La bellezza Eataliana: A night of food, wine & culture
Have you ever dreamt about getting locked in into our store for a night? Your dream is about to come true! On December 7th Eataly will open its doors from 10PM to 1AM for a night celebratingTutte le Cose Belle Italiane(All the Beautiful Italian Things) from food and wine to music. The renowned Teatro Regio Orchestra and Chorus from Torino, conduct...
Israeli orchestra honors Italian who saved 5,000 Jews from Nazis
One has to wonder if Steven Spielberg chose the right man to profile in film. Posing as a Spanish diplomat in Hungary during World War II, Italian import/exporter Giorgio Perlasca diverted some 5,200 Jews from extermination camps. (For comparison's sake, Oskar Schindler, the subject of the blockbuster Hollywood "Schindler's List," is credi...
A Via to Italy
By Roberta Sabban If Addison Mizner wandered through Via Mizner today, he would feel right at home. The warren of boutiques, restaurants and apartments built in the early 1920s are very much as he left them. Although the historic complex has been gently modernized over the decades, his basic designs and original concepts are still...
Seminari Pratici PIB: Tasse per Italiani in USA
Cari PIBiani, PIB, d'intesa con il Consolato Italiano a Boston, sta organizzando una serie di seminari di grande utilità pratica per gli italiani a Boston. Il primo, alla fine di gennaio, consisterà in una discussione sul pagamento di tasse per italiani in USA. Joseph Ciccarello e Karen Timmermans, CPA, partners di "Gray Gray...
Untying “The Knot”: the state of postwar Italian art history today
The Center for Italian Modern Art is pleased to host Untying 'The Knot': The State of Postwar Italian Art History Today, a two-day conference organized by Sharon Hecker and Marin R. Sullivan. Held in the days leading up to the 103rd meeting of the College Art Association, and co-sponsored by the Italian Art Society, this symposium seeks to evaluate...
MISSONI HOME Launches Luxury Tableware
The Italian fashion house MISSONI known for its colorful knitwear designs, began successfully making a name for itself in furniture. Now, MISSONI makes its first foray into tableware to expand their Home division. Rosita Missoni founded the MISSONI fashion house with her husband Ottavio in 1953. In 1997, she passed on the fashion side of t...
Get your tickets NOW for Casino Italia: Little Italy's Official Casino Night
Get ready to roll some dice, put on your poker face and play your cards right at Casino Italia, Little Italy's Official Casino Night, benefitting the Little Italy Association of San Diego. Casino Italia will take place on Saturday, February 28th from 6:00pm to 10:00pm at India Street Design Center (2157 India Street) in North Little Italy. ...
1959 Scaglietti Corvettes Are A Rare Look At American Power And Italian Craftsmanship
It sounds like the perfect combination, doesn't it? The gorgeous, elegant lines of an Italian road-going masterpiece and the power of a no-frills American V8. If you're thinking it seems like something only dreams are made of, you'd be delightfully wrong. That's where the trio of 1959 Scaglietti Corvettes come in to sweep us off our feet. A little...
The Casa Rossa in Anacapri: made for idleness
The Casa Rossa (or Red House) in Anacapri, in the province of Naples, peaks through the memories recorded by Alberto Savinio – a master of Italian literature, although he was born in Athens, Greece – in what became the “Capri” collection, published in 1988 by Adelphi. “Gray sky. Great clouds sweep the top of Mount Solaro. On the road that...
We’re betting on lower taxes, simpler rules to attract foreign investors, deputy minister Calenda says
by Evelina Marchesini The massive presence of real estate firms, local administrations and real estate associations this year at the leading international real estate show MIPIM is already good news. Il Sole 24 Ore Italy 24 asked Economic Development Deputy Minister Carlo Calenda about the Italian real estate market and the new opportunities for f...
L'olio d'oliva solidificato che si spalma come il burro
di Camilla Pisani Dall'università della Calabria arriva una tecnica innovativa per solidificare l'olio di oliva, tramite un processo che si chiama di organogelazione. In questo modo l'olio si potrà spalmare come il burro e arriverà presto sul mercato, a partire dai fast food. Gel Oil è frutto di una rivoluzionaria scoperta nel campo dell'i...
The government bets on export managers to re-launch “Made in Italy”
The temporary export manager project announced last month by the Ministry of Economic Development Federica Guidi is ready to take off. By mid-April, a public recruitment will be launched with the objective of bringing foreign market experts to work at 2,500 Italian companies. This project is part of the extraordinary plan to re-laun...