Italian art: Roberto Ferri
WTI Magazine #32 2014 May, 29Author : Enrico De Iulis Translation by: There is an artist in Italy who has earned more than any other, in this first part of the twenty first century, the reputation of "child prodigy": the painter Roberto Ferri. Already a decade ago, when he was in his early twenties, his name was big among the Rom...
Nella nostra comunità Roger Boschetti: An icon in the Italian Community
A man whose life made a real and lasting difference nella nostra comunità, Roger Boschetti stood out as a supporter of any and every Italian organization, club, or cause that he encountered. A former San Francisco police officer in the 1940s, he was involved in one capacity or another wherever he went. He served as President of the San Fra...
Order Sons of Italy in America opens 78th grand convention
The Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) Grand Lodge of California opened its 78th Grand Convention this morning at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel in Millbrae, California. Delegates from throughout California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Southern Oregon happily gathered together for an annual event that is more reminiscent of a family reunion tha...
Continua l'ascesa delle esportazioni di Parmigiano Reggiano verso gli USA
Continuano ad aumentare i consumi di Parmigiano Reggiano nel mercato del Nord America. Nei primi tre mesi dell'anno si è registrato un +2,7% delle esportazioni negli Usa e un +12,7% nel Canada, in un quadro decisamente positivo delle esportazioni totali, che nello stesso periodo hanno fatto segnare un +4,8%. Lo rende noto l'Osservatorio Ag...
The wines of Toscana, Italy with Mark Luna in Washington
Tuscany is without doubt one of those wine regions that give some of the most important reds in the World. It is a region full of tradition, but in continuous evolution since the introduction of international grape varietals and the use of the French barrels that became common in the seventies. Beginning in the 80's and through the 90's th...
JUXTAPOZ ITALIANO Four Italian Artists Defy Convention
September 10, 2014 - October 1, 2014 Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles1023 Hilgard AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90024 Nicola Verlato, Fulvio di Piazza, Marco Mazzoni and Agostino Arrivabene, four painters who interpret and innovate the figurative tradition in Italian art based on drawing, come together to demonstrate a dynamic process which esta...
ITALY @ EUphoria FILM FESTIVAL - Discovery at Dawn (2013) by Susanna Nicchiarelli
The inaugural EUphoria Film Festival will close with a screening of Susanna Nicchiarelli's second feature film, the adaptation of a novel by former Rome mayor Walter Veltroni that explores the relationship that a woman - and, a nation - has with a painful and enigmatic past. Followed by a Q&A with the Director. The film will also be sc...
Great Italians of the past: Norberto Bobbio
WTI Magazine #44 2014 October, 1Author : Giuseppina Salzano e Giovanni Verde Translation by: The moral, human and intellectual stature of Norberto Bobbio goes well beyond his outstanding academic merits. His life experience, his liberal (in the European sense) vision of the world, his freedom of judgment, combined with an extraordina...
In giro per New York alla “scoperta” di Colombo
Ristorante italiano, pizza, mozzarella, provola, addirittura il culatello: sapori e termini che stanno quasi scomparendo in alcune parti d'Italia, ma che restano impressi nelle insegne della "piccola Italia", Little Italy di New York. La Grande Mela degli italiani, oggi si è ridotta a una strada, nel cuore di Chinatown. Nonostante il numero e l'in...
Al Gala del Niaf si rafforza il legame fra Usa e Italia
Un grande festone, come sempre. Emozioni degli italo americani, ricordi dei nonni o bisnonni immigrati negli Stati Uniti con niente, e un aspetto nostalgico, da fine di un'epoca: il Gala del Niaf (National Italian American Foundation) ieri sera si è tenuto per l'ultima volta al Washington Hilton dove negli anni abbiamo visto sfilare per l'Italia, d...
On the Table: At Alla Famiglia you'll find mega meatballs and a 28-ounce veal chop
By Melissa McCart Where else can you get a meatball bigger than a softball? At Alla Famiglia, it arrives in a red sea of marinara, stuffed with mozzarella then covered with a blanket of provolone and garnished with a dash of chopped parsley. It's pillowy soft but still comes with a giant steak knife. When you see a plate like this,...
Per gli studenti di New York, lezione di italiano al ristorante
L'arte culinaria si conferma ambasciatrice d'eccezione della lingua italiana negli Stati Uniti, anche nei confronti dei giovanissimi. E' quanto emerge con forza dall'appuntamento di ieri organizzato presso il nuovo Academia Barilla Restaurant di New York atto primo di una nuova serie di lezioni di italiano e cucina per gli studenti delle s...