Revealing Rome's most hidden gems to the public for one weekend only
Twenty-five cities throughout the world can call themselves part of a special club of cities with architectonic gems so unique and so numerous that they host, for two days only, Open House Worldwide: such international capitals as New York, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Melbourne, Athens, Chicago, and Buenos Aires open the doors to their most beautiful buil...
Get Ready for “Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered” this August
by Mauro Battocchi Attention lovers of Italian language and culture: get ready this August for best-selling author Dianne Hale's new book Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered. Fresh off her success with her previous book, La Bella Lingua, this new tale blends biography, history and memoir to introduce Mona (Madame) Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo—dau...
Chazz is back! Palminteri’s solo show ‘A Bronx Tale’ is at Smith Center
In 85 emotional, jam-packed minutes tonight, stage and film actor Chazz Palminteri will play 18 characters nonstop in his one-man show "A Bronx Tale." It's a powerful tour de force that's mesmerized audiences previously in Las Vegas at the Mirage and the Venetian. Now it's at the prestigious Reynolds Hall in the Smith Center for the Perfor...
Two Opera Companies Gear Up for Rossini (2)
by Amy Lilly Vermont's hills are alive with slowly building Rossini crescendos. As it happens, the state's two established summer opera destinations — the Opera Company of Middlebury and the Waitsfield-based Green Mountain Opera Festival — will both produce comic operas this season by that master of musical hilarity, Gioachino Rossini. &n...
Little Italy Arch receives official permit!!
Little Italy San Jose has obtained the official work permit to start construction of the Little Italy Arch!!!! We already have completed construction of the Arch beams and metal scrolls offsite at S&S Welding when we were approved for the structural design. We also just received a donation of the "Golden Gate Bridge" paint for the Arch...
Annual Spoleto Festival begins
The renowned summer music and opera festival in Spoleto has returned for yet another impressive season. Held in the center of the Umbrian town, the Spoleto Festival has brought together American and Italian culture for 56 years. Founded by Gian Carlo Menotti, the festival is host to a wide range of cultural events, from grand opera to scie...
Nuova tariffa richiesta di riconoscimento della cittadinanza
ATTENZIONE - A partire dall' 8 Luglio 2014, per la legge n. 66 24 aprile 2014 e le modifiche della Legge n. 89 del 23 giugno 2014 art. 5-bis, comma 1, tutte le domande per il riconoscimento della cittadinanza italiana jure sanguinis (per discendenza) e Jure Matrimonii (per la cittadina straniera il cui marito è un cittadino italiano sposato prima d...
"A Taste of Sicily: Healthy Eating Italian Style" by Fiorella DiCarlo
You are cordially invited to attend a special presentation by Fiorella DiCarlo RD, CDN titled, "A Taste of Sicily: Healthy Eating Italian Style" at the Italian American Museum on Thursday, August 7th. Fiorella is a Registered Dietitian in private practice in New York City and born in Naples, Italy. She is also founder of a food blog called...
Castello di Amorosa: A Winery Fit for a King
Inspired to build an authentic Medieval castle to honor his Italian heritage and showcase his exceptional wines, Dario Sattui studied architecture for 30 years before he created Castello di Amorosa. The 121,000-square-foot fortress took 14 years to build, stone by stone in Calistoga, California. The Castello has 107 rooms, 95 of which are...
CFP-Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
April 23-25, 2015 – University of Kentucky – Lexington, Kentucky CALL FOR PAPERS - ITALIAN STUDIES Deadline for Abstract Submission: November 10, 2014 The KFLC is proud to open sessions devoted to the presentation of scholarly research in the area of ITALIAN STUDIES. Abstracts are invited in all areas and aspects of this field, incl...
Downtown Gloucester Block Party with Italian Flare
When: Saturday, September 20, 2014 – 6 to 11 p.m.Where: Downtown Gloucester, MAThis year's last block party in downtown Gloucester will feature a number of Italian artists and exhibitors. Among them, the trio behind the successful web-radio program L'Italia Chiamò: Stefano Marchese, Emanuele Capoano and Elisa Meazzini. The crew will host a live sh...
Villa Italian Kitchen to Celebrate National Pizza Month with 5th Annual Free Slice Day October 14th
Villa Enterprises, multi-brand restaurant operator and franchisor celebrating 50 years in business, will celebrate National Pizza Month this October, when they host their fifth annual Have a Slice Day pizza giveaway, offering new and existing Facebook fans a free slice of pizza on Tuesday, October 14th, 2014. Beginning today, pizza-loving...