People of Influence: Joe D'Alessandro
When Joe D'Alessandro was appointed state attorney for the 20th Judicial Circuit, the largest in Florida, at 30, he was the youngest person ever to hold that position. After his appointment in 1969, D'Alessandro was elected to that office for eight consecutive terms, becoming one of the best-known attorneys in Southwest Florida. Born and r...
Author Joseph Di Prisco takes the 'Subway to California'
People struggling to find their place in the world often search for answers in a psychiatrist's office, in love affairs, religion, illegal drugs, gambling, social activism, academia, work and vicariously, through their children. Joseph Di Prisco visited all those places, and then, coming up short, found himself by writing a memoir. ...
Online gli atti della X Conferenza dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo di Houston
Sono disponibili online gli atti della X Conferenza dei Ricercatori Italiani nel Mondo, svolta il 6 dicembre a Houston. Promossa, da 10 anni a questa parte, dal Comites, guidato da Vincenzo Arcobelli, in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale d'Italia, la conferenza è ormai divenuto un appuntamento importante per la comunità dei ricercat...
The Way To American Travelers' Heart is Through Their Stomach: Tourists Are Increasingly Choosing Their Destination Based on Culinary Activities
With food and wine activities becoming more and more popular among travelers, Select Italy (http://selectitaly.com), the web-based boutique travel company, presents its portfolio of food, wine, and cooking classes, showcasing its new services for 2015. According to a research study by the World Food Travel Association (WFTA), 30% of Americ...
Una piattaforma online per esportare i «Maestri» del Made in Italy nel Nord America
di Marta Casadei Promuovere l'arredamento made in Italy nel Nord America supportando su scala internazionale le aziende che lavorano in questo comparto. Il portale I Maestri, una vetrina su nomi più o meno noti del design nostrano è nato proprio con questo intento, complice la Rete. A fondarlo è stato un manager italiano con una p...
The American story
By Joseph Sabino Mistick This past Tuesday, 50 or so Pittsburgh Italians gathered with family and friends in a basement Mexican restaurant in Pittsburgh's Strip District to view the premiere broadcast of "The Italian Americans," a two-part PBS special recounting the travails and triumphs of the Italian diaspora. Two WQED personalities were there...
This Sunday at OHA, New York Council For the Humanities' Speaker Salvatore Primeggia on Italian Immigration History
By Onondaga Historical Association In collaboration with the New York Council for the Humanities, Onondaga Historical Association (OHA) presents the lecture Tracing Italian Immigrant History to the Italian American Present by Salvatore Primeggia on February 15th at 2:00 P.M. This lecture is free and open to the general publ...
DNA test to determine Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa real identity
by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt Lisa del Giocondo, also known as Lisa Gherardini, was a member of the Florentine Gherardini family back in 1479. Her husband commissioned her portrait to Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance and today many experts believe that that same painting is the Mona Lisa, also known as "La Gioconda". ...
Effort to renovate Santa Lucia Hall in Little Italy restores more than a building
A task to banish a resident raccoon and unplug a gutter has "snowballed" into an interior makeover of a 125-year-old former firehouse in Omaha's Little Italy neighborhood. But that's just the beginning. Owners of the narrow two-story structure — which has long been the Santa Lucia Hall — now want to launch a major capital campai...
Verdi's La Traviata in Wilmington
April 12, 2015 - Sunday 2:00 PMPadua Academy - 905 North Broom Street - Wilmington, Delaware 19806 Delphi Opera presents its production of Verdi's timeless classic masterpiece La Traviata, sponsored by the Wilmington Friends of Italian Culture. This production marks the grand finale of the Friends of Italian Culture's season of mont...
Gentile, Donovan get endorsements in race for Congress
The Republican and Democratic candidates for the special election on May 5 each garnered additional endorsements recently in their bid for the empty seat formerly held by Michael Grimm. Councilman Vincent Gentile received the endorsement of the Italian American Democratic Leadership Council. "Vinnie Gentile epitomizes all the values...
Italy During and After the 2008-9 Crisis. Is it Over? And What are its Country Specific and Euro-area Causes and Impact
Monday, May 4 | 4:00 - 6:15 | De Gunzburg Center For European Studies Harvard University | Cabot Room, Busch Hall | 27 Kirkland Street, CambridgeItaly During and After the 2008-9 Crisis. Is it Over? And What are its Country Specific and Euro-area Causes and Impact - Carlo Cottarelli (Imf) With Comments By Alberto Alesina (Harvard) Italy During and...