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L'ICE-Agenzia per la promozione all'estero e l'internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane organizza a titolo gratuito, una partecipazione italiana con catalogoteca e meeting point in occasione di GREENBUILD INTERNATIONAL 2013, nell'ambito dell'Accordo di collaborazione pluriennale con il Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e de...

To kick off Preservation Williamsport's 15th annual Victorian Christmas, an Italian-American heritage dinner will be held at the Sons of Italy, 144 E. Fourth St. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and is open to the public. The theme for the 15-year milestone is the Italian heritage of Williamsport, so the kickoff at Sons of Italy is an appropria...

La sede dell'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di San Francisco si è trasformata per una sera in una vera e propria passerella di moda, per la presentazione della collezione di moda indipendente Eva Flair, la quale mira a promuovere il Made in Italy autentico nel mondo.   In occasione del 2013 Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, Eva Flair h...

Mancano pochi giorni alla celebrazione del centenario della Holy Rosary Church, la Parrocchia Italiana di Washington. La celebrazione comincerà con la Messa Solenne concelebrata dal Cardinale Donald Wuerl Arcivescovo di Washington, dal Nunzio Apostolico Arcivescovo Carlo Maria Viganò, dall'Ordinario militare degli Stati Uniti, dal Vescovo Lo Verde...

Nutkao USA, Inc. will invest more than $17 million to locate its nut butter manufacturing operation in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The company plans to create 100 new jobs during the next five years in Nash County.   The Italian-based company is an international producer of nut-based spreads, creams, and fillings. The company produces hazel...

Amy Grudier of Falls Church has received the Lido Civic Club Matching Scholarship from the National Italian American Foundation. Grudier attends Cedarville University and is majoring in nursing.   NIAF offers dozens of annual scholarships ranging in value from $2,000 to $10,000 each in the humanities, medicine, engineering, business, music,...

Following its English-language debut in 2011, Slow Wine, the guide to Italian wineries approved as good, clean and fair by Slow Food, is premiering a new and updated 2014 edition.   The guide and a selection of its wineries will be the focus of events for trade and consumers during a tour of three US cities: San Francisco on January 27, Chic...

Italy will soon have its own silicon valley. This will be a special silicon valley, a "green" one, located in the Umbria region, near Terni. The Italian group Italeaf is currently negotiating a "strategic master plan" with the municipality of Narni to redevelop the whole industrial area of Nera Montoro with the technical support of the Architecture...

Holy, cannoli! The Upper West Side is getting its very own Parm, Side Dish has learned.For the uninitiated, that's the old school Italian-American "soul food" eatery from the Major Food Group trio of Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi and Jeff Zalaznick. Parm launched on Mulberry Street in 2011 and now has an outpost at Yankee Stadium and another opening...

American Airlines lancia nuove tariffe promozionali di Economy Class per volare negli Stati Uniti e in Canada da Milano Malpensa e Roma Fiumicino. Accanto alle tariffe a/r in Economy a partire da 455,00 Euro per New York, da 510 Euro per Miami con voli diretti da Milano Malpensa, fino all'11 marzo sarà possibile approfittare della promo U.S.A. e Ca...

The opera "Tosca" by Puccini, is known for its gorgeous music, piercing violence, dramatic plot and dynamic characterizations. What is less familiar to Americans is that "Tosca" is the backdrop for a brilliant satire written by Franca Valeri, an influential, contemporary Italian woman playwright.   Valeri employs the plot line, main characte...

Nuccio Scuderi emigrated from Italy to the United States with a solid background in baking and a desire to be his own boss.     He achieved that when he opened Etna Pastry Shoppe on Lyell Avenue in Gates 36 years ago. The bakery has been going strong since, with a loyal clientele flocking to Etna for the cannoli, pastries, cakes, coo...