Natale con Lidia Bastianich. Un'intervista
di Liliana Rosano Viene spesso definita l'erede di Julia Child. E in effetti lei, Lidia Bastianich, la chef più popolare d'oltreoceano, da Julia Child ha imparato a considerare lo chef come uno strumento a servizio del cibo e non come un protagonista del cibo. Mentre la Child ha imparato dalla Bastianich il risotto. Bastianich oggi è un n...
Calandra Center for Career Development
by Anthony J. Tanburri Cari Amici, I am pleased to announce the reconstitution of the Calandra Center for Career Development at the Calandra Institute offices in Manhattan on January 12, 2015. The Center will provide individual career counseling and assessment to current students and members of the community, 18 years of age and older, wh...
Il Club di Agostino “Bimbo” Giuntoli continua a fare storia
"Family Owned and Operated Since 1931", è con questo slogan che il rinomato locale di intrattenimento "Bimbo's 365" a San Francisco si presenta al suo pubblico. Lo scorso 14 gennaio è stato scritto ancora un frammento di storia della comunità italiana a San Francisco presso il "Bimbo's 365 Club", meglio conosciuto come Bimbo's 365, dove si...
An Italian company "prints" artificial teeth in 17 minutes
by Barbara Millucci Artificial teeth produced and printed in 17 minutes direct while a patient waits on the couch in the dental surgery. The unique application was launched by the Vicenza DWS (Digital Wax Systems), established in 2007, the third most important company in the world producing 3D printers. This is the only company in...
The Search for our Ancestry (IX)
By Angelo Coniglio If you still live in the place where your immigrant ancestors settled, your local public library probably has hard copies of the US Census covering your location. However, if you live elsewhere, you must search on-line censuses. I find that even for local information, using on-line searches is easier than using hard cop...
Cedar Knolls student earns Italian scholarship
The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture has announced that Vincent Mattia of Cedar Knolls is a recipient of the Peter Cocoziello, Sr. Scholarship. The scholarship amount is $2,500. The Peter Cocoziello, Sr. Scholarship has been awarded every year to a graduating high school student since 20005. Certain criteria must be met in order t...
Sacrifice pays off for La Divina Italian Café, named SCORE American Small Business Champion
The sacrifice of a small business owner reaches far into the life of an entrepreneur. Many choose to take a pay cut and spend countless around-the-clock hours making the dream happen. And for many, not only does the sacrifice seep into every area of their lives, it seems to be accompanied by other huge life challenges. Baton Rouge-based&nb...
Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 26, 2015 06:00 pm - 08:00 pm John D. Calandra Italian American Institute25 West 43rd Street, 17th FloorNew York, N.Y. 10036 On March 25, 1911, just before closing time, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, killing 146 people, mostly young Italian and Jewish immigrant women. The tragedy devastated fami...
The Italian way: The Italians and their food
WTI Magazine #56 2015 March, 20Author : Elda Buonanno Foley Translation by: Among the peculiarities we Italians are famous for around the world, one seems to sum them all up: our food. Pasta, pizza, gelato, espresso are the first words that a foreigner would tell you once he is asked to name the Italian words he knows. We understand...
Yoox to Merge With Net-a-Porter in All-Share Deal
The Yoox Group said on Tuesday that it had agreed to merge with its luxury e-commerce rival Net-a-Porter in an all-share deal. The transaction would create an online luxury fashion retailer from two companies that combined to post revenue of 1.3 billion euros, or about $1.4 billion, in 2014, Yoox said. The new company would be called Yoox Net-...
Il Circolo gala honors woman of year at Breakers
By Shannon DonnellyAll things Italian — and Italian-American — were celebrated at the 39th annual gala of Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society of the Palm Beaches. Festa Della Vecchia Italia (Feast of Old Italy) took place March 8 at The Breakers. Kristen DiNonno Noffsinger and Debi Rodi were chairwomen for the evening, which honored Sen....
Summer language camp at Casa Italia
Students from grade school to high school who want to get away to Italy this summer need travel no farther than Casa Italia in Stone Park. The Casa's Italian Language & Culture Summer Camp will introduce children from 4 to 16 years old to the language and culture of Italy through drama, storytelling, arts and crafts, games, sports, dance, music...