Book Presentation: "BRANDED: How Italian Immigrants Became ‘Enemies’ During World War II" by Lawrence DiStasi
Lawrence DiStasi's new book, Branded: How Italian Immigrants Became 'Enemies' During World War II, fills a great need in the history of the WWII home front. DiStasi's previous book, Una Storia Segreta, while important for its range of essays and personal accounts, did not contain an overarching narrative of the key events. This is what DiS...
Salon owner Fred Piattoni, 90, helped promote beauty industry
By Maureen O'Donnell Fred Piattoni operated seven Powder Puff hair salons, headed a top cosmetologists' association and helped draw as many as 80,000 people to Chicago for the nation's second-largest beauty show. During his career, he witnessed explosive growth in the beauty business, thanks to postwar prosperity, product innovations and...
LA, Italia Fest to Honor Actor Marcello Mastroianni
A retrospective of films starring Italy's most iconic actor is coming to Hollywood. The upcoming LA, Italia Film, Fashion and Art Fest will be dedicated to iconic Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni and include a retrospective of films featuring the beloved leading man of directors including Antonioni, Fellini, De Sica, Germi, Scola and Viscont...
Italian industrial output in November boosting the average for 2016, scoring +3.2 on the year
by Luca Orlando Italian industrial production rose 0.7% on the month in November and +3.2% on the year, boosting the overall average for output in 2016 and forecasts for national gross domestic product in the euro zone's third largest economy. The recovery in Italian output, which beat analyst expectations, was helped by a rebound in...
L’Ipia “Trani” sarà intitolato all’italoamericano Cuomo
Nocera Inferiore tributa il giusto onore alla famiglia Cuomo. La giunta comunale all'unanimità ha varato l'intitolazione ad Andrea Cuomo dell'ex IPIA Trani. L'autonomia della scuola nocerina dalla sede di Salerno, raggiunta dopo 50 anni, è stata l'occasione per ricordare l'impegno per la propria terra profuso dall'illustre famiglia nocerina emigrat...
La Società più vecchia
When Ettore Patrizi declared San Francisco's Italian community of 1911 to be La Colonia Modello, he pointed to a number of factors that he believed made it so. One of those factors was the proliferation of Italian institutions and societies that flourished in the Colony. Among them was La Società Italiana di Mutua Beneficenza, the Italian Mutual Be...
Celebrate Carnevale at the Italian Club of Dallas!
Now is the time to pull out your mask, gather up your family & friends, and head to the ICD Clubhouse for what is always one of the year's most festive events ~ Carnevale! It is a time of revelry, costumes, and food, all of which will be front-and-center at the ICD. A face painter will be on hand to transform the kids ~ or you! ~ into a fierce...
It's Italy Tech Week in the Bay Area
Italian Innovation Day, The Future of Information Technology, Clean Tech Italia in San FranciscoOn the occasione of "2013 Year of Italian Culture in the US" the Consulate General of Italy and the Italian Institute of Culture of San Francisco have proudly announced the "Italy Tech Week." The groundbreaking week will start next Tuesday, March 12, 20...
The Firtst Dish: Angel Marinaccio presenta il suo libro di ricette all'Italian American Museum
Appuntamento domani, 11 aprile, alle 18.30, presso la sede newyorchese dell'Italian American Museum per la presentazione del libro "The First Dish", di Angel Marinaccio. Autrice di "Be Home on Time When I Put the Water Up For Pasta", nata e cresciuta nella Little Italy di Manhattan, Angel Marinaccio condivide nel volume alcune delle sue ricette pr...
Lidia Bastianich cooks up tale for children
It feels nothing short of a miracle for a child today to reach adolescence with a healthy relationship to food. Childhood obesity statistics are in a constant swirl around them. Food allergies — their own or their peers' — lurk menacingly in the background. Adults warn of the many perils of sugary treats, even as we mark their favorite occasions —...
Cultura Italiana: parlare di feste nelle scuole pubbliche
di Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino Anche le feste possono rappresentare una sfida per chi insegna lingua italiana nelle scuole americane. Ce ne parla la Professoressa Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino. Invitiamo altri insegnanti d'italiano, sia delle scuole superiori che delle università, a mandarci i loro interventi scrivendo a svaccara@lavoceny.com...
Festa della Repubblica Events in San Francisco
by Nickolas Marinelli As la Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day) approaches, San Francisco's Italian Community is preparing for three events that have marked the day for decades in the City by the Bay. Besides the invitation-only celebration hosted by the Italian Consulate each year, San Francisco will pay special tribute to la patria on...