‘Broadway Holiday’ show to feature seasonal, Italian favorites
Remember those wonderful Christmas specials that would feature popular crooners — folks such as Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Andy Williams? "Will & Anthony's Broadway Holiday" show on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Stamford will be "reminiscent of the classic Christmas specials ... (done) with a contemporary flair (that) celebrates the joys of life,...
'Chefs' Table Series' to air on local TV stations
The "Chefs' Table Series" is aired weekly on local access TV stations. Airing the week of Dec. 12:Executive chef Victor Paone of Bon Appetit Management demonstrates to a live audience at the Sons of Italy Hall in Roslindale how to make four of the seven fish dishes in part 1 of Feast of the Seven Fishes. Feast of the Seven Fishes is a traditio...
Review: A Bronx Tale: A New Musical
By Alicia Kort The tale of this young boy's life in the Bronx has been presented in many forms: An autobiographical one-man show, a critically-acclaimed 1993 film and now, a Broadway musical. Although this musical isn't particularly groundbreaking, it's fun, which sometimes Broadway musicals just need to be. Aptly promoted as a mix betwee...
Italy's December manufacturing PMI rises to six-month high
Italian manufacturing activity grew in December at its fastest rate since June, a survey showed on Monday, signaling an acceleration in economic growth at the end of the year. The Markit/ADACI Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 53.2 in December from 52.2 in November, above the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction. The P...
Maestro Stefano Miceli celebrated at Harvard Club and Italian Academy Foundation during NY tour
Maestro Stefano Miceli, one of Italy's and the musical world's leading conductors and pianists presented his latest initiative "The Art of the Italian Sonata" during a four day whirl wind tour of New York, under the auspices of the Harvard Club of New York and the Italian Academy Foundation, Inc.Maestro Miceli, who is best known as a conductor and...
Armani si trasferisce lungo l’High Line
NEW YORK- Complimenti vivissimi a Giorgio Armani, che si è assicurato una bellissima vista sull'High Line. Il maestro della moda, l'unico italiano che ha venduto cashemere al mondo intero, indossando sempre e solo una maglia nera, ha infatti preso in affitto uno degli edifici più prestigiosi lungo l'High Line.
Annuncio della visita del Presidente Napolitano negli Stati Uniti
Il Presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano ha accolto con vivo apprezzamento l'invito del Presidente degli Stati Uniti Barack Obama a rendere una visita di commiato a Washington alla vigilia della conclusione del suo mandato. Il Capo dello Stato esprime la certezza che l'incontro del 15 febbraio concorrerà a rafforzare ulteriormente i rappor...
Italy Invests in the US: Italy’s SIPA SpA Upgrades Location to Amplify It’s NA Sales and Support
Italy's SIPA SpA via its SIPA North America, Inc. subsidiary is extending its North American operations in Atlanta, GA, as they continue to invest in the North American market. To support the rapidly increasing market demand for blow- and injection-molds from SIPA, the North American subsidiary decided to move to a new location, that covers 20,000...
Italian classes gaining in popularity at some South Jersey high schools
Students in Lisa Adair's second-year Italian class at Hammonton High School were discussing "Spugna Bob con Pantaloni Quadrati" last week. They were writing about the adventures of cartoon character Sponge Bob Square Pants, using the past tense of verbs. Adair started the class with a music video by Italian singer Antonella Lo Coco called "Cuore S...
Vino: Coldiretti "Marsala Usa e Barbera romeno, danni da 200 mln"
Dalle scatole 'magiche' per produrre in pochi giorni imitazioni del Chianti al Kressecco tedesco, al Barbera romeno, ai concentrati di Sambuca, Amaretto e Anisetta: il settore dei vini e dei liquori italiani taroccati sottrae almeno 200 milioni di euro all'anno alla produzione nazionale.E' quanto stima la Coldiretti che ha allestito al Vinitaly "L'...
Boys’ & Girls’ Towns of Italy 68th Annual Spring Ball Raises over $600,000
Boys' & Girls' Towns of Italy a non-profit that empowers war refugee, migrant, and at-risk youth living on the streets of Italy, is thrilled to announce that it raised over $600,000 at its 68th Annual Spring Ball on Thursday, April 11th, 2013 at The Pierre Hotel. The funds will be used for BGTI's innovative youth development program where young...
$50 veal parm and why Carbone is New York's hottest restaurant right now
An actual person answers the phone at Carbone and tells you that they book tables 30 days out. The person is even affable. This is notable because Carbone, on the premises of an old Italian-American joint named Rocco's in Greenwich Village, is easily the hottest restaurant of the moment in New York and getting a reservation is only slightly less di...