Fiat Chrysler accelerates NAFTA shift from passenger cars
With lower gas prices shifting North American driving preferences toward bigger vehicles, Fiat Chrysler has accelerated its transition away from passenger cars with an impact on its manufacturing footprint across the globe. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne gave out pieces of the plan to exit the small- and midsize car business in th...
E' di Verbania la donna più anziana del mondo
La persona più anziana del mondo, una donna afroamericana di New York, è morta negli Stati uniti a 116 anni, passando il testimone del primato di longevità all'italiana Emma Morano, piemontese, anche lei di 116, decana d'Italia e d'Europa. Susannah Mushatt Jones, nata a Montgomery Alabama nel 1899, si è spenta in una casa di riposo di Brooklyn. Era...
New Italian festival in Bethlehem
Growing up, Vito Spinelli would go to his grandmother's house, and she would make a simple but delicious Sicilian-style pizza. "Food is such a big part of Italian culture," says Spinelli, owner of Brick Pizzeria Restaurant & Bar in Bethlehem. He now makes that pie, which he calls Grandma Pie, at his downtown Bethlehem restaurant....
From cannoli to ravioli, Italian American Heritage Festival in Delco celebrates all-things Italian!
Maybe it was all the prayers to Saint Anthony going on near the Saint Anthony di Padova Society's booth. Or maybe it was just a stroke of pure Italian luck. Looming overcast skies with threats of impending rain seemed to pass as the afternoon wore on Sunday, causing the sun to shine on hundreds of people and dozens upon dozens of vendors a...
dbGLOVE, il guanto pugliese che fa comunicare i sordociechi
dbGLOVE è un guanto che consente alle persone sordo-cieche di interagire facilmente con un computer o con uno smartphone. La mano diventa così uno strumento di comunicazione che digitalizza numerosi alfabeti, basati sul tatto, come Malossi e Braille. In più supporta la navigazione web, la chat, la lettura dei documenti e l'invio di e-mail. Gli ute...
Boston Midsummer Opera to Present Donizetti's IL CAMPANELLO & Mascagni's L'AMICO FRITZ
It's love, Italian style, as the Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) presents two rarely performed one-act gems from the 19th century, Donizetti's Il Campanello and Mascagni's L'amico Fritz for its eleventh season. Three performances will presented, on July 20, 22 and 24, in a new location for the BMO, the Arsenal Center for the Arts, Mosesian Theater, in...
Century City Mall Awaits Italian Food Par Excellence
Straightforward, innovative and an excellent communicator, these are just a few of the adjectives that can be used to describe the business owner from Alba, a man who involved all his capacities to transform his very own initiatives to become reality on a worldwide level. He succeeded in doing this by selling technology products, after hav...
‘Tosca’ takes the stage at Union Avenue Opera
What: "Tosca," presented by Union Avenue Opera When: 8 p.m. Friday, July 29; Saturday, July 30; Friday, Aug. 5; Saturday, Aug. 6 Where: Union Avenue Opera, 733 N. Union Blvd., in the Visitation Park neighborhood of St. Louis' Central West End Info: "Tosca" will be presented in its original Italian with projected English supertitles and a...
Bella Piatti offers elegant takes on Italian dishes
by Molly Abraham Three years into its run under proprietors Nino and Liz Cutraro, Bella Piatti, the jewel box of a restaurant in the heart of downtown Birmingham, is establishing itself as one of the places to go in Metro Detroit. xecutive chef Francesco Apollonia's small kitchen turns out authentic Italian fare for a capacity crowd...
Modigliani: The Modern Master of the Female Nude And The Portrait, His Italian Artistic Heritage And Tragic Ending
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian artist who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form. He became the epitome of the tragic artist, creating a posthumous legend almost as well-known as that of Vincent Van Gogh...
Italian American heritage to be honored at Waynesburg festival
By Malcolm Hall Bring on some bocce tournaments, tarantella folk dancing, Mediterranean food and not to mention homemade wine and one might feel as if they recently arrived in this country from Italy. And that is somewhat the goal of the folks at St. James Catholic School as they stage an Italian American festival from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday...
Workshop for teachers “La cucina italiana oltre i confini”
Quando: 5 novembre, 9:30am -3:30pmDove: Consolato Generale d'Italia, 690 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 Tavola rotonda e dibattito sull'insegnamento della lingua e della cultura italiana attraverso una delle sue più importanti espressioni: la cucina. E poi degustazioni.. e ricette! Attestato di partecipazione a tutti i partecipanti rilasciat...