Italian Cities Vie for Culture Capital Status
After six years of planning, and countless brainstorming sessions with citizens and institutions, Ravenna was ready on Thursday to face the panel of experts called on to decide which Italian city will be the European Capital of Culture in 2019. Over the course of the past week, delegations from 21 Italian cities were called to Rome to try...
Beppe Gambetta lends an Italian accent to American folk music
Considering that he hails from the land of Enrico Caruso and Giuseppe Verde, Beppe Gambetta speaks with authority when it comes to American folk music. Gambetta, a native of Genoa, Italy, reels off a long list of American musicians who have influenced him. For example, he can point out the distinctive flat-picking styles of Doc Watson comp...
Convegno Azzurri 2014
L'8 Febbraio 2014, alle ore 15, presso l'auditorium della Mapei (1144 E. Newport Center Drive, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442) in occasione della convention annuale della associazione degli Azzurri U.S.A. si svolgera' un dibattito politico. L'obiettivo principale sarà quello di discutere il ruolo degli italiani all'estero e dei loro rappresenta...
Italian guitarist travels to Casper, Lander for shows with Wyoming Symphony Orchestra
With his mop of gray hair and a red instrument case, Nando di Modugno could be mistaken for a classic rock guitarist on tour. Then he opens the case, revealing a classical guitar. He removes the instrument and begins plucking a tune. Instead of the frantic buzz of rock and roll, di Modugno weaves a graceful melody, his fingers running up a...
Montessori Schools Surge in Popularity Among New Generation of Jewish Parents
In the boys' classroom at Lamplighters Yeshivah in the Hasidic Jewish stronghold of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Montessori number-counting boards and decimal beads share space with Hebrew-learning materials. A colorful timeline on the wall shows two strands of world history in parallel: secular on the left, Jewish on the right. A photo of the...
2014 Scholarship Information
All 2014 Stark County graduating seniors are eligible to apply for our scholarship. Please visit your High School Guidance Department for details on how to apply. All completed scholarship applications must be postmarked no later than April 1, 2014. The Stark County Italian-American Foundation was organized with the following objectiv...
Lyric's amusing 'Family Barber' hits home with young audience
By John von Rhein For a second straight year, Lyric Opera has turned to a staple of Italian comic opera, Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," as the basis for a show designed to introduce children ages 5-10, and their elders, to the joys of opera. The result was "The Family Barber," a fluffy and amusing entertainment the company presented S...
Carrani Tours has teamed up with Gray Line, a historic USA-based sightseeing company, in an exclusive partnership for tours in Rome
After meeting at the ITB trade show in Berlin, Gray Line and Carrani Tours, the leading tour operator in Rome for over 85 years, created a partnership that makes Carrani Tours the exclusive operator of all of Gray Line's sightseeing tours in Rome—effective immediately. "Since 1925, we have achieved many successes; however, this exclusive a...
Jewelry designer brings Rome to Mission Federal ArtWalk
by Michele Pluss Every year for the last three decades – during the last weekend of April - Mission Federal ArtWalk has attracted artists from across the nation to showcase their art, be it visual or performing, occupying 17 blocks in San Diego's Little Italy where visitors can appreciate all types of art from painting to sculptures to pot...
Casa Belvedere announces Frank Bilotti as its new executive chef
Casa Belvedere is very pleased to announce the arrival of Chef Frank Bilotti as the Italian Cultural Foundation's new, young, dynamic, creative and talented Executive Chef. Most recently, Chef Bilotti was at Bin 5, the fifth establishment in the Da Noi collection of restaurants. "The entire team at Casa Belvedere is looking forward to work...
San Diego bike loop new cfonnects Litlle Italy, Gaslamp Quarter and Balboa Park
The city of San Diego has created a network of dedicated bike lanes and routes that connect Little Italy, the Gaslamp Quarter and Balboa Park, Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Council President Todd Gloria announced Tuesday. "The San Diego Bike Loop is a big step forward in our push to create a more bike-friendly city," Faulconer told report...
Italian sport: Forza azzurri! The unpredictable Italian football team
WTI Magazine #34 2014 June, 11Author : Simone Callisto Manca Translation by: Giuseppe Rossi, the talented but ill-fated Italian American striker for Fiorentina, has not climbed the ladder of the plane that brought the Italian National Football Team in Brazil, but now is not the time to cry on.