The Marinello Lakes: Sicilian nature, poetry and mysteries
The outline of the Marinello Lakes, in the province of Messina, constantly changes due to marine currents and sea storms. If you happen to look out from the sacristy of the old Sanctuary of the Black Madonna of Tindari – built on the top of the hill of the same name, a promontory belonging to the Nebrodi Hills, over 250 meters high – be pr...
Italy's South returns to growth after 7 years - SVIMEZ
Southern Italy's GDP rose in 2015 after seven consecutive years of negative growth, local industrial development association SVIMEZ said on Thursday. Southern regions registered GDP growth of 1% last year, compared to a fall of 1.2% in 2014. This was 0.3% more than in the rest of the country, SVIMEZ added. GDP in southern Italy fell by 12.3%...
Inside Lady Gaga’s Family Thanksgiving Traditions — Plus, Her Father’s ‘Nutellasagna’ Recipe
by Jeff Nelson Growing up in an Italian-American family in New York City's Upper West Side neighborhood, Lady Gaga's life was filled with food and family—before and especially after her meteoric rise to fame. In 2012, her parents — Joe and Cynthia — opened their restaurant, Joanne Trattoria, in their neighborhood and, on Tue...
Garfield Instagrammer Falls For Old-School Italian Deli
by Cecilia Levine Walk into Fair Lawn's "A Family Affair Deli" and you'll get just that — and lots more. "Momma" Angela is up front at the register, Ed Sr. is working the books and Eddie Jr. is working everything in between. The Tisi family opened its Broadway eatery in 1995 and hasn't served anything but "the good stuff" ever si...
Caffe Nero opens in Brookline Village
By Jenna Fisher Brookline Village just got another coffee shop. With Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts on one side and KooKoo and Middle Gray on the other, a London-based, family-owned chain of coffee houses just landed in Brookline Village in a storefront that has sat empty for the past few months. Visitors were treated to a free...
Andiamo is aptly named: You and your friends should go
By Karen Peterson Andiamo is an in-between kind of place. It doesn't quite belong among the very few high-end Italian eateries in town, though it shares with them an eclectic and sometimes imaginative menu. But it's a good cut above what I call the "red sauce" pasta and pizza houses, though these Italian-American classics figure large on its menu...
Bollicine Italiane negli USA: lo spumante Italiano domina il mercato USA
Un'analisi dei 10 marchi di vino spumante più venduti negli USA conferma che le bollicine italiane continuano a dominare questo mercato in espansione. È quanto rilevato dall'Ufficio Ice di New York. Nel 2011, le spedizioni di spumanti verso gli Stati Uniti sono aumentate del 19.7%, raggiungendo 7,65 milioni di casse. Secondo Impact Databank, 5 del...
Carnegie Hall Holiday Chorus Concert
If you're searching for holiday spirit, look no further. The St. Cecilia Chorus of New York (established in 1906) performs a holiday concert "Mangia! Holiday Music with the Flavor of Italy." The program features Vivaldi's "Gloria" and the "heavenly but underperformed" music of Peter Mennin's "The Christmas Story," Isabella Leonarda's "Three Motets,...
200 Anni di Giuseppe Verdi – All’LAOpera il suo ultimo capolavoro
Tra i molti eventi legati alla cultura italiana che segneranno l'anno appena cominciato, spicca la celebrazione di un "compleanno" particolare. Nel 2013 ricorrono infatti i duecento anni dalla nascita del compositore italiano Giuseppe Verdi. Il mondo intero è pronto a ricordarlo, e l'LAOpera lo fa dedicandogli lo spettacolo di chiusura del 2013. P...
Un nuovo laminatoio da 1,5 miliardi di $ per Tenaris in Texas
Tenaris, uno dei maggiori produttori di tubi di acciaio per l'industria energetica, ha annunciato la costruzione di un laminatoio a Bay City, in Texas, per un investimento stimato in oltre 1,3 miliardi di dollari.L'impianto avrà una capacità produttiva di 600.000 tonnellate all'anno di tubi senza saldatura e dovrebbe entrare in funzione nel 2016, c...
Buona Festa di San Giuseppe! Providence celebrates St. Joseph's
PROVIDENCE, RI – The sounds of traditional Italian songs echoed inside the halls of Providence City Hall Tuesday, when Mayor Angel Taveras hosted the city's annual Saint Joseph's Day celebration. The ceremony honoring Italian heritage and culture was held on the second and third floors of City Hall. In his address, Mayor Taveras recognized the con...
NISSOLI (LISTA MONTI) CON "ONE VOICE COALITION": SUPERARE LA CULTURA MASS MEDIATICA AMERICANA FONDATA SULLO STEREOTIPO ITALO-AMERICANO
Si è tenuta ieri sera, 3 aprile, nella sede della UNICO National Connecticut District 1 a Milford, in Connecticut, la presentazione di "One Voice Coalition" (www.iaovc.org), un'organizzazione nazionale di attivisti Usa, dedicata esclusivamente a difendere il patrimonio e la cultura italo americana. Presente all'evento anche Fucsia Nissoli,...