Living Large: Armani Takes Home Design Talents To Sunny Isles Beach
It's a brand known for high fashion style and elegance all under the leadership of the man who created it – Giorgio Armani. Fifteen years ago the Italian designer turned to home design, creating interiors for buildings in Dubai and Milan. For the first time ever, in the U.S., Giorgio Armani showed off his home style at Residences by Arman...
Lights, camera, action! Book your tickets for the Italian Film Festival
The 8th Annual Italian Film Festival is less than two weeks away! We have a wonderful line-up of ten films never before seen in Minnesota, including a silent film with live accompaniment by avant-garde band Sun Silo. Comedies, dramas, crime, romance--it's all here at the Italian Film Festival! The best way for ICC members to support the Fe...
ArgoMoon, the Italian nanosatellite chosen by NASA
ArgoMoon, a nanosatellite for deep space built by Italian Argotec and coordinated by the Italian Space Agency, has been selected by NASA as a payload for the forthcoming Exploration Mission 1 expected at the end of 2018. The Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) represents the second test flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, a spacecraft...
John Addeo, Jr. named IAATO 2016 Man of the Year!
The IAATO has the privilege of recognizing a very special individual. Each year, we do our best to single out a member of our association who exemplifies what the Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean truly stands for. That is, brotherhood, volunteerism, and a positive example and concern for our association, italian cultur...
Delco woman turns her passion for Italian cooking into lifeline of purpose and hope
If ever there was a bad year for Newtown Square resident Elisa Costantini, 2013 was it. After the loss of her best friend, sister-in-law, brother and mother-in-law, the year was drawing to a close when her husband of 56 years passed away. Her only son Frank was working in China. He came home for the funeral but then had to return to Shangh...
A second gelato-maker is coming to downtown Springfield
Drawn by foot traffic and a concentration of students, a college student majoring in entrepreneurship expects to open a new gelato store downtown. Cameron Maes, a sophomore at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and former Missouri State student, said he wants to open Maes Gelateria as early as May 1. Read more Sou...
Dine Out Maine: Roustabout in Portland
A menu that features dishes like eggplant parm and garlic bread sounds like something you'd expect to find alongside red-checked tablecloths, candleholders made from straw-wrapped Chianti bottles – and maybe even a pair of cartoon dogs sharing a romantic plate of pasta in an alley. But in designing their new Washington Avenue restaurant, Roustabou...
Italy's government allocates €1 billion for culture, 33 big projects to be financed all over the country
Italy's government has allocated €1 billion for culture. Of these funds, €645 million will be used to finance thirty-three big projects that will involve 13 regions, mainly for restoration and enhancement works, while €185 million will be used for local projects to attract tourism (like religious pilgrim paths or the requalification of the Appian W...
Riccardo Tisci and Elena Ferrante among Time 100 influencers
Time has just released it new list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Beyond already famous names such as Leonardo DiCaprio or Angela Merkel, just to mention a few, there are marvellous stories hidden by names that most of us have never heard before. This year, the American magazine added two Italians to its prestigious list:...
Private innovators find fertile ground in Umbria in spite of strong public sector culture
Umbria is a region with fewer than 900,000 inhabitants, led by the same power elite for the past 60 years. For structural reasons and also for considerations of political consensus, this group has nurtured a public sector culture. From universities, to hospitals, to health care— regions and provinces can seem so swamped with staff that they would c...
Cortina 2021, l’Italia ospiterà il Mondiale di sci alpino fra cinque anni
"Cortina ce l'ha fatta. Il Consiglio Fis, riunito a Cancun (Mex), ha votato positivamente affidando all'Italia il Mondiale di sci alpino 2021. L'assegnazione del Mondiale a Cortina d'Ampezzo è stata annunciata pochi minuti fa dal Presidente della Federazione internazionale dello sci (Fis), Gianfranco Kasper". E' quanto si legge sul sito uf...
2016 Italian American Film Festival
When: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 | Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - Tuesday, July 26, 2016 | Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Where: Italian Cultural & Community Center, 1101 Milford Street, Houston, TX 77006Films start at 7:15 pm, doors open at 6:30pm. Suggested donation for each film (at the door): $5 ICCC Members/Students and $10 Non-me...