New MidAtlantic Opera company celebrates Verdi bicentennial
By Ross Amico When kickstarting a new opera company, there is no more reliable source of juice than the blood-and-thunder dramas of Giuseppe Verdi. As opera houses across the world honor the Italian master in this, his bicentennial year, New Jersey's fledgling MidAtlantic Opera makes its debut with a concert devoted wholly to Verdi highlights. &...
Nuove idee di Identità e di patria: il contributo degli scienziati italici che vivono in USA
Intervista a Giustina Magistretti, Direttore esecutivo ISSNAF, Italian Scientist and Scholars of North America Foundation. Nel mondo glocal, il fenomeno crescente delle mobilità (e quello della "mobilità dei cervelli") sta modificando profondamente l'idea di cittadinanza e di appartenenza, che fino ad oggi è stata legata alla dimensione nazionale....
Enzo Fargione hires a former Chef Geoff’s toque to run the Osteria Elisir kitchen
Following the messy departure last month of Osteria Elisir's chef de cuisine and general manager, the modernist-minded Enzo Fargione has found his next kitchen leader in an unexpected place: the downtown location of Chef Geoff's, part of the family-friendly American chain owned by Geoff Tracy. Tom Crenshaw, a Midwesterner who served as executive c...
Local business leader receives recognition
The Center for Italian & Italian-American Culture will be honoring the achievements of Italians who have made a contribution to our society through their work and/or community service on Friday, Nov. 22. The gala will be held at the elegant Villa located on Route 46 East in Mountain Lakes. Cocktail hour begins at 7 p.m. followed by a sumptuous...
Host Families Needed for Italian Exchange Students
EF Foundation for Foreign Study, the leader in high school exchange, will welcome 40 students from Italy this January. The students will be staying with host families while attending local high schools for Spring semester. EF Italian students come here to improve their English and experience American culture. A group of 300 Italian student...
Exhibition Opening, Strangers in a Strange Land: Italian-Language American Books
September 10 (Wednesday) 5:30 pmExhibition Opening, Strangers in a Strange Land: Italian-Language American BooksThis exhibition of more than 150 Italian-language books, pamphlets, magazines, posters and sheet music reflects the vibrant culture of Italians in America who continued to live in their native language, from the 1880s to 1944. Exhibition...
FREE Italian AP Course at the AISPhila for High School Students.
Your high school children can take the Italian AP Exam even if their school doesn't offer the AP course, or they are home schooled.Students will practice Italian and develop reading, listening and communication skills. Students will learn about Italian culture through a study of geography, social institutions, literature, art, architecture, music,...
South Philly welcomes 2015 Italian Market Festival
by Aubrey Nagle This year, the South 9th Street Italian Market shopping district is celebrating its 100th anniversary, or, as they say in Italian, its "Cent'anni." This lends a special significance to this year's Italian Market Festival, which rolls into South Philly Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17. Local shops and eateries will open up...
9 things you need to check out at Philadelphia's 9th Street Italian Market
By Greg Adomaitis After all these years, 100 to be exact, 9th Street's heart is still in the same place — authenticity. Imported cheeses from Italy, display cases full of fresh-cut meats, hand-made floral arrangements and curb-side vendors selling the market's "best-kept secret" keep regular customers and tourists alike coming back. ...
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel tradition continues in Bridgeton
A long-time Italian-American tradition, begun in 1914 in Bridgeton, will again take place on July 16 when the faithful will carry a statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel through the city streets to the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The statue is the original one that has been used since the earliest days when members of the local Mount Carmel C...
Chefs Amy Riolo and Luigi Diotaiuti Embark on Culinary Diplomatic Quest to Build Bridges through Global Cuisine
Two of Washington D.C.'s most respected chefs are using their global expertise and connections to better cross cultural relations through food and dining. Recently named "the next big thing" in the culinary world by Elle Spain, award-winning culinary duo Amy Riolo and Luigi Diotaiuti are known for telling the whole story behind food and reclaiming...
COMITES Philadelphia: Berardi fuori dal COMITES
Caos a Philadelphia, dove alla vigilia della seduta in cui verrà votata – il 5 novembre – la mozione di sfiducia contro il presidente Ferrigno, Carmine A. Berardi – indicato nella mozione come suo successore – annuncia oggi "mi hanno buttato fuori dal Comites. Purtroppo non sono piu un consigliere di comites". Come si evince dallo scambio di ema...