Introducing Fattelo!, the Italian lamp made of cardboard
Can design mix together with the Do It Yourself (DIY) philosophy? Yes, but only with the help of innovation and creativity. Or at least this is what four Italian young designers have proved with their cardboard lamp 01Lamp Fattelo!. Everything started a few years ago, when Federico Trucchia was thinking about how to create a lamp using the...
President and CEO of Furia Rubel Elected Justinian Foundation Secretary and Treasurer
Furia Rubel Communications, Inc., an award-winning integrated and strategic marketing and public relations agency, is pleased to announce that President and CEO Gina Furia Rubel, Esq., has been elected secretary and treasurer of The Justinian Foundation, an affiliate of The Justinian Society of Philadelphia of which Rubel is a past chancellor and h...
Symposium: DANTE AS A POLITICAL THEORIST: Historicizing Theology and Theologizing Power
Presented with the NYU Department of Italian Studies, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and the Medieval and Renaissance Center.In collaboration with Columbia University's Italian Academy for Advanced Studies and Department of Italian. Dante as a Political Theorist: Historicizing Theology and Theologizing Power – An International Symposium on "...
A Bolzano gli studenti italo-americani di Endicott
Sono ormai trent'anni che è stato avviato un gemellaggio tra l'Istituto Tecnico Economico "Cesare Battisti" di Bolzano e la "Union Endicott" High School di Endicott nello Stato di New York ed anche quest'anno l'ormai tradizionale scambio di studenti si ripete grazie all'impegno di un gruppo di docenti e delle famiglie degli studenti. Quest...
Italian Society at Berkeley
Dear friends, After more than ten years as the International Italian Students Association (IISA), we have decided to join forces with the Berkeley Italian Network (BIN), an informal network of Italian students and researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and, together, form the 'Italian Society at Berkeley'. Wit...
Mucho Gusto Seaside’s Gusto honors hand-crafted pasta and pizza duties phenomenally
The Weekly waits three months for a critique in order to allow kitchens and service staffs to work out the kinks (see story, p. 134), but my editor told me we could break our rule because Gusto has hit the the ground running. My first observations reinforced that: a warm smile by a greeter, the soothing hum of diners conversing, serv...
Complimenti! Bensonhurst Italian organization celebrates service
by Max Jaeger They got your community service right here. Bensonhurst's Federation of Italian-American Organizations celebrated local activism during a fund-raiser gala at Mill Basin catering hall El Caribe on April 12. The organization celebrated 40 years of community service and honored folks who have contributed to their neighborho...
Italian feast season ready to roll in Massachusetts
Now that the snow has finally all melted, the Boston area can start gearing up for Italian feast season once again! Boston's North End will once again feature the bulk of the celebrations, which will kick off June 7 with the Santa Maria di Anzano procession, followed by processions for St. Anthony of Padua (June 14), St. Padre Pio (June 28), M...
La Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast si rifà il look
La Camera di Commercio italiana di Miami annuncia il lancio del nuovo brand camerale, attraverso un sito totalmente rinnovato www.iaccse.com, in linea col forte sviluppo della struttura, in termini di servizi offerti e di membership. Il nuovo sito, molto più intuitivo, funzionale e mobile friendly, si integra agli altri strumenti social della Came...
Special Premio Strega – IIC Book Club (8 June, 6:30 PM)
Started in 1947, the Strega Prize is the most prestigious Italian literary award. A special book club at the IIC participates in the ballot that produces the finalists. The final round of voting, followed by the proclamation of the winner, takes place on the first Thursday in July at Villa Giulia, Rome. Event is for Strega Voting Memb...
Italian and Sicilian breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Waltham
By Ellen Bhang Sicilian native Michael Colomba always wanted to launch a business inspired by the food of his childhood. Growing up in Castellammare del Golfo, on the island's northwest side, family members made their own cheese and olive oil, and cultivated enough tomatoes for a winter's worth of sauce. After years of working as...
The Search for our Ancestry (XIII): Expanding the Search for PASSenger Manifests
By Angelo F. Coniglio I have detailed the type of information found on the ships' manifests of Southern Italian immigrants to Ellis Island, documents that are available on the free site www.ellisisland.org. That site, one of the first to display manifests, can be very helpful, but it has its drawbacks. ellisisland.org sometimes maddeningly display...