Italy PM Renzi wins strong backing from Obama
By James Mackenzie U.S. President Barack Obama visited the Colosseum in the latest stop on his European tour on Thursday, calling the ancient Roman arena "remarkable, unbelievable" and he was almost as lavish in his praise for Italy's 39-year-old Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Renzi, Italy's youngest ever prime minister, has set a testing a...
Italian religious events: The Turba, Cantiano
WTI Magazine #25 2014 Apr, 11Author : folclore.it Translation by: In folkloric and religious traditions are very common Italian commemorations of the Passion of Christ on the night of Good Friday. Among these, the Turba in Cantiano has been certified by Europassion, European Association founded with the purpose of studying the ph...
Retrospettiva al MoMa per Bellocchio
"Parlo da non credente, ma penso che Bergoglio sia un Papa coraggioso anche se è chiaro che ci sono dei limiti che non può superare": dice Marco Bellocchio che il MoMa di New York celebra con una retrospettiva nel corso della quale verranno proiettati 18 dei suoi più celebri film, da 'I pugni in tasca' al 'Regista di matrimoni', da 'Buongiorno nott...
Miami: innovazione e tecnologia per far crescere il Made in Lazio in America
"La Florida può rappresentare un'incredibile volano di crescita per la comunità scientifica italiana e per le PMI del Lazio ad alto tasso di innovazione. Consolidare la nostra presenza in questo territorio, significa presidiare in modo stabile la porta d'ingresso per i mercati del Centro Sud America, incrementando così la competitività dell'intero...
No sentimentally at all. For Savarese, Llamosa the Open Cup vs. Brooklyn Italians will be all about business
By Michael Lewis They forever will be grateful to the team and organization for giving them an opportunity to play in vital times in their careers two decades. The Brooklyn Italians gave New York Cosmos head coach Giovanni Savarese a conduit from Long Island University to the professional ranks. The club gave Cosmos assistant coac...
New breed of Italian Tenors Invading America
by Cookie Curci Today, there is a new embodiment of the old and long held tradition of the recorded Italian voice. There is a new, exciting, and enterprising young talent.. tenor pop, culture being formed with a new sound...a sound that blends the classics of yesterday with a modern, innovative, beat. Things have changed greatly since the...
Ezio Cappadocia Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript
The Society for Italian Historical Studies, affiliated with the American Historical Association, again offers a prize of $400 for the Ezio Cappadocia Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript on the history of Italy, of article or dissertation length. Since the object of the award is to encourage fresh interest in Italian history, the prize is...
Italian Muralist Ozmo and New York Street Artist FoxxFace Take Their Talents to the Streets of Little Italy as Part of the "L.I.S.A. Project NYC"
The "L.I.S.A. Project NYC" was created by Wayne Rada to bring street artists from different places and walks of life together to create Manhattan's only mural district, thereby encouraging art lovers everywhere to come visit Little Italy and soak in the unique beauty. The most recent artists to grace Mulberry Street with their talents are...
Italian Cleantech Darling is Selected by UCLA Anderson School of Management for Aggressive Expansion
Great news on the Italian cleantech front: UCLA Anderson School of Management has selected the Italian firm IsTECH to participate in the prestigious Global Access Program, which sends teams of talented professionals around the world to work with select technology companies. These final-year MBA students will invest thousands of hours to fi...
A New Cultural Bridge Unites Artists of Two Cities Across the Atlantic
Photographer Richard Haskin and writer Pierette Domenica Simpson are proposing a DETUR in the Art community of Detroit and Turin. DETUR, (short for Detroit-Turin Exchange) refers to a new path intended to create a cultural bridge for artists of every genre to explore, enrich, and connect with the Art world that now mostly exist...
Sicilian American Cultural Association: Medal of MERIT Luncheon
The Sicilian American Cultural Association will honor a trio of outstanding Italian Americans on Sept. 28 at Monastero's Banquets in Chicago. Josette Weber, Dominic Candeloro and Paul Ciminello will step to the podium at the organization's annual Medal of Merit luncheon. Tickets are $35 for adults (cash bar) and $15 for children 2 to 12 years of a...
Classical Italian fencing takes root in New Mexico
When Ryan Mank moved to Albuquerque in 2012 he noticed that there was no resource for the martial art of classical fencing. There was a sport/modern fencing club. "But sport/modern is vastly different from traditional/classical," he says. "Nor is a club a school," he adds. Ryan is an experienced, board certified instructor in the tradition...