Without Papers, an exhibition by Jim Dessicino at the Harold J. Mossi Gallery at Cuesta College San Luis Obispo, CA October-November 2017
by Jim Dessicino What does it mean to adopt a new homeland, language and way of life? What kind of conditions make someone abandon their country, moving sometimes across oceans without prospects, without papers? What land will that immigrant's children and grandchildren feel to be their own? These are questions that "Without Papers" seeks to answe...
Visiting Lecturer of Italian at Indiana University
Visiting Lecturer of Italian. Department of French & Italian. Indiana University - Bloomington. One semester, non-tenure track position beginning January 2017, with the possibility of renewal. Duties are to teach elementary and intermediate Italian language and culture courses. ABD or PhD, excellence in teaching, and nat...
Sonoma Christmas, Italian style
I had the great fortune to marry into a wonderful Italian family from Genoa, Italy. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year in Italy when cities sparkle and all Italians anticipate the wonderful foods to come. The festivities last from Saturday, Dec. 24 through Friday, Jan. 6 with families all gathering and reuniting from all...
Blauvelt Sons of Italy to Host Beefsteak Dinner and Comedy Show
By Jamie Wilkins From GMG Public Relations, Inc.: New York City's Beefsteak Dinners started in the late 1800s and they were traditionally all-male gatherings held in rustic taverns or dingy cellars where, sitting on crates or stools, the men would tell stories, sing, eat steaks, and drink beer or ale with abandon. Etiquette was out the window, the...
Sleep like royalty at Italy's castles-turned-hotels
Castello Bevilacqua: This restored 14th-century castle, which was originally created as a fortress by the Bevilacqua family, is designed to impress visitors before they even arrive at the main entrance. Guests enter through a long drive that's flanked with pine trees, and pass through an enclosed passageway first. Once on the grounds, this...
Alessandra Belloni alla Festa di San Gennaro di Los Angeles
Dal 27 al 30 settembre la XI edizione della Festa of San Gennaro offrirà ancora una volta tre giorni di intrattenimento per i cittadini di Los Angeles e per la comunità italiana lì residente. Il Festival folkloristico dedicato al Santo partenopeo, che sarà presentato da Jimmy Kimmel e Adam Carolla, è organizzato dalla San Gennaro Foundation di Los...
Il presidente dell'Ice Riccardo Monti invita gli investitori americani a guardare all'Italia
di Riccardo Chioni Un appuntamento atteso quello di ieri nella sede dell'Ice nella Upper East Side per l'incontro con investitori e media che ha avuto come slogan "Finding Value in Italy", voluto dal neo presidente dell'Italian Trade Agency, Riccardo Monti nella duplice veste di consigliere economico del ministro Passera. Il direttore...
Pino Daniele Concert-NYC
Legendary Naples-born Italian vocalist, composer and musician, known worldwide for his fusion of pop, blues, jazz, Italian and Middle eastern music into his own unique brand of world music, is coming to Stage 48 in New York City, June 18 and 19, concert at 8 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.). Tickets: $65. For the first show tickets, visit CLICK...
L’Aquila 3D, Inside the closed city Presentation
After nearly four years of painstaking work, British architect, Barnaby Gunning, assisted by a team of volunteer photographers, 3D modelers and Google engineers, brought the story of the closed city of L'Aquila to Boston, via MIT and FILIPPO Ristorante. L'Aquila, the capital of the Abruzzo region was damaged by a major 6.3 earthquake that struck a...
American air force officer pardoned by Italy
Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force colonel convicted in absentia by Italian courts in the CIA-conducted abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street in a move he hoped would keep American-Italian relations strong, especially on security matters. President Giorgio Napolitano's office said the head of state...
Three Italian Movies to be featured at SF International Film Festival
The upcoming 56th San Francisco International Film Festival will feature a wide selection of diverse and innovative cinema from all over the world to the Bay Area audience. The SFIFF is the longest-running film festival in the Americas. The Festival will run from April 25 to May 9 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, the Castro Theatre and New People C...
Italian Language and Culture Day 2013: "In cerca di... / In Search of...."
The Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey (ITANJ) and the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America at Montclair State University joined forces on March 20th for their annual collaboration, Italian Language and Culture Day, showcasing the hard work and creativity of middle school and high school students of Italian in a competitio...