Cheers! Italian winemakers invade Florida
There will be no weapons beyond corkscrews, so I can promise you a very pleasant Italian Invasion this month as local wine importer, Nadia Galati, organizes a multi-city wine tasting event partnered with ABC Fine Wines and Spirits. For the 10th anniversary, there are more Italian winemakers than ever before from the tip of the boot in Cala...
Choosing your favorite Italian borgo
The RAI TV show, called Kilimanjaro, is running a contest "Ci divertiremo un mondo" (we'll have lots of fun), to choose the "most stunning village of Italy". A first verdict has been made and now the race continues for the election of the "Borgo dei Borghi". The website will give the opportunity to watch on-line video presentation of the V...
L’espresso Illy alla conquista dell’America
Missione Usa per Illy. Il gruppo triestino dell’espresso si è lasciato la crisi alle spalle e scommette sulla ripresa dei consumi Oltreoceano e sull’ampliamento della sua rete internazionale di coffee shop. «Nel 2014 siamo cresciuti oltre il 5% – spiega il presidente e amministratore delegato di Illycaffè, Andrea Illy – principalmente...
Italian cuisine: Cassata Siciliana
WTI Magazine #56 2015 March, 20Author : Author Translation by: This year I will celebrate Easter with cassata, a delicious, tempting and colorful cake. Cassata is a typical dessert of the Sicilian pastry, in particular of Palermo. In the past it was enjoyed exclusively to celebrate Easter after the long period of Lent: a well-deserve...
Turin Egyptian Museum gets overhaul of pharaonic proportions
by Colleen Barry For the earliest Egyptologists, a trip to the Egyptian Museum in Turin was considered indispensable. The museum's new director is seeking to return the almost 200-year-old museum to its one-time prominence, boosted by an overhaul of the collection and exhibit space of near-pharaonic proportions. Museum director Ch...
Italian Origone sets new ski speed record
Italian Simone Origone on Friday bettered his own world speed skiing record when he raced to a top speed of 252.632 kilometres per hour (156.978 mph). Origone's eye-watering effort down the specially groomed Chabrieres piste in the French resort of Vars bettered his previous best of 252.454 kph set in March 2014. Windy conditions forc...
Celebrazione Italiana April 24 at UW-Parkside
The public is invited to attend the 2015 Celebrazione Italiana at 5 p.m. Friday, April 24, at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road. The event celebrates Italian-American heritage and raises funds in support of the educational partnership between UW-Parkside and the University of Calabria in Calabria, Italy. The 2015 Celebraz...
A Look at the 2015 Feast of Maria SS. Della Misericordia in Brooklyn, New York
By Giovanni di Napoli Hundreds of devotees gathered at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Sunday afternoon (April 26th) to celebrate the annual Feast of Maria SS. della Misericordia (Our Lady of Mercy), patroness of Fontanarosa in Provincia di Avellino. Warmly welcomed, we celebrated Mass in En...
Young Italians and the Arts: A talk with Curator Cecilia Alemani
by Silvia Simonetti They call it brain drain, the latest plague that affects our modern societies, including the Italian one. But is it really a plague? In a globalized world can we consider progress - either scientific, artistic or human in general - as a prerogative of one country or the other? What should be highlighted, perhaps, is th...
CFP on Italy and Documentaries - UCLA Italian Graduate Student Conference
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of ItalianL'ITALIA E I DOCUMENTARI/ ITALY AND DOCUMENTARIESGraduate Student Conference - January 15-16, 2016Keynote Speakers: Alina Marazzi (Film Director), Paola Bonifazio (University of Texas, Austin) Since the early 20th century, documentary films, ranging from Arturo Ambros...
A John Viola il Gei Award
Il presidente della Niaf (National Italian American Foundation), John Viola, è stato ospite del Gei (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani) a una colazione in una sala privata del RNel corso dell'incontro John Viola ha ricevuto da Lucio Caputo, presidente della prestigiosa organizzazione che racchiude i principali rappresentanti delle organizzazioni italiane c...
Developer bringing Italian theme into $36M senior living project
by Candace Carlisle A Dallas senior living community will soon undergo a $36 million expansion and renovation to keep up with demand for senior living options in North Texas, which will showcase a Italian theme for residents. "When baby boomers today imagine their retirement, it's much different than what their parents or grandparents wan...