Italian politics: The use of the golden share, the Italian government’s Game of Thrones
WTI Magazine #26 2014 Apr, 18Author : Francesca Papasergi Translation by: Some of the most prominent Italian public companies have the same, specific characteristic: the government owns their golden shares. This implies that their CEOs' and presidents' names depend from governamental decision. Matteo Renzi is in charge now and his re...
Italian museum offers aerial display of Alpine wildlife
A visit to the northern Italian city of Trento, where a unique science museum is making quite a name for itself. The museum has found an original way to showcase the wildlife of the Alps. Life-sized animals, seemingly floating in mid-air. The exhibition, named "From the glacier to the forest", has the animals displayed vertically in the centra...
Ferragamo's Restoration In Firenze
SALVATORE FERRAGAMO has pledged €600,000 to renovate part of Florence's most famous museum, the Uffizi Gallery. The donation will allow the museum to remodel eight rooms within a year, which will then house 50 works dating back to the 15th century. "We wanted to do something that would improve the city, to contribute to the Uffizi and Flor...
La pellicola della politica (Summer 2014)
This summer IISA gets political! We are delighted to present our 2014 summer series, "La Pellicola della Politica - Politics and Social Issues in Italian Cinema". This 2nd of June the Italian Republic will be 68 years old. In light of this, the films of our summer series all deal with political and social issues of the past 70 years of I...
"Gli italiani nel Queens", dalle difficoltà alle conferme
Emigrazione e integrazione sono temi attuali. Oggi più che mai. Ed è giusto allora, soffermarsi a riflettere, studiare e analizzare temi legati alla tolleranza, all'accoglienza, al multiculturalismo e alla convivenza. Specie alla luce dei fatti, visto che sono più di quattro milioni i cittadini iscritti all'Anagrafe degli Italiani Resident...
Arriva il social network per le università: un italo-americano di 23 anni ha già raccolto 500mila dollari
Sta per concludere il suo primo round di funding di 500mila dollari, dove l'investitore é l'Università. Dopo tutto l'idea e il progetto si é sviluppato all'interno di un campus. Campus Bubble (campusbubble.com) é un social network privato che informa e mette in comunicazione gli studenti di una stessa università su eventi, feste, manifesta...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society's eight-day feast gets under way in Rosebank
On Friday evening, Steve Gross sat at his fish pond booth drawing on his pipe and waiting for customers, while the air was filled with the scent of grilled hamburgers and the sound of rock 'n' roll from DJ Vin D. Once again, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society's anniversary feast breathed life into the quiet little Rosebank neighborhood betwe...
Falls getting ready to celebrate its three-day Italian Festival
Three days devoted to Italian heritage are coming to the city next weekend. The annual Italian Festival runs Friday through next Sunday. Centered around the intersection of Pine Avenue and 15th Street, the event is billed as "Three Days of Tradition, Food & Music." The event includes more than 20 vendors selling food and other items....
Lemont gets taste of Italian food festival
The Festa EATaliana Music and Food Fest is returning for a third year Saturday, Aug. 23, outside the soon-to-open Pollyanna Brewing Company, 431 Talcott Ave., Lemont. The fundraiser for St. Alphonsus/St. Patrick School features the Godmother Throw Down Cooking Competition at 3 p.m. and a larger festival from 5 to 11 p.m. The food comp...
Exhibition Opening, Strangers in a Strange Land: Italian-Language American Books
September 10 (Wednesday) 5:30 pmExhibition Opening, Strangers in a Strange Land: Italian-Language American BooksThis exhibition of more than 150 Italian-language books, pamphlets, magazines, posters and sheet music reflects the vibrant culture of Italians in America who continued to live in their native language, from the 1880s to 1944. Exhibition...
Ferrari Celebrates 60 Years in the USA with Limited Edition
A new limited edition Ferrari, specifically designed for the brand's North American customers, will be unveiled when the supercar company officially celebrates its 60th year of business in the USA. "To celebrate Ferrari's 60th year in the USA, we have developed a special car of which just 10 examples will be built, in addition to planning...
Hip NYC Chefs Team Up With Italian Counterparts For Wine-Fueled Cooking Seminars
It's almost time for the fifth iteration of Identitá New York, the weekend of seminars and fancy dinners meant to nurture the collaboration of local chefs and their contemporaries in Italy. Eataly plays host to this gathering, which begins this year on October 9th and concludes on the 12th, during which time many plates of pasta, tomatoes, meats an...