Tony Ciccone: Michigan Wine Industry thriving in the ‘Tuscany of Michigan’
Tony Ciccone, co-owner ofCiccone Vineyard and Winery, talks with Greening of the Great Lakes host,Kirk Heinze, about the challenges faced by the wine industry and its impact on Michigan's economy. Michigan apple growers may have benefited from the low temperatures during the winter of 2014, but grape growers and wine producers did not. The...
Hollywood Walk of Fame Italian Style
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is well known throughout the world but not many people know who was behind the scenes creating the famous pink stars that catch our eye as we walk down Hollywood Boulevard. The man with careful attention to details was Bill Paternostro. Whenever the various artists, whether from a television, movie, or singing ba...
Maroni negli Usa: ad aprile missione Lombardia nella Silicon Valley
Dopo la visita il mese scorso del presidente del Consiglio Matteo Renzi, il presidente della regione Lombardia Roberto Maroni annuncia che volerà nella Silicon Valley la prossima primavera per studiare modelli di business e innovazione utili allo sviluppo delle aziende italiane. "Torneremo a New York l'8 aprile e andremo anche in Californi...
ASILM. Libro sui Cavalieri in America metterà in risalto i decorati della Repubblica
Le personalità decorate dalla Repubblica Italiana saranno oggetto di un elegante volume che l'ASILM - American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit - sta preparando sull'argomento, secondo quanto reso noto dal Presidente della Società, Lucio Caputo. L'ASILM, che come è noto, è la società che raggruppa tutti i decorati residenti negli USA, vuol...
The Art of the Costume - Drawings of Selected Opera Costumes from Teatro di San Carlo
Europe's oldest functioning opera house, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, donated several of its priceless opera costumes to San Francisco's Academy of Art University in May 2014 as part of the ongoing project of strengthening the bonds between the two cities, exemplified by last year's joint performance of Verdi's Requiem by SF Opera and the San...
Chef Avner Samuel Joins Chef Vincenzo Pappano to Head up Sfuzzi Pizzeria Romana and New Primo’s in Design District
Two of Dallas' most peripatetic chefs have reunited to form the culinary consulting team for the new Sfuzzi Pizzeria Romana and the soon-to-open Primo's in the Dallas Design District. Both concepts have been purchased by Mehrdad Moayedi, president and CEO of Carrollton-based Centurion American Development Group. Moayedi's company recently...
Cittadinanza degli Italiani all'estero: Nissoli (PI) incontra il Ministro Alfano
Deputata eletta in Nord America, Fucsia Nissoli (Pi) questa settimana ha incontrato il Ministro dell'Interno Angelino Alfano per portare alla sua attenzione i problemi dei connazionali che, dopo il trasferimento all'estero, hanno perso la cittadinanza italiana. È stato, spiega oggi la parlamentare, un colloquio "molto cordiale e costruttivo"....
Candice Guardino's ITALIAN BRED to Return to the Hudson Theatre, 2/3-17
It was announced today by Bull by the Horns Productions, that Actress, Writer, and Storyteller Candice Guardino has been invited back to the Hudson Theatre to perform her smash hit show Italian Bred. Italian Bred premiered Off-Broadway, NYC in 2013 to outstanding reviews, followed by a successful run in LA this last summer. Now back by pop...
Intonarumori: Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners conducted by Luciano Chessa
Intonarumori: Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners conducted by Luciano Chessa. Presented in collaboration with Consulate of Italy in Detroit and Honorary Consulate of Italy in Cleveland "Today, noise triumphs and reigns supreme over the sensibility of men," Russolo wrote in "The Art of Noises," a Futurist manifesto of 1913. Luigi Russolo (1885 -...
Survey shows Italy should get ready for crowds of tourists
In Europe, German tour operators taking travelers to Italy report increased bookings especially with respect to holidays in Italian mountains rather than cultural destinations. British, French and Spanish tour operators all report positive sale trends as well. Tour operators from Sweden reported +3% in sales of Italian tours, Danish tour o...
Italy elects senior judge Sergio Mattarella as president
by Steve Scherer and Paolo Biondi Italian lawmakers elected Sergio Mattarella, a constitutional court judge and veteran center-left politician, as president on Saturday, handing a welcome political victory to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Mattarella, speaking at his office in the Constitutional Court after the vote, said: "My first tho...
Scholarships now available through The National Italian American Foundation
Scholarships are now available to college students through the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) for the 2015-2016 academic year. Since NIAF's inception 40 years ago, the scholarship program has grown from four scholarships of $250 each to dozens of annual scholarships ranging in value from $2,500 to $10,000 each in the Ital...