Sights & Sounds of Carnevale in Italy
A DVD Presentation by Anita Sanseverino, Joe Zarba & Lou Barrella This DVD presentation will include festive music, photographs and live video from a variety of Carnevale celebrations in Italy. Come experience the 474th anniversary of where it all started in Tuscany, the fabulous masks and balls of Venice, the street festival in V...
Ladri di barattoli alla Columbia University, nasce lo scandalo Nutella
Ladri di Nutella alla Columbia University. La notizia potrebbe far sorridere in Italia, ma è stata presa molto seriamente negli Stati Uniti, tanto da meritare la home page del sito del New York Times. Tutto è cominciato un mese fa, quando una delle mense del campus newyorkese, la Ferris Booth Commons - che serve tra i 2.400 e i 3.000 studenti al g...
Seattle and Perugia Celebrate 20 Years of Sisterhood
The 20th anniversary of sisterhood between Perugia and Seattle occurs this year during the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US. Twenty years ago, Mayor Mario Valentini of Perugia signed the sisterhood pact in Seattle with then Mayor Norman Rice. In celebration of the anniversary, a delegation from Seattle will visit Perugia this summer. Lucky fo...
Matteo Garrone - The Dark Side of Italian Cinema
After the success of Matteo Garrone's last film, Reality, Santa Barbara dedicates 3 nights to one of the most controversial yet admired Italian directors, with a retrospective organized by UCSB Professor Anna Brusutti and co-sponsored by the Carsey-Wolf Center and the Film and Media Studies department. After graduating from art school, Matteo Garr...
The Michelangelo Exhibition Debuts in North America at Denver Pavilions
The Michelangelo Exhibition is currently open at Denver Pavilions located in Downtown Denver. The museum-quality exhibition will be held at the location next to H&M, the same location that formerly housed the DaVinci Machines Exhibition. This is the first time the exhibit has ever been shown in North America. The Michelangelo Exhibition, on lo...
Between Mozia and Lilibeo, Landscapes and Monuments of Sicily
Tuesday, June 04, 2013 - Saturday, June 15, 2013Photographs by Giuseppe LeoneThe exhibit describes the culture and identities of Sicily and in particular of the historic-archeological-naturalistic district of Marsala, from where the Statue of a Youth (the Mozia Charioteer) currently on view at the Getty Villa, comes from. Born in Ragusa where he li...
Cypress “Cipresso” integrates Italian style with southeast Texas flavor
by Connor Hyde Located at the corner of Louetta Road and separated by noisy traffic and developing shopping strips, a quaint lunch bistro adapts to the diversity of Houston by offering a blend of home style Italian entrees tangled with southeast Texas spice.Native Houstonian John Gentempo opened Cipresso Restaurant and Grille, at 11910 Louetta Roa...
The Loggia—Italian Inspiration, American Innovation by Four Seasons Sunrooms
Four Seasons Sunrooms and Windows has been bringing North America sunrooms for nearly forty years, and is always at the forefront of major developments in technology and design. Nothing will stand in their way as they bring a new elegant twist on a cross between a traditional sunroom and room addition. The Loggia is Four Seasons' latest addition to...
GRIAA looking to share stories of local Italian immigrants
The Greater Rockford Italian American Association celebrates local Italian heritage through things like Festa Italiana and the Amici Italiana dance troupe, but now the group wants to celebrate the history of local Italian families. The group is asking all Italian-Americans in the Rockford are to take part in the Immigration Histories of Rockford's...
Paese Mio Bello: An Exploration of Early Italian-American Music Todd Cambio, Fraulini Guitar Company
In the early twentieth century, U.S. recording companies began producing records of music from the traditions of various recent immigrant groups. These recordings included folk music, topical songs rendered by popular singers, as well as instrumental pieces and audio from live theater performances. Paese Mio Bello is a collection of these early 78-...
Italian Club offers language classes for adults, kids
The Italian American Club of Livonia will offer Italian language classes for adults and children starting in September. Registration takes place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. Beginning, intermediate and advanced Italian classes for adults start Tuesday, Sept. 19. Classes meet from 6:30-8 p.m. and from 8-9:30 p.m. Tuition is $75 for 12 class...
The Academy Welcomes Peter Benson Miller as the New Andrew Heiskell Arts Director
Peter Benson Miller began his three-year tenure as the Andrew Heiskell Arts Director on 1 August. We asked him about his career as an art historian and curator in New York, Paris, and Rome. You moved to Rome in 2009 from Paris after a period at the Musée d'Orsay. What prompted your move?Several factors led to my return to Rome in 2009, spu...