Luca Guadagnino’s We Are Who We Are Trailer: Living, Loving and Brooding on a Military Base in Italy
“Surprise. I exist outside your mind.” On Sunday, HBO put out the first full length trailer for its limited series We Are Who We Are, the new project from Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino, and that line from Jordan Kristine Seamón’s determined Caitlin seems to set up the premise of the coming-of-age tale, which follows two American tee...
IAP 155: A beginner’s guide to tomato jarring Italian American style
As August begins to creep into September, families everywhere are preparing for winter by gathering together to partake in a much-loved Italian American tradition… gather the whole famiglia as we take your through the history and how-tos of the art of tomato jarring! This New World fruit has become the staple of Italian and Italian American cuisine...
Here's Why Alfa Romeo Failed To Make An Impact In America
You can't be a true gearhead until you've owned an Alfa. So said Top Gear, but, after years of decreasing sales on the continent, many Americans may never the chance to find out why Alfa Romeo is held in such high esteem across the pond. So where did it all go wrong for Alfa in the States, a place in which the company has never truly found sustaine...
Italian American WWII Hero Robert J. DeMark
Robert J. DeMark served his country as a United States Navy Seabee who fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II and also served in the Korean War. He achieved the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class (BUL3). PO DeMark’s parents came to America from L’Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy, at the turn of the 20th century. They came to the New Castle, Pa.,...
Fig trees are an Italian tradition and need winter care
As a child, Mary Menniti spent a lot of time with her Italian grandfather, who visited their rural home to tend his figs. “He came from a lifestyle of surviving on what he could grow and brought that knowledge to New Castle,” she says. Even then, she could tell there was a special connection between her grandfather and those figs. They grew easily...
Chadwick Boseman, also Joe and Anthony Russo in mourning: “He inspired a generation”
The news of the death of Chadwick Boseman shocked the world of Hollywood, and within hours of the sudden and unexpected announcement of the star’s family. Black Panther the directors’ message of condolence also arrives Anthony e Joe Russo. The two Italian-American brothers conducted the interpreter of T’Challa in Captain America: Civil War, the fi...
Elon Musk ringrazia Dallara: i successi di SpaceX parlano anche italiano
Quello di Dallara è un nome ben conosciuto anche negli Stati Uniti. Non fosse altro per il fatto che da più di vent’anni è impegnata nelle competizioni Indycar, serie per la quale dal 2012 è fornitore unico dei telai. In meno sanno che l’azienda di Varano Melegari (Parma), grazie alle proprie competenze in campo di materiali compositi, negli Usa ha...
An Italian American’s Fight to Restore the Nation’s Broken Education System
When a reporter from the magazine Education Week put together a profile on my involvement in the movement to better America’s schools, a detractor observed, “Nobody’s ever called her subtle.” And that’s just fine. I’m full-blooded Italian; we don’t do subtle. For decades, I’ve been in the mix—as a student, as a parent, as a reformer, and sure, as a...
How American Officers Learned “Sicul-english” to Fight the Mafia in the ’60’s
As president and editor of Arba Sicula, a non-profit international organization that promotes the Sicilian language and culture, I am always looking for materials that can help me fulfill the objectives of the association. So, I was pleased to purchase the entire set of publications prepared in the sixties by the National Defense Institute in Monte...
Educator and communications specialist releases first book: Dream Big Dream Small
Dream Big Dream Small is Elissa Ruffino’s first children’s book. A longtime public relations and communications specialist in Washington, DC, Ruffino currently is an adjunct faculty member at Marymount University School of Business and Technology and the Lutheran College Washington Semester program. The book for children ages 3 to 10 is published...
Marisa Tomei to Narrate Elena Ferrante's 'The Lying Life of Adults' Audiobook
Marisa Tomei is lending her voice for Elena Ferrante's upcoming novel, The Lying Life of Adults. The Academy-Award winning actress is making her debut in the audiobook world with the narration of the novel set to be released on Sept. 1, it was announced Monday. Tomei describes recording Ferrante's audiobook as “very emotional at times." "As a devo...
Feasts and Processions in Italian Enclaves During the Pandemic of 2020
One of the quintessential aspects of any Italian Enclave’s summer is the feast. The smell of zeppole, reminiscing with old friends and the traditional Italian songs and hymns are all beloved aspects of summer and links us to our storied traditions in the Italian American community. For many, these feasts are anticipated all year and it is hard to...