Importante riconoscimento per la lingua italiana negli USA: Il "college board" finanzierà l'AP
Importante risultato per la promozione della lingua italiana negli Stati Uniti. Il "college board" - l'organizzazione senza scopo di lucro che ogni anno aiuta più di sette milioni di studenti a prepararsi per il passaggio al college - si è infatti impegnato a sostenere sul piano finanziario il mantenimento dell'italiano fra le lingue materia di esa...
With 'Italian Style' exhibition, Portland Art Museum declares its interest in fashion design
High heels with retro flames bursting from the back of the shoes, à la Katy Perry. Coral-pink silk pajamas with jewels on the collar. A blue velvet evening suit, including a ruffled dress shirt, a patterned pocket square and a polka-dot bow tie. These items, along with dozens of other designer garments, vintage photographs of style icons a...
A theatrical masterpiece: Sabbioneta's Teatro all'antica
Duke Vespasiano Gonzaga – founder of the small "ideal city" of Sabbioneta, near Mantua – summoned Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548-1616) from Vicenza to ask him to build what would become the Teatro all'Antica; he had perhaps noticed Scamozzi thanks to the onstage scenery he had created earlier for the beautiful and famous Olympic Theater in his hometown....
With Centre Street Cafe, Jamaica Plain sees an Italian renaissance
Forever, Centre Street Cafe was the tiny place with the line out the door for brunch. It was one colorful square in Jamaica Plain’s patchwork of restaurants — small, independent places serving sandwiches, baked goods, coffee, ice cream, vegetarian-friendly fare, and the dishes of Thailand, India, Japan, Scotland, Cuba, the Middle East, Ethiopia, an...
ISSNAF – Italian Scientists and Scholars in N.A. Foundation Call for Awards
ISSNAF – Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation yearly presents awards to acknowledge the research of young Italian investigators working in North America, whose commitment to their discipline of study is innovative, potentially impactful and honors their country of origin. ISSNAF Board of Trustees encourages all Itali...
The Mafia only kills in summer – March 27
Pierfrancesco Diliberto (a renowned TV host and political comedian, better known as Pif) wrote, directed, and stars in this subversive, irreverent feature debut about Arturo, a young boy whose obsession with the Mafia’s casual presence in his city surpasses even his passion for Flora, the beautiful schoolmate who remains his main love interest unti...
Hunt for missing Pompeii artwork includes stop in Boise
It was a breathtaking sight for U.S. investigators involved in the hunt for stolen Italian cultural artifacts more than 1,900 years old. Some of the sought-after antiquities lay swaddled in blankets on the floor of a Del Mar, Calif., garage. They were turned over to authorities by the third wife of late multimillionaire Allen E. Paulson, whose...
Mary Dimino to Star in "Scared Skinny" at the Engeman Theater, Beginning 4/8
The John W. Engeman Theater is proud to present SCARED SKINNY, written & performed by Mary Dimino, and winner of The New York International Fringe Festival Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Solo Show. The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is Long Island's only year-round professional theater company, casting its actors direct...
Dolce Italian in Buckhead Atlanta to open in August
Winner of Bravo's Best New Restaurant competition, Dolce Italian will open its first Georgia location in Buckhead Atlanta in August. A Miami location opened in 2013, and plans are in the works for a Chicago outpost as well. The restaurant is the signature of LDV Hospitality, founder John Meadow says. Diners can look forward to house-made p...
Christo’s Floating Piers Will Let You Walk on Water in Italy
By adjoining 200,000 fabric-lined floatable components, Christo hopes to allow the residents of two mainland towns in Italy's Lombardy region to walk on water for a duration of two weeks in June 2016. If approved, the "Floating Piers" would connect both towns with the Lake Iseo islands via an extended, brightly colored fabric dock that would stretc...
Candice Guardino Brings GILDA AND MARGARETTE to Second City
Candice Guardino is adding to her list of successful theatrical productions with the debut of Gilda and Margarette, a sketch comedy show. Candice Guardino is most well-known for her funny and heartwarming solo-hit show Italian Bred, which premiered to sold out houses in New York City in 2013. This past February 2015, Italian Bred encored in LA...
"A Trip to Operatic Italy" with Lou Barrella
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere presents"A Trip to Operatic Italy" with Lou BarrellaTuesday, May 26, 2015 @ 7:00 PMDuring the summer of 2009, Lou made a long awaited trip to Italy. In addition to visiting some main cities, he went to the places important in the lives of Giuseppe Verdi (Busseto, LeRoncole, Sant Agata and...