Premio speciale del Lido Civic Club di Washington DC ad Angelo Puglisi
Angelo Puglisi, un membro del Lido Civic Club, ha ricevuto una targa dal Presidente Brian Della Rocca. Angelo non è il membro più vecchio del Club, però è il primo nella storia del Club, fondato nel 1929, a raggiungere sessanta anni di associazione. La targa gli è stata presentata alla riunione mensile di maggio. Tanti membri hanno parlato del con...
Osteria Francescana Is Named the World's Best Restaurant
Osteria Francescana was named the best eatery on the planet at the World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards, an annual tradition that has become a beloved—if lightly regarded—annual tradition in the culinary world. Last year's winner, El Cellar de Can Roca, dropped to second place, while Modena, Italy's Osteria Francescana won raucous applause for its wi...
Lamborghini Celebrates Opening Of Carbon Fiber Research Center In Seattle
Lamborghini has officially cut the ribbon on its new Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory in Seattle, Washington, paving the way for the Italian automaker to continue its relentless pursuit in further developing carbon fiber technology. The research center is going to operate as an outside entity from Lambo's headquarters in Sant'Agata...
Italian agriculture goes digital with a hand from Google
A pilot project "Growing digital" that teams farming lobby Coldiretti with US tech giant Google and the Ministry of Labor will be presented today that aims to digitalize agriculture and create new jobs for young people in the farming sector, where employment is growing (unlike other areas of the economy). The latest data published by ISTAT...
John Travolta to film John Gotti movie in Cincinnati
Cincinnati is getting typecast: The Queen City will stand in for New York City in yet another major motion picture this year. John Travolta, of "Pulp Fiction" and "Saturday Night Fever" fame, will star as the title character in "The Life and Death of John Gotti," a biopic on the life of New York mob boss. The Golden Globe-winning actor's r...
Date Night Dining: Regional Italian monthly menus at Campiello
The champagne bar at Campiello was abuzz on a Tuesday summer evening at 5:30 p.m. And why not? French champagne Perrier Jouet was going for $5 a pop. We sank our noses into the froth and breathed deeply. While the bright citrusy notes are more acidic than I prefer in my champagne, this is luxury sipping on the cheap. The fountain trickled musically...
Remembering Italian Soprano Daniela Dessì
by Fred Plotkin In our day, because of social media and all manner of electronic communications, news can rapidly spread around the world. On Aug. 20, people who work in or care about opera learned of the passing of Italian soprano Daniela Dessì at the age of 59 within hours of her demise. The outpouring of grief and fond recollections was...
Gaiotto's self-teaching ceramics and glazing robots are taking the world market by storm
by Ilaria Vesentini Robotics is continually proving to be one of the new frontiers for "Made in Italy," and in some niche markets Italian companies comprise the cutting edge. Such is the case with Piacenza-based firm Gaiotto, which just a few weeks ago unveiled its new state-of-the-art facility and has already proven profitable for the SAC...
IT and US: An edu-game to discover Italy
WTI Magazine #83 2016 September 16Author : Roberto Zarriello Translation by: Italy in game. Il Belpaese (the appellative for Italy, literally meaning "the beautiful country") explained to children is the educational project authored by the Art Director and social communication expert Mirko Notarangelo, who has been the president of t...
Eataly punta sul Nord America con tre nuove aperture
Eataly punta i fari sul nord America. Il gruppo di 'altri cibi' fondato da Oscar Farinetti - riporta pambianco News - vede la crescita oltreoceano e ha in programma tre nuove aperture a Boston, Los Angeles e Las Vegas, che seguono le due di New York e quella di Chicago, a cui si aggiungerà la prima in Canada prevista per il 2019 a Toronto. ...
Conair's Italian Roots: How Leandro Rizzuto And His Immigrant Parents Built The Most Iconic Hair Dryers
The way Leandro Rizzuto tells it, hairdressing was always a part of his family's heritage. "We didn't have reality shows, so what you had at home was a reality business," the chairman of Conair recalled of his childhood, where his parents, Julian and Josephine Rizzuto, once ran two salons in Manhattan that employed 100 hairdressers. Two of...
Italian Community Services Celebrates ‘Cent’anni’
For over a century, Italian Community Services (ICS) has been serving Bay Area individuals, families and the community. On Sunday, November 6, 2016, those 100 years will be celebrated in style at the Four Season's Hotel in San Francisco when ICS commemorates 'Cent'anni', the one hundredth anniversary of helping people by being a trusted resource....