Messaggio dell'Ambasciatore d'Italia negli Stati Uniti Claudio Bisogniero in occasione del 2 giugno
Cari Connazionali,quella del 2 giugno è la più importante ricorrenza istituzionale del nostro Paese perché in questa data celebriamo la fondazione stessa della Repubblica, basata sui valori della libertà, della democrazia, dell'uguaglianza e della pacifica convivenza tra i popoli. Proprio quei valori, quindi, che ci uniscono profondamente al grande...
36th Houston Italian Festival
The Houston Italian Festival Needs Your Help! We are looking for three people to assume the role as area manager. Openings are available for the following locations: 1. Pizza Booth manager needed from late afternoon Thursday, October 9 through 6:00pm Sunday, October 12. 2. Pasta Booth manager needed from late afternoon Thursday, October...
Rights(?)/Growth at the Kennedy Center - Millenium Stage
Italian dancer and choreographer Mimmo Miccolis and Austrian dancer Gloria Benedikt develop contemporary dance on the edge of artistic innovation and human need and base their work around issues of public concern, for which they strive to create artistic responses that inspire, thought provoke and emotionally touch audiences. RIGHTS(?) (Am...
New York mayor to be honoured in Italy
New York mayor Bill de Blasio will next week become an honorary citizen of Grassano, a town in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. Francesco Sanseverino, the proud mayor of Grassano, where de Blasio's grandmother was born, was quoted in Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno as saying that the honour was being bestowed on the New Yorker due to the "f...
Let's keep the school alive and teachers paid!
Italingua is a school of the Italian language for all ages and it is not just a place where you learn Italian, you come to us to feel Italian. The students are taught by a group of passionate knowledgeable and warm-hearted teachers; and while learning about the language the students also learn about Italian culture, music and food, art and...
Museo Italo Americano Presents Natural Expressions
by Ryan Davis The next exhibition to open at the Museo Italo Americano at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center, takes on expressionism from three artists. Titled Natural Expressions, the exhibition features the works of artists Alberto Cristini, Vincent Galassi and John Malveto, and ranging in various mediums from watercolor, to phot...
Italian Startup Visa, an innovative way to invest in Italy
by Claudia Astarita The Italian government recently launched a new policy to attract innovative entrepreneurs from all over the world, encouraging them to set up innovative companies in Italy. This strategy was described as crucial foster "sustainable growth, technological development and employment, especially for young people". ...
Boxing fans: Branford author recounts when New Haven was boxing mecca
by Lisa Reisman Branford high school track coach Richard Biondi never set out to write "Pugilistic Paisani," a history of Italian and Italian American boxing champions. Then, on a visit to Cleveland's Little Italy Heritage Museum in 2000, he met a volunteer in her mid-80s. They got to talking. At some point Biondi asked her about...
Il classico nelle mani italiane: a Los Angeles arriva il pianista Domenico Codispoti
di Marco Bruna È raro e affascinante conoscere uomini che vivono della propria arte e vengono celebrati in tutto il mondo per il loro talento, acclamati perché hanno saputo trasmettere al proprio pubblico emozioni fuori dall'ordinario. Domenico Codispoti, 38 anni, originario di Catanzaro, è uno di questi: definito dalla nota rivis...
Genovese Heritage Rediscovered in Autobiographical Travel Guide
Donna Marie Ferro was inspired by her grandparents' stories of coming to their new homeland, America, which intertwined with her own life story. Initially unwilling to ever return to Italy after her first trip in 1971, a nudge from her mother changed her mind and she was surrounded by loving cousins on both sides of the family. It made her...
Italian Welfare League. Da Ellis Island a "I nostri bambini"
Donne. Donne che danno, donne che lavorano, donne che investono il proprio tempo per sostenere un'organizzazione che si avvia a celebrare il centenario. L'Italian Welfare League nasce dalle ceneri della Grande Guerra. È il 1916 l'italia è già in guerra, gli Stati Uniti lo saranno tra poco. New York è in fermento. Le associazioni di mutuo s...
Eighth annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano invites us into the heart of Italy
"Passione. Musica. Violenza. Vita." These four words flashed on the screen amidst clips of fighting, dancing, kissing and beautiful Italian scenery. And so started a weekend full of Italian theatre. This past weekend, the eighth annual Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival took place in the Sottile Theatre in full force. The College of Charl...