Quel ‘piccolo è bello’ che rende l’Italia potenza senza pari
Ci sono i piccoli borghi che sono diventati l'espressione della bellezza paesaggistica nazionale. Sono realtà territoriali microscopiche, estremamente tipicizzate e caratteristiche, che rappresentano il gusto sincero del Belpaese e il fascino dell'Italia nascosta, quella da scoprire e recuperare nella sua integrità, al di là delle mete turistiche g...
NIAF elects two new members to Board of Directors
Two notable Italian Americans with distinguished careers in federal law enforcement and community advocacy have been elected to the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Board of Directors for the 2016-2020 term during an April 29 meeting at the New York offices at Pepper Hamilton LLP. NIAF's new Board Members are Joseph R. Guccione, managing...
2 Giugno. A Los Angeles la Festa Nazionale si fa Social!
by Barbara Minafra La Festa Nazionale del 2 Giugno celebra la Repubblica Italiana, nata 70 anni fa dal Referendum istituzionale del 1946, e rappresenta un'importante ricorrenza anche per rafforzare il nostro senso di Unità nazionale. Festeggiarla in America non rende meno intensa, al contrario, l'emozione di riascoltare insieme, lontani da...
Italia-Usa, Veneto: confronto a Venezia su giustizia e imprese
Una giornata di confronto sulla collaborazione tra Italia e Usa nel settore dell'impresa e del lavoro avrà luogo venerdì 3 giugno, a Palazzo Grandi Stazioni, a Venezia, con il convegno "Giustizia, imprese e lavoro tra Italia e Stati Uniti", promosso da Regione Veneto, National Italian American Foundation (Niaf) e "Nova Itinera", rivista giuridica (...
An Italian in New York: Cabaret with Francesca Capetta
Francesca Capetta, an Italian singer who lives in the United States, will perform a cabaret show about Italians and Americans on Saturday, June 18 at 7pm at Feinstein's/54 Below. More on the show:After her debut in Edith Piaf: An All-Star Celebration, directed by Scott Siegel, Francesca Capetta returns to Feinstein's/54 Below with her prem...
US ambassadors to expand Vinitaly International Academy community
As Vinitaly USA, Chicago comes to a close today, Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) is getting ready to move ahead in its mission to strengthen Italian wine's presence in it's number one market, the US. The plan is to leverage education through the creation of new VIA Italian Wine Ambassadors and Experts: from the 26th to the 28th of Jun...
Hartford Man Honors His South End Roots By Tending To Family Fig Tree
Al Marotta's roots in the South End run deep. That's far from a figurative observation. One of Marotta's passions, and the former city councilman and state representative has many, is tending the fig tree his father, Salvatore, planted at his childhood home on Preston Street. That was about 1950, when the Sicilian expat rose early eve...
I am recess: The human comedies of Garry Marshall, bringing sauciness to the mainstream
by Robert Lloyd Garry Marshall wore many hats in movies and television over the last 60 years, as a writer, director, producer and actor. His successes were as mainstream as they come: "Happy Days," and its hit spinoffs "Laverne & Shirley," "Mork & Mindy" and "Joanie Loves Chachi," on TV; big-screen hits like "Pretty Woman," "Beach...
Emanuel Carnevali, l’italiano che graffiò l’avanguardia letteraria americana
Emanuel Carnevali era "puramente italiano, e come tale privo di qualsiasi scrupolo ipocrita per la morale, l'anima e la coscienza". Il ritratto che emerge dalle parole del poeta americano Robert McAlmon è tra i più interessanti e misteriosi, e ci offre un'immagine di un uomo abituato a distinguersi dagli schemi e dai valori tradizionali. &nbs...
Italy's food purists rage over America's 'white bolognese'
In the traditional Italian dish, ragù alla Bolognese, tomatoes are very much an essential ingredient and their exclusion has upset food purists, who are tired of seeing 'Bolognese' used as an adjective to describe any kind of pasta dish served with minced meat. "White ragù sauces do exist, we even teach them in our cooking class in Venice," fo...
New Jersey Association of Verismo to Hold Auditions for Verismo Opera Chorus
The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, the house opera company of the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), opens the 2016-2017 season and invites singers to audition for the Verismo Opera Chorus. Artistic Director Lucine Amara announces professional, amateur, and retired male and female singers may auditionfor the Verismo Opera...
Great Italians of the Past: Laura Bassi
WTI Magazine #83 2016 September 16Author : Giovanni Verde Translation by: Scholar of physics, biology, mathematics, logic, philosophy, Latin, Greek and French, Laura Bassi Veratti was the first woman in the world to achieve an academic career and the first to be appointed chair at a University, becoming one of the most important Euro...