Dalla Riviera ligure agli Stati Uniti. È stato un salto di quasi settemila chilometri, quello effettuato da Roberta Marcenaro Lyon, classe 1977, originaria di Villanova d'Albenga, in provincia di Savona, oggi amministratore delegato di una importante società con sede negli USA, che si occupa di fornire assistenza alle aziende europee interessate a...
by Daniel J. Longo More than 500 years ago, an Italian Renaissance navigator set sail and changed the course of history forever.When Cristoforo Colombo was commissioned to search for a new path to the East, he did not expect to find a New World. Nevertheless, he reached Hispaniola, charting a route from Europe to this newly discovered land...
by Craig Laban Thanksgiving can be predictable when it comes to the drinks. Pinot noir. Zinfandel. All-American choices. But as a nod to this year's Italian American-theme menu from chef Joe Cicala, we've decided to suggest a splash of Italian flavors, too. For example, why not loosen up the aunts and uncles with a cocktail m...
Bruno Magli is making a comeback in the U.S. market. The Italian luxury shoe company will relaunch after a three-year hiatus for the fall-winter 2016 season and has tapped Lucy Liu as its ambassador. The brand, which was founded in 1936 and sold in Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale's, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue, is targeting the same core cu...
After decades of bringing the love of refrigerated pasta to Italy, Giovanni Rana® is proud to announce that they've officially "come to America." In honor of National Pasta Month, Giovanni Rana is introducing the "Dine With Rana" national consumer campaign along with a National Pasta Day consumer coupon! Giovanni Rana is the patriarch of the Itali...
By Jonathan Miller When Luigi Einaudi left the U.S. Department of State after 23 years promoting peace and cooperation in Latin America, he decided to share what he had learned with students and scholars around the world. Einaudi's work as a teacher was recognized Jan. 12 in Washington, D.C., when Undersecretary of State Thomas A. Shannon...
Italians in DC e' felice di appoggiare l'importante ricerca del CENSIS sugli italiani all'estero! Il CENSIS sta reallizzando un'indagine sugli italiani che vivono all'estero, per capire quali sono le motivazioni, i progetti di vita, le aspettative e le sfide di chi ha fatto una scelta di vita cosi' importante. I risultati dell'indagine pot...
Lacrom sbarca in Usa. Il department store di Valentina Ingellis, nato per essere ponte tra Italia e New York, è ora live sul mercato dell'online americano. Dopo il debutto in Italia configura così la sua fisionomia più matura. "Le modalità di presentazione per la boutique online newyorkese sono le medesime di Italia ed Europa" spiega Valentina Inge...
Looking for some last-minute stocking stuffer ideas? Wrap up your Christmas shopping with a culturally rewarding gift. I highly recommend these CDs featuring 17th and 18th century Christmas music from Naples. • Peppe Barra: La Cantata Dei Pastori. Read description• Francesco Durante: Neapolitan Christmas I. Read description• Francesco Du...
Leaders in public service, business, labor, and philanthropy received awards from the Sons of Italy Foundation® (SIF), the philanthropic arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America® (OSIA), the nation's largest and oldest organization for people of Italian heritage. Former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice; Airline for America Pre...
Almost three weeks after it crash-landed the Rosetta orbiter on a comet, the European Space Agency (ESA) is gearing up to land another spacecraft—this time on Mars. It hopes that a craft called Schiaparelli will touch down on the red planet on October 19. Compared to the pioneering Rosetta mission, landing on Mars is a more conventional feat. But...
By Tad Friend "If you don't mind smoke, you can sit here," Paolo Sorrentino said, indicating the seat beside him. "If you do"—he pointed to a distant couch. Sorrentino, the Italian writer-director of the new HBO series "The Young Pope," was ashing his Toscanello cigar out a window in the living room of his pied-à-terre, sixty-eight floors above Ma...