Alabama aviation company to bring Italian helicopter to the US
A new memorandum of understanding will bring Italian manufacturer Finmeccanica's AW009 helicopter to the U.S. for the first time, AAL USA announced today. AAL USA, which operates a 62,000-square-foot hangar at Huntsville International Airport, will help lead the process of getting the aircraft authorized by the Federal Aviation Administrat...
Voli low cost da Roma per gli USA dal 2017 con Norwegian Airlines
Sempre più insistenti le notizie sui primi voli low cost dall'Europa agli USA, che ancora una volta vedono protagonista la compagnia aerea scandinava Norwegian Airlines. Questa volta il particolare che si aggiunge, è che i voli low cost destinati agli USA partiranno anche da Roma Fiumicino. Infatti la Nowegian comunica che: "Stiamo lavoran...
My favorite car from the New York Auto Show is an underestimated Italian convertible
They're calling it the "Fiata" — a slight at its Mazda Miata underpinnings. But it might be so much more. The little Fiat 124 Spider and the sportier Abarth versionwere hidden away in a corner of the New York Auto Show past a replica of the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and a selection from Toyota's soon-to-be-defunct Scion brand. But...
Italian Carabinieri Band at the Lincoln Memorial – Photo and video opportunity
On Sunday April 17, 2016 from 11:30AM to 12:30PM 90 musicians in uniform from the famous Italian Carabinieri Band – one of the greatest military orchestras in the world, founded in 1820 – will play at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, for the pleasure of passersby. All media are welcome to cover and film this unique surprise event...
Germana Giordano (Italian criminal defense lawyer in New York)
Movies and TV series on trials and legal issues have long helped Italians learn about the criminal justice system in the United States. New York has only one Italian criminal defense lawyer. She is a brilliant, young woman from Bari who helps Italian and American citizens who are struggling with the intricacies of American law. Her name is Germana...
FESTA ITALIANA of Frederick 2016
Dear Italians and Friends, Italians in DC is happy to be a sponsor and to invite you at the 4th Annual Festa Italiana of Frederick. Saturday June 11th. 11am - 7:30pm. Rose Hill Manor Park. 1611 North Market St. Frederick, MD 21701 FESTA ITALIANA of Frederick is the product of the vision and hard work of a ded...
Celebrate Italy all month long
Santa Fe is jam-packed with entertaining activities all summer long. This year, a touch of Italy is being added to the menu, with this week's CineFesta Italia, a celebration of the film (and food) of Italy, as well as a monthlong cultural celebration. Santa Fean Lisa Contarino, executive director of the festival, explains that there's a connection...
Lingua italiana in America: dopo i senatori, la parola a tre prof
Il 3 giugno, al Consolato d'Italia a New York, si è tenuto un incontro con una delegazione di senatori arrivati da Roma nell'ambito di una "indagine conoscitiva" sulla promozione della lingua e cultura italiana nel Nord America. Accolti dal Console Generale Francesco Genuardi, con il senatore e capo delegazione Claudio Micheloni, President...
NoLIta: Mixing Hip and Historic
by Aileen Jacobson When Renée Green bought her two-bedroom apartment at Prince and Elizabeth Streets in 1985, her friends and her brother warned her about living in what they called a slum. She didn't see the area that way. "Something drew me to it," said Ms. Green, a retired township clerk and town council member in Livingston, N.J., who...
Serving up family fun, Italian food
The Festa Italiana event in Mokena caused a sensation three years ago when it was first introduced as a celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Nearly 1,000 people attended the fun-filled day of prayer, entertainment and authentic Italian food. The event grew even more in popularity last year when 1,400 people attended. ...
Sister Blandina gets her own television show
By Justin Horwath She talked an angry mob in Trinidad, Colo., out of lynching a man implicated in a shooting. She co-founded schools and hospitals in the rough-and-tumble territory of New Mexico. A 1966 episode of CBS' TV series Death Valley Days referred to her as the "fastest nun in the West." Now the life of Blandina Segale, better kno...
I hit the ancestral research jackpot in Italy. Here’s my story…
As I sat in the small Fiat, next to a distant cousin from my paternal grandmother's family line, there were about 10 different feelings running through me. Among them were excitement, nervousness, anxiety, and disbelief. I am currently in the midst of an extended trip through Italy with my family of five to discover the land where my famil...