Festa Coloniale Italiana – SFIAC Combines Celebration of Ferragosto and Club’s 95th Anniversary
Back in the year 2008, the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC) was preparing a celebration for their 90th Anniversary. Gianrico Pierucci, SFPD Police Inspector and author of the book, The Heart of North Beach, was serving on the board of directors of the SFIAC. The club's president, Steve Landi, appointed Pierucci to be the 90th An...
ANNO VERDIANO: Metropolitan Opera’s Summer HD Festival.
"La Traviata" launches the free 10-day series of outdoors screenings in LincolnCenterPlaza, in Manhattan. Met General Manager stated that "watching larger-than-life stars on a big screen on the facade of the opera house has become a quintessential New York experience". No tickets are required and seatings (3,100) is on a first-come first-s...
Richard Tomasello – Flying High with Italian Culture
by Andrew Bagley The Tomasellos are a tireless lot. A characteristic probably attributed to their bloodline and heritage originating in Santo Stefano di Camastra, province of Messina in Sicily. Salvatore and Marion Tomasello, Richard Tomasello's grandparents, were part of the "immigrant newcomers" during the turn of the 20th century....
Calzature Made in Italy - Export cresce nonostante la crisi e miete successi negli Usa. Aziende marchigiane in prima fila
Presente anche l'assessore marchigiano all'Industria, Sara Gianni al Micam di Milano (15 18 settembre ) per partecipare all'incontro: "Il made in Italy avvicina Italia e Stati Uniti" . Un mercato, quello americano che vede il successo delle calzature made in Italy, come è stato sottolineato dal successo della prima partecipazione delle calzature it...
Con Terzi l’Italia si mostra in Usa
Ha girato e stretto mani degli uomini e delle donne più potenti del mondo, continua a farlo, ma, poi ama rifugiarsi nel suo castello immerso nel verde della campagna bergamasca con sua mogle e i suo gemelli. Jeans e Harley Davidson per ricarsi. E' Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, ex ministro degli Affari Esteri, e l'ambasciatore italiano più conosciuto...
The Private Eye of Giancarlo Giammetti
By Derek Blasberg What constitutes a casual weekday lunch for fashion executive Giancarlo Giammetti would qualify as an elaborate affair for anyone else: served by his butler at a table set with sterling-silver flatware and a starched white linen tablecloth on the terrace of his apartment overlooking Rome's Spanish Steps. But for...
Lunch and conversation with Chef Walter Potenza
By Irina Missiuro When it comes to delicious food, the only thing better than talking about it is eating it. On Monday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m., you'll get to do both at an open meeting of the Miriam Hospital Women's Association. Join Chef Walter Potenza, the Rhode Island restaurateur, cooking school director, cookbook author and connoisseur of Mediter...
Lavazza alla conquista dell’America, piano di comunicazione a lungo termine
Durante il 2° Forum Wpp The European House-Ambrosetti, l'ad di Lavazza (www.lavazza.it), Antonio Baravalle, ha raccontato l'esperienza della sua azienda alle prese con il mercato Oltreoceano. L'ambizione di Lavazza per il Nord America è quella di farne il secondo mercato dopo l'Italia, nei prossimi cinque anni: i fattori chiave saranno la...
Lella Golfo presenta il suo libro "Ad alta quota" e racconta la storia della vita di "una donna libera"
di Riccardo Chioni Con la stessa pacatezza con cui si è raccontata all'Istituto di Cultura di Park Avenue lunedì, in occasione della presentazione del suo libro "Ad alta quota", Lella Golfo negli anni recenti ha condotto in Parlamento una rivoluzione culturale e silenziosa che ha portato le donne ad accedere ai vertici aziendali. Nell...
Book Review: The Italian-American Experience -- Another Immigration Story
At a time when immigration reform is again challenging this immigrant nation, this time involving the Hispanics, it is useful to be reminded of another group that, like the Hispanics, first met with a less-than-warm welcome but eventually earned a seat and voice at the American table: the Italian-Americans. Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A...
Italian-American Profiles of Success: Samantha DiGennaro
Ciao Pittsburgh continues its series on profiling Italian-Americans across the country. This week, we are featuring Manhattan resident, Samantha DiGennaro (who goes by "Sam") founder and owner of a public-relations agency in New York City that helps CEOs and their companies define their brands in a public forum. The agency gets executives and...
Sicilian Americans Have Something to Say, in Sicilian
Every Wednesday night, a small group of students gather for their language course at the Italian Charities of America Inc. in Flushing, Queens. Ironically, the students are not interested in learning Italian, but a separate language that arrived during the wave of Italian immigration to New York City. These students are the children and grandchildr...