Italian American Culture – The Art of the Italian Crooner
Crooner is an epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs. The singer is normally backed by a full orchestra or big band. Crooning is a style that has its roots in the Bel Canto of Italian opera, but with the emphasis on subtle vocal nuances and phrasing found in jazz as opposed to elaborate drama and acoustic volume...
St. Patrick’s Day may be better known, but Kansas Citians also celebrate St. Joseph’s Day
The tradition of St. Joseph Day altars and tables began centuries ago in Sicily. The Sicilians had been suffering from famine because of the country's poor farming and little if no rainfall. When they could not provide for their families any longer, the Sicilians turned to their faith. They prayed to St. Joseph so they would have a success...
Italian Wine & Food Institute - Negli USA lieve battuta d’arresto dell’export: -3% in gennaio in quantità, controbilanciata da balzo in valore (+9,7%)
Lieve battuta d'arresto per le esportazioni vinicole italiane verso gli Stati Uniti al debutto del 2014, ma la lieve contrazione (-3%) registrata in gennaio è controbilanciata da un consistente aumento del 9,7% in valore. Lo afferma, oggi, l'Italian Wine & Food Institute (Iwfi). L'Italia, nel gennaio 2014, ha esportato 182.240 ettolitr...
Former Pascack Valley resident returns to sign copies of first her cookbook
by Lianna Fabrizio Joyous occasions around the dinner table served with authentic Italian dishes - recipes for which were passed down three generations - are what Elisa Pignato holds close to her heart. After a lifetime of cooking traditional Italian dishes like spaghetti with white clam sauce, chicken cacciatore, and pasta fagioli by memo...
Great International Songbook
By Cristina Fontanelli Join us on Friday May 9 at Baruch College* in NYC for the 1st-annual "Great International Songbook", plus wine reception! Listen to the world's great songs (in 8 languages!) and to our guest musicians who will bring the "musical flavor" of many countries. If you love your country, let us know and we will do our best...
Italian Film Fest to host “La Grande Bellezza”
The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival will host "La Grande Bellezza," an evening of film, food and fun on Thursday, May 8 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the School of Science and Mathematics, 202 Calhoun St. at the College of Charleston. The event will feature Italian club music, delectable "apertivo," including prosecco cocktails, and a number...
Benno Geiger Poetry Translation Prize worth 5,000 euros in prize money
Acting in accordance with Elsa Geiger Ariè's bequest commemorating her father, the Giorgio Cini Foundation has announced the "Premio letterario Benno Geiger per la traduzione poetica" (The Benno Geiger Poetry Translation Prize), to be awarded for an Italian translation of a work of poetry from an ancient, medieval or modern Western language publish...
Italianissimo! Gala Event Draws Supporters for Future Italian Cultural Center
Boston was awash in green, white and red on May 31, when the third italianissimo! gala organized by the Friends of the Italian Cultural Center was held. Set in the Burnham Building downtown, the event attracted hundreds of members of the community and beyond in a sign of support for establishing a new Italian cultural center in the city. "It is a...
Lamborghini Owners National Meet
In coordination with Mid-Atlantic Lambos and the Lamborghini Owners Club we are again pleased to host the Lamborghini Owners National Meet at Le Belle Macchine - Pocono. The latest examples of Sant' Agata's finest will be on display at the Concorso d'Eleganza on June 21.
Sustainability in the Italian ceramic industry
The Italian ceramic industry has a long tradition of excellence, especially in the area of Emilia Romagna, in particular in the town of Sassuolo. In the 1970s, because of the high concentration of industries in this pole, the need arose for a more careful approach towards the environment. As a consequence, the Italian ceramic industry enga...
Solon Italian Club to participate in Home Days parade, prepare for golf outing fundraiser: Solon Snapshot
On Saturday, July 26, the Solon Italian Club will once again participate in the Solon Home Days parade, which will be held at a different time than previous celebrations, when the parade took place on Sunday afternoon. Club members and their families are invited to join in on the float in this year's parade, and should be prepared to assem...
Poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan honored in her parents' hometown of San Mauro.
Maria Mazziotti Gillan, award-winning poet and Paterson, NJ, native, was honored on June 29 by the Cultural Ministery of San Mauro, Cilento, Italy, province of Salerno, the region her parents came from before they emigrated to America in 1936. Gillan was presented with a book of her poems about the town of San Mauro called, In a Place of Flowers a...