Andrea Riccardi: stimolare l'estroversione italiana nel mondo globale e accrescere l'italofonia
"La patria non è tutta dentro i confini materiali dello Stato". Ricordando lo storico appello del 1889, su cui la Dante fonda fin da allora la propria missione, il neo Presidente Andrea Riccardi ha presieduto il suo primo Consiglio Centrale della Società Dante Alighieri. Nel suo intervento egli ha delineato gli obiettivi per una politica di rilanci...
We Are The Future: Italy's New Wave Of Visionary Designers
By Chiara Tronville Don't call them young, don't call them new: the designers in this article are the already-recognized evolution of Italian fashion. They did their best, challenging a market dominated by luxury brands, deciding to work for themselves in an uncertain historical period. And they've done it. It can be seen in their...
The Giants Celebrate San Francisco’s Italian Heritage
by Mauro Battocchi Thanks so much Giants! The great baseball champions of San Francisco, who won the World Series three times in recent years (2010, 2012 and 2014) have celebrated the Italian heritage of the City by the Bay tonight before the match with the San Diego Padres. A sizable donation was given to Italian Community Servic...
Joseph Barbera: Italian of the Week
Joseph Barbera was born March 24, 1911, in the Little Italy neighborhood of New York City. He was the son of Vincente and Francesca, both immigrants from Sicily. He grew up in Brooklyn and had many interests in high school. Joseph tried his hand at theater, drawing, and boxing. He even won the lightweight championship at his high school an...
Harrison Chapter of UNICO National to host Inuagural Golf Outing Fundraiser
The Harrison Chapter of UNICO National, is proud to host its inaugural golf outing fundraising event on Monday August 17th at Willow Ridge Country Club in Rye. The cost is $175.00 per golfer and sponsorships for holes are still available at a cost of $100.00 per hole. Corporate sponsorships are also available at a rate of $800.00 which includes hol...
A Big Grazie to artist John Asaro!
John Asaro, a native Californian of Sicilian descent has a special place in his heart for Little Italy's Piazza Famiglia, so much so that he will be donating 50% of all sales from his latest art exhibit being held at Meyer Fine Art through August 1st. His largesse is also reflected in the huge amount of time, effort and work that he has pu...
L’Italia e i documentari/Italy and documentaries - Graduate Student Conference
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Italian: L'ITALIA E I DOCUMENTARI/ ITALY AND DOCUMENTARIES - Graduate Student Conference - January 15-16, 2016 Keynote Speakers: Alina Marazzi (Film Director), Paola Bonifazio (University of Texas, Austin). Since the early 20th century, documentary films, rang...
Informal Dining: Martino's Market in Hackensack
by Elisa Ung Italian, with verve. I was barely through my first plate from the $15 all-you-can-eat buffet at Martino's Market in Hackensack and already the questions were piled up in my head: How did this chicken Parmigiana become so tender? Who made this sausage that brims with fennel seeds in every bite? What gave this ordi...
Tracing the roots of Matawan’s Italian immigrants
By Kayla J. Marsh As a child, Gloria Bucco remembers her father telling her stories about older relatives who left Italy to settle in the small town of Matawan, New Jersey. "Stories are an important part of life, we tell them all the time and sometimes don't even know it," she said in an interview Aug. 17. "My father very much wan...
Successo dell'AP Italian
di Josephine Maietta Cari Colleghi, con gioia vi comunico il risultato dell'esame AP Italian. Il numero raggiunto e' di 2573. In virtu' del successo raggiunto, addirittura con un anno di anticipo, il College Board, ha comunicato ufficialmente la decisione di stabilizzare il suddetto esame negli anni a venire, a prescindere dai risultati....
The American Foundation of Savoy Orders
October 6 (Tuesday) Lecture 6:00 pm; a reception will follow at 7:00 pm; optional dinner will follow reception at 8:00 pm. The American Foundation of Savoy Orders. The Thirteenth Annual Savoy History Lecture, Reception and Dinner. Savoy Lecture Series Chairman, Gr. Uff. Marco Grassi introduces the lecture ʺExploring Giuseppe Verdi's...
Portillo's in Brookfield will take you back to the 1950s heyday of Karter's Diner
by Alison Bauter City of Brookfield Mayor Steven Ponto remembers exactly what he ate this September when he visited Portillo's: an Italian beef sandwich, french fries, a small salad — "and it was delicious." His trip to the iconic Chicago restaurant's Vernon Hills, Ill., location was part of Portillo's play to locate in the city of Brookf...