Italian farmer creates massive works of art in fields for the Jubilee
The farmland Province of Verona Castagnaro, in the north of Italy, is now the exhibition space for a new kind of art. Italian land artist Dario Gambarin enjoys a challenge. Working freehand with just a tractor and plow, Gambarin has created a new piece of art in celebration of the Jubilee of Mercy, which begins on December 8th in Rome. ...
James Beard Award-Winning Chef to Open Italian Restaurant at Mosaic District: Report
by Mary Ann Barton Love Italian food? Listen up: A new Italian restaurant is slated for Mosaic District, the stylish neighborhood near Vienna in Merrifield, according to a report Tuesday by Washington Business Journal. The newspaper reports that Boston chef Michael Schlow has set his sites on Mosaic after Alta Strada, owned by Sch...
Un torinese fra i 10 giovani più influenti nell’arte
Il torinese Guglielmo Castelli, 28 anni, è stato indicato dalla rivista Forbes fra i primi dieci under 30 europei più influenti nell'arte. Un passato da illustratore di moda per Vogue, Castelli è oggi un pittore figurativo. È stato protagonista di mostre personali a Roma, Ginevra e Amsterdam. Formatosi alla Accademia Albertina di Tori...
Rehumanizing the immigrant experience in Maine
By Kelley Bouchard It's a bold statement that rings true when measured against history. "There are no new immigration stories," said Tilly Laskey, outreach curator at the Maine Historical Society. Irish immigrants were barred from many jobs in the 1800s. Japanese families were placed in internment camps out West during World War...
Sofia Coppola's La Traviata to set Opera of Rome back on song
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner The American film director Sofia Coppola is to make her opera debut this year with a production of La Traviata, at the Opera of Rome – a star-studded coup for the beleaguered venue, which has long been overshadowed by La Scala in Milan. Coppola, the director of Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides...
Lingua italiana all’estero: buone notizie da Gentiloni
di Fucsia Nissoli FitzGerald Sappiamo tutti il danno che sarebbe stato arrecato alla promozione della lingua italiana all'estero se fossero stati confermati i recenti tagli al fondo destinato agli enti gestori dei corsi di lingua italiana all'estero. Infatti, dopo la battaglia fatta in sede di esame della legge di stabilità per an...
Pagamento delle pensioni all'estero. Comunicazioni dell'INPS sulla campagna 2016 di verifica dell'esistenza in vita
Si porta a conoscenza quanto appena reso noto dall'INPS in merito all'avvio, a decorrere dal 6 febbraio scorso, della rilevazione per l'anno 2016 dell'esistenza in vita dei pensionati INPS, a cui vanno aggiunti anche quelli ex INPDAP, per un totale di oltre 360.000 posizioni. E' in corso la spedizione ai pensionati del plico contenente la...
The Calandra Institute is pleased to present: MONTEDORO, A Film by Antonello Faretta
March 30 (Wednesday) 6:00 - 9:30 pm. Elebash Recital Hall. The Graduate Center, CUNY - 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street), Manhattan. RSVP: 212-642-2094. Seating is limited and is first come first served. Photo ID required. calandra@qc.edu - www.qc.edu/calandra Montedoro, tells the story of an American woman...
GIAN GIACOMO MIGONE "The United States and Fascist Italy”
Monday, April 11, 2016 at 6:00 pm Organized by : IIC in collaboration with : European Institute of Columbia University Entrance : Free. Book now! Location:italian Cultural Institute Originally published in Italian in 1980, Gli Stati Uniti e il Fascismo: Alle origini dell'egemonia Americana in Italia, is regarded. today. as a crucia...
Valerio Magrelli: the Condominium of the Flesh
Monday, April 25, 2016 at 6:00 pm. Organized by IIC. Entrance : Free. Book now! Italian Cultural Institute of New York. 686 Park Avenue. New York, NY 10021 - USA A darkly humorous exploration of the human body and its various functions in poetic prose, Valerio Magrelli's personal chronicle of clinical experien...
Italy’s ceramic tiles industry sees stable and double digit growth in the US market
Confindustria Ceramica president Vittorio Borelli doesn't hide his satisfaction. "We can't complain this year," he said. "The US market is driving a visible and significant growth." We are at the "Coverings," the American ceramics fair organized every year (for the past 27 years) by the Italian Association of Ceramic Producers in collaboration wit...
Carnevale Project by Pascal Gangi
For the Fisherman's Feast in the North End in 2016, the artistic group is currently working in bringing a little taste of the Carnevale tradition from Sciacca to the North End. The Carnevale in Sciacca calls for the parade of the float accompanied by its traditional music, Dance group and a Comedia dell' Arte group. Just like the actual tradit...