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C'è un pezzo d'Italia nella storia del neo Premio Nobel per la Letteratura, #Bob Dylan. Questo pezzo d'Italia è la Calabria. Nella sua autobiografia, Chronicles, pubblicata da Feltrinelli nel gennaio del 2005 (traduttore e curatore Alessandro Carrera), Dylan scrive: "Mike was the sicilian father that I never had".   Mike, in realtà, è l'ital...

Cerimonia di Intitolazione di Largo 11 Settembre 2001 Martedì 11 settembre 2012 alle ore 14.30 si terrà in via Vivaio angolo corso Monforte a Milano, la cerimonia di intitolazione di Largo 11 Settembre 2001. All'evento interverrà il Console Generale degli Stati Uniti d'America Kyle Scott, il presidente della Provincia di Milano Guido Podestà e il S...

In un'ottica di rafforzamento sul territorio, l'American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, guidata dal Consigliere Delegato Simone Crolla, ha nominato quattro nuovi rappresentanti locali.   Davide Cefis, Partner per la sede Roma di Eric Salmon & Partners - si legge in una nota - e' il nuovo rappresentante per la citta' di Roma. Per la citta'...

To celebrate Maserati's upcoming centennial, the luxury Italian marque has partnered with another Italian icon, Ermenegildo Zegna, on a special edition of the upcoming 2014 Maserati Quattroporte.   With a new range of optional trims, colors and fabrics, the Maserati Quattroporte Limited Edition by Ermenegildo Zegna will be produced in only 1...

Si svolge mercoledì 12 marzo a Bari nella sala convegni di Confindustria Bari e BAT il workshop "Stati Uniti d'America: un mercato in forte ripresa sul quale investire" promosso dall'American Chamber of Commerce in Italy e dal Consolato Generale degli Stati Uniti d'America e organizzato in collaborazione con il Council of American States in Europe...

Il 2015 sarà un anno decisivo per il movimento degli startupper italiani. Lo avevamo detto presentando l'ebook delle 100 startup che saranno in grado di rivoluzionare il 2015 e sono passati solo pochi giorni per avere la prima conferma.   Gianluigi Parrotto (1994, Casarano) fondatore della Gp Renewable, che produce mini-turbine eoliche, ha c...

In order to conserve and protect I Tatti's remarkable and unique art collection, a new fund has been created: the Art Conservation Fund in Honor of Lino Pertile and Anna Bensted.   The collection is still displayed much as it was a century ago, just as Berenson had wanted, but works need specialist care in order to ensure that they are kept...

Italian researchers have found a gene they say is able to "shut down" tumours with a "new and unique" mechanism. The team at a research institute at Rozzano near Milan said the discovery of the Ptx3 gene was "unexpected".   "We hope it will have major implications on the clinical front," said research leader Alberto Mantovani of the Humanita...

by Allison Soto Morales   Originally from Genoa, Italy, Vanessa Beecroft is an Italian artist living here in our backyard. Born to an English father and an Italian mother, she was raised in Italy by her mother, a feminist in her own right.   She studied in both Genoa from 1983 to 1988, at the Civico Liceo Artistico Nicolò Barbarino an...

In Calabria the cookery reflects the environmental conditioning of a harsh land, squeezed between high mountain ranges and a dazzlingly beautiful sea. The food is simple, humble and flavored with the strong and robust flavors of a long farming and fishing tradition.   The so-called caviale dei poveri (poor man's caviar) is the dish which mor...

Often overshadowed by Capri and Ischia, the island of Procida in the Bay of Naples can actually make for a more relaxing and less expensive day out than its bigger neighbours. You can reach its shores in just over half an hour by boat from Naples.   Once you arrive, it offers a range of attractions: colourful and picturesque villages, s...

A few years ago, the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was a box-office hit. Now I have material for another potential hit, "My Big Fat Italian First Communion."   I will star in the film, along with my parents and my good friend Maria who lives near Rome, Italy. Oh, uh, and of course, the child receiving his First Communion in the Catholic C...