Arts & Tannery. Successo della pelletteria italiana alla mostra di New York
NEW YORK. Per centinaia di designer, produttori e dettaglianti è in svolgimento in questi giorni la XV edizione della mostra Arts&Tannery con le collezioni autunno-inverno 2013-2014 presso il Midtown Loft & Terrace.Alla manifestazione organizzata dall'Ice di New York, in collaborazione con il Consorzio Italian Leather System, sono presenti...
Shoes, inside the Bruno Magli revamp
Max Kibardin is ready to take on America - After a year at the creative helm of Bruno Magli, the designer and his team are preparing to make a major stateside push with the 76-year-old brand.From relaunching the women's division to crafting a new retail concept and tweaking the brand's logo, Kibardin has revamped the label from top to bottom. The i...
Public Advocate De Blasio Paints Himself As Mayoral Candidate For Working Class
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio officially announced his Democratic candidacy for mayor Sunday afternoon, telling supporters gathered in front of his home in Park Slope, Brooklyn that he would be a "mayor for our neighborhoods."Introduced by his wife Chirlane and son Dante in front of their family home of two decades, de Blasio said he wants to be t...
Spring Grove family creamery takes pride in Italian heritage
As hot water was poured into a stainless steel kettle, Rynn Caputo stirred what became a smooth provolone.Eventually the cheese was ready to be stretched, twisted and kneaded into a length that rivaled the longest jump rope."At some point, this becomes a two-person job," said her husband, David Caputo.While the couple worked, their words and the wa...
Casa Belvedere “In Cucina” Culinary Classes
Spring 2013 Session begins April 17th Casa Belvedere offers Italian Culinary Classes! Casa Belvedere's "In Cucina" Culinary Program is a recreational cooking series designed to be both an educational and a fun experience. Our new team of instructors has a wide range of classes to offer for adults and children ages 8+. Daytime and evening classes a...
L’Ambasciata ospita gli alumni dell’Assumption College
L'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington ha ospitato ieri gli alumni dell'Assumption College, università cattolica con sede a Worcester, nel Massachusetts, che annovera una serie di programmi con l'Italia. Tra questi, un Master in Business Administration nel cui quadro gli studenti americani del College trascorrono un semestre nel nostro Paese,...
ACAC explores Italian culture & cuisine
The Adams County Arts Council, in partnership with the Italian Studies department at Gettysburg College, will offer an event April 29, which explores the rich culture and cuisine of Italy. This event will take place in the Reception Gallery at the Arts Council's Arts Education Center, located at 125 South Washington Street in Gettysburg.
MFA GOOD PRACTICES - Italian Embassy in the U.S. takes prize for social platform
It's a day of celebration for the Italian Embassy in Washington, whose Social Media Hub project was selected as the winner of the 2012 "Good Practices – The Farnesina that Innovates" Prize. The project involves a social media application designed for desktops, tablets and smart phones as a point of encounter with the American public, the I...
USA: Enel aumenta partecipazione parco eolico
Enel Green Power North America, una controllata di Enel Green Power, ha siglato un accordo per acquisire dalla controllata di GE Capital, EFS Chisholm, un ulteriore 26% di azioni di classe A della 'Chisholm View Wind Project', societa' che gestisce l'impianto eolico da 235 MW di Chisholm View, per un totale di circa 47 milioni di dollari. ...
Healthy Italian food: a new recipe to guarantee longevity
by Claudia Astarita A few weeks ago the BBC published an interesting article titled "Why do the Italians live longer than us?". Fergus Walsh, BBC medical correspondent, pointed out that although Italians smoke more than Britons, they earn less, their economy is in an even worse shape than the British one, and they spend less on healthcare,...
Adam Haber Pulls Sopranos-Style Attack Ad
by Celeste Katz and Susannah Griffee The Nassau County executive hopeful on Wednesday said he'd yank the anti-Tom Suozzi spot, which drew a sharp rebuke from the country's biggest Italian heritage group for unabashedly using spaghetti-slurping stereotypes. "I apologize to anyone who has been offended," Haber, who's up against Suoz...
Welcome to the Fourth Annual Italian-American Heritage Festival of Iowa!
After months of preparation, the Italian-American community of Iowa is thrilled to welcome all of you to the fourth annual Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa! Every year our festival gets bigger and better. This year, we return to the Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines. With more space than ever before, we have added addit...