Università Del Caffè USA. Learning to Make Good Espresso and Cappuccino with illy
The Università del Caffè was created in Naples in 1999 by illy caffè. Its purpose is to promote and disseminate the culture of quality coffee using specific theoretical and practical activities. I attended a two day course organized at the International Culinary Center in New York
Bardem, Italy's Germano share Cannes best actor prize
THE INDEPENDENT. Spanish actor Javier Bardem and Italy's Elio Germano on Sunday shared the best actor award at the Cannes film festival for their roles in two gritty urban dramas. (Read the article)
Saving Towns by Filling Rooms in Italy
NYT. ONE spring afternoon in the early 1980s Giancarlo Dall’Ara, an Italian hotel marketing consultant, was wandering the streets of a tiny village near Maranzanis, in Friuli, a rural mountainous region in the northeast corner oF Italy. (Read the article)
'New' Michelangelo work in Rome. Bas-relief of wind god centrepiece of Palazzo Venezia show
ANSA. A beautiful but little-known sculpture has just made its first appearance as a confirmed Michelangelo work at an exhibition in Rome. The bas-relief carving is one of 35 marble and bronze artworks in a show at Palazzo Venezia paying tribute to Renaissance sculpture, which opened on Friday. (Read the article)
Venetian mourners brave perils to visit departed. Hard hats required at Stravinsky's place of eternal rest
ANSA. After over a year of not being able to pay their respects, mourners will now be able to visit their loved ones in a decaying part of a historic Venetian cemetery although they will have to brave the danger of falling debris to do so. (Read the article)
Napolitano @ the White House. An Historical Moment for US-Italy Relations
The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, will visit Barack Obama on May 25 at the White House. The leader has been active in Italian politics for more than 60 years. Here are the major steps of his long and respectable career
Napolitano alla Casa Bianca. Si prepara un incontro storico
La Casa Bianca apre le porte a Giorgio Napolitano. Ripercorriamo - anche attraverso qualche curiosità - la figura umana e politica del grande politico con oltre sessant'anni di attività. Nella sua vita pagine salienti della storia d'Italia
“Gomorrah” Reaches the New York Stages
The theatrical company Kairos Italy Theater, directed by Laura Caparrotti presents the reading of the theatrical adaptation of "Gomorra", Roberto Saviano's bestseller
New York. “Gomorra” arriva a teatro
La compagnia teatrale “Kairos Italy Theater” diretta da Laura Caparrotti presenta la lettura della riduzione teatrale di “Gomorra”, bestseller scritto da Roberto Saviano
Cecilia Strada. Hopes for the Re-Opening of the Emergency Hospital in Lashkar Gah
Cecilia Strada speaks about the re-opening of the 'Emergency' hospital in Lashkar Gah (Afghanistan). In April 'Emergency' decided to leave the hospital after the arrest of three medical operators accused of taking part in a plot to assassinate the governor of Helmand, Gulab Mangal.
NYDFF. Il Festival dei Popoli torna a Manhattan
Parte la terza edizione a New York del NYDEF con una cabala di alta qualità tutta per far conoscere al pubblico americano il meglio dei documentari italiani
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Edoardo Sanguineti, Italian poet, 79, dies.
AP. Cultural figures in Italy are mourning the death of Edoardo Sanguineti, a poet and critic whose playful use of language made him an important neo-avant-garde writer on the 1906s literary scene. (Read the article)
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