Francesco Nonino: selected works
Exhibit Opening - February 18Francesco Nonino is one of few Italian photographers whose work has been acquired by both the Library of Congress and the Phillips Collection. The exhibit at the Embassy of Italy will include some recent works from two series: Come La Vergogna and Atmospheres. As a homage to his mother, the Italian traditions a...
MADE IN ITALY: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - February 27, 2015 at 5:00 pm
DetailsWHERE: The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue ROOM: 1218: Segal Theatre WHEN: February 27, 2015: 2:30 PM-5:00 PM CONTACT INFO: http://www.womensstudies/ ADMISSION: Free DescriptionA celebration of the special issue of The Journal of Modern Italian Studies on Italian Fashion. There will be a Roundtabl...
Italy's Sweet Chocolate History with Francine Segan
Join award-winning food historian and TV personality Francine Segan in a lively presentation on the important contributions Italy has made, and continues to make, to chocolate. Hear about Italy's sweet chocolate history beginning with how Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered it on his final trip to the New World. Part of a seri...
New Umberto Eco novel to be released in US in November
Umberto Eco's "Numero Zero," a best-seller in the novelist's native Italy, will come out in the U.S. this fall. On Monday, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced a Nov. 3 release date for Eco's story of a ghostwriter in Milan caught up in an underworld of crime and conspiracy. Eco is known for his complex plots, and his publisher said the latest...
Rustic Plate: The Americanization of fettuccine Alfredo
By Serena Cosmo A recent email got me humming Louis Armstrong's "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen." It was from a friend asking me to refer him to a winning fettuccine Alfredo recipe. Intent on romancing his lovely bride, he was looking for a delicious version of this creamy pasta dish and thought of me, he explained, because I am Italian....
Italy's Santa Maria Novella: The ancient perfume store you've never heard of
In an unassuming building on a quiet street, not far from the bustle of Florence's Santa Maria Novella train station, stands what is probably the world's oldest pharmacy and cosmetic shop. It's easy to walk right past the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, and I nearly do. The rather plain entrance gives no inkling of the ar...
The best Italian dinner ever? Houston's top chefs show off at Sugar Land's ultimate wine and food party
by Heather Staible The opening night of the Sugar Land Wine and Food Affair was a love letter from Italy, penned by five of Houston's most respected chefs. Luciano Castiello, the official ambassador for Castello Banfi Wines served as the evening's spirited narrator and host, adding bits of laughter and learning to the five-course meal deem...
$100,000 NIAF Grant to support "Save the Saint" Restoration Project at Duomo in Milan
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Board of Directors recently voted to create a special one-time NIAF Emanuele and Emilia Inglese Memorial Grant of $100,000 to support the "Save the Saint" restoration project by the International Patrons of Duomo di Milano. "It is our hope that this grant will serve as a leadership gift to encourage...
Baldo (Ubaldo) Campana
Baldo (Ubaldo) Campana, 90 years old, passed away peacefully, at Mercy New Life Hospice in Lorain, on Friday, April 24th 2015. He was born January 1 1925, in Lorain, where he lived his entire life. On August 24 1946, he married his loving and devoted Mary (CambriaCampana Baldo). Baldo and Mary raised five children, Tom, Jim, Joe, Caro...
Social clubs help keep Hartford’s Italian community together
by Kent Pierce The Italian American Stars on Franklin Avenue is just one of the Italian social clubs you'll find around Hartford. One of many. "Sure, we have about 80 clubs in the greater Hartford area," according to florist John Tornatore. In any one of those clubs, you will hear the stories of how tough immigrants had it wh...
Former University of San Francisco president dies at 90
The Rev. John Lo Schiavo, former president of the University of San Francisco who presided over the university's resurgence and a shutdown of its basketball program, died Friday. He was 90. Lo Schiavo died in the infirmary at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos, said University of San Francisco spokeswoman Anne-Marie Devine Tasto. ...
De Magistris vola a New York Da Little Italy al Bronx con De Blasio
E dopo le elezioni Luigi de Magistris vola a New York. Si tratta di una missione istituzionale che lo vedrà impegnato dal 3 al 9 giugno. Fitta l'agenda di appuntamenti, tra i più significativi la conferenza su emigrazione Napoli - New York: Città a confronto, moderata da Anthony Tamburri, preside del John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, is...