CANNES - Alice Rohrwacher's The Wonders Gets the Grand Prix
The 67th Cannes Film Festival has come to an end and among the winners we find an Italian director: Alice Rohrwacher won the Grand Prix prize, the second most prestigious award, for her film The Wonders (Le Meraviglie). The film has been labled as a gentle and textured coming-of-age story “inspired by the director’s own childhood in the countryside between Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany.” (The Telegraph)
Giacomo Matteotti’s Murder and the Rise of the Totalitarian State
Presented jointly with NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, Centro Primo Levi and the Consulate General of Italy on the 90th Anniversary of Matteotti’s murder and Italian National Day
June 2
| 6:00 pm | Round table
| 8:00 pm | Film screening -ll delitto Matteotti, by Florestano Vancini
@ NYU, Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò | 24 West 12th Street
May 24, 2014
“Extra Virginity – The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil” … Implications for Southern-Italian American Cultural History
No doubt this book is of great interest to culinary aficionados; but it is NOT a ‘food book’!
May 24, 2014
Johnny Meatballs Returning To Fort Lee Street Fair Sunday June 1!!!
A big day planned by Fort Lee Film Commission and Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs
The Reality of a Bridge
President Boldrini Pays Tribute to the Memory of the Victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. "And I return to that stirring image: a major Italian political leader standing together with a descendant of Italian immigrants from over a century ago, sharing the work of mourning and remembering, as Italian and Italian American."
Laura Boldrini: "My duty is to be Outside with the People"
The Italian Chamber of Deputies Presidenr meets the Italian and Italian American community at the Consulate General of New York. Main focus: Italian Immigration.
Sunday’s EU vote: A Litmus Test for Renzi
On Sunday Italians go to the polls to elect 10% of the new deputies at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Although premier Matteo Renzi stressed that the results “are not a test for my government,” that is how they are being read, with Renzi’s Partito Democratico measured against Beppe Grillo’s Movimento Cinque Stelle. The vote is also important on its own. The new Euro Parliament will elect the next president of the EU Commission, even as the Euro monetary system itself has become a convenient scapegoat in Italy.
Emigrare per una startup
Maria Teresa Cometto, Co-autrice con Alessandro Piol del libro “Tech and the City” organizza un evento in Consolato con il presidente della Camera Laura Boldrini ed un gruppo di giovani imprenditori italiani attivi nell'high-tech. Desiderio del presidente della Camera, in questo incontro, era anche quello di capire i motivi del successo di startup innovative a New York, e riflettere poi sulla loro replicabilità in Italia
An Evening in Puglia - Discovering Italy's Heel
After a successful dinner promoting the region of Tuscany, the midtown Italian Restaurant "Piccolo Fiore Ristorante," moves down South offering a regional tasting event with "An evening in Puglia, " to take place June 5th from 7 to 9 PM. Piccolo Fiore Ristorante will be donating twenty dollars from the sales of each ticket s to the National Organization of Italian American Women
Design Made in Italy @ the ICFF
One of the most anticipated home furnishing and interior design events, the 26th Edition of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, has just has just closed its doors at the Javits Convention Center.
The Made in Italy excellence was present with numerous stands and quality brands: a dive into a world to be sensed, touched, listened to…
A date with the latest trends and ideas, surrounded by art, design and craftsmanship.
Design Week: alla scoperta del Made in Italy a New York
New York si è animata con una serie di eventi che anche quest’anno hanno visto come protagonista il design italiano. Tra i tanti appuntamenti degni di nota abbiamo partecipato agli eventi ospitati nel living-showroom di Design-Apart. Interessante iniziativa nata in Italia e sbarcata anche a New York per rilanciare e diffondere il valore della manifattura artigianale e della ricerca tecnologica del design Made in Italy
L’Italia dei sogni è un paese possibile
Presentato a Pescara il 16 maggio scorso, "L'Italia dei sogni" di Goffredo Palmerini. Questa recensione si sofferma sulle figure femminili trattate nel libro e sul ruolo delle donne nella società odierna
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