L’Ambasciata ospita gli alumni dell’Assumption College
L'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington ha ospitato ieri gli alumni dell'Assumption College, università cattolica con sede a Worcester, nel Massachusetts, che annovera una serie di programmi con l'Italia. Tra questi, un Master in Business Administration nel cui quadro gli studenti americani del College trascorrono un semestre nel nostro Paese,...
ACAC explores Italian culture & cuisine
The Adams County Arts Council, in partnership with the Italian Studies department at Gettysburg College, will offer an event April 29, which explores the rich culture and cuisine of Italy. This event will take place in the Reception Gallery at the Arts Council's Arts Education Center, located at 125 South Washington Street in Gettysburg.
MFA GOOD PRACTICES - Italian Embassy in the U.S. takes prize for social platform
It's a day of celebration for the Italian Embassy in Washington, whose Social Media Hub project was selected as the winner of the 2012 "Good Practices – The Farnesina that Innovates" Prize. The project involves a social media application designed for desktops, tablets and smart phones as a point of encounter with the American public, the I...
USA: Enel aumenta partecipazione parco eolico
Enel Green Power North America, una controllata di Enel Green Power, ha siglato un accordo per acquisire dalla controllata di GE Capital, EFS Chisholm, un ulteriore 26% di azioni di classe A della 'Chisholm View Wind Project', societa' che gestisce l'impianto eolico da 235 MW di Chisholm View, per un totale di circa 47 milioni di dollari. ...
Agreement with Disney, Mickey Mouse goes to Panini
Mickey Mouse Disney passes from the Panini. The transfer of the popular comic to society 'and Modena' was confirmed by a note from the Disney Italian who speaks of "a preliminary agreement for the transfer of the activities' editorials relating to Disney magazines in Italy." Along with Mickey Mouse, Panini will go to other children's magaz...
Linda Serra: quella volta che ho rappresentato le Women in Technology italiane in USA
di Linda Serra Questa storia inizia con una lettera, non una lettera d'amore, ma ugualmente intensa ed emozionante. Lo scorso febbraio, infatti, ho ricevuto una lettera da parte dell'Ambasciatore Usa in Italia, David Thorne, che mi invitava in qualità di donna leader in Women in Technology (pensate un po'!) a prendere parte all' Internatio...
Remembering Father Anthony Dal Balcon
The Italian American community of the Washington Metropolitan area mourns the recent passing of Beloved Scalabrinian priest Fr. Anthony Dal Balcon. Fr. Anthony was ordained a priest of the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinians) in Italy and came to the United States in 1949. He served as an assistant pastor in New York City for eight...
10-week course in basic Italian offered
A 10-week basic conversational Italian course will begin Monday, Oct. 21 at La Famiglia Deli, 1327 6th Ave., Huntington. Instructor for the sessions, which run from 7 to 9 p.m., will be John Patrick Grace, who served as an Associated Press correspondent in Rome in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He has a master's degree in Italian/French and a...
LIPOA president steps down due to health
In the nearly two years since a steering committee established the Little Italy Property Owners Association (LIPOA), much change and much good has been accomplished for The Neighborhood. "So many took the risk of getting involved," said its president Mel Stachura, a resident. "And it is working!" Stachura said LIPOA has, in many ways, chan...
The Italian Store plans second location
If one is good, two is better. Devoted fans of The Italian Store would surely agree. ARLNow.com reports that popular Arlington delicatessen The Italian Store -- which has thrived in the Lyon Village neighborhood for more than three decades -- plans a second location in Westover. The new location, at 5839 Washington Blvd., will be about twice the s...
Delegazione parlamentare italiana a Washington per promuovere il dialogo Italia-USA
Martedì mattina, una delegazione parlamentare italiana, composta da deputati appartenenti a diverse forze politiche, è partita dall'aeroporto di Fiumicino alla volta di Washington per una visita di amicizia presso le Istituzioni parlamentari e governative degli Stati Uniti d'America con l'obiettivo principale di un confronto con i parlamentari di o...
Beyond the cheesesteak: Philadelphia’s food scene
Tourists associate the City of Brotherly Love with its most famous sandwich – the cheesesteak, created by South Philly hot dog vendor Pat Olivieri for his taxi driver clientele in 1930. But regional food choices in Philadelphia extend well beyond Pat's or Geno's, provolone or cheese whiz, with or without fried onions. Landmark delis, marke...