An Interview at the San Francisco Italian International School
As a member of the BAIA board I felt that I should visit the new campus of the Italian International School at 735 Fell Street in San Francisco, CA. After all, BAIA represents and serves Italian entrepreneurs, executives and professionals working in the Bay Area. Many of them have young kids or are thinking about starting a family. Last Th...
Un italiano in un match di football americano: seconde possibilità e seconde volte
di Paolo Battaglia Nel 1985 a Stockton, Missouri, un mio calcio era stato determinante in una partita di football americano della squadra della scuola dove ero foreign exchange student. Nel 2014 decido per una deviazione del nostro Italian American Country tour per tornare a vedere la scuola e assitere a una match contro la stessa squadra...
What to Do in Milan
If it's been a few years since you last visited Milan (our top choice for 52 Places to Go in 2015), you're in for a pleasant shock. Yes, the preparations for the World Expo being held here this year (May through October) turned large swaths of the city into construction zones, many of which are still in progress. But alongside these urban...
What's up with WTI: Editorial # 52
WTI Magazine #52 2015 January, 23Author : Umberto Mucci Translation by: In these very days, a new video about Italy has been published by the Italian Minister for Economic Development. It is called "Italy the Extraordinary Commonplace", and it makes us very proud of being Italians: it shows Italy beyond the stereotypes.
De Blasio to speak at Italian film premiere
Last summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio paid homage his Italian roots with a nine-day family vacation to his ancestral homeland that garnered widespread media attention. This month, he's making a much shorter journey to the New York University Kimmel Center in Manhattan to honor his maternal heritage. Read more Source: htt...
UVA Installs New Capitals on Rotunda
The University of Virginia is installing new capitals on its historic Rotunda. The column-toppers are part of the $50-million restoration of the centerpiece of Mr. Jefferson's university. Crews plan to lift the first of the 6,800 pound Carrara marble toppers into place Monday. Italian craftsmen created the 16 new capitals based on Thomas Jeffe...
CIACO Friday Night Fights
Join the Chicagoland Italian American Charitable Organization on February 27th as they host the 3rd Friday Night Fights at the Medinah Shriners Hall found at 550 N. Shriners Dr. (off Swift and Army trail Rd.). Doors will open at 6 pm. The card begins around 7 pm. Food and beverages will be available for sale. Tickets are available starting...
New director for Villa I Tatti
Provost Alan M. Garber announced today that Harvard art and architecture history professor Alina Payne will become director of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti in Florence, Italy. She will take up her new role this summer. Payne succeeds Lino Pertile, the Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romanc...
National Italian American Foundation New York Gala- April 8 at Cipriani 42nd Street. Actor/Playwright Chazz Palminteri to emcee evening
The National Italian American Foundation's annual New York Gala will honor WABC Channel 7's Lisa Colagrossi, Emmy Award-winning journalist and reporter; and Ken Rosato, anchor at Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon; Janet DiFiore, Westchester County District attorney; Edward A. Riguardi, a former commercial real estate executiv...
GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI OPENS IN DALLAS
Giuseppe Zanotti opened his seventh U.S. store in Dallas, and is scheduled to debut late this month in San Juan, Puerto Rico, followed by market entries to Houston this fall and Waikiki, Hawaii, early next year. ON THE SUNNY SIDES: Giuseppe Zanotti sees gold in both the Texas prairie and far-flung American islands. The Italian shoe designer opened...
Fourth annual language and culture workshop
May 29th, 2015 - IONA COLLEGE, New Rochelle, NY Teaching Critical Thinking and Cultural Diversity in the Foreign Language Classroom. In collaboration with IACE The perception of a lack of understanding of cultural diversity in the American learning community leads instructors to challenge assumptions and stereotypes while addressing...
UNICO to sponsor Brian Piccolo Award Ceremony May 3 in Rehoboth
UNICO, Delaware District 1, will sponsor the Second Annual Brian Piccolo Award Ceremony at 5 p.m., Sunday, May 3, at Nicola Pizza on the Avenue in Rehoboth Beach. This award, established in 1977, is given to a local senior athlete of Italian-American heritage who exhibits the character traits modeled by the legendary football star of the Chicago Be...