Come Celebrate Enrico Caruso at Santa Clara University
by Mauro Battocchi For a great night of music, come to the Louis B. Mayer Theatre at Santa Clara University on Friday, April 1, 2016 at 7:30PM. Attendees will be treated to a celebration of Enrico Caruso, the world acclaimed Neapolitan operatic tenor, delivered by tenor Pasquale Esposito, actor Dino Natali and soprano Julie Adams. The even...
Pizza Week Preview: DeNicola’s “The Best of Italy”
Thirty-eight years. That's how long DeNicola's Italian Restaurant has been a part of Portland, and every inch of the place glows with a comfortable, heartwarming authenticity that New Portland can't hope to equal. That same trusty charm carries over in their Pizza Week pie: While the DeNicola family experimented with more exotic concoctions for Piz...
Foreign students flocking to Italian universities believed to generate €15 mn yearly for property owners
Renting a home to approximately 55,000 foreign students who every year choose Italy, results in at least €15 million to the property owners. But to triple the revenue it would be enough to put on this market the thousands of vacant premises scattered over major Italian cities. The estimate comes from Uniplaces, the international portal of ads that...
Il Gala Aiae. Italoamericani tra presente e futuro
Applausi, sorrisi e abbracci. Si è svolta in questo clima di convivialità la diciottesima edizione della consegna dei premi e delle borse di studio organizzata annualmente dall'Aiae, l'Associazione degli Educatori Italoamericani, guidata dalla sempre grintosa e intraprendente presidente cav. Josephine A. Maietta, presentatrice ed organizzatrice del...
Can an afternoon nap raise your blood pressure?
Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher swore by them for much needed energy. But it seems power naps might be bad for us. Those who steal forty winks in the day are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, according to research. The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota pooled data from nine studies with 112,267 participants. They found those who...
Renzo Piano tra terra, cielo e mare
Espressione di un'ideale tensione tra terra e cielo, l'Eighty Seven Park è il primo edificio residenziale ideato da Renzo Piano negli Stati Uniti, collocato al limite di Miami Beach, a nord del parcoNorth Shore Open Space su Collins Avenue. Contraddistinto da un design fluido che unisce in modo equilibrato architettura, design e paesa...
“The Italian Republic had its 70th birthday, but it doesn’t look its age”
By Valerio Viale On June 2nd, 1946, Italians expressed their preference, through the institutional referendum held by universal suffrage. Republic won over Monarchy, with about two million differential in the ballots. 70 years later, at the Petersen Automotive Museum (along the so-called "Museum Row", on Wilshire Blvd.), Father Antonio Cacciapuot...
Moreschi to return to US market this summer
According to fashionmag.com, Milan-based shoemaker Moreschi is returning to the US market. The Italian brand announced on Monday that it will be displayed on the shelves of FTL Moda showroom in Manhattan beginning July 1. The Italian brand opens its booth at Pitti Uomo and officially launches its spring 2017 season on...
All pastas are not created equal
A few years ago I ordered spaghetti and meatballs at a then-new Frederick Italian restaurant as a test of its basic Italian cooking. I was served linguine and meatballs. On inquiry, the server told me they had run out of spaghetti. As reprehensible as this was for an Italian restaurant, I accepted the explanation, if not the linguine, sinc...
Mangiate bene! Festa Italiana rolls out 14 new menu items
Festa Italiana is just a little more than a week away. And if you're counting down the days until you can experience the largest Italian festival in America, you should keep on reading. We've got the lowdown on some of the new foods you can enjoy while you're there. First off, pizza seems to be king this year, with three new varieties of p...
Southern ingredients meet Italian techniques at Le Farfalle
The giant wheel of parmigiana-reggiano at the center of a Le Farfalle dining room makes the point: Italian cooking traditions are at the core of this new restaurant from New York City restaurant scene vets Michael and Caitlin Toscano. But while the cheese hails from Italy, many of the dishes it's plotted to complement are local to the Lowc...
A Conversation About the Novel "Un paese di carta" @ Library of Congress - September 1, 2016 @ 3:30PM
September 1, 2016 at 3:30PM @ Library of Congress. The Library of Congress European Division & Italian Language Table in partnership with the Embassy of Italy & the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington present: A Conversation about the Novel Un paese di carta between Author Laura Benedetti and Washington Post Reporter Emily La...