Emigrazione, su RAI storia "The Italians Americans"
E' stato presentato in anteprima a Villa Taverna, a Roma, residenza dell'ambasciata americana in Italia, il documentario "The Italian Americans" un viaggio in quattro puntate nella storia degli italo americani dal secolo scorso ad oggi. Alla visione hanno partecipato, tra gli altri, il regista John Maggio, il produttore Jeff Bieber e l'aut...
Surfer Chris Del Moro and his "Bella Vita"
For most of his life, professional surfer Chris Del Moro has probably spent as much time in the water as on land. When he was just three, while most kids were learning how to swim, he was riding his boogie board on the shores of both the Pacific and the Mediterranean; by the time he was a teen, he began to surf around the world. From Indon...
The Boot opens for business
Italian-American restaurant the Boot has opened at 2501 University Drive, according to the restaurant's social media page. The menu has items such as a local meatball sub, house-made ravioli, Italian wedding soup, and a variety of appetizers like shrimp with lemon, greens and white beans, calamari and Arancini (fried rice balls). ...
California dreaming, Italian start up success stories in the Silicon Valley
Exit, execution, network, intro, hire, fire. These are the words that keep on coming back in conversations that go on in that unique stretch of America that runs southwards from San Francisco. Because Silicon Valley is not just a place but a "faith" - which gets idealized by its own followers. Of thousands of start ups started each year, o...
Un Natale all'italiana a New York
di Chiara Zaccherotti È possibile viversi l'atmosfera del Natale all'italiana pur essendo a New York? Di sicuro non sarà come stare a casa, con i propri cari e tutte quelle tradizioni che proprio in questo periodo dell'anno ci piace un po' di più rispettare, ma se siete italiani, vivete a New York City e quest'anno proprio non vi è riuscit...
A first step into the new year looking back at 2014: a conversation with Mauro Battocchi, Italian Consul in San Francisco
2014 has been a long and full year for the Italian community in the Bay Area. As moments and people marked the last twelve months, the end of the year is the time when people look back to find what is worthy to bring with them in the new one. We talked about this and more with Mauro Battocchi, who started his mandate as Italian Consul in S...
Meet Italians’ go-to NYC real estate broker
By Jennifer Gould Keil When Sarah Jessica Parker launched her new shoe collection backed by Manolo Blahnik CEO George Malekemus last fall, she Instagrammed a trail of rainbow-colored stilettos from the stoop to the street outside 66 Perry St., her fictional "Sex and the City" West Village brownstone — charming her fans but outraging the ne...
Symposium: Giulio Paolini and photography in postwar Italian art
February 6, 11 AMIn celebrazione dell'acquisizione della Apoteosi di Omero, una installazione del 1971 dell'artista concettuale Giulio Paolini, parte della stagione Photography Is, rinomati studiosi discuteranno di Paolini e dell'arte italiana del dopoguerra. Gratuito con ingresso al museo. To celebrate the inaugural presentation...
Costello: I am Italian-American
By Carol Costello I am American. Italian-American. Or maybe I'm American-Italian or an American of Italian descent. Nah, I'm Italian-American. It's how I was raised to think of myself, even though I was born in the most American of cities, Canton, Ohio. In 1920, a group of men meeting in downtown Canton founded the National Footba...
Olive oil business is growing every year in United States
Two decades ago, US olive oil imports accounted for almost 30% of the world total. Now, they account for more than 38%. This issue looks at how imports have changed over time in terms of category breakdown and container size. Between 1993/94 and 2013/14, packaged product (containers < 18 kg) has seen its percentage share of total US imp...
Saint Giuseppe Moscati: Italian of the Week
Giuseppe Moscati was born in 1880 in Benevento, Italy, and was the seventh of nine children. Eventually, his family settled in Naples, but often took holiday in Avellino. His father was a judge who would often volunteer at the local church, bringing young Giuseppe with him. In 1893, Giuseppe’s older brother, Alberto, su...
A Committed Cinephile
When Flavia Laviosa was a young woman in Bari, Italy, she had a front-row seat for a golden age of artistry in Italian cinema. “I grew up at a time when education became free and accessible to everyone, and I had easy access to film screenings,” says Laviosa, senior lecturer in Italian Studies. “Those were the years, into the ’70s, when th...