Jehovah’s Witnesses Invite All to Attend “Keep Seeking First God’s Kingdom!” Convention
Jehovah's Witnesses are inviting all of their neighbors to attend their annual convention in the Italian language to be held at Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 23 Unity Pl, Newburgh NY, 12550-6715. The theme of this year's program is "Keep Seeking First God's Kingdom!" Raffaele Palazzolo, a convention spokesman, states: "People of many faith...
Dopo 38 anni, Burri torna in America: La grande retrospettiva al Guggenheim di New York
Le iniziative per celebrare il Centenario della nascita di Alberto Burri (1915 – 2015) arrivano oltreoceano. Il 15 ottobre 2015 aprirà infatti al Solomon Guggenheim Museum di New York la mostra antologica retrospettiva delle opere di Alberto Burri, a cura di Emily Braun. La mostra, con oltre cento opere, è la più ampia ed esauriente mai re...
Five-day festival La Festa Italiana returns to Jersey City
La Festa Italiana is coming back to Jersey City this month. The five-day festival, which runs from Aug. 13 through 17, began at Holy Rosary Church in 1902 to honor Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Rocco. Now, it's become a yearly summer staple in Downtown Jersey City. This year, festivalgoers can enjoy live music, stand-up comedy, games...
A Families LOVE for FOOD
Natalie Quagliata Kupinski As a family who has been in the food business for almost a century, we have seen a lot of changes. In 1920, my great-grandparents opened a grocery store and it looked very different from today's pre-packaged stores. There are many items that people are no longer interested in such as the huge block of cheese that...
Concert - MARCO BATTAGLIA
Italian music for guitar from the 19th century the Italian patriot Giuseppe Mazzini's guitar A concert by Marco Battaglia who will play a 19th century guitar once belonged to Italian Patriot Giuseppe Mazzini. Marco Battaglia was born in 1969 in Milan (Italy) where his high school studies were concentrated in the classics and afterwards he studied l...
Joyce DiDonato sparkles in her new recording, ‘Stella di Napoli’
After Joyce DiDonato's performance of Maurice Ravel's deliciously sensual "Sheherazade" on the opening night of the Kansas City Symphony's new season, the audience was a big puddle of melted butter. But DiDonato was worried it wasn't flashy enough, and afterward she told the audience she thought it lacked the "ta-da" factor for opening nig...
FREE Screening – Men of the Cloth – Friday, October 24 at 3:00 pm
As part of their new exhibit - Italian Style: Fashion since 1945 - the Minneapolis Institute of Arts will offer a FREE screening of Men of the Cloth.This 2013 documentary is an inspiring portrait of Nino Corvato, Checchino Fonticoli and Joe Centofanti, three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system as they navigate t...
Italian compounder opening first US plant
The song of the South has led Italian compounder So.F.Ter Group to open its first plant in the United States in Lebanon, Tenn. Forli, Italy-based So.F.Ter is beginning production this week at the new 100,000-square-foot plant. The site employs 50 and has annual production of 50 million pounds on four twin-screw extrusion lines. Read more...
IACC hosts annual Christmas gala
The Italian American Community Center will celebrate its 23rd annual Christmas Gala on Dec. 6 in its Grand Ballroom, 150 Frank DiMino Way. The event is open to the public and proceeds from the event will be donated to SIS (Sustain. Inspire. Survive.), an organization committed to improving the quality of life of those battling breast cancer....
Concerto e Festa di Natale: The Leonardo da Vinci Society - December 7, 2014 at 3:00 pm
The Leonardo da Vinci Society Cordially invites its members and guests to a Holiday Concert and Party PROGRAM: HOMAGE TO ITALY - FRANZ LISZT (from "Deuxième Année de Pèlerinage: Italie"): - Sposalizio– Il Pensieroso– Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa– Tre Sonetti del Petrarca:– Sonetto 47: "Benedetto sia il giorno"– Sonetto104: "Pace non...
From Galileo to giant telescopes: a journey through space and time
December 10, 2014 at 6:45PM On the occasion of the 450th Anniversary of Galileo's birth the Embassy of Italy & the Georgetown University Italian Research Institute cordially invite you to a conference and discussion with Adriano Fontana (INAF, National Institute of Astro-Physics). The conference is a tale of three nested 'histor...
Esplora il significato del termine: Un milione di dollari per il prof più bravo del mondo. Due italiani in lizzaUn milione di dollari per il prof più bravo del mondo. Due italiani in lizza
«And the winner is...». Luci, palco, pubblico col fiato sospeso. E poi il nome che risuona, l'assegno generosissimo, la felicità. Ma può un insegnante diventare una star, senza passare per Hollywood? Ritrovarsi famoso nel mondo per quello che fa ogni giorno, con pazienza, fatica, competenza e pochi, nella quotidianità, disposti a dirgli «b...