Our Italian Silicon Valley roots
by Cookie Curci Most of the important things I've learned in life- about caring, giving, strength and reliance, I've learned from my family. They have taught me valuable life lessons. Their lessons didn't come with preaching or lectures, they taught by example. Their hardworking, honest lifestyle set the goals and desires for future genera...
La Festa Italiana Celebrates 40th Year; Opening Friday Night for First Time!
As La Festa Italiana celebrates its 40th year, the annual end-of-summer festival in downtown Scranton, Pa. is expanding by opening Friday evening for the first time. La Festa will be held Labor Day weekend (Friday through Monday, September 4-7, 2015) on Courthouse Square in the heart of the city. Hours are Friday, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday a...
Pitches for Piazza d'Italia to move forward Sept. 11
By Katherine Sayre A committee of New Orleans city leaders steering a redevelopment of the Piazza d'Italia is slated to pick which developers move forward in the selection process on Sept. 11, Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration said Thursday (Sept. 3). Five developers from across the country -- including Florida, Tennessee, Geo...
Jack Conte, il gene italiano della creatività negli USA in una startup di successo: Patreon
di Luca Scarcella Jack, classe '84, nipote di emigranti italiani in terra californiana, ha passato l'adolescenza tra strumenti musicali e show improvvisati per le strade di San Francisco. Nel 2009, poi, un lavoro importante: viene scelto per doppiare un personaggio del celebre videogioco "The Sims 2". Investe i ricavi ottenuti nel...
Cent’ Anni di Musica e Cultura Italiana - A Hundred Years of Italian Music and Culture
15th Anniversary of the Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State University. All events on Wednesdays in Kent Recital Hall. FREE ADMISSION October 14, 2:30 p.m.: Screening of the film "The Man with the Golden Arm". Dr. Wayne Munson will lead the screening and presentation of director Otto Preminger's movie s...
Michelangelo Exhibition at Frist Center Offers Rare Opportunity to See Renaissance Master's Work in the U.S.
Marking the first time works by Michelangelo have ever been exhibited in Nashville, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts proudly presents Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti, on view from October 30, 2015, through January 6, 2016. The Casa Buonarroti, the artist's family home in Florence, Italy, possesses...
New York, esce in America libro di Gigi Padovani "Nutella World"
È entrata nelle case italiane nel 1964, e non se n'è più andata: a raccontare la storia di Nutella è il giornalista e scrittore Gigi Padovani, che dopo il successo del libro 'Mondo Nutella – 50 anni di innovazione', pubblicato in Italia da Rizzoli l'anno scorso, sbarca in America con il titolo 'Nutella World'. "Ho voluto raccontare la stor...
To critics of Columbus Day — Get lost
by Tom Burgum Happy Columbus Day to the few remaining Americans who are grateful that Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered the Bahamas and then later stumbled across the larger land mass to the west. That land mass turned out to be us, if you're wondering. Columbus Day received a bit of a mixed reception even at the beginning but...
Sicilia Mondo intervista Rosolino Lo Duca, coordinatore della Federazione Siciliana del Michigan
Proseguendo nella serie di interviste a protagonisti italiani all'estero di origine siciliana, l'associazione "Sicilia Mondo", presieduta da Domenico Azzia, propone questa volta un incontro con Rosolino Lo Duca, da oltre 30 anni delegato di Sicilia Mondo a Detroit (USA). Lo Duca, 72 anni, nato a Cinisi (PA), vive nel Michigan da 53; impren...
Made-In-Italy Online Tutoring Platform Launches in the Bay
Today, I'd like to introduce you to a made-in-Italy software company. Bandyer is a young team from Italy with a vision to help people easily connect to teach what they love, and learn what they need. They moved to San Francisco almost two months ago and went live in October 2015. Bandyer is a unique marketplace where Learners and Teachers...
Denuncia di Coldiretti: Il 99% dei Formaggi Italiani in Usa sono tarocchi
Negli Stati Uniti il 99 per cento dei formaggi di tipo italiano sono "tarocchi" nonostante il nome richiami esplicitamente le specialità casearie più note del Belpaese: dalla Mozzarella alla Ricotta, dal Provolone all'Asiago, dal Pecorino Romano al Grana Padano, fino al Gorgonzola. È quanto emerge dalla studio della Coldiretti illustrato i...
Experience Italy as Via Umbria Reopens
The new Via Umbriahas reopened its doors and you will want to be part of this experience ... starting now. Official reopening is in January but stop in today for a delightful and flavorful sneak peek. Remember the charming Geribi ceramics andTessitura Pardi textiles and Pardi wine, shelves full of Italian products? Well, they're all still ther...