Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio Visits San Francisco & Knights a Commendatore
San Francisco was honored by the recent visit of Ambassador of Italy His Excellency Armando Varricchio, who spent several days visiting with leading, local Italian businessmen and meeting with City and Italian community leaders. Stops included a ribbon cutting for Energica Motor Company and a meeting with Airbnb. Energica, a high-performance, super...
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY 2017
Online il bando con scadenza il 25 settembre. Aperta la selezione di spettacoli e letture da inserire nella quinta edizione del Festival di teatro italiano a New York. Per il Premio Mario Fratti scadenza 10 dicembre. In linea con lo spirito delle precedenti edizioni, Kairos Italy Theater e KIT Italia annunciano la nuova edizione di In Sce...
50 italiani che hanno contribuito al progresso (e che forse non conosci)
di Giuditta Mosca Attorno alle invenzioni e alle scoperte vige spesso un alone di mistero e disordine. Il caso più eclatante è quello che vede Meucci e Bell, entrambi padri putativi del telefono e, ancora oggi, dividono intere comunità propense a riconoscerne l'invenzione a uno piuttosto che all'altro. La storia si sovrappone spesso e risa...
Obicà Mozzarella Bar Opens at Sunset Plaza
Internationally renowned Obicà Group opens its third Los Angeles location at the historic Sunset Plaza on Friday, August 26, 2016. Obicà Sunset Plaza offers an incredible dining room with exceptional views of the city, a grandiose bar and two outdoor seating areas – perfect places to enjoy aperitivo. Joining locations in Santa Monica and Century Ci...
Italian Paisans Club books impressive lineup of talent for 2017
The Italian Paisans Club prides itself on booking big-name entertainment in The Villages and will do so again early in 2017. "We try our best to bring in the best entertainers we can," said Jerry Vicenti, president of the club. Each year the club hosts a series of concerts at the SeaBreeze Regional Recreation Center. The Bronx Wanderers,...
FIAO hosts annual Columbus Parade brunch in Dyker
By Anna Spivak Gearing up for Brooklyn's 35th annual Columbus Parade, the Federation of Italian-American Organizations (FIAO) hosted a pre-parade brunch at Dyker Beach Golf Course (Seventh Avenue and 86th Street) on Sunday, October 2. Chosen by FIAO as the parade's Grand Marshals this year, State Senator Diane Savino, Assemblymemb...
Italian Village latest neighborhood to see building boom
By Marla Matzer Rose, Mark Ferenchik & Jim Weiker As neighboring communities such as Victorian Village and the Brewery District took off a decade or two ago, Italian Village awaited its moment. Dotted with vacant lots, warehouses and dormant factories, the area's real-estate values remained earthbound. Finding parking spots wasn't...
Sequenze: Italian language through contemporary film
November 9 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm. Location: 011 East Pyne Department of French & Italian · 303 East Pyne · Princeton University · Princeton, NJ 08544. Elisa Dossena, Lecturer of Italian, will demonstrate, through specific examples of teaching strategies, how students can acquire, strengthen, and consolidate their ability to understand and produce...
Italy shows high ambitions in digital innovations
According to the Global Information Technology Report 2016 Italy has terrifically boosted its digital developement figures in the last year and can be surely called one of the most fast-developing countries when it comes to getting the best use of information and communication technologies. The above mentioned report actually states that i...
Cesar New York To Host Day of Continuing Education Units
Cesar New York, the North American flagship for Italian kitchen cabinetry company Cesar, will host a continuing education event in its New York City showroom on Wednesday, November 30. The event is geared toward architects and designers, who may earn credits for attending, and will focus on shower and tub systems, food preservation, and quartz resu...
Fashion industry growing by 2.5-3.5% in 2017, accessible luxury performing even better
by Giulia Crivelli Yesterday's meeting at Piazza Affari in Milan confirmed many of the figures and trends in fashion/luxury firms for 2016, in both listed and unlisted companies. Growth rates for the decade before 2015 (a CAGR of 5.5%, greater than the global GDP growth) were not experienced in 2016, and are not predicted for 2017, either....
Chef Mario Batali wants to capture old soul of Italian cooking
When it comes to hiring a chef, good cooking skills alone do not cut it with the straight-talking American chef-restaurateur Mario Batali. He says: "I'm looking for basic life education. I will look you in the eye and ask what matters to you - like your favourite book. I can teach you ingredients, but I can't teach you to be fascinated with th...