Mini Italian Film Festival!
Grab a glass of wine and relax with the Greater New York Region for its first mini Italian film festival! Courtesy of the award-winning television channel Eurochannel, four short films by Italian filmmakers will be screened in Italian with English subtitles. The screening will be followed by a guided conversation and time for networking. L...
Italian American Cultural Hub, I Am Books, Opens in Boston’s North End
by Matt Conti I Am Books, the country's first Italian American bookstore, opened this week in Boston's North End at 189 North Street across from the Paul Revere House. Owner Nicola Orichuia and partner Jim Pinzino want the bookstore to serve as a cultural hub for locals and visitors interested in diving into the rich world of Italian...
Expo site to be turned into a technology park in the health, nutrition and sustainability sectors
by Sara Monaci The project for the future of Expo Milano 2015 is taking shape, starting from the public funds to be made available: €150 million every year for 10 years. The announcement came from Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who was in Milan to open the second phase of Expo and discuss the future of the site of the Universal exhibition wh...
Brunello Cucinelli Is Probably the Best Boss Ever
By Justin Fenner No offense to your boss, but Brunello Cucinelli sounds like the greatest person on the planet to work for. To wit: The king of Italian cashmere makes his employees take a 90-minute break every day at 1 P.M., when many of them eat a subsidized lunch in the company cafeteria. (And this isn't your standard break...
That's Amore! Lady Gaga's Father's Italian Restaurant Hosts Beautiful Proposal
by Matthew Scott Donnelly The specials this week at Joanne Trattoria, a New York City restaurant owned by Lady Gaga's father, Joe Germanotta? A traditional spaghetti and meatball dinner, herb roasted chicken and marriaaaaaaaaaaaage! This morning (November 30), Lady Gaga shared a video of YouTubing duo WhenSheMetShe (better known as Al...
Exploring the 19th-Century Rooms (and Ruins) of the Tenement Museum
The Tenement Museum offered one of its rare "Snapshot" tours last night, allowing visitors to not only walk intoevery apartment on all five floors of the great old 1863building, but also take pictures throughout, breaking theinstitution's usual "no-photos" rule. The cost was $30, it included an excellent spread from Russ & Daughters and Economy...
Ecco Goldfinger, il guanto italoamericano per controllare le macchine
Il Politecnico di Torino e il Mit di Boston hanno sviluppato un'interfaccia indossabile che potrà trovare applicazioni nell'industria, nella medicina e nella realtà virtuale. Il controller riesce ad autoalimentarsi grazie all'energia elettrica generata dal movimento delle dita e i componenti tecnologici sono integrati nel suo supporto tessile. &nb...
Uno pneumatico intelligente per dimezzare gli incidenti
di Flavia Gamberale Fraticelli Anche gli italiani entrano nell'ambito mercato delle connected car. È tutto made in Italy il progetto Smart tyre, nato dalle menti di Arash Golamzadeh Nasrabadi, Alessandro Biondi, Alessio Balsini e Davide Calvaresi della scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa. La loro startup, Wriggle Solutions, ha infa...
Authentic Italian right in our backyard
by Danielle Gomes There is nothing that matters more to Italian-born chef Franco Raimondo than preparing and serving only the freshest food possible at Marco Polo in Ocean City. "I never serve food that was made yesterday," Raimondo says. Each day, Raimondo makes the sauces and soups fresh and at the end of the night, if ther...
The Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi (SIEF) is pleased to announce exciting news: the inauguration of its Chicago location in Wicker Park
The Scuola Italiana Enrico Fermi (SIEF) is pleased to announce exciting news: the inauguration of its Chicago location in Wicker Park, Toddlers playgroups, Saturday classes and the first Italian Summer Camp in Chicago. The Scuola (SIEF) will open its doors on April 2nd, 2016 for Playgroups and Children Courses on Saturdays at the Monsigno...
Fabio Luisi, Opera’s Grand Maestro, Shows No Signs of Stopping
by Wayne Lawson The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut, directed by Richard Eyre with Kristine Opolais in the title role, which premieres on February 12, will be conducted by Fabio Luisi, the lean, elegant Italian who for the last decade has been steadily delivering great sound from the pit. Enlisted by...
Trasformare la mano in uno strumento musicale: il sogno di due italiani negli USA
di Alessandro Frau Sono le 8 di mattina, ad Austin, in Texas. Davanti allo schermo del mio computer ci sono due ragazzi, Andrea Baldereschi e Andrea Bulgarelli. Hanno la faccia assonnata, tipica di chi ancora non ha smaltito il jet lag. Sono arrivati in America solo da qualche giorno e non hanno mai smesso di lavorare al loro prodotto. &n...