Esportare con successo l'agroalimentare negli USA: i suggerimenti di Tiziana Ciacciofera
Descrivere Tiziana Ciacciofera è molto complesso: la sua esperienza professionale non può catturarla e costringerla dentro una etichetta, per quanto eccellente. Direi che è soprattutto donna di passioni vere, sincere, il sangue della sua Sicilia le scorre dentro forte per darle caparbietà; ma non solo: è donna saggia, sensibile, arguta. Do...
Learn fig trees - and molto other Italian-related topics - at Pandola Learning Center
NEW! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Growing Fig Trees. Saturday, February 27. 10:30a - 2 pm; $25 Want to grow a fig tree? Learn how to grow fig trees in ground or in a container, plus ways to care for them in the winter: pruning, propagation, transplanting, fertilization, and how to rejuvenate a freeze-damaged tree. To...
Be Italian for a Week: Adventure Tour Takes Guests to the Heart of Italy
With olive oil consumption on the rise internationally, consumers are interested in discovering authentic Italian olive oil and tasting fresh, raw olive oil immediately after it's produced for a multitude of health benefits. To answer that interest, Olive Oil Sommelier Carol Firenze is offering an exciting opportunity to olive oil lovers around the...
To the Opera via Hollywood: a Phantom’s journey
by Elisabetta Russo Brilliant, versatile, spiritual, funny and generous. Franc D'Ambrosio, an artist with a thousand faces, hidden for over 2,600 performances behind the shadow of the most fascinating and obscure mask of the theater musical, The Phantom of the Opera. D'Ambrosio's resume also includes an Academy Award nominated film, an Emm...
The Crypt of the Holy Sepulcher reopens in Milan
Walking into the crypt of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Milan, knowing the history of this place, can be an overwhelming experience. Think about the white, polished stones under your feet: they once paved the city's 4th-century, Roman forum – which means Saint Ambrose, Saint Augustine and Emperor Theodosius all probably walked over t...
Rocket Italian Review Indicates It Is Top Pick For Learning Italian
Based in Miami, Florida, How to Learn Language, which reviews language learning programs and offers information to consumers, has recently announced its top pick for learning the Italian language, which is Rocket Italian. It has indicated this decision in its review of the language learning program. Jason Gaines, the reviewer of the progra...
Classroom Close-up NJ films Italian Heritage Curriculum
On Tuesday April 12th, The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District was filmed by NJTV integrating a lesson on immigration from The Universality of Italian Heritage Curriculum. The Curriculum was developed for educators by the New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission, in consultation with the New Jersey Department of Education and is a free r...
Italian Conductor Speranza Scappucci Debuts in Los Angeles
The dynamic and talented Speranza Scappucci was in Los Angeles preparing for her West Coast debut as a conductor for the LA Opera production of La bohème recently. She brings to that production her diverse international experience, derived from an impressive lineup of engagements as a pianist, repetiteur, and conductor. She is a graduate o...
When Will We Stand Up and Defend Our Heritage!
Will we ever have enough Italian Americans that will stand up and defend our heritage and culture from continued negative portrayals? Will we ever have enough Italian Americans that can make a difference in putting an end to the endless degradation, ridicule and defamation perpetuated by the media, the entertainment and advertising industr...
After 27 years of Memphis Italian Festival, the gravy still stands alone
Come Thursday, East Memphis will host its own version of Smoke on the River. Call it Pasta in the Park, Gravy in the Grove or, officially, Memphis Italian Festival. As they've done since 1989, folks will gather to show off their heritage through their food, and some fun will be had along the way. They'll compete in homemade wine. They...
Tavola hosts Italian chef
There are two chefs working side-by-side at Belmont restaurant Tavola this week. One of them is Vivetta Cintelli, who is here on a chef exchange from Charlottesville's Italian sister city, Poggio a Caiano. Through translator Caterina Martane, Cintelli said she's excited to be in America. "It's a new experience in a totally different k...
Versace 19.69 will open first Midwest store at Mall of America
by Jim Hammerand A Versace brand plans to open its third U.S. location and the first in the Midwest at Mall of America late this fall. Versace 19.69 Abbigliamento Sportivo Srl will be on the first floor of the Bloomington megamall's west side. Founded by Alessandro Versace in 2001, the Italian-made brand sells women's ready-to-we...