Columbus Circle REgeneration Art Project Unveiled in New York City
Galleria Ca' d'Oro and Villa Firenze Foundation are pleased to announce their installation at Columbus Circle. Named after Cristopher Colombus, the Circle is one of New York's most iconic intersections, also the point from which all official distances from New York City are measured. Eight Giant red snails have been placed around the famous monume...
Costa's Luminosa ship now sailing from Miami
South Floridians now have a new option for experiencing Costa Cruises unique brand of Italian-style cruising. Earlier this month, the Genoa, Italy-based cruise line deployed its 2,260-passenger Costa Luminosa cruise ship to South Florida, making it the line's newest and largest ship ever to sail from Miami. Dubbed "The Ship of Light," Lum...
Italian home base hampers sofa king Natuzzi
From this hilltop town on the heel of Italy's boot, Pasquale Natuzzi has built an eponymous furniture company that is one of the country's most global brands. It sells sofa beds from Dallas to New Delhi and is one of a handful of Italian companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Yet today, Natuzzi's home base is dragging it down. Be...
L'esame Advanced Placement di lingua e cultura italiana
Se il 2014 si appresta a essere l'anno di rilancio della lingua italiana in California, grande importanza riveste l'esame Advanced Placement, offerto ogni anno a maggio per gli studenti delle scuole superiori, come completamento di studio a livello universitario. Di questo e delle strategie per la formazione di docenti e studenti si è occu...
A little New York in Norco
By Peter Fischetti Some food for thought. If you want the best lobster, where do you go? New England, naturally.For peach pie? That would be Georgia. Maple syrup? Vermont has the best. Bratwurst? Wisconsin is the winner. Pizza? Norco, of course. Norco? The city by the hay? For pizza? Yup. Well, sort of. As some...
Marco Belinelli (NBA champion)
In 1986 the Americans, always looking for new ways to measure competition in sports, invented a game for the top three shooters in the NBA, the "Three Point Shootout". During the All-Star Game week, the best shooters from afar were challenging each other with several series of shots from beyond the arc, with little time available and therefore unde...
THE CALAMARI SISTERS' BIG FAT ITALIAN WEDDING Takes Over Penn's Landing
Who's louder than a bunch of drunken Eagles fans after a team win? Who's more crass in the kitchen than Gordon Ramsay with a team of Hell's Kitchen rejects? Who's insane enough to have a singing, dancing Italian food show broadcast out of cable access in Bay Ridge? Who bursts out singing "Mambo Italiano" - or is that "Mangia Italiano"? acr...
Italiani in Usa: il tramonto della Little Italy di Brooklyn
By Marco Ferini Ormai è circondato da negozi cinesi che si moltiplicano di giorno in giorno. Ma l'Italian records della famiglia Naso, aperto nel lontano 1968 sulla 18esima avenue a Bensonhurst a New York, è l'ultima attività commerciale che vende dischi italiani in una zona che viene considerata, forse ancora per poco, la Little Italy di Brooklyn...
Visita del Console di Philadelphia Canepari all'Allied Commandr Transformation di Norfolk
Il Console Generale Italiano Andrea Canepari ha visitato lo scorso 2 aprile il Comando NATO per la Trasformazione di Norfolk, Virginia. A dargli il benvenuto il Gen. Mirco Zuliani, Vice Comandante di ACT, il quale ha poi brevemente illustrato organizzazione, missione e compiti del Comando. Mentre lo scopo primario della visita era conoscer...
The Art of Italian Cuisine Program and Menu - Spring 2014
Discover your inner chef and Italy's incredibly diverse culinary landscape to create your own three course masterpiece! Six classes introduce three thematic classes and the distinct and exciting cuisines of three Italian regions. Each class lasts 4 hours. You will cook in a newly equipped kitchen at the Dante Alighieri Society in Kendall Square, Ca...
Italian fashion: Arnoldo] [Battois among the 100 selected designers for the fair in Vicenza
WTI Magazine #28 2014 May, 1Author : Mara Franzese for PoisonDrops.com Translation by: Arnoldo] [Battois, the Venetian brand of Made in Italy handbags, was selected among 100 international designers to participate in "Origin Passion And Beliefs", which will be held from 8 to 11 May in Vicenza.
Vice President Biden: tiramisu and cannoli @ Presti
Vice President Joe Biden followed his well-known sweet tooth to Little Italy on Wednesday after speaking at the RTA's rail shop on the need for investment in infrastructure. He said he planned to talk with business and community leaders about the impact of the renovation of the Cedar-University and Little Italy-University Circle rapid tran...