OSDIA Interviews LIVE with Cara Di Falco
Tune in this Wednesday for the next episode of OSDIA Interviews LIVE! Wednesday (7/1) at 1:30pm EST/10:30am PST on Facebook Live, our hosts Lisa Marie Falbo and Mary Kovach will be joined by chef and Emmy nominated cooking show host, Cara Di Falco! Don't forget to leave your questions for Cara to be asked during the live show! Watch the interview!
Former Ruling Family of Southern Italy Helps Their Homeland
From their earliest days, the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies has always had the well-being of the peoples of southern Italy and Sicily in their hearts. The House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies ruled Southern Italy from 1734 to 1860. The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was the largest sovereign state on the Italian peninsula, by both population and size,...
Stand Up for Americans of Italian Heritage: We Deserve More Monuments and an Italian Heritage Day
Stand Up for Americans of Italian Heritage: We Deserve More Monuments and an Italian Heritage Day. It’s about legacy, successes and imagery now and in the future. Americans stand up. In the past, Americans of Italian heritage, with decent intent and with community consent had monuments built. The President and Congress authorized a holiday, Columbu...
Alberto Sordi at 100. The Roman Soul of Comedy Italian Style
Wed, 07/01/2020 - 5:00pm EST. Julian Sachs (Program Coordinator, Casa Italiana) interviews Mattia Minasi (actor), Stefano Ferrari (Director of Photography), Dado Carillo (Production Manager), Paola Sinisgalli (producer, director, screenwriter), Francesco Carnesecchi (director, screenwriter). The episode will be broadcast live on Casa Zerilli's Face...
Usa: Biden fa l’occhiolino a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Trump a Fincantieri
Il tempo vola quando ci si diverte, dicono: sta di fatto che quattro anni di presidenza Trump sono quasi conclusi e a novembre si voterà per eleggere il 46esimo inquilino della Casa Bianca. Se quattro anni fa gli obiettivi di Trump erano quelli di smantellare le riforme dell’amministrazione Obama e restaurare la classica agenda del “Grand Old Party...
Verso la ripresa - 6 CEO a confronto su come ripartire
La Camera di Commercio Italiana a New York organizza un webinar in lingua italiana sulla ripresa economica e sui nuovi scenari che si apriranno per le imprese italiane sul mercato USA. Gli AD di primarie aziende italiane e non si confronteranno sulle strategie, opportunità e sfide che il mercato post-Covid ci presenterà. REGISTRAZIONE. Il dibattito...
Columbus statues need context, not disrespect and desecration
This month, activists tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the Minneapolis State Capitol. Mainstream media news coverage inevitably focused on the activists’ view that Columbus was a racist villain, whose discovery of America led to the demise of native cultures. Few press reports acknowledged that the statue was erected by Italian Am...
Cookbook Review: Frasca’s Friuli Food and Wine
I spent most of the first three months of the novel coronavirus lockdown astonished to find myself glad to have an excuse not to go anywhere. With trips to Sicily and Japan canceled, I felt relief more than disappointment. I wondered if the travel bug that had relentlessly buzzed in my head in recent years was finally dormant. It seemed so—until I...
Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta Nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" or "Raging Bull"
Known as The Raging Bull, or “the Bronx Bull for his aggressive fighting style, Giacobbe LaMotta grew up in the Bronx where he honed his boxing skills. The son of Sicilian immigrant Giuseppe LaMotta and Elizabeth LaMotta, Asa child, he was encouraged by his father to fight other neighborhood children as adult spectators would throw change into the...
Ironically, Columbus Statues Symbolize What Protesters Are Fighting For
We’re roiled by a national protest on inequality, we’re dogged by a disease that is surging back and forcing millions to unemployment rolls, and we’re watching in disbelief as protesters splinter away from a good cause to go off and topple Christopher Columbus statues. You can support the statue destruction and vandalism, or you can respect the law...
Hugh Jackman lining up to play Enzo Ferrari for Michael Mann biopic
Hugh Jackman is edging closer to playing automotive icon Enzo Ferrari in a new biopic being made by acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann. According to Deadline, the Heat director's long-in-gestation passion project will be pitched at this year's Cannes Film Festival, taking place virtually this year, where it will be seeking distributors. Cameras on Fe...
Sports reading: Yogi Berra’s climb from his St. Louis neighborhood to baseball success in New York depicted in new biography
The latest biography of Yogi Berra, “Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask,” could be titled “Beyond the Witty Quips and Rings.” Author Jon Pessah discloses many obstacles the entertaining New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher overcame from his childhood in “The Hill” neighborhood of St. Louis to skeptical perceptions about his talent to eventually settling...