More tombs uncovered in Etruscan site of Vulci
Archaeologists working in the Etruscan necropolis of Vulci near Viterbo have found 17 tombs containing a variety of ornaments and jewellery left by relatives of the deceased to facilitate their passage to the afterlife. The tombs, dating back to between the third and ninth century BC, were found in the area known as Poggetto Mengarelli, where in r...
Presentation of "Eva Sleeps" by Francesca Melandri
When: Monday, October 24th at 6pmWhere: Italian Cultural Institute - 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 On the Occasion of the 16th Annual Italian Language Week in the World, Bestselling Novelist Francesca Melandri will present "Eva Sleeps" (Eva dorme, Mondadori, 2010), published in English by Europa Editions, 2016 Translated by Katherine Gr...
Tenure Track Position: Assistant Professor of Italian Studies in New Hampshire
The Department of Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies of the University of New Hampshire invites applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor to start in August 2017. Specialization is open to any field of pre-18th-century Italian Studies with expertise in at least two of the following areas: Digital Humanities, Material...
Lecture calls for more inclusive Italian media
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Italian-American discussion and events, the Hofstra Cultural Center put together a three part lecture series to celebrate Italian culture on campus. The second lecture of the series was a screening of the documentary "Blaxploitalia: 100 Years of Blackness in the Italian Cinema," by writer, director an...
Baldinini to open first NY store at Roosevelt Field
Luxury Italian footwear and accessories company Baldinini will open its first Long Island store on Monday at Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City. The 1,345-square-foot store will carry men's and women's clothing, including the Baldinini and Top Line Gimmi Baldinini collections. Read more Source: http://www.ne...
Chazz Palminteri and the Many Forms of His Epic Life Story
By John Federico Vulture stated the stories that center on street violence, mob activity, and brutal extortion tactics oftentimes have conflicts with Broadway musicals. The authors of "A Bronx Tale" decided to solve the difficulty by combining the bleak side of "West Side Story" and the more comical "Bullets over Broadway." The Br...
Messaggio dell'Ambasciatore ai connazionali per le Festività Natalizie
Care amiche e cari amici, con l'approssimarsi delle Festività Natalizie desidero inviare a tutti voi e alle vostre famiglie un augurio di cuore. Questo periodo è tradizionalmente momento di bilanci: si chiude un anno che ha portato grandissimi cambiamenti, che segnano percorsi nuovi per il mondo intero. Anche a livello personale quest'anno che vo...
'Iron Chef' to show off authentic Italian meal at Tippecanoe
By Jeff Harrell So you think you love Italian food here in America? You go into your friendly neighborhood Italian restaurant craving fettuccine Alfredo, or the Chicken Vesuvio. Or when the server offers fresh mozzarella or Parmesan for your linguine with clam sauce, you bury the seafood pasta dish under a mound of cheese. Television's genui...
American Airlines, voli giornalieri da Milano Malpensa per JFK New York (d’inverno)
Sarà più facile arrivare a New York da Milano Malpensa quest'inverno. Un volo giornaliero dell'American Airlines è in programma per l'inverno 2012/2013. La rotta, lanciata nel 2008, era operata giornalmente, su base stagionale, mentre durante l'inverno operava con voli settimanali, in progressivo aumento – da quattro a cinque voli per settimana- su...
Il grande Gala del vino italiano
Cresce l'attesa per il "Gala Italia, Special Edition" che, come e' noto, si terra' venerdì 7 dicembre presso il Pierre Hotel di New York. Al Gala Italia, Special Edition" saranno presenti alcuni delle più prestigiose case vinicole della penisola fra le quali: Abraxas, Antinori, Arcanum, Barone Fini, Jacopo Biondi Santi, Franco Biondi Santi-Il Grep...
Buon cibo di casa nostra al Fancy Food Show
La seconda giornata dell'edizione invernale del Fancy Food Show, che chiude oggi al Moscone Center di San Francisco, ha fatto registrare un nuovo record di visitatori a questo mega mercato che mette in vetrina decine di migliaia di specialità alimentari e bevande provenenti da 35 Paesi. Il padiglione italiano, con le sue 49 aziende presenti, è tra...
Representing human body - Art and science in Italian Renaissance
LOS ANGELES - Behind the worldly renowned Renaissance of painting, sculpture, music and architecture that developed in Italy and then spread throughout Europe, there was a parallel and less known cultural movement: a "scientific Renaissance". The desire for knowledge characterized in those centuries is indeed at the origin of the most important dis...