Italy consolidates its leadership among food exporters
by Micaela Cappellini Italy is the largest exporter of food in the world, and in 2014, it grew faster than the world's average: +3.24% against +1.96%. Yet, if we look at individual item categories, the Italian supremacy often wanes. In other words, we are the best in the total, but there is (almost) always someone who does better in individual pro...
Iorio’s Gelato Invites East Lansing to Celebrate Grand Opening on November 10
In August it was announced that Iorio's Gelato will be opening up at the new Trowbridge Lofts, and now they're happy to announce they'll be opening to share their artisan Italian gelato and coffee drinks next week, starting with a ribbon cutting grand opening celebration at 9 am on Tuesday, November 10. Iorio's (pronounced "ee-or-ee-oes")...
Italian culture and history: Shopping in Rome, The Streets to Know
WTI Magazine #72 2015 November 13Author : italia.it Translation by: Rome is certainly one of the focal cities of Italian shopping tourism. Travelers love taking advantage of its innumerable shops and boutiques in between discoveries of magnificent monuments and cultural experiences. One of the Eternal City's most lusted-after areas i...
Dragotec: Family business from Italy to Fenton, Iowa
by Jean Caspers-Simmet Dennis Bollig, Dragotec USA president, reflected on the history of the business he and his wife, Darlene, grew on their farm. The Bolligs introduced the Drago GT corn head to the news media Nov. 10 at their rural Fenton location at the same time Olimac, the Italian company that manufactures the corn head, introduced it...
Art & Artists of the Renaissance: Botticelli
December 11. 6:30 pm — 8:30 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square - Tuckahoe, NY Members $15, Non-Members $25 Sandro Botticelli, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, responsible for creating the indelible images of "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera", was also an excellent portraitist and artis...
Three CT Seafoodies Share Their Feast Of The Seven Fishes Traditions
by A. Talbot Despite all the hullabaloo surrounding Christmas, for many Italian Americans, one of the most exciting meals of the year happens the night before: the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. No one entirely knows how the tradition started, but a few details are widely understood. For starters, Christmas Eve is techni...
Salem Philharmonic Orchestra to present Carla Maniscalco-Giovinco
The Salem Philharmonic Orchestra will begin its 2016 season a performance from soprano Carla Maniscalco-Giovinco and the Salem High School Orchestra at 3 p.m. Jan. 10 at Salem High School, 77 Wilson St. Maniscalco-Giovinco will perform a selection of opera arias by Puccini, Massenet and others. Maniscalco-Giovinco, an Italian-American soprano...
Italy’s Trade Czar Appeals to Silicon Valley Investors
The Italian Government will establish a desk to promote direct investment from the US to Italy in San Francisco, at the Italian Consulate. A professional with a hands-on experience of the Silicon Valley will be selected in the coming months to strengthen the network of business relationships and accelerate the flow of information and capital to Ita...
A Caravaggesque masterpiece with a long Italian history goes on the block (again) in New York
by Morina Mojana When in 1989 I issued the first monograph (to this day the only one) on Valentin de Boulogne (1594-1632) -- the French Caravaggesque painter who was one of the best followers of the Italian master's style -- his painting "Christ mocked and crowned with thorns" had been acquired by art dealer Giacomo Algranti and was part o...
Directors’ Nomination Process in the U.S. and Italy
February 12 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm. The Harvard Italian Law Association is pleased to invite you to this spectacular event focused on a key issue of corporate law. We are going to host a fantastic speaker, Prof. Marco Ventoruzzo (Penn State and Bocconi University) who will talk about the process to appoint the board of directors at both Ita...
CICIS Annual conference
Date: Friday, February 26, 2016 - Saturday, February 27, 2016 Hours: http://cicis2016.weebly.com/ Venue: UCSB Organized by: CICIS In collaboration with: IIC To register visit the following site http://cicis2016.weebly.com/ The California Interdisciplinary Consortium of Italian Studies was established in 2002 to bring together faculty, student...
Parmesan Pete's Launches Little Pete’s Italian Food Truc
Parmesan Pete's, an award-winning Italian restaurant created by chef and owner Peter Della Rocca, is now serving up a little bite of Brooklyn—on the go—with the launch of Little Pete's Italian food truck. Little Pete's offers up four generations of Brooklyn-style cooking, including traditional sandwiches; meatball and chicken Parmesan; sau...