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Le autorita' statunitensi hanno lanciato la "Request for Proposals" per l'individuazione di un partner privato che possa essere incaricato della raccolta dei fondi privati necessari alla realizzazione del padiglione statunitense ad Expo Milano 2015.   Il bando e' pubblico e puo' essere consultato all'indirizzo www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-0...

A seven-decades-old Bensonhurst tradition has again been sustained at the 11th hour. The organizers of the Festa di Santa Rosalia, a 10-day street festival and celebration of Italian edibles — have resolved a series of glitches involving street-closure permits and tax documents that had to be filed with the city, enabling them to carry on the feas...

By Kevin Cole Plaudits came easily Sunday for the food, drink and fun at the 29th annual La Festa Italiana. This was the third and probably final year the festival was at the National Guard Center near 116th Street and Rainwood Road.   "Next year, if we're ready, we will be at our permanent home at 132nd and Fort," said Dr. Ted Bolamperti,...

A seguito del grande successo di pubblico e per consentire agli studenti di poter visitare un'esposizione interessante e coinvolgente, la mostra Partono i Bastimenti, allestita a Palazzo Arnone in Cosenza, sede della Soprintendenza per i Beni Storici, Artistici ed Etnoantropologici della Calabria e della Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza, prolungherà l...

Chicago's Lincoln Park is one of the priciest neighborhoods in the city. But it's also home to a sacred place honoring a champion of the poor. The shrine and chapel dedicated to Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini had been shuttered for a decade, and there were concerns that it might never reopen. But it has. The site was rededicated on Sunday with a mas...

By Alana Melanson Five generations of Ann Pacetti's family have been involved with the Cristoforo Colombo Regina Elena Lodge No. 169, Order Sons of Italy in America, beginning with her grandmother and continuing today with numerous grandchildren.   Pacetti, 91, who currently serves as treasurer, has been a part of the Fitchburg lodge for at...

Often with cars like the Volkswagen Beetle or Fiat 500, the curse of cuteness can be totally reversed by adding slick wheels, applying a few decals, and slamming the sucker. You don't even have to touch the engine. Fleets of first-gen Scion xBs roll around Los Angeles in just such a fashion. They might make the same 108 hp as those transporting the...

Italy's Eni has agreed to pay up to $52 million to jointly explore and develop US shale oil acreage in the Delaware Basin with US shale player Quicksilver Resources, the Italian company said Tuesday. Under the deal, Eni will earn a 50% share in 52,500 acres (212 sq km) held by Quicksilver in the Leon Valley area, located in Pecos County some 800 k...

Bloomfield Unico, an Italian-American group, honored elementary school students in the Columbus Day Essay Contest.   Paul Alongi, along with other Unico executive board members, presented the awards on the Bloomfield Green in front of the Christopher Columbus statue. Mayor Raymond McCarthy and Essex County Freeholder Brendan Gill addressed t...

di Stefano Semeraro   Marco Belinelli miglior realizzatore da tre punti della Nba: che effetto le fa?«Non è da tutti, ma non ci penso troppo. Il mio obiettivo è vincere questo benedetto titolo Nba, lo voglio con tutto me stesso. Il resto è bello, anche per il basket italiano, ma non ci do peso».   Compagni e avversari la guardano in m...

Italian exports in the glass sector continue to grow; most recently, thanks to companies in the field of flat glass. According to Eurostat, in the first six months of 2013 Italy captured first place among exporting countries within the EU. It is no secret that approximately 80% of the turnover of Italy's manufacturers of machines and accessories f...

  WTI Magazine #13    2014 Jan, 170Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by:   In the last months of 2013 in Italy there has been a coincidence that maybe is not so random: two very different exhibits with a unique theme, the Wunderkammer.   The Wunderkammer, or "chamber of the wonders", is a room th...