Regione: incontro con il Cda della National Italian American Foundation
Il Presidente della Regione Giuseppe Scopelliti e il Presidente del Consiglio regionale Francesco Talarico hanno ricevuto a palazzo Campanella, sede del Consiglio regionale, i rappresentanti del Consiglio d'Amministrazione della National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), presenti in Calabria per una serie di riunioni. La delegazione americana - i...
All'insegna del sommo Dante reading del Veneziano Nereo Rotelli sulla Cultura Italiana nel Michigan al Field Museum di Chicago
Il dato è impressionante ma la molteplicità degli eventi offre un panorama assai variegato della cultura italiana nel mondo sotto i più diversi aspetti in occasione dell'"Anno" negli Stati Uniti. E naturalmente non poteva mancare anche nel Michigan un omaggio al sommo Dante ed alla sua Divina Commedia. Un'opera vista attraverso un prisma che la res...
Old Parma fire station #1 saved, leased by Southwest Italian-American Club
By Bob Fenner PARMA, Ohio - A former Parma fire station will soon become a social destination thanks to Southwest Italian-American Club (SIAC) and Parma Community Improvement Corporation (PCIC). The old fire station #1 building, located at 7504 Ridge Rd. and vacant for six years, will become an Italian social club. SIAC signed a leas...
Vico Fabbris: Rice Polak Gallery
Vico Fabbris was born in Northern, Italy and attended Florence's Institute of Art Porta Romana. He received his MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and presently divides his time between that city and Boston. The artist paints imaginary botanical still lives, imbuing each with a soul and personality making it distinctive from the rest. I...
L’incredibile avventura di Lorenzo Da Ponte, il poeta di Mozart da Venezia a Londra a New York
By Roberto Bonzio Fortunato l'uom che prende Ogni cosa pel buon verso,E tra i casi e le vicende Da ragion guidar si fa. Quel che suole altrui far piangere Fia per lui cagion di riso,E del mondo in mezzo ai turbini Bella calma proverà. finale di "Così fan tutte" di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto di Lorenzo Da Ponte &...
The resurgence of San Diego’s historic Little Italy neighborhood
While New York's Little Italy is in serious decline, San Diego's Little Italy is a thriving community. Walk down Little Italy's main drag and you see coffee-sipping window shoppers brush past old Italian men relaxing in the spotless piazza. New businesses keep popping up and the restaurants are always packed. But it wasn't always that way...
Washington National Opera, Virginia Opera launch new seasons
The Washington National Opera (WNO) and the Virginia Opera both spring into action this month as their 2013-2014 seasons get underway. WNO is first out the gate, opening its season at the Kennedy Center Opera House this coming Sunday afternoon with a matinee performance of Richard Wagner's epic love story, "Tristan und Isolde." The company wi...
Fauxciutto: Is Italian-American Cuisine Really Italian?
Please join us at the Village Garage at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens for the second event of our 2013-2014 lecture series, Food for Thought. Nationally known chef and FIU faculty member, Mark D'Alessandro will examine concepts of Italian and Italian-American food in terms of its evolution in this country. He will touch on the context of...
Early raves for Salute, West Brighton's newest restaurant
So, what lies beyond that yellow awning at Salute in West Brighton? The second-floor Italian eatery — 412 Forest Ave., 718-447-7798 — has been open only for four weeks, but the neighborhood's reception of the new management has been rather positive. As JoAnne Keogh of West Brighton raves via email: "I have been there three times already .....
Italian author coming to MSSU for lectures, book-signing events
By Emily Younker Italian author Fabio Geda will be the featured speaker at several lectures and book-signing events scheduled at Missouri Southern State University this week. Geda is the author of the notable nonfiction novel "In the Sea There are Crocodiles," which has been translated into more than 30 languages and adapted into a play. ...
Giulio Mastromauro negli States per Carlo e Clara
Seconda selezione americana per "Carlo e Clara" che continua il suo viaggio nel circuito di qualificazione degli Academy Awards, gli Oscar americani. Dopo la selezione all'Heartland Film Festival di ottobre, dove il cortometraggio era l'unico italiano in concorso, tocca al 22th St. Louis International Film Festival, in programma dal 14 al 22 novemb...
Student concludes semester-long quest to compare Italy, America
At the beginning of the semester, I asked myself: Which is better, America or Italy? The answer came to me a while ago, and even though I get the feeling it won't be surprising, this is a good time to reveal it. Getting to know Italy was just like getting to know new people. At first it might be hard to imagine them with any serious proble...