181 applications for The Liquid Factory batch 2024!
Six weeks after launching The Liquid Factory (though it feels like ages ago!), we closed applications for our 2024 batch last night, October 31st. I remember telling friends and family, “If we get only 10 applicants, we're done for. If we get 30, that’s decent. With 50, we’re doing great. And if we get 100, I’ll be jumping all over the place!” We m...
Stories of eggs and flour. A one-woman show by Gaia Mencagli
November 11, 14 & 17, 2024. 710 - Sansome St, San Francisco, CA. Week of Italian Cuisine in the World. STORIES OF EGGS AND FLOUR . A one-woman show by Gaia Mencagli. She travels in time and the space around her transforms. Between handfuls of flour, Gaia’s grandmother Rosa relives some of the most significant moments of her life, accompanied by mus...
Fontecchio: “It’s an honor to be Italian in the NBA, I wish there were more of them”
One of the special observers of this start of the season in the NBA, at least by Italian fans, is without a doubt Simone Fontecchio. The Italian, who was unable to participate in the Pre-Olympic this summer due to an injury, seems to have recovered the right physical condition and in these first matches he is carving out an important space for hims...
San Martino Buon Albergo celebrates hometown hero Samuel Aldegheri and the ‘Diamante Azzurro II’ book release
On Saturday, November 2, 2024 in the San Martino Buon Albergo municipal Donini room headquarters, Mayor Giulio Furlani along with Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) President Andrea Marcon welcomed Los Angeles Angels pitcher Samuel Aldegheri home and debuted ‘Diamante Azzurro II’, the literary work by Riccardo Schiroli on the history of...
“The Creation of America: The Roman Legacy”
The New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (NJIHC) is proud to announce its participation in this year’s New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Convention, taking place November 7-8, 2024, at the Atlantic City Convention Center. The NJIHC will highlight its acclaimed K-12 Curriculum and unveil new lesson plans on “The Creation of America: The Roma...
A celebration of Italian heritage at Richmond County Courthouse recognizes exceptional contributions of Italian-Americans
It’s a highly anticipated annual occurrence that acknowledges the esteemed accomplishments and successes of Italian immigrants from the “old country” who comprise the fifth largest ethnic group in the United States. It’s a given that Italy’s rich history, artistic design, classic architecture and age-old traditions have been preserved throughout th...
This Under-the-radar Southern Italian Town Resembles the Amalfi Coast Without the Crowds
“Why on earth would anyone come here?” my husband, Marco, asked me as he drove along the curving road to Maratea, a little village in Basilicata, the region on the arch of the boot, between Puglia and Calabria. For a moment, a wave of doubt washed over me. Had I stumbled in my endless quest to find Italy’s most under-the-radar hidden gems? As soon...
Piatti all’Opera @ Bold Fork Books
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington invites you to “Piatti all’Opera”. Join us at Bold Fork Books (3064 Mt. Pleasant St, NW. Washington DC) on November 19, 2024, at 7 PM, as Chef Rita Monastero explores how we can trace the evolution of Italian cuisine through the opera. Registration is required for this event, for a fee. Exploring the wor...
Explore the Mediterranean Aperitivo, Nov. 18, in Tulsa, Oklahoma!
Explore the Mediterranean Aperitivo. Monday, November 18 - 2:30-4:00 p.m. - @ Prossimo Ristorante, 1550 E 15th St., Tulsa OK 74120. Please join us for a seminar on the Mediterranean Aperitivo, including a tasting and talk on Vermouth di Torino by Jeremy Parzen, a leading Italian food and wine expert and dynamic speaker known for his lively deep-div...
6 Eco-Friendly Hotels for an Italian Winery Vacation
Italy rarely needs an introduction. Great wine? Check. Fresh, vibrant food? Practically the country’s calling card. Fabulous places to stay? Of course. However, combining all three in one property, filtered for responsible farming and winemaking practices and a general ethos of sustainable hospitality, proves a bit harder. Fortunately, we’ve done t...
Denver-Born Anthony's Pizza Celebrates Forty Years of Slices
A lot of things were different back in 1984. Ghostbusters was at the top of the box office, LeBron James was a newborn, and lift tickets were less than $15. But pizza was as popular as it is today, and a New Yorker named Henry Mann started selling it by the slice out of a small storefront at 1550 California Street, ten years before the D Line becam...
Cleveland Museum of Art to return 13th century Italian artwork
The Cleveland Museum of Art has agreed to return to the Italian government a work that dates to the 13th century. A manuscript leaf, once reportedly part of a choral book near the city of Siena, has been in the museum’s collection since 1952, obtained in good faith from a collection in New York. It’s described on the CMA website as “Christ in Majes...