Whirlpool Buys Big Stake in Italy's Indesit
Whirlpool will pay more than $1 billion for a controlling stake in Indesit, the appliance maker's counterpart in Italy. The deal announced Friday will put the U.S. company in possession of shares representing 66.8 percent of Indesit's voting stock. Whirlpool, which also owns Maytag, KitchenAid and other brands, will pay $15.06 per Indesit...
Decreto in Gazzetta: gli Italiani all'estero tra le deleghe al Sottosegretario Giro
È datato 16 giugno il decreto firmato dal Ministro degli Esteri Federica Mogherini con le deleghe ai due sottosegretari di Stato alla Farnesina, Mario Giro e Benedetto Della Vedova. Nel decreto – registrato alla Corte dei conti il 16 luglio e pubblicato in Gazzetta Ufficiale sabato scorso, 26 luglio,– vengono così ufficializzati gli ambiti...
Tutta la Famiglia - A Photographic Exhibition of Community Life in Gloucester, Massachusetts - Paul Cary Goldberg
Exhibition opening: Thursday, September 18, 2014, 6pm On view: September 19, 2014-January 9, 2015Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Roundtable discussion: Monday, November 3, 2014, 6pm Italian Americans, mostly from Sicily, make up about a quarter of the population of Gloucester, Massachusetts--the oldest fishing port in the United States. Ma...
Il Terrazzo Carmine: Old-school Italian is definitively delivered
More than two years after his untimely death, Carmine Smeraldo is still a presence at Il Terrazzo Carmine, in part because so much is still done his way at the restaurant he founded in 1984. A portrait of him hangs near the entrance, where he used to welcome guests, many of them known to him. The nameplate simply says "Boss." Relaxed and s...
Giorgio Linda: Contemporary Painting Makes a Cultural Bridge
Chelsea's Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Pagnacco artist Giorgio Linda in Divergent Realities. The exhibition opens on October 10, 2014 and continues until October 30, 2014. The opening reception takes place on the evening of October 16, at 6-8pm. Entrance is free and all are warmly welcomed to attend. About the ArtistGior...
Romance in Ravello, Italy
Romance, as chance would have it, is an old tradition here. In the 1880s, Richard Wagner modelled the magical gardens in his opera Parsifal on the grounds of Villa Rufolo, a magnificent 13th-century building that was once home to the Rufolo family, and local legend has it that DH Lawrence penned some of the more salacious chapters of Lady Chatterle...
Laura Pausini’s Greatest Hits Tour 2014: one of Italy’s most beautiful voices is coming to town
An icon of Italian pop music worldwide, in her 20-year successful career, Laura Pausini has become a celebrated international artist with over 70 million albums sold since her debut at the Sanremo music festival in 1993, when she was only 18 years old. Laura is also the first Italian artist ever to be awarded by Fimi (Italian Music Industr...
A Philadelphia le borse di studio di Filitalia International&Foundation
Un evento "memorabile e di successo". Così il direttivo della Filitalia Foundation fondata da Pat Nestico definisce la serata di premiazione "Scholarship and President Night Awards" durante la quale la fondazione ha assegnato le borse di studio a tredici vincitori (10 dagli USA e 3 dall'Italia) e il Premio del Presidente a due coppie. L'ev...
From Italy, Found in Translation
By Ralph Gardner Jr. Among the world's most impressive professions—brain surgeon, astronaut, symphony conductor, string theorist, rock star—few rank higher in my personal pantheon than literary translator. Perhaps because I'm terrible at languages. I get winded after a hundred words trying to read a French or Italian newspaper. ...
Newpoli Christmas Concert at YMCA Theatre - December 12, 2014 at 8 p.m.
Join Newpoli, Boston's own Italian Folk Music ensemble, for their annual Christmas concert MUSICA DI NATALE: A Traditional Italian Christmas at the YMCA Theatre. NEWPOLI will perform at the YMCA Theatre in Cambridge (MA) on Friday, December 12, 2014 at 8:00pm. Advance tickets: $13/16. Tickets at the door: $15/20. All ages. Advance tickets...
The Italian(-American) sub, a classic that launched thousands of sandwich shops
The pace of workaday life in America has necessitated relatively short lunch hours and the need for workers to consume food fairly quickly, usually at or near work. Italy's cured meats, stemming from the historical need to preserve scarce resources, have proven ideal for sandwiches, the perfect quick and portable meal. Prosciutto, salami,...
Restoration of Pazzi Chapel Loggia at Church of Santa Croce
The Pazzi Chapel is a landmark of Renaissance architecture in Florence, Italy. Located in the Santa Croce church complex, the structure was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi – the master architect who is most famous for engineering Florence's beloved cathedral dome. The loggia in front of the Pazzi Chapel is a prime example of 15th-century...