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Savoring Soave

Charles Scicolone

Soave: One of Italy's Great Terroir Based Wines

Piedmont: The New Dolce Vita

Benedetta Grasso

Discover Piedmont, a region filled with natural beauty, adventure, delicious food and wine and a thriving and exciting capital.

The Common Waters of Cinema

Centered upon the theme of water, and the role it plays in today's world, the third edition of the film Senza Frontiere / Without Borders Film Festival, which takes place in Rome during the summer. The presentation will be held at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò on June 3

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Our 10 Best Italian-American Heroes

VILLAGE VOICE. The invention of the Italian-American hero must be considered one of the happiest occurrences of 20th-century American cuisine. It happened in the 1920s. French bread had just been introduced into the United States and caused a craze. Every Italian-American bakery in Brooklyn was making demi-baguettes: bulbous loaves, crusty on the outside, lightweight in the middle, prone to go stale unless used quickly. (Read the article)

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Pompeii says 'bring your bike'. New tours aim to make ancient city bicycle-friendly

ANSA. The Ancient Roman city of Pompeii is flinging open its doors to bike users for the first time this weekend with a special new tour laid out for them. (Read the article)

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Cows invade Rome for art parade Fibreglass bovines popping up in streets and piazzas

ANSA. A cow dressed as a Roman centurion and another wearing the colours of the AS Roma soccer team are among life-size models popping up in Rome's streets and piazzas for the capital's first CowParade exhibition. (Read the article)

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May 28, 2010

Savoring Soave

Charles Scicolone

Soave: One of Italy's Great Terroir Based Wines

AP Italian: Moving Forward Step by Step

The Columbus Citizens Foundation has just pledged $500.000 to help fund the AP Program in Italian Language and Culture which has been recently discontinued

Giorgio Napolitano in Washington. The Italian Point of View

Maria Rita Latto

Giorgio Napolitano's visit to the White House on May 25, 2010 strengthened the friendship and mutual sympathy between Barack Obama and our President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano. However the Italian press found just a little space for some analysis and comments by eminent experts of international politics who expressed their opinions about the status of the relationship between United States and Italy during the Obama administration.

CGNY Go to Sicily. For a Common Ground Among Young Italians and Italian Americans

Kristine Jannuzzi

CGNY’s activities range from a night of tombola and pizza, to a soccer match, to a full-scale young Italian music festival and the Miss Italia Nel Mondo NY competition. More recently, the group has partnered with ANFE (Associazione Nazionale Famiglie Emigrate) to offer qualified Italians and Italian Americans of Sicilian descent the opportunity to rediscover their roots together in Sicily. From September 4-12, they will travel to some of the most spectacular places in Sicily, including Taormina, Palermo, the Aeolian Islands, Cefalu', and Mount Etna.

Festival Internazionale del giornalismo di Perugia. La libertà di stampa secondo Saviano e Al Gore

Francesca Di Folco

Roberto Saviano e Al Gore, ospiti d'eccezione al Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo di Perugia, discutono su un tema molto caldo in questi giorni nel Belpaese: la liberà di stampa.

Napolitano Meets Nancy Pelosi, "The first Speaker of Italian Origin. Male or female.”

Benedetta Grasso

President Napolitano meets with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in his official visit to Washington DC. The event boosted Italy-US friendship and honored the Italian-American contribution to the social fabric of this country

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