Massimo Veccia, e il sogno (diventato realtà) della scuola di italiano a New York
Ogni qual volta incontro Massimo Veccia, mi faccio una domanda. La domanda è semplice. Chi vincerà. La sfida è tra lui e New York, e vince chi sprizza più energia. Una sfida dura. Massimo è un pozzo di entusiasmo, e questo è il suo grande talento, insieme alla capacità di motivare le persone, a partire dal team che l'accompagna. R...
Nonna's Italian Dip Lampredotto is one gutsy sandwich
When I first visited Florence as a young whelp I was too much of a wuss to try the city's signature panini di lampredotto, a tripe sandwich sold from street stalls all over the city. Historically a workingman's sandwich, it was a cheap, high-protein way to fill up on the way to the olive orchards. But it's maintained its appeal despite its...
Antares: modern jewelry from Murano glass
Milanese design and Venetian tradition blend in jewelry of Murano blown glass made by Antares jeweller Fulvia Notari. Twenty six years ago, Fulvia, an architect from Milan, moved to near Venice, fell in love with Murano glass and decided to create "wearable objects". With love and time she came to know the characteristics of the 'glass mat...
March 25: Legacy of American West in Italy explored
In popular culture, connections between the American West and Italy rarely extend beyond the Italian “spaghetti Westerns” of the 1960s. But the idea of the American frontier has influenced Italy since the late 19th century. Renée Laegreid, a professor of history at the University of Wyoming, will discuss three waves of western American inf...
BU Artist in Residence Pierluigi Billone to Host Forums, Concerts
As part of its ongoing artist-in-residency program, Boston University’s Center for New Music will host Italian composer Pierluigi Billone for three weeks starting March 18, giving local audiences several chances to witness the maestro’s unique approach to music. "…his radical methods have led him to explore unchartered soundworlds and to d...
Armondo’s Italian Restaurant
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Armondo's Italian Restaurant has re-opened just a couple of streets away from its original location in Jackson Heights. If you're a local, you will remember the Gazette's cover story depicting the devastating fire that destroyed Armondo's nearly one year ago, along with several businesses above it. While the bu...
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All' dives deep into the life of Ol' Blue Eyes
By Michael Errigo Let's start with this: The Chairman of the Board is and always will be a monument of cool, a distant icon who will live forever on another plateau of celebrity, one that is untouchable and could never be reached today. Such hyperbole comes easily when talking about Frank Sinatra. The man who would have turned 100 years old t...
Apology to Italian-Americans from Garwood, NJ Councilman
In the letter (see below) Councilman Mathieu states to the local newspaper The Westfield Leader, "I wish to reiterate my apology to Americans of Italian descent for any offense they may have taken to my April 2, 2015 editorial in your newspaper. In no way did I mean to offend anyone, but nevertheless, I did so and I take full responsibility. ...
Expansion Continues for Italian Machine Tool Sector
by Robert Brooks Italian machine tool builders recorded increased orders for new systems during the first quarter of 2015, with overall demand growing 2.2% versus Q1 2015. Italy has one of the largest machine tool building industries in the world, as well as a large domestic manufacturing sector. According to UCIMU-Sistemi per Pro...
Piazza d'Italia is city's next focus for redevelopment; proposals wanted
By Richard A. Webster The Piazza d'Italia sits in the midst of a burgeoning downtown New Orleans real estate market that is experiencing rapid growth and development from the Mississippi River to South Claiborne Avenue. But the 37-year old architectural landmark sometimes seems a world apart, lost amid large swaths of surface park...
San Francisco Opera to Premiere Marco Tutino's "Two Women"
San Francisco Opera presents the world premiere of Italian composer Marco Tutino's Two Women (La Ciociara), with a libretto by the composer and Fabio Ceresa, June 13-30 as part of the Company's 2015 Summer Season. Starring Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci, conducted by Company Music Director Nicola Luisotti and directed by Francesca...
Grazie alla stampa 3D il cioccolato diventa digitale
di Carolina Saporiti Parlare di cioccolato digitale per i puristi della materia potrebbe sembrare un insulto a un'antichissima tradizione, ma MyChok, la prima piattaforma per personalizzare le barrette di cioccolato con la stampa 3D, propone una rivoluzione a margine della produzione, che serve "soltanto" a completare e dare un tocco origi...