of Yellow Hook Grille at 7003 Third Ave....
Il vice ministro Calenda negli Usa: il mercato americano è ancora una miniera per il Made in Italy
di Marco Valsania Il vasto mercato degli Stati Uniti è ancora una miniera inesplorata per tanta parte del Made in Italy. E il compito deve essere oggi quello di arrivare al cuore del Paese, quelle regioni dove la crescita è spesso più forte, senza limitarsi alle piazze note quali New York o Los Angeles. Il vice ministro per lo Sviluppo ec...
May issue of "Poche Parole"
The May issue of Poche Parole is on the ICS website at: http://www.italianculturalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Poche-Parole-1405.pdf and the printed issue has been sent out. Let me call your attention to the invitation to this year's GALA awards dinner on Sunday evening, June 22. Please see the invitation at: http://www.ital...
Suitsupply opens in Scottsdale
Men in Phoenix have a new place to suit up.International men's fashion brand Suitsupply opened its first Phoenix-area store at Scottsdale Quarter last week, marking the Amsterdam-based company's 11th U.S. store. The retailer is known for its focus on custom tailoring and using 100 percent Italian fabrics to create a modern style. Read mor...
New incentives to Italian young agriculture entrepreneurs
Less than one month ago, the Italian Minister of agricultural policies Maurizio Martina igned a pact on Common Agricultural Policy (Pac) together with the Italian regions. To support young Italian entrepreneurs in the development of the agricultural sector, from 2014 to 2020 €52billion will be allocated. Of these, €27b are subsidized direc...
The “Music on the Water” Festival
From June 28th until July 20th, Lake Como welcomes the tenth edition of the "Music on the Water" Festival, an international festival of chamber music. There are six concerts every evening starting at 9:00 p.m., offering to the public and visitors to Colico, a town in the province of Lecco, the chance to get closer to the extraordinary worl...
Watch : ‘Unbroken’ Official Trailer – Features The Life Of Louis Zamperini & Angelina Jolie’s Direction
By Ambarish Ganesh Academy award winner Angelina Jolie has directed and produced the upcoming war drama film titled 'UNBROKEN' based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, scheduled for release on December 25, 2014. A chronicle of the life of Louis...
Congratulations to This Year's Olive Oil of the Year Calivirgin
The Coldani Olive Ranch swept the competition in this year's Central Coast Olive Oil Competition with 4 of the 8 gold medal winning oils awarded Best of Class and the Best in Show. Calivirgin is leading the olive oil industry in innovation, producing premium quality olive oil as one of the highest awarded olive oil producers in the nation....
Angelo F. Coniglio: I’m so proud to be a Sicilian-American
by Angelo F. Coniglio Lee Coppola, a fellow Sicilian-American, recently reviewed "My Two Italies" for The News. It's a book by Joseph Luzzi that tells of the disdain many northern Italians have for "southerners" (those from the south of Italy and Sicily). It led me to reflect on an experience I had in the '50s while serving with the U.S. A...
Ligabue sbarca in America
Liga in America. L'Italia non basta a Luciano Ligabue. Dopo aver infiammato la penisola con il suo Mondovisione Tour, di cui sono state annunciate recentemente altre tre date (il 6 settembre a Torino, il 13 a Bologna e il 20 a Bari), il rocker di Correggio si prepara per la prima volta a sbarcare oltreoceano, con una mini-tournée fatta di cinque co...
Off-Broadway Actress Candice Guardino & Her Husband Face Lawsuit for ITALIAN BRED L.A. Run
The New York Post reports that off-Broadway actress Candice Guardino and her husband Thomas Felicciardi are being sued by investors Joe Cecala, Emily Conner and Lawrence Schwartz. The trio claim that the couple took their $68,000 investment for their proposed revival of 'Italian Bred' and ran off to Los Angeles, where they used the funds f...
University of Bologna: the world’s oldest university still one of its best
For the last decade, the QS Global Academy Advisory Board, through its QS World University Rankings, has helped millions of ambitious students choose the best university to become what they want and develop their future careers. The QS rankings focus on academic reputation, employer opinion, international staff and student attraction, as w...