The Art of Making Coffee the Italian Way
The morning moka: a bleary-eyed ritual involving an aluminum pot (also known as a stovetop percolator or espresso maker), a small mountain of ground coffee, and that gurgling sound that sends people rushing to their kitchen as the coffee begins sputtering and pouring into the top chamber of the pot and sending out wafts of that incomparable, comfor...
Book Presentation: SIENA, City of Secrets
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 - NOVEMBER 17, 2015 - 06:00 PM. Siena: City of Secrets (2015, University of Chicago Press) by Jane Tylus The author in conversation with Millicent Marcus (Yale), Laura Biagi (Vassar College) and Mauro Mussolin (NYU Florence). Jane Tyl...
The Face of Mercy
By Nicolina Villani It was St. Ambrose who said, "Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy." Our beloved Pope Francis, for whom mercy is a central element of his personal and spiritual experience, has declared the upcoming year, "The Year of Mercy". Starting on December 8, 2015 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception), the c...
Gregorio Paltrinieri breaks oldest world record on the books in 1500
by Braden Keith Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri has broken the oldest World Record on FINA's books on Friday at the 2015 European Short Course Championships in Netanya, Israel. Paltrinieri, who is the defending World Champion in the 1500 free in both long course and short course meters, broke a World Record in the latter on Frida...
Italy’s Cividini revives its menswear line with Japan and the USA in mind
"Ten years ago we decided to discontinue our menswear line in order to concentrate on womenswear which was developing more at the time," recounts Piero Cividini, who currently runs the knitwear company with his daughter Anita. "We founded the company at the end of the 80s and for a long time it was easy to grow in Italy as well as internat...
Grandi città nella morsa dello smog, la soluzione in una eco-vernice
Una tecnologia anti inquinamento racchiusa in una pittura. Si chiama Airlite e agisce in modo naturale attraverso la fotocatalisi, perfezionata e 'innestata' su una vernice. Simile alla fotosintesi clorifilliana, tale processo sfrutta la potenza della luce per liberare molecole ossidanti che attaccano gli agenti inquinanti trasformandoli in sali mi...
Ciao! Italian 'hand speak' to be focus of special MSU event
Luca Vullo, an internationally recognized Italian linguist, is bringing his popular nonverbal communication workshop to Mississippi State. Free and open to all, his Jan. 21 presentation is part of the 2015-16 Distinguished Lecture Series of the classical and modern languages and literatures department. The university's communication department...
Sons of Italy wine tasting to be held next month
Sons of Italy Southeastern Ohio, Lodge 2990, will host a Wine Tasting Event fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 13, at 5 p.m. in the Son's of Italy Lodge in the basement of the Redbrick Tavern in Athens at 14 N. Court St. The event is $25 per person and all are invited to attend. Proceeds will benefit the Doug Flutie Autism Association. A Fl...
Imparare l'italiano disegnando l'auto dei propri sogni: studenti americani visitano lo showroom della Ferrari a Manhattan
La casa automobilistica di vetture sportive Ferrari ospita alcune lezioni di italiano, in collaborazione con l'Italian American Committee on Education (IACE). Allievi delle scuole medie superiori che studiano l'italiano in una delle scuole sostenute dallo IACE nei tre stati di New York, New Jersey e Connecticut avranno l'opportunità di imparare che...
The 100th Anniversary of the Sons of Italy in Massachusetts
Tuesday, february 23rd. 7 PM EST - Tewksbury Public Library - 300 Chandler St, Tewksbury 01876 The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Order Sons of Italy in America was chartered in 1914 and is one of the oldest lodges in the United States. The lodge recently celebrated its centennial with a long list of events that extolled the preservation...
Loyola administrator Dr. John D. Pelissero
This month we highlight the distinguished career of highly respected academic leader, John P. Pelissero.John P. Pelissero, Ph.D., became interim president at Loyola University Chicago on July 1, having previously served as provost. He is also a political science professor at Loyola, where he has been a member of the faculty for 30 years. H...
Italian Film Festival returns to IUPUI for fifth year
The Italian Film Festival returns to Indianapolis for a fifth year on April 1 with a slate of eight films running through April 16. Indianapolis is one of 13 cities around the nation hosting the Italian Film Festival USA. The festival is sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago in collaboration with the Department of World Langua...