Trefoil performs "Dio Mio!" - 14Th-Century Italian love songs
Trefoil offers selections from the spectacular trecento style of 14th-century Italy. Music as described in Boccaccio's Decameron: Madrigals, ballate, canons, and estampie by Landini, Cicconia, and Jacopo di Bologna. TREFOIL is a trio of modern minstrels long active in early music, with experience in such ensembles as Les Arts Florissants,...
Pizza joint pays homage to Italian roots
Paul Reitano has a healthy respect for his elders. While he never got to meet his great-grandfather, he grew up with stories of his immigration at age 21 from Reggio Di Calabria, Italy, his love of his wife, Carmella, and his successful bakery in New York. Reitano made his own immigration of sorts by moving from New York to the Mountain I...
Angelo's Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Bring Back Restaurant to Wichita
Angelo's has served quality Italian food for many years, but the last Wichita location closed due to the owner's disability. Now, Jack Fasciano has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring Angelo's back to Wichita. In 1958, the founder of Angelo's began a pizza delivery business from his home, with wife , Anna , and his son, 11-year-old Ja...
Magic Books - The Secret Art of Book Hacking
Friday, March 13, 2015 - 6PMItalian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York TO RSVP PLEASE CLICK HERE We tune up engines and hack computers to improve their performances. What if we tuned up a book? Altering its structure and content, magical things may happen: volumes with movable parts, pages offering cinemat...
Francesca Alderisi torna a RAI Italia con "Cara Francesca..."
Francesca Alderisi, popolare conduttrice televisiva per anni alla guida di "Sportello Italia", il programma di servizio di Rai Italia dedicato alle comunità italiane all'estero, torna nelle case degli italiani nel mondo dopo tre anni con un nuovo programma a loro dedicato dal titolo "Cara Francesca". Ogni giorno si racconterà attraverso un collegam...
RFR Shows Off 285 Madison with Rare Italian Motorcycles Exhibit
We recently got a chance to take a look at the rare Italian motorcycles on display in the retail space at RFR’s 285 Madison Ave, called "The Art of the Italian Two Wheel.” The bikes belong to the curator of the show, designer and movie producer Stuart Parr, who goes way back with RFR principal Aby Rosen. The two met in 1987, when they bot...
The New FENDI Château Residences in Miami
The Fendi Château Residences is a new 12-story waterfront condominium building located at 9365 Collins Avenue in Miami, Florida. Expertly curated by the Italian megabrand and private developer Château Group, the condominium—a first of its kind—features 58 oceanfront apartments in a prime location just two blocks away from the esteemed luxury s...
FED CUP - USA vs Italy: Williams Sisters are Ready, Vinci is out
The convocations for the play-offs and for the World Group's semifinals of the Fed Cup were issued today. Captain Mary Joe Fernandez chose the four players that will face Italy in the play-offs in Brindisi, on the red clay, on the 18 and 19 of April. Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Alison Riske and Christina McHale were called. As for the...
Studying (in) Italy: Stefanie Bacarella, JCU Study Abroad Spring 2015
WTI Magazine #58 2015 April, 17Author : John Cabot University Translation by: As an Italian-American from Long Island, my semester at JCU is a chance to explore my parents' Italian heritage and truly experience Italy's culture, language, and cuisine. Both of my parents are from Palermo, Sicily, and traveled throughout Italy before movin...
Ecco il nuovo Whitney Museum
Un ritorno a casa: questo per l'architetto Renzo Piano rappresenta il trasferimento del Whitney Museum dalla sede sulla Madison Avenue al nuovo edificio nel cuore del Meatpacking District, a New York. Il nuovo Whitney, a cui sono stati tolti i veli alla presenza dell'archistar genovese che lo ha progettato, della curatrice Donna De Salvo, e del di...
The Italian Store in Westover to Open In Two Weeks
by Ethan Rothstein Despite a weekend where neighbors came by and were served free pizza, The Italian Store isn't opening in Westover for another two weeks. Owner Robert Tramonte said the two soft openings were meant as a "thank you" to the neighborhood– and a chance to break in the new pizza ovens — but the store, at 5837 Wa...
The 2015 Italian-American of the Year Has Been Named
Summer is quickly approaching, which means some of the most popular festivals in the area will be coming up, like the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival. One of the very first events to get things underway this year was held Tuesday night to announce the 2015 Italian-American of the year. Tonight the Italian-American has been...