Italians are willing to do anything to protect their culinary traditions. The exclusive seaside resort of Forte dei Marmi bans all international cuisine "not for xenophobia, but to promote and value its Tuscan culture"
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How to turn Academic Research into Business. The Italian Trade Commission has organized an international training seminar in Boston, the technological research capital of the US, with the goal to provide concrete tools and examples to support entrepreneurial efforts to commercialize university research by creating a start-up company.
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Naples' street of the Nativity scene makers is threatened by a perilous building. Residents and store owners alike declare war to the mayor's office if precautions are not taken immediately. The closing down of the street will have serious effects on the city's economy as every single day about 2000 tourists visit the shops and purchase a small piece of art for their home.
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Italy is the proud home to the world’s biggest Apple Museum. With over 7.000 pieces, it gets the seal of approval from Brett Murray, senior manager in Cupertino. What makes this collection unique is that all the machines, some dating back to the seventies, can be powered on and work perfectly.
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Park Avenue. Interview with the new Consul General in New York a little over a month after her arrival.
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October the 7th was the official starting date for the 2011 edition of the “Italian Heritage & Culture Month”, organized by the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York for the last thirty-five years.
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At the Italian Cultural Institute, Gian Antonio Stella presented his latest work. In his book the journalist analyzes, with co-author Sergio Rizzo, the causes of decay of the Italian artistic heritage
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To try to make meaning out of 9/11, every year since 2001 I have retraced my steps to re-photograph how my neighbors displayed their feelings about the tragedy. As time has passed it has become clearer to me what can and can’t be seen in the gentrified landscapes of Park Slope, Brooklyn. I am grateful that the pain we all felt then has, visibly at least, slowly faded away.
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Among the several events organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy, an international conference was held to discuss the constitution, differences between political and sociological visions and historical heroes.
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New York. Conversation with Vincenzo Scotti, undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the sidelines of the symposium, “Two Mediterranean Statesmen at the Helm of the UN: Amintore Fanfani and Guido de Marco” at NYU. We speak with him about the United Nations of today and yesterday, cities in the context of an integration process, the centrality of Italy’s parliament, and other topics
