Seattle Council unanimously approves Indigenous People's Day over objections from Italian-Americans
The Seattle City Council has voted unanimously to create an Indigenous People's Day that Italian Americans complain wipes out their own heritage and celebration. And they're vowing a strong response later this week.
Napoleon's Italian idyll: six reasons to exile yourself to Elba
Unsung, historic and beautiful, Elba - the island where Napoelon was exiled prior to Waterloo - has plenty to offer British holidaymakers too
EU Mission to Help Italy with Migrant Crisis to Start in November
The European Union plans to launch a mission to help Italy cope with swarms of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa, the EU said on Tuesday.
In Umbria, an Italian Olive Oil Worth the Accolades
Most people go to the Enoteca Properzio wine shop and restaurant in this medieval Umbrian hill town to sample its fine selection of wines.
IAWA Welcomes Authors John Domini and Joseph Tirella on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Sidewalk Cafe
The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) presents award-winning authors John Domini and Joseph Tirella on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Sidewalk Café, 94 Avenue A (at 6th Street) in New York City’s East Village, www.sidewalkny.com; 212-473-7373. The reading takes place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes followed by the featured writers.
L'insegnamento delle lingue come in un carosello
Una post-scuola newyorkese per spalancare la porta della sperimentazione per bambini di tutte le età. Per conoscere una lingua e promuovere le altre culture
Italian Surf Academy: Exploring & Reinventing the Sounds of the Italian B-Movies of the 1960
The Italian Surf Academy, founded in 2010 by Neapolitan guitarist Marco Cappelli, together with Luca Lo Bianco, bass, Francesco Cusa, drums and Andrea Pennisi, video art, is on the way back from a glorious tour that will end at Littlefield in Brooklyn (October 4th), after the band played in China, Japan and California.
Lingua Italiana a New York? Missione possible. Parola di Ilaria Costa
E' un binomio inscindibile quello di lingua e cultura italiana. Ce ne parla, Ilaria Costa, direttrice esecutiva dello Iace, Italian American Committee on Education, e ci racconta come si svolge, nel Tristate, il difficile compito di diffondere e rivalutare l'Italianità attraverso la lingua del Bel Paese. E sorpresa - non sorpresa per noi di i-Italy - sono interessati allo studio della nostra lingua moltissimi americani che non hanno alcun rapporto familiare con il nostro Paese.
Il fascino della nostra Cultura pervade l'America a prescindere dai legami di sangue dei suoi abitanti
October 2, 2014
IAWA Welcomes Authors John Domini and Joseph Tirella on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Sidewalk Cafe
Of Tomorrowland, the New York Daily News writes: "Joseph Tirella revisits the 1964 World’s Fair, the event that transformed Flushing Meadows-Corona Park into a space-age marvel and gave baby boomers a symbolic point of departure in their coming-of-age saga."
The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) presents award-winning authors John Domini and Joseph Tirella on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Sidewalk Café, 94 Avenue A (at 6th Street) in New York City’s East Village, www.sidewalkny.com; 212-473-7373. The reading takes place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes followed by the featured writers.
The Macchiaioli
On Thursday, October 2, the Italian Culture Institute in New York introduces “The Macchiaioli,” an exhibit curated by Marco Bertoli. Twenty masterpieces coming from the private Italian collection to New York for the first time include: Giovanni Fattori, Silvestro Lega, Telemaco Signorini and other big influential avant-garde artists that are most important to the Italian paintings of the 1800s.
Giampaolo Seguso. Glass & Poetry
Guardian of a millenial glassmaking tradition, Giampaolo Seguso invites us into his studio in New York, where he talks about the history of a craft whose roots stretch way back to the Venetian Renaissance.
Do You Speak Espresso?
Espresso culture in Italy has deep roots. Coffee first appeared in Europe at the port of Livorno, Tuscany, a city that was also home to Europe’s first coffee bar in the early 1600s.
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