Diplomazia e Dintorni - Italian language promotion for Italians living abroad
Preserving a knowledge of one's mother tongue is essential to all those Italians who decide, either as a result of need or choice, to move abroad to live. Italy has been, and is still today, a country of emigration. The Directorate General for Italians Citizens Abroad and Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs looks to assis...
Miami Businessman First to Fly In World's Fanciest Airplane Suite
by Jo Piazza A Miami-based businessman is officially this week's fanciest flyer. Gino Bertuccio has become the first passenger to fly in what has been dubbed "the world's most expensive and exclusive" airline seat— the Residence, a "penthouse in the sky" on Etihad Airways that costs $21,000. Bertuccio's trip marked the inaugu...
Caffè letterario, where culture meets the Italian dolce vita
More than a cafe, better than a bookstore: the Caffè Letterario tradition started four centuries ago in Europe when artists and writers used to meet in a public place, to exchange experiences, comments, and ideas on their work. The "Caffè letterario" has changed over time. Today it is that place where literature-lovers gather to drink a cu...
Channel Your Inner Italian at Made In Italy Gourmet
by Olee Fowler Many cities have sprawling Italian markets. Miami hasn't been one of them. But that'll be changing when Made In Italy Gourmet opens its doors in Wynwood on Monday, January 26 at 10 N.E. 27 Street. Part market, part restaurant and part wine store, the space is an ode to all things Italian. In the front it features a...
Legendary Tony Bertoni, Retired U.S. Marshal and Former Detroit Cop, Dies at 95
By Ross Parker Anthony (Tony) Bertoni, a legendary law man both at the Detroit Police Department and as United States Marshal, died this past Sunday at the age of 95. The Bertoni family grew up on the eastside of Detroit during the difficult years of post World War I and the Depression. Like many bright and capable young Irish Catholi...
Cartapesta
Do you remember art projects as a child that involved strips of newspaper and paste made from flour and water? The practice of the cartapesta (paper mache) has been an art form in Lecce, Italy for centuries. Used as an inexpensive substitute for plaster, stone or wood, paper carvings were popular for church statues and embellishments. A mu...
Lady Gaga Climbs Ev'ry High Note in 'Sound of Music' Tribute
by Brittany Spanos For the 50th anniversary of The Sound of Music, Lady Gaga belted out a gorgeous medley of songs from the film at the 2015 Oscars. Clad in white and accompanied by a string section, Gaga sang four tracks from the film and musical's soundtrack — "The Sound of Music," "My Favorite Things," "Edelweiss" and "Climb Ev'ry Mount...
Che futuro per i Comites? Il bilancio dal Nord America
Dopo 11 anni dalle elezioni del 2004 ad Aprile si voterà per corrispondenza per il rinnovo degli organi di Rappresentanza di base per gli Italiani residenti all’estero, i Comites. Negli ultimi anni diverse volte ci si è posto il quesito se fossero utili, così come gli altri due organi di Rappresentanza consultiva del CGIE e quella dei Parlamentari...
Parm Brings Classic Italian Uptown
The team at Parm has a lot more elbow room at its new uptown outpost. The Columbus Avenue spot serves all the classic Italian sandwiches and platters its Mulberry Street location is known for, but has room for 100 guests, more than twice as many as the original. The space not only allows for more diners, but also a bigger menu. “There’s a...
US (PA): Tarocco blood oranges available
"Tarocco blood oranges are in from Sicily, Italy", says Kara Wilson with John Vena Produce, Inc. They are grown on the volcanic plain of Mt. Etna, where the fertile soil gives the oranges their deep color and unique flavor. "Tarocco oranges contain the highest level of vitamin C of any orange variety in the world with a medium size providi...
Wallis Wilde-Menozzi will present her book The Other Side of the Tiber: Reflections on Time in Italy – April 10
A fresh, nuanced perspective on a profoundly perplexing country: this is what Wallis Wilde-Menozzi's unique, captivating narrative promises-and delivers. The Other Side of the Tiber brings Italy to life in an entirely new way, treating the peninsula as a series of distinct places, subjects, histories, and geographies bound together by a shared sens...
The imperial beauty of the Spring of Juturna in Rome
In March, an exhibition titled "Lacus Iuturnae. The sacred fountain of the Roman Forum" opened in Rome, at the Temple of Romolo along the "Sacra Via Summa", near the Via dei Fori Imperiali. The highlight of the event is a group of seven marble sculptures dating back to the late 2nd and early 1st century BC, found in 1900, which originally...