Students of the University of Tennessee Culinary Institute, Retail, Hospitality and Tourism college, and Pellissippi State Culinary Institute, will present their fall series of the Ready for the World Cafe beginning Thursday, Oct. 3.   Italian fare will be served with a menu of antipasto with cured meats and cheeses from southern Italy serve...

The AATI National Organization has created a committee to investigate methods to promote the AP exam, to increase the number of students by 20% over the next 2 years to maintain the exam, and to establish strategies, materials, and assistance to both educators and AP students.   I (Lyn Scolaro), along with Beppe Cavatorta, are honored to ser...

Are you passionate about Italian foods? Would you like to expand your repertoire? Improve some cooking skills? Then this is your chance.   In conjunction with the second annual Little Italy Pasta Sauce cook-off, Giuliano Bugialli will teach a class at Tess' Kitchen store, to be determined at a later date.   Read more   Source:&...

Incontriamo John Viola a Washington, nella sede della NIAF. Fuori ci hanno accolto le due bandiere a noi più care, che simbolizzano ciò che da quasi 40 anni fa la National Italian American Foundation. Parliamo con un Presidente di 29 anni, e non possiamo non essere curiosi: il paragone con cosa accade in Italia è improponibile. Dobbiamo confessare...

The Lido Civic Club of Washington D.C. is pleased to announce that it will grant an award of $2,225 to the Casa Italiana Language School/Ente Gestore, to help support and promote the continuation of the AP Italian Language & Culture exam.   The grant will be used by the Ente Gestore to award $89, the fee for taking the AP Italian Languag...

Nel corso della missione istituzionale a New York per la promozione del sistema di istruzione e formazione lombardo anche nell'ambito delle iniziative legate ad EXPO 2015, l'assessore all'Istruzione, Formazione e Lavoro di Regione Lombardia ha visitato la Scuola d'Italia "Guglielmo Marconi" di New York.   La "Marconi" è l'unica scuola parita...

Louis M. Klein Middle School and Harrison High School students who study Italian were recently honored for their excellence in a ceremony at Antonio Meucci Lodge as part of Italian Heritage Month.   The following are the students who were honored and their teachers: Ava Petrillo – Level 2 - Christina Zaccagnino Juliana Sica – Level 2 - Elv...

Frank Lollino has always been somebody that was considered as being an overachiever. Chicago native is a very proud Italian-American who was raised in the Galewood community a popular area in northwest Chicago. He and his sister were always raised to be very focused on completing goals in life.   His parents Frank and Anna Marie always gav...

Early in December I participated in a weeklong trip to Italy, sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency. It was a busy schedule including visits to machine tool and automation companies headquartered in Italy, and included a few days observing an international group of students selected to participate in a 2-day Lean Factory Lab workshop at LIUC Univer...

by Lucia Ducci   Invitation to submit an abstract for a prospective edited collection of biographical essays on teachers of Italian language and literature in the United States during the 19th century.   The 19th century witnessed a constant growth of the interest in Italian language, unhealthy literature, health and culture in the Unit...