Handbag heaven: Italian experts offer tips on how to find the perfect purse
With so many handbags available at just every every store around, how can you tell the real thing from a knock-off? And is a four-figure bag really worth the price? With ExhibitItalia, a "Made in Italy" exhibition featuring more than 100 Italian companies and manufacturers in Houston this weekend, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to...
La stella femminile del jazz italiano: Roberta Gambarini
La cantante italiana Roberta Gambarini, fra le voci più note nel panorama musicale internazionale, è tornata ad esibirsi a San Francisco, città da sempre all'avanguardia del genere jazz negli Stati Uniti. Celebrata in tutto il mondo da appassionati, critici e molti dei più grandi musicisti, la vocalist originaria di Torino è divenuta una s...
An Evening of Italian Futurism on Stage at the Legion of Honor
by Mauro Battocchi If you're looking for a novel evening activity on May 27th, make your way to the Florence Gould Theatre at the Palace of the Legion of Honour, (100 34th Avenue, SF) for the 7:00PM showing of Gran Serata Futuristica. The evening is an homage to Italian Futurism an avant-garde movement that originated in Milan in...
Italian street festival returns to Lake George this weekend
by Tom Randall Following a successful debut in 2013, the Lake George Italian Festival is returning this weekend — featuring public grape-stomping, live entertainment, a craft fair, plus pizza-throwing and Italian food competitions showcasing local chefs. #The festival — celebrating the food and traditions of Italy — is to be held...
Sons of Italy Lodge 2594 awards scholarships to two area teens
Lodge #2594 accepts scholarship applications from the 6 St Lucie county high schools each year. A scholarship dinner dance was held in April to raise funds. As chairperson, I solicited the assistance of Gerry Crocitto, Mary McCaffrey and Joyce Rivaldo in the selection of our winners. We are blessed to have this caliber of worthwhile studen...
Italian good news: Overcoming post-traumatic stress with the eye movement
WTI Magazine #34 2014 June, 11Author : buonenotizie.it Translation by: Post-traumatic stress disorder? It can be overcome: the proof is in a study made by the researchers of CNR ("Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche", the National Research Council) and University of Rome Tor Vergata on the parents who lost their children in the collap...
A Look at the 2014 Dressing of the Giglio, Franklin Square, New York
Every year the Sons of San Paolino di Nola of Franklin Square, Long Island erect an elaborate three story giglio in honor of their beloved patron, San Paolino di Nola (Friday, June 20th). These photos show the dedication of the builders and all the hard work that goes into "dressing" the votive tower. Thank you Bobby Maida for sharing them...
Perugia celebrates the American music tradition: Umbria Jazz 2014
When we think of jazz music, we usually think of New Orleans or, more generally, of the southern United States where it originated in the late 19th and early 20th century. When we think of jazz in Italy, we also think of the Umbria Jazz Festival. This musical genre, particularly based on the artists' talent for improvisation, combines trad...
Wveda helps fund Italian Companany's first U.S. operation
West Virginia Economic Development Authority (WVEDA) board members agreed Thursday to help bring Pietro Fiorentini's first United States manufacturing operation to West Virginia, approving a $1 million loan for the company. The Italian-based firm will open its first United States operation in the former Blaw Knox building near Wheeling. "It's...
COM.IT.ES. Election 2014 – Voter Registration Information
Official announcement from the Consulate General of Italy in Boston: COMITES ELECTIONS Please note that in the Official Gazette n. 179, released August 4th 2014, Decree-Law n.109 was published and included, in article 10, provisions regarding the renewal of the COMITES (Committees of Italians Living Abroad). As provided by Law 286/2003...
Luca Martera (TV producer and director)
As we already did with music, radio, religion, cinema, sport, literature, theater, consumerism and cuisine, today we analyze the relationship between Italy and the United States from the point of view of another fundamental paradigm for the last century: television. We do this with a young Italian talent, Luca Martera: scholar, writer, director...
Dante Alighieri Society Elects New Board and resident
The Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts recently held elections to renew its board and choose a new president.The center's new president is Anthony Cassano, born in the small town of Torre Le Nocelle, in Campania. In 1961, at the age of 13, he immigrated to the United States, where many years later he would build a successful construction and...