Ciancia: our annual Christmas party
The time of the year is here when Ciancia hosts the greatest and most attended event of the year: la Festa di Natale. Come celebrate with us the most cherished holiday in Italy, and take a chance to support our club's activities. Our committee is making a great effort to make this a memorable party. Our Festa features great food, rivers of...
Zady Partners With Vespa on 'Operation Santa'
Zady, the shopping platform and lifestyle destination for conscious consumers has partnered with Vespa to launch "Operation: Santa" in New York. This holiday season union will offer Zady customers the opportunity to purchase last-minute gifts for Christmas — even on Christmas Eve — with deliveries from couriers dressed as Santa Claus ridin...
This Bitter Earth: Poignant Biography of 'Cheech' Caruso Exposes Tumultuous History of Italian-American Family
In February 1927, Dominic Cheech Caruso transitioned from 'just another' Italian immigrant in New York to the creator of national news after slashing the throat of a young doctor who had been caring for his just-deceased son. While branded as a mobster by the media, Caruso's tragic life story offers a fascinating glimpse into the struggles...
Farm groups say New York Times damaged olive oil image
A recent interactive feature in the New York Times about low-quality olive oil has damaged the Italian industry's image in the United States, two farm organizations complained Wednesday. The feature in the American newspaper demonstrated how much oil labeled as Made in Italy is actually lower-quality product from countries including Greece, Spain a...
An interview to the author Tony Napoli
Recently we published a review on the popular book "My Father, My Don," A Son's Journey from Organized Crime to Sobriety, and we are now pleased to offer our readers an interview to the author, Tony Napoli. L'Idea: What made you decide to write this book? Tony Napoli: I decided to write this book with the encouragement from my mother and...
IT and US: Pinocchio in Manhattan
WTI Magazine #21 2014 Mar, 14Author : Italytheatre Translation by: There is a new workshop for schools in town!Created by italytheater, with the extraordinary partnership of the Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi and based on a new script by Paolo Tartamella, Pinocchio in Manhattan is the first workshop where kids of the age 6-11 get...
ArtsNaples fest goes Italian with food, concerts, culture
By Harriet Howard Heithaus It's not hard to see Italy as the epicenter of culture. It has music, it has philosophers, it has artists and it most assuredly has great food. ArtsNaples World Festival has taken "Il bel paese" — the beautiful country, as it is known — for its theme this year. There's a special affinity here for th...
Editoria italiana - Il 14 aprile lancio di BooksinItaly
Attesa per il 14 aprile quando a Milano verra' presentato agli editori italiani BooksinItaly, il primo sito per la promozione dell'editoria, della lingua e della cultura italiana nel mondo. Disponibile in italiano e inglese, lo spazio sul web si rivolge agli editori, sia italiani sia stranieri, ai traduttori, agli italianisti e agli Istitu...
Sadabike: la prima bici senza raggi che entra in uno zaino è Made in Italy
"Less is more", l'idea che la semplicità e la chiarezza portino a un buon design deve aver guidato gli studi e le ricerche di Gianluca Sada, ingegnere italiano, di Battipaglia, laureato in Ingegneria dell'Autoveicolo al Politecnico di Torino con una tesi su una bicicletta futurista portata all'essenziale: le ruote prive di raggi, il minimo ingombro...
Altro che “perduta”: 7 storie di giovani della generazione “ritrovata”
Molti giovani non colgono le tante possibilità di lavoro che ci sono o perché stanno bene a casa o perché non hanno ambizione». Parola di John Elkann, presidente di Fiat, pupillo della famiglia Agnelli e ultimo in ordine di tempo a cimentarsi con definizioni azzardate e fuori luogo da affibbiare ai giovanissimi. Pochi giorni fa ha sentenzi...
Riorganizzare e valorizzare. Federica Mogherini a New York incontra gli italiani e parla dell'Istituto di Cultura
By Maurita Cardone Ha ripreso oggi la missione negli USA dopo la pausa londinese per partecipare al vertice ministeriale Amici della Siria, il ministro degli esteri Federica Mogherini. Venerdì mattina, dopo un primo appuntamento al Council on Foreign Relations, alle 9.30 il ministro era al Consolato per incontrare la comunità italiana. A...
Historical Novel on Italian Immigrants Presented in Cleveland
Author of Historical Novels on Italian Immigrants to Host Workshop and Book Discussion in Cleveland. The events are presented by the Consulate of Italy in Detroit and Hon. Consulate of Italy in Cleveland in partnership with Western Reserve Historical Society, the Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation, The Laura and Alvin Siegal Center fo...