6th Annual Festa di Ferragosto in Houston
Celebrate with us this summer the 6th Annual Festa di Ferragosto! Bring your friends and your favorite bottle of wine, and come gather with fellow film-goers for Italian pizza and soft drinks. We will watch Noi e La Giulia. The film will be in Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Edoardo Leo. Starring Luca Argentero, Edoardo Leo, Claudi...
Moda e tradizioni della Ciociaria
Data: Gio 15 Set 2016 - Orario: Alle 18:30 Luogo: Italian Cultural Institute of LA, 1023 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Ingresso: Libero In anticipazione della XVIª Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo, dedicata a L'Italiano e la creatività: marchi e costumi, moda e design, l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Los Angeles present...
September 23 - An Italian Celebration
September 23 - An Italian Celebration at the San Francisco Symphony. Michael Tilson Thomas and the SF Symphony showcase the many facets of Italian music - from its sweeping drama to moments of delicate beauty and lighthearted joy. Hear Verdi's show-stopping Te Deum, alongside Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble The Swingle Singers, SF Sym...
Sen. Scarnati receives Italian Consular Award
Pennsylvania State Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati has been awarded the 2016 Consular Award by the Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia. The award was presented to Sen. Scarnati by Andrea Canepari, the Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia. The presentation took place at the DuBois (Pa.) Country Club on July 13. As Consul Ge...
West Springfield UNICO to celebrate 50th Anniversary with Gala
West Springfield UNICO was formed 50 years ago in 1966. To commemorate the milestone, West Springfield UNICO will host a 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Storrowton Carriage House in West Springfield, Massachusetts on Friday, October 14, 2016. Dinner will be served at 7:00 PM, preceded by a social hour and hors doeurves beginning at 6:00 PM. Mus...
16th Italian Language Week in the World
The Week of the Italian Language in the World promotes Italian as a great language of classical and contemporary culture. Every year the diplomatic and cultural network of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy chooses a theme for this initiative and organizes a series of events in the third week of October. In 2016,...
Amore Ristorante Brings Authentic Italian Cuisine, Artisan Pies To Mahopac
There are a lot of things Amore Ristorante Pizzeria owner Sergio Ragosta wants you to know about his restaurant, the Mahopac location just opened on Sunday. But the most important can be summed up quickly. The food is authentic Italian, and the Neapolitan style pizza - with all fresh ingredients, and cooked in a wood-fired stove - is...
Italian free diver Enzo Maiorca dies aged 85
Famed free diver Enzo Maiorca has died at the age of 85, the Italian navy says. Giancarlo Garozzo, the mayor of Syracuse in Sicily, said Maiorca died there on Sunday. No cause of death was given. Maiorca's friendly rivalry with diver Jacques Mayol inspired much of a 1988 film, The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson. The two divers compe...
Female-led business in Italy is growing fast
According to the study carried out by Unioncamere – the Italian organization that unites the chambers of commerce, agriculture and industry – the quantity of Italian companies managed by women is stably growing. In September 2016 the number of female-led businesses outreached 1,3 million which is 21.74% of all the registered companies in Italy. At...
New Pop-Up Shop Brings Italy to New York for Holiday Shopping
by Beth Connolly New York-based Italophiles have a new resource in town when it comes to high-end holiday shopping. The city that never sleeps welcomed the OFFICIAL Made in Italy popup store on October 19, 2016. The store brings 60+ Italian brands under its lofted roof — and 80% of those have never before been sold on U.S. soil. T...
Rebooting the boot
By Michael Jackman In metro Detroit's dining scene, there's perhaps no food as misunderstood as Italian. Most customers think of Italian food as "spaghetti and meatballs," or such "Italianese" derangements as "steak Gorgonzola Alfredo" dreamed up by some corporate chain. More accurately called "Italian-American," this fusion fare is relentlessly "...
Now available! Tickets for the 9th Italian Film Festival
by Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis ICC Members & Friends! Tickets for the 9th Italian Film Festival are now available! We're proud to present eight films never before seen in Minnesota, and a celebration of acclaimed director Sergio Leone with a showing of his masterpiece, Once Upon a Time in the West. We are also...