Democracy, Judicial Activism, and Free Markets
Discorso Bruno Leoni 2013 - Castello del Valentino – Torino27 maggio 2013 – ore 18:00 Castello del Valentino - Salone d'Onore - Viale Mattioli 39 - Torino Antonin ScaliaGiudice della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti Democracy, Judicial Activism, and Free Markets RSVP: eventi@brunoleoni.it 02 3657 7325
Best New Italian in Boston Area: Giulia in Cambridge, MA
by Liz Bomze I remember thinking that Cantabrigians had gotten a great Christmas present when Giulia opened last December. The stylish yet low-key Porter Square space came with the promise of Michael Pagliarini, former executive chef at Back Bay's higher-falutin Italian dining room Via Matta, his Umbrian roots, and his considerable pasta-making sk...
Artigianato, tecnologia e design: l'innovazione si fa bellezza
Costruire un ponte tra l'eccellenza del Made in Italy nel creare bellezza e la capacità industriale e tecnologia della Silicon Valley. È questo il fulcro del progetto Making in Italy-Making in Usa: Artisanship, Technology and Design. Innovating with Beauty, che si terrà dall'11 al 24 giugno a San Francisco nell'ambito dell'Anno della Cultura Italia...
Sicily threatens to withdraw two major pieces from a traveling show, jeopardizing its visit to the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art is trying to ensure that an exhibition on ancient art from Sicily will take place as scheduled in September despite reports that Sicilian cultural authorities want to withdraw two masterpieces critical to the exhibition. The exhibition, "Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome", is the Cleveland museum's major...
Digital Diplomacy at Italian Embassy in Washington
Digital diplomacy was the topic of discussion at the Italian Embassy in Washington this evening. This was the third event hosted by Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, who has been bringing experts together to discuss and analyze how global interconnectivity and the real-time information cycle are transforming the way citizens and government interact....
Announcing la Festa di Ferragosto!!!
Join us for a great Italian Festa at Montecito's beautiful Lower Manning Park for a fabulous, FUNTASTIC Festa di Ferragosto! And, even better, it will benefit our local students by helping us raise much-needed money for our Scholarship Fund. For those of you who have no idea what Ferragosto is all about, please scroll all the way to the en...
Descendants of Jefferson neighbor reunite in Albemarle
By K. Burnell Evans About 240 years ago, Antonio Giannini and his wife and daughter left Fibbialla, Italy, for Virginia at the behest of Florentine merchant Philip Mazzei, a friend of Thomas Jefferson's. Part of a cadre of skilled workers Mazzei employed at Colle, his farm adjoining Monticello, Giannini planned to return home after five y...
Solar, Italian Style
Enel has deployed a large franchise operation to spur installation of renewable power technologies in its home territory of Italy, and it is now eager to replicate its successful venture in the United States. Francesco Venturini, chief executive of Enel Green Power North America, told EnergyBiz that his company will focus first on Californ...
WWII vets hope lake in Italy yields GIs' remains
Somewhere on the bottom of Italy's largest lake lie the remains of two dozen American soldiers who died when their amphibious vehicle sank in 1945 in the waning days of the fighting in Europe during World War II. A volunteer group's discovery of what could be the wreckage 900 feet down in Lake Garda has given aging veterans hope that, afte...
Verdi at 200: A celebration of his music, life, and times
Consolato d'Italia Detroit, the Verdi Opera Theatre of Michigan, and the University ofMichigan's Romance Language Department and the School of Music, Theatre & DanceDepartment of Voice are pleased to present John Zaretti, President Verdi Opera Theatre of MichiganFriday, October 4, 2013 - 7:00 p.m. E.V. Moore Building, McIntosh Theat...
Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia at ArtsPark Italian HIT Week Event
Join Gran Fondo Giro d'Italia this Saturday from 7-11pm for Italian Music, prizes & fun at Italian HIT Week with by the Rhythm Foundation in Hollywood ArtsPark at Young Circle.The Miami – Coral Gables Giro d'Italia team (including model Claudia Romani) will be on site for this great event celebrating contemporary Italian Music and Culture.Visit...
IT and US: Giuseppe Verdi in America
WTI Magazine #1 2013 Oct,18 Author : Fiorella Operto and Maria Teresa Cannizzaro Translation by: The Language Institute October 12,1906 marked the 414th anniversary of the discovery of America and, like every year for so many years, associations and fraternities of Italian Americans marched from Washington...