ITALIAN CROWDFUNDING PLATFORM HAS HELPED ARTISTS RAISE €1.6M – NOW IT’S LAUNCHING IN UK AND US
An Italian music-focused Kickstarter rival, Musicraiser, is opening offices in London and New York. To date, the crowdfunding platform has matched funding to over 500 projects, helping artists raise more than €1.6m. Musicraiser was founded in 2012 by Italian musician Giovanni Gulino, of the band Marta Sui Tubi. It allows musicians to...
Italian sport: Rossi and rossa, Valentino and Ferrari are back!
WTI Magazine #57 2015 April, 3Author : Simone Callisto Manca Translation by: The year in the engine competitions could not have started better for our colors: the green, the white but above all the Red. Indeed, a single triumphant Sunday has seen the comeback of two Italian legends: Ferrari, after almost two years, with his new drive...
Pantochino's "Cinderella Italiano!" Coming to Downtown Milford
Award-winning Pantochino Productions Inc., a professional non profit theatre company for family audiences, will open it's exciting new musical panto "Cinderella Italiano!" on Friday, April 24th at the Center for the Arts in Downtown Milford. It will play weekend performances through May 9th. "Cinderella Italiano!" is a big, fat, itali...
U.S. ambassador to Italy, a Leechburg native, helps family find 'roots'
Many children and grandchildren of immigrants have only dreamed of returning to their ancestral birthplaces. But U.S. Ambassador to Italy and Leechburg High School graduate John Phillips and his brothers were able to pay a visit last fall to the small towns of Frisanco and Poffabro in northeastern Italy, where their grandparents grew up. &nbs...
Opening Night-Italian Dance Connection (IDACO NYC) – May 19, 6 pm
IDaCo is a platform and a container for the works of Italian artists or with an Italian component that succeed in creating unique and original scenic paths through body awareness, movement and contemporary visual arts. The project is curated and produced by FLUSSO dance project in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in New Yo...
Sons of Italy scholarship dinner in Norwalk
The Sons of Italy of Norwalk will hold its annual Marconi Scholarship Dinner at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at Chatham Manor. The scholarship fund was established in 1965 for deserving high school graduates of Italian descent pursuing four year degree programs. This year's recipients are David Newsom and Jessica Somma who will receive $4,0...
Lavazza’s First Ever Broadcast Campaign To Debut In U.S.
As part of its 120th anniversary celebrations, Lavazza is launching the most extensive international communication campaign in its history. Titled, "Lavazza, There's More to Taste," the international campaign will include the Italian coffee company's first broadcast push in the U.S. market. Developed by the Y&R Italia advertising agenc...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles enjoyed record US sales in March
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (NYSE:FCAU) was trading 1.23 percent lower this morning despite having announced that it sold 4 percent more vehicles in March 2015 compared to a year earlier, setting a new US record for the company. FCA's success in North America, where it sold 202,227 vehicles, beating analysts' expectations by 2.6 percent, com...
Sausage, meatballs, cannolis...Oh my! Visit this weekend's Italian Street Fest
The sights, sounds and aromas of Italian food and fun will fill one downtown Indy block this weekend. The Italian Street Festival kicks off Friday evening at Indy's Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Volunteers have spent weeks prepping the red sauce, meatballs, Italian sausage and decadent homemade desserts. The festival will sell 800 gall...
Mott Foundation conferred 148 academic scholarships
The John R. Mott Scholarship Foundation of Washington, D.C., dedicated to the education of the children of Calabria, Italy, held its annual award ceremony and reception on June 19, at the Principessa Hotel in Campora San Giovani, Cosenza, Italy. At the ceremony, 148 academic scholarships have been awarded to students from the Region of Cal...
With marble from Italy in place, Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda taking shape amid $58m face-lift
By Steve Szkotak Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda at the University of Virginia is ensnared in a spider's web of scaffolding these days, the focus of a $58.3 million renovation of the World Heritage Site. The Rotunda face-lift is part construction zone — hardhats, safety glasses, big equipment — part art restoration. In its interio...
The Erotic History of Italy with Cinzia Giorgio
by Rick Zullo I'm making a prediction: this podcast episode will become my most downloaded track on iTunes within a short time. What makes me think this? Well, two things. First, because the title is certain to attract people's attention when it pops up in a search. From my Google stats, I know that "dating Italian women," "sex in Italy,"...