Check mate! Playing life sized chess in Marostica
Chess is a fascinating game of strategy, tactics and mental power. And nowhere is it played out on a grander scale than in Marostica, northern Italy where people in costume take the parts of each chess piece in a vibrant, passion-filled, life-sized game set in the main square. What would be your first move and which king will claim the prize? Here'...
Eating Grana Padano cheese lowers blood pressure
The International Society of Hypertension (ISH) conferred its Gold Award for best clinical study to Italian researchers who showed eating Grana Padano PDO cheese on a regular basis helps brings blood pressure down in subjects with hypertension. The award was handed out at an ISH congress on September 29 in the city of Seul, South Korea. The t...
La tragedia del Mediterraneo a New York con Fuocoammare
di Maddalena Maltese Il porto newyorchese del dramma che in questi mesi sta attraversando il Mediterraneo con migliaia di morti annegati e migliaia di sopravvissuti è l'Istituto italiano di cultura. Qui approda, attraverso le parole della scrittrice Maaza Mengiste e attraverso le immagini di Gianfranco Rosi, regista vincitore del festival di Berli...
Feast of San Giuseppe Moscati
November 16th is the Feast Day of San Giuseppe Moscati, the "Holy Physician of Naples." Born on July 25th, 1880 in Benevento, Giuseppe was the seventh of nine children of Rosa (née de Luca, Marchesi dei Roseto) and Francesco Moscati, a magistrate from Santa Lucia di Serino. He studied medicine and surgery at the University of Naples, gradu...
Italian vocal and orchestral showpieces from DSO and tenor Carl Tanner
By Scott Cantrell Well, that was a fun concert: a hit parade of arias and orchestral movements from operas by Verdi and Puccini, followed by Respighi's spectacularly vulgar and spectacularly entertaining Roman Festivals. The perpetrators Friday night were the Dallas Symphony Orchestra with guest conductor Roberto Abbado and tenor Carl Tan...
40 Years Later, Mirabell German Goes Italian As Mirabella Opens Today
by Ashok Selvam Mirabell Restaurant's nearly 40-year run evoked a strain of sentimentality in Chicago, as German restaurants have become scarce in the city. Arthuro Aucaquizpi hopes he can continue to channel those decades of good times as he opens Mirabella Italian Cuisine at 4 p.m. today in the historic space on Addison Street. Aucaquizpi will u...
Moda uomo italiana a New York per la prima tappa del Mrket Trade Show
Nuovo appuntamento per le imprese della moda maschile italiana che, grazie all'Agenzia Ice, si spostano a New York per la prima tappa statunitense del MRket Trade Show, dove verranno presentate le collezioni autunno-inverno 2017-2018 del segmento classico di alto livello e degli accessori uomo. Dal 23 al 25 gennaio il Javits Convention Center di Ne...
Haven and history: a refuge in the Italian Dolomites
We had come to Bleggio by car, prescription traversing mountain roads to reach this remote area of the Dolomites directly north of Lake Garda. Driving from southern Trentino we headed down towards Riva, a tourist town on the northern shores of the lake, and then due north, gaining altitude as we zipped up a valley pass. Sheer peaks and dense fores...
Si rafforzano i rapporti tra Italia e Usa
Si rafforza l'asse tra gli Stati Uniti e le imprese campane. Per la prima volta, infatti, si riuniscono intorno ad uno stesso tavolo i rappresentanti delle quattro associazioni italo-americane che da anni curano i rapporti commerciali, economici e culturali sul fronte italo-americano.Amcham in Italy, Niaf, Amerigo e Mentoring Italia si sono confron...
215 Years of Diplomatic Relations with Naples and the Kingdom of Two Sicilies
Naples, December 16, 2011 On December 16, 2011, the Consulate celebrated the 215th anniversary of U.S. diplomatic relations with Naples and the Kingdom of two Sicilies with a reception attended by more than 100 guests including Mayor of Naples De Magistris, President of Campania Region Caldoro, Prefect De Martino and members of the media, academia...
2013 anno della cultura Italiana negli USA: lo Houston Ballet presenta "Destination Italy"
Domani e sabato, 1 e 2 febbraio lo Houston Ballet presenta "Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal", che rappresenteranno "Cantata" e "Le Quattro Stagioni" del coreografo italiano Mauro Bigonzetti, uno dei più rinomati creatori contemporanei di danza. Gli spettacoli si svolgeranno presso il Wortham Theater Center a 501 Texas Avenue, nel centro di...
Scholarships Offered: Americans of Italian Heritage offering awards to Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga students
The Americans of Italian Heritage and the Americans of Italian Heritage Charities Inc. have announced the scholarship program available to student residents of Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula and Cuyahoga counties. Four scholarships of $2,000 each will be awarded this year. Scholarships will be awarded within three categories: Green, for a grade-point aver...