The return of the Befana to Austin
by Italy meets Texas Good morning ! We are happy to announce the return of the Befana to Austin! Please join us in this time-honored Italian tradition and for a good cause: in the spirit of "giving" , the collection of non- perishable food will be donated to the Central Texas Food Pantry. For more information, please contact us at Italymee...
Tracing Austin's Italian Food Boom
In Austin, new types of cuisine tend to arrive in distinct waves, as if savvy restaurateurs all had the same great idea at once. Ramen, fusion tacos, or New American small plates all had their predictable moment, but our city's recent saturation of Italian restaurants was less expected, quickly changing the landscape for local diners. Yelp Austin's...
Lobbisti, i padroni di Tampa
Una preghiera contro l'uragano, un ricordo per Neil Armstrong e tre simbolici colpi di martello per far decollare il contatore del debito pubblico dell'amministrazione di Barack Obama. Cinque minuti in tutto, forse meno.L'apertura della convention repubblicana di Tampa lunedì 27 agosto si è ridotta a un drappello di delegati accalcati intorno al pa...
105 anni fa la tragedia di Monongah: commemorazioni in Molise
Più di novecento morti, tra loro circa cinquecento italiani. Sono i numeri della tragedia di Monongah, miniera del West Virginia, dove un'esplosione il 6 dicembre del 1907, uccise moltissimi connazionali, tra cui anche bambini e ragazzi. Oggi, a 105 anni di distanza, le vittime sono commemorate a Campobasso durante il convegno "Monongah, dal fatto...
Il paradiso degli ‘indie’ di celluloide
Il Sundance Film Festival, in corso in Utah in questi giorni, è il paradiso degli indie di celluloide. In America la segmentazione del mercato del cinema tra mainstream e underground, tra cinema di Hollywood ed indipendenti, è sensibile e feconda. La libertà creativa si respira in ogni film. Nessuna sceneggiatura è scontata: il pubblico chiede un i...
“Studiare in Friuli”
The Convitto Nazionale "Paolo Diacono" WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF Province of Gorizia, Province of Udine; Cividale del Friuli Municipality, CRUP FoundationAutonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia in collaboration with Ente Friuli nel mondo announces a competition for 20 scholarships of the duration of one year (or s...
March 18, 2013 Event on the Italian Elections
The basic message was pretty dire. The results of the recent Italian elections portend major problems in forming a government that will be able to address the pressing economic challenges that Italy is facing. And prospects of reform in the political system are, at least for the moment, pretty dim. On the positive side, though, US-Italy cooperation...
American and Italian neuroscientists: Study identifies key shift in the brain that creates drive to overeat
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana — A team of American and Italian neuroscientists has identified a cellular change in the brain that accompanies obesity. The findings could explain the body's tendency to maintain undesirable weight levels, rather than an ideal weight, and identify possible targets for pharmacological efforts to address obesity.The findings, pu...
La farsa dell’olio d’oliva made in Italy
di Beatrice Bondi L'olio d'oliva che noi italiani acquistiamo a New York siamo proprio sicuri che venga dall'Italia? E se arriva dell'Italia, siamo certi che sia proprio un prodotto italiano? Prendiamo ad esempio quel colosso della grande distribuzione che è Fairway che, per chi non lo sapesse, è noto per aver importato prodotti italiani di quali...
Chicago’s Little Italy
Italian immigrants to Chicago faced many drastic changes in their environments and way of life. The bustling new metropolis was very different from an Italian rural village. The mass of new Italian immigrants who entered the city in the late nineteenth century, primarily men from the small towns surrounding Palermo, Sicily were either single or had...
Picasso painting held by U.S. authorities for Italy
A 1909 Pablo Picasso painting titled "Compotier et tasse," or "Fruit bowl and cup", with an estimated worth of $11.5 million will be held by U.S. authorities for the Italian government pending the outcome of criminal proceedings against its owner in Italy, according to the terms of a judge's order signed Monday. Justice Department authorit...
Exploring the Remains of L.A.'s Little Italy
by Eric Brightwell Los Angeles and Orange Counties are home to many official and unofficial (but widely recognized) ethnic enclaves, including Cambodia Town, Chinatown, Historic Filipinotown, Koreatown, Little Armenia, Little Arabia, Little Bangladesh, Little Ethiopia, Little India, Little Osaka, Little Saigon, Little Seoul, Little Tokyo, Oaxacato...