Sophia Loren: Roles She Missed That Other Actresses Made Famous
Italian film star Sophia Loren gained fame for her roles in films like "Two Women," "El Cid," "A Special Day," and "Nine." Her Hollywood stardom began in the 1950s, and by the '60s, she became an international celebrity who starred in Italian, American, and French films. But she didn't take every role that came along. Here are a few she mi...
Giovanni Meli: A Poet Remembered - December 4-7, 2015
2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Meli, Sicily's most celebrated poet, who died of pneumonia on December 20, 1815. Prof. Giovanni Ruffino, director of the Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, in collaboration with Sicily's three major universities organized a four-day conference in Palermo and in Cinisi on Dec...
Giuseppe Penone offers a walk through nature at the Nasher
by Michael Granberry Before his show opened at the Nasher Sculpture Center in late September, Giuseppe Penone found himself doing a round of interviews. He noticed one particular interviewer staring at the pouch affixed to his belt. "Is that a gun?" she asked. At that point, Penone says with a laugh, he knew he was in Texas.&...
Se ne andò il Natale di 20 anni fa, ma l’italoamericano Dean Martin canta ancora That’s Amore
by Generoso D'Agnese Per Hollywood era un "crooner", un intrattenitore professionista, e il suo nome correva sulle bocche di tutto il mondo. Per Montesilvano, Abruzzo, Dean Martin (Dino scelse questo nome anglofonizzando il cognome del tenore italiano Nino Martini) è rimasto invece, per tutta la vita, "zi Dean", il figlio del barbiere Gae...
L’incredibile storia di Matilde Pierro e del suo Dante napoletano
di Eleonora Puntillo «Il bisnonno sarà contento: l'Inferno l'ho stampato prima a dispense poi in volume, e ci ho guadagnato pure, il Purgatorio l'ho depositato in Siae e fra poco lo stampo, col Paradiso sono arrivata al canto ottavo e vado avanti spedita...». Dall'alto dei suoi 93 anni, Matilde nata Pierro e coniugata Donnarumma,...
Hateful Eight To Launch In Italy From Fellini’s Studio 5 At Cinecittà With 888-Seat Preem
by Nick Vivarelli Italy's Cinecittà Studios are set to welcome Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" with a unique launch from its legendary Studio 5 soundstage, once Federico Fellini's second home, now being turned into a special screening venue equipped for 70mm projection and 888 seats. Tarantino specifically asked Cinecittà to s...
Capitali esteri, l’Italia torna protagonista
di Micaela Cappellini I capitali stranieri sono tornati in Italia. E non perché se la vogliono portare via, pezzo dopo pezzo, ma perché credono nel nostro Paese e scommettono sulla nostra crescita. Una buona, anzi una ottima notizia per la nostra economia. Lo dimostrano i numeri (in anteprima per Il Sole-24 Ore) della banca dati Z...
Fragile: an exhibition by Marta Dell'Angelo and Summer Lee
A collaboration between the IIC and the Chinese Culture Centre (CCC) of San Francisco. Fragile: an exhibition by Marta Dell'Angelo and Summer Lee. 18 February 2016, 6pm. Opening at IIC - 601 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco 94102. 10 March 2016 Finissage at CCC - 750 Kearny St #3, San Francisco 94108 On view Mon-Fri 10-4:30 until...
Our Italian sister city connection
News-Miner Community Perspective: Fairbanks started because of the discovery of gold in this area by Felix Pedro (his Italian name was Felice Pedroni), an immigrant from Fanano, Italy, and the establishment of a trading post by E.T. Barnette to service the miners. Our Golden Days celebration each July celebrates and recalls Felix Pedro's disco...
Salesforce CEO Backs Piazza St. Francis Petition – Only 200 More Signatures Needed!
Salesforce CEO's support of the Piazza St. Francis project in San Francisco made a big splash on Twitter and drove the petition to near completion. This promising project will enhance the Italian character of North Beach. After all, St. Francis was Italian and the piazza will be an enduring symbol of Italian culture and lifestyle.Only 200 more sign...
ISSNAF Awards for Young Investigators
ISSNAF – Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation yearly presents awards to acknowledge the research of young Italian investigators working in North America, whose commitment to their discipline of study is innovative, potentially impactful and honors their country of origin. ISSNAF Board of Trustees encourages all Itali...
Italian stone cabinetry resurfacing franchise looks to expanded in North America
Granite Transformations, a remodeling franchise based on a proprietary resurfacing process, says it is offering more franchises in North America. Founded in Italy and operating in eight countries - Italy, Brazil and India, as well as the U.K., U.S. and Australia - on four continents, Granite Transformations says it has more than 150 franch...