‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’ divorces from Bally’s next month
"Tony n' Tina's Wedding" will throw its last chicken dance on Sept. 21 at Bally's, putting at least a pause on the interactive comedy that has played in various Las Vegas venues since 2002. For the past three years, the show has been produced by Ken Walker, who also runs the Windows Showroom at Bally's on a lease from Caesars Entertainment...
Delicious tips for outdoor entertaining, Italian style
Italians are famous for their seamless entertaining style: good food, wine and conversation. With Italy's variety of light cuisine options, meals can be packed with summer vegetables, fresh seafood, olive oil and crisp white wines. Here are some helpful suggestions for your next summer celebration from Roberto Pighin, owner of Fernando Pig...
Lecture: "Italian American Artists and Their Contributions to the United States"
October 17 (Monday) 1:00 pm. Lecture: "Italian American Artists and Their Contributions to the United States". Comm. Professor Carlo Sclafani will speak on the contributions of Italian American artists who came to the United States with their mission of embellishing the new cities and government buildings of America and who played a major...
Obama to welcome Renzi as key ally in Europe
When Matteo Renzi first met Barack Obama at the White House in January 2010, it was a fleeting encounter. The youthful mayor of Florence, now Italy's 41 year-old prime minister, was in Washington to attend a conference of US mayors as a foreign guest, and the pair barely spoke. But this week, more than five years later, Mr Obama is planning a far...
World Cup trophy designer Silvio Gazzaniga dies at 95
by Andrew Dampf Silvio Gazzaniga, the sculptor who designed the World Cup trophy, has died. He was 95. Gazzaniga's son, Giorgio, said his father passed away in his sleep at home in Milan. "He just didn't wake up this morning. It was a peaceful death," Giorgio Gazzaniga told The Associated Press on Monday, adding that his father had been in...
How to eat spaghetti like a true Italian
By Whitney Coy When you think of Italian food, what comes to mind? For many, it's probably a giant plate of spaghetti noodles, topped with a hearty meat sauce and a generous serving of juicy meatballs. Unfortunately, that dish you're envisioning isn't the least bit Italian. It may be a signature dish of many Italian restaurants in the U.S...
Così Harvard gioca con i proverbi dialettali italiani
Moglie e buoi dei paesi tuoi, si dice. Eppure, un progetto di social reading organizzato dagli studenti di Harvard University sembra provare il contrario: con #Proverbi (dall'11 al 13 novembre sulla piattaforma online Betwyll), gli studenti americani della professoressa Elvira Di Fabio hanno commentato alcuni proverbi dialettali italiani per studia...
La commedia dell'arte e il cinema si incontrano alla national gallery di Washington
Due film, due registi. Un comun denominatore. La Commedia dell'Arte e due dei suoi più famosi personaggi. Sarà la National Gallery of Art di Washington ad ospitare la proiezione delle pellicole "Io, Arlecchino" di Matteo Bini e Giorgio Pasotti e "Bella e perduta" di Pietro Marcello e Maurizio Braucci. L'iniziativa è organizzata in collaborazione c...
Festa Coloniale Italiana 2012
We are very excited to announce that on Saturday, August 11, The San Francisco Italian Athletic Club Foundation welcomes the Bay Area to North Beach for the 2012 Festa Coloniale Italiana, an annual Italian festival that celebrates the rich Italian and Italian-American heritage that has existed in San Francisco for generations. This free event conti...
AmCham Italy ha incontrato il Vice Ministro Michel Martone
L'American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, guidata dall'On. Simone Crolla, ha organizzato lunedì 3 dicembre a Milano un incontro riservato con il Vice Ministro del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali Prof. Michel Martone al quale ha presentato il documento "Flessibilità nel mondo del lavoro", realizzato dalla task force "Human Capital" interna alla stes...
USA e Italia celebrano i primi 50 anni nello spazio insieme: seminario all'Ambasciata di Washington
Il prossimo 19 marzo all'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington verranno celebrati i 50 anni di collaborazione spaziale tra Italia e Stati Uniti. Era il 1962 quando l'Italia firmò il primo accordo con la Nasa per lanciare il suo primo satellite dalla base di Wallops Island, in Virginia, cui seguì il primo lancio di un satellite italiano dalla base itali...
ITALIA-USA: Terzi riceve delegazione del Congresso americano
Il Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina una delegazione del Congresso degli Stati Uniti, a Roma in occasione delle cerimonie per l'inizio del Pontificato di Sua Santità Papa Francesco.Eccellente stato delle relazioni bilateraliAl centro dei colloqui l'eccellente stato delle relazioni bilaterali, arricchite nel 2013 dal...