Veterans Honored at American Cemetery in Italy
Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet traveled to the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial in Nettuno, Italy, to honor American service members who have lost their lives in the line of duty, May 26. Vice Adm. Phil Davidson, commander, U.S 6th Fleet, attended the memorial service as a guest speaker to honor 7,861 dead and 3,095 missing American sons and...
Batte un cuore italiano nella NASA: le nostre eccellenze nei primi progetti classificati
Ciascuno di noi ha affrontato esami durante tutta la carriera scolastica e, una volta iniziata la carriera lavorativa, ha subito capito che ne avrebbe dovuto affrontare molti altri. eGli scienziati sono abituati a essere esaminati, non parliamo solo dei concorsi per entrare in ruolo o di quelli delle progressioni di carriera, siamo sottopo...
Italian design: Piero Lissoni wins Compasso D'oro prize
WTI Magazine #36 2014 June, 25Author : Martina Siega Translation by: The Italian designer Piero Lissoni is the winner of the XXIII edition of Compasso d'Oro. The Door L16 LUALDI has been rewarded as Compasso d'Oro 2014. The awards ceremony took place on May 28th, in Milan.
Garavini (PD): ottime notizie dal Governo Renzi sul rinnovo dei Comites entro il 2014
"Entro l'anno si procederà al rinnovo dei Comites, gli organi di rappresentanza di base degli italiani all'estero. Dopo anni di tagli, di rinvii, di incertezze si manifesta finalmente attenzione politica e rispetto nei confronti degli italiani all'estero". Lo dichiara la deputata Pd eletta all'estero Laura Garavini, a latere di una riunione degli e...
L'Italia dei motori romba in Pennsylvania
by Fabiana Yvonne Lugli Lo Skytop Lodge ed il Pocono Raceway (PA) dal 20 al 23 giugno 2014 hanno ospitato la 28ª edizione de Le Belle Macchine d'Europa un evento teso a promuovere le automobili europee. Durante l'edizione di quest'anno le macchine e i motori italiani hanno catalizzato l'attenzione dei visitatori anche grazie alla ricorrrenza di un...
Collio wine country: Italy's undiscovered region
by Marla Cimini If any area within Italy can be described as "picture-perfect," the bucolic wine country of Collio with its rolling hills and vibrant mosaic of emerald green-hued vineyards is a destination worthy of that artistic depiction. Located about an hour-and-a-half drive from Venice, in the Province of Gorizia, Collio is a...
Ad East Harlem una strada per Vito Marcantonio
Il Vito Marcantonio Forum (VMF), che ha di recente commemorato la morte Vito Marcantonio, membro del Congresso americano per sette legislature (dal 1934 al '36 e dal 1938 al '50), fa passi avanti verso il riconoscimento di questa importante figura politica e allo stesso tempo si impegna per rivendicare un ruolo centrale nell'arena locale e nazional...
OC International Fair: Eat, Drink, and Be Italian
The Italian Spirit is alive and well, and it was in full swing at the city of Orange. International Fair. This past Labor Day weekend, despite the scorching summer heat, the Fair turned out record crowds. With musicians playing everything from Salsa to Rock, people of all ages cruised Orange circle and its adjoining streets, buying everyt...
Relaunched Mill Has American Heritage and Italian Know-How
by Alison A. Nieder A 19th-century textile mill in northern Connecticut is currently humming with the activity of 40 looms making woolen and worsted fabrics for the American luxury market. The mill, founded as Warren Stafford in Stafford Springs, Conn., has been reopened and relaunched as American Woolen Co., a company with about 25 e...
Walter Potenza (Founder of Federal Hill Heritage Center in Providence)
Italians in Rhode Island have a long history to be told. The smallest State of the Union welcomed several fellow Italians: most of them arrived to Providence's Little Italy, Federal Hill (also called "the heartbeat of Providence"). In particular, the jewelry and silverware industry in Providence attracted Italian immigrants to Rhode Island at the t...
Book Presentation: "Partisan Diary" by Ada Gobetti - October 29, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Partisan Diary A Woman's Life in the Italian Resistance BY Ada Gobetti and Translated and edited by Jomarie Alano First account available in English of an Italian woman's participation in the Italian Resistance (Resistenza) that covers the entire period between September 1943 and April 1945. Ada Gobetti's Partisan Diary is both diary and memoir. &...
Love Angels By Don Marcello Stanzione - November 13, 2014 at 6:30pm
Don Marcello Stanzione, Jacques Coret, and Marco Gionta willl present their first book published in English: The Highway to Heaven/A closer walk with God in the Company of The Celestial Beings-Angels published by Publisher Sign. The presentation will be accompanied by the screening of the documentary Love Angels. The documentary tells the...