Eight Survivors Found After Massive Italy Avalanche
By Antonio Denti and Valentina Consiglio Eight people were found alive on Friday two days after being buried under a massive avalanche that hit a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy, a Civil Protection official said. Titti Postiglione told reporters that two of the survivors had already been pulled clear of the snow and debris whic...
Italy USA Green Economy Day: when Italian excellences meet U.S. business opportunities - 27/09/12 New York
NEW YORK, NY – Il Ministero italiano degli Affari Esteri, in collaborazione con il GSE-Progetto Corrente e l'ICE-Desk Ambiente NY, ha realizzato "ITALY-USA GREEN ECONOMY DAY: when Italian excellences meet U.S. business opportunities", un'iniziativa dedicata a promuovere la filiera italiana delle rinnovabili e a conoscere le opportunità offerte dal...
Chief of American Academy in Rome Is to Step Down
ROME — The president and chief executive of the American Academy in Rome, Adele Chatfield-Taylor, announced on Thursday that she would step down at the end of next year after nearly 25 years as leader of the independent research institution."It's been the great experience of my life," Ms. Chatfield-Taylor, 67, said, adding that she witnessed the "t...
It’s Time to Portray Italian Americans Differently
The survival of most media organizations is to obtain that exclusive interview or story. Publishers and editors attempt to separate their media group from the rest, in order to get the exclusive rights to a story even if this implies "by any means necessary." As a consequence, just look at the much anticipated Sports Illustrated "swimsuit edition"...
Ohone Chamber Singers salute Italian Masters at concert in San Jose March 15
The Italian American Heritage Foundation salutes "The Italian Masters" with a concert on March 15 at 7 p.m.The Ohlone Chamber Singers, directed by Michael Morris, will present the special program of choral music by major Italian composers Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gaetano Donizetti and Giuseppe Verdi. The concert also marks...
NISSOLI (LISTA MONTI) TRA GLI ITALIANI DI BRIDGEPORT (USA)
In occasione della festa della Domenica delle Palme, Fucsia Nissoli, deputata della Lista Monti eletta in Nord America, ha incontrato la comunità italiana che si ritrova attorno alla Parrocchia del Sacro Cuore della Diocesi di Bridgeport, in Connecticut. Nissoli, dopo aver partecipato alla Santa Messa celebrata in lingua italiana, si è int...
28 scholarship for study in Italy
REGISTER FOR THE AP ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE EXAMINATION AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DRAWING OF 28 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY IN ITALY WITH EDUITALIA On the occasion of the celebration of 2013 as the Year of the Italian Culture in the United States, Eduitalia, an Association of qualified Schools and Universities that offer courses for fo...
Denorfia is a hit in Little Italy and the Big Leagues
Coming off stellar performances for Team Italy in both the 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classics, the love for Padres' outfielder Chris Denorfia overflows well beyond San Diego's Little Italy to the motherland where his paternal grandmother Michelina lived.
Startup: Italia e USA a confronto
di Alberto Onetti Oggi anche in Italia si parla tantissimo di startup. E soprattutto si fanno spesso paragoni con gli Stati Uniti e la Silicon Valley. Difficile dire quanto ancora siamo distanti (credo ancora tanto). Però è possibile tracciare alcune prime linee di confronto. L'occasione ci viene data dal rapporto sull'ecosis...
Restituiti all'Italia otto preziosi volumi
Si è tenuta oggi presso l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington, in collaborazione con il Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale dei Carabinieri e l'Ufficio di Collegamento Interpol, la cerimonia di consegna di otto volumi antichi che si ritiene appartengano all'Università di Napoli. Tali volumi erano entrati recentemente in possesso della Fondazio...
Event: Newport Italianfest
With authentic Italian food and live Italian music, Italianfest brings an air of Italy to the Tristate. The celebration kicks off with a bocce ball tournament at Pompilio's Restaurant (600 Washington Ave., Newport, pompiliosrestaurant.com) at 4 p.m. On Wednesday. The four-day fest includes games, kids' rides, a cooking and pizza-eating con...
Canicattini: cittadini italoamericani visitano la città
Si sono ricongiunti ed abbracciati, simbolicamente, questa mattina, nella grande piazza di Canicattini Bagni, a distanza di quattro anni dalla visita della delegazione canicattinese in America, guidata allora dal sindaco Paolo Amenta, le due anime della città di Canicattini Bagni, quella incastonata tra gli Iblei, e quella rappresentata da generazi...