New York and Los Angeles to celebrate Italian Design Day
New York and Los Angeles join over 100 other cities around the world in celebrating Italian Design Day, Thursday, March 2. Initiated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Italian Design Day...
Call for papers. Negotiating Identities: From Pirandello to Today
Call for Papers: Modern Language Association Convention, 2018, New York City. Allied Organization: Pirandello Society of America. Title: Negotiating Identities: From Pirandello to TodayDescription: Personal, cultural, national identity in Luigi Pirandello and 20/21st century peers; using recent theories of negotiation and identity or other approach...
I 60 anni di John Turturro, l’istrione italoamericano più amato di Hollywood
L’italoamericano più amato del cinema mondiale è assolutamente lui. John Turturro – 60 anni il 28 febbraio – è riuscito ad imporsi ad Hollywood, arrivando a girare più di 70 film, di cui 6 da regista, diventando l’attore feticcio di grandi registi come Spike Lee e i fratelli Coen, ma lavorando anche con Scorsese, Woody Allen e parecchio anche nel n...
‘Made in Italy’ is the true world brand to invest in
If it were a brand, “Made in Italy” would be one of the most well known and renowned of the world. In fact, to be precise, it would be third after Coca Cola and Ferrari, which is, nonetheless, Made in Italy. It is the brand name of a know-how that allows us to immediately distinguish ourselves in the minds of other countries. A synonym of creativit...
Wine Tourism: Italy investing more into marketing
To encourage Americans to buy more Italian wines, the Ministry of Economic Development has instructed the Italian Trade commission to study and implement the largest promotional project of Italian wine in the US (2017), with an investment of $22 million over 3 years, according to Michele Scannavini, Worldwide President of the Italian Trade Commissi...
Il rilancio dell’industria Usa sarà un affare per gli italiani
L’ossessione di Trump per riportare la manifattura negli Usa deriva da pochi numeri. Secondo il Dipartimento del Lavoro del governo, tra il 2004 e il 2014, l’industria manifatturiera ha perso circa 2,1 milioni di posti di lavoro. Mentre l’economia nel suo complesso ne guadagnava sei milioni e mezzo. Lo stesso dipartimento ci dice che da qui a sette...
The Spaghetti Set: a novel by Rose Marie Boyd
Famiglia…family is family, like it or not! A brother and sister depart war-torn Italy in 1947 and cross the Atlantic to reunite with their father in Benton, New Jersey. As the seasick brunette dreams of eligible Americani, the young fellow dreads the prospect of dealing with his cantankerous Papà. Meanwhile, in Benton, another Italian-American fa...
Rai Italia e pensioni all’estero: ecco cosa ho fatto per voi
Cari lettori, Vi voglio raccontare il mio impegno per voi in questa settimana di carnevale. Ricevo spesso da voi, e vi ringrazio perché utile al mio lavoro, molte sollecitazioni e consigli su varie questioni. Questi giorni ne ho ricevute parecchie sul ruolo diRai Italia: chi vuole più sport chi più cultura, chi più informazioni etc.., tutte cose le...
Luxury Italian Wine Producer, Argiano, Joins LUX Wines Portfolio In The U.S.
LUX Wines, an importer and purveyor of fine wines within an independent division of the E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo), announced today that it has been awarded the exclusive rights to distribute Italy's Argiano wines in the United States, beginning June 1, 2017. Argiano is the latest addition to a growing LUX Wines portfolio of elite and iconic bran...
Enterprising Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci gave his name to the Americas
WHEN German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller published his map book Universalis Cosmographia (Universal Cosmography) in 1507 it was meant to be the latest word in depicting the globe as people then knew it, showing the most recent discoveries. Perhaps its most remarkable feature was a new continent. On the left of the map were two land masses ac...
Italian police break mafia ring exporting fake olive oil to U.S.
Italian police said they have busted a crime ring exporting fake extra virgin olive oil to the United States, highlighting the mafia's infiltration of Italy's famed agriculture and food business. Twelve people with links to the 'Ndrangheta, the organized crime group based in the southern Calabria region, were arrested on Tuesday on a series of char...
LOST ITALIAN: Biscotti: Twice-baked and double the fun
I didn't understand biscotti when Tony first introduced me to it years ago. This strange-looking, dry, oblong Italian cookie had nothing in common with the chocolate chip or peanut butter cookies I knew. But once I'd had my first taste of biscotti, I kept coming back for more. This popular cookie can be traced back to the days of the early Romans,...