Matinee At The Opera – Don Pasquale
Italian Cultural Heritage Foundation of Santa Barbara presents: A BUFFET LUNCH AT LA CUMBRE COUNTRY CLUB followed by MATINEE AT THE OPERA – DON PASQUALESunday, April 28th, 2013
Perchè il tempo non può essere solo denaro
L'espressione "Time is money" –letteralmente il tempo è denaro- fu coniata da Benjamin Franklin nel 1748, in un saggio intitolato Advice to a Young Tradesman. Al tempo, Franklin scriveva dando consigli ad un giovane che voleva diventare imprenditore, esponendo una serie di principi alla base della moderna mentalità capitalistica. In un momento stor...
Micheloni (PD) Presidente del Comitato Italiani nel mondo del Senato
Senatore del Pd eletto in Europa, Claudio Micheloni è il Presidente del Comitato per le Questioni degli Italiani all'Estero istituito oggi al Senato. Il Comitato – nato proprio su impulso di Micheloni, primo firmatario di una mozione bipartisan approvata la scorsa settimana dall'Assemblea di Palazzo Madama – include tutti gli altri senator...
Touch of Italy receives prestigious 2013 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence
Touch of Italy Restaurant announces it has received the 2013 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-performing 10 percent of busin...
Speciale CGIE/ l'informazione italiana all'estero tra contributi alla stampa e scomparsa di RAI internazionale: la relazione di Siddi
by Raffaella Aronica Mattinata dedicata alle relazioni delle Commissioni del Cgie, quella che oggi ha aperto alla Farnesina la seconda giornata di assemblea plenaria. Dopo le Continentali, è stata la volta delle Commissioni tematiche, a cominciare dalla I, quella dedicata all'Informazione. A presentare la relazione il presidente F...
Abbottega, Authentic Italian Restaurant in NYC, New York
I was recently invited to try Abbottega, an Italian restaurant that opened this year in the West Village. I like the way the owner, Davide Ranucci narrates the story of this family business that started 100 years ago in Italy: "It all began in 1913 when my grandfather Giulio opened his "Osteria" in Montefiascone, a small town with an enchantin...
Work of Two Local Artists Comes to the Museo Italo Americano
Coming to the Museo Italo Americano in San Francisco's Fort Mason this Friday, is an exhibition that will be featuring two artists. Titled Ageless, the exhibition is a showcase of artists Elena Civoli Brittain and Nola Pardi Proll, and the works featured are between contemporary abstraction and sculpture that expresses a love of anything nature. B...
Decidely New York Place With Italian Touch
Adding a little sophistication to a block known for its dinosaur cookies is Elizabeth Falkner's Corvo Bianco. The new "coastal Italian" eatery opened across from the American Museum of Natural History last month. The first-floor bar is clean and casual, with doors that open onto the street. Read more Source: http://o...
Riondo expands Portfolio, expects to hit 500,000 cases for 2013
Italian wine producer Riondo USA continues to surge, with its flagship Riondo brand rising 20% by volume and 12% by dollar value in the first six months of this year. The company is projecting 500,000 cases for Riondo in 2013. An Impact "Hot Brand," Riondo's depletions reached 400,000 cases in 2012. "Our Prosecco Spago ($10.99) and Pink ($9.99) ar...
Art Exhibit: Visions of Italy. A tour of Italy through the eyes of the artist Joseph Genova
Dear Members and Friends, You are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibit: "Visions of Italy. A tour of Italy through the eyes of the artist Joseph Genova" on Saturday September 14 at 2:00pm Live music will accompany the event, light refreshment will be served. Joseph Genova is a native of Italy who moved to New York at the age of...
Verdi’s Masterwork: Opera and the Birth of Modern Italy
In the early 19th Century, Italy was essentially a "geographical expression," a patchwork of principalities spread across islands and peninsulas, dominated by foreign powers. By century's end it had united as the independent Kingdom of Italy, its people citizens of a modern nation with an emerging common culture and language. The great Giuseppe Ver...
SITO from #Italy expands its operations to Indiana
LeoVince USA is now under the ownership of Geared Up Powersports, a California Limited Liability company owned by longtime LeoVince USA Executive Vice President Tim Calhoun. The company will continue to operate under the LeoVince USA name, with Calhoun stepping into the role of CEO and President. Sito Gruppo Industriale, the parent company of the...