Al via le candidature per l'elezione del governatore, Andrew Cuomo favorito contro 2 incerti repubblicani
di Riccardo Chioni Prove elettorali per la corsa alla poltrona di Albany con il governatore democratico Andrew Cuomo che corteggia i repubblicani per la sua rielezione e due probabili candidati repubblicani che vorrebbero sfrattarlo: l'illustre sconosciuto county executive di Westchester Rob Pastorino e il miliardario Donald Trump che al m...
La Scuola Hosts 400 at the Palace of Fine Arts in Recognition of their Remarkable Success
di Mauro Battocchi La Scuola Internazionale di San Francisco, the Bay's premier pre-K though 8th grade international Italian school, held a smashing fundraiser this past Saturday evening called "La Dolce Vita" at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Over 400 people attended in the big hall to show their support and enthusiasm for La S...
Italian-American pols offer college scholarships
By Paula Katinas College-bound high school students are being urged by Brooklyn state legislators to apply for college scholarships being offered by a group of lawmakers. The New York State Conference of Italian-American Legislators is accepting applications for four $2,000 scholarships to be awarded at the group's Legislative Con...
The Myth of the Great War: An International Conference
An international interdisciplinary conference on "The Myth of the Great War - World War I: Myth and Reality" will be hosted in Philadelphia by the Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, April 24-25, 2014, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. The conference is organized by Fabio Finotti, Christine Pogg...
Scoperto quartiere fenicio-punico sull'isola di Mozia
Un complesso sistema di strade, mura, pavimenti, abitazioni, strutture rettilinee e curvilinee di un antico quartiere nascosto sotto i vigneti, è stato localizzato nell'Isola di Mozia, di fronte a Trapani. A metterne in risalto l'immagine, grazie a magnetometri e georadar, un gruppo di ricercatori dell'Istituto nazionale di geofisica e vul...
Italian Festival hands out honors
The Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival is about many things - food, family and fireworks certainly among them - but it's also about giving young people a leg up for their future. Though preparation for the three-day extravaganza set for July 27-29 at Wheeling's Heritage Port is well under way, event organizers paused Monday for a...
A teatro da Napoli a New Orleans, passando per Little Italy. Nasce il sodalizio tra Italytheatre e Italian American Museum
di Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Da sempre Little Italy a Manhattan è stata teatro dell'Italietta folcloristica. Ma a Little Italy c'è anche chi ha intenzione di svecchiare l'immagine degli italo-americani attraverso la cultura. Il museo Italo-Americano propone un ritratto dell'immigrato Italiano sbarcato in America che non ha nulla a che vedere...
TTIP - Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership - IV convegno annuale di Ego
Mercoledì 18 giugno l'Associazione Ego, con il patrocinio dell'American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, dedica il suo IV evento annuale al TTIP - Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership. Il convegno si svolgerà mercoledì 18 giugno dalle ore 10.00, presso l'Aula dei Gruppi Parlamentari della Camera dei Deputati (Via di Campo Marzio 74, obb...
Solon Italian Club awards scholarships, plans Italian Heritage Night: Solon Snapshot
The Solon Italian Club has been staying busy this summer, awarding scholarships to local students at the Installation and Awards Dinner on Wednesday, June 25, and planning Italian Heritage Night with the Lake County Captains, scheduled for Friday, July 11 at Classic Park in Eastlake. In early April, the Solon Italian Club Scholarship Commi...
Italian wine: Wines of the Alto Adige wine region
WTI Magazine #39 2014 July, 16Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin Translation by: It's getting to be that time of year where the weather is warming up and days out in the sun and I don't know about you, but I typically drink mostly whites once warm weather hits, including rose', which I will cover soon in another blog.enjoying time outs...
Gov. Cuomo responds to Moreland Commission criticism
Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended the work of an anti-corruption commission Monday — saying the fact that the now-defunct panel ultimately disregarded the advice of his office is proof of its independence. It's an argument that GOP gubernatorial candidate and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino later called "gobbledygook," while likening th...
Patchogue Italian Festival of St. Liberata
Please join the Greater Patchogue Foundation, Inc. Cultural Heritage Committee and spend the day in Patchogue along Main Street. Fun for the entire family and plenty of activities for the children!! Indoor/Outdoor dining - Karaoke - Bocce ball tournaments ...and much more! Congratulazioni to Jim Romeo, Italian-Amer...