When will Hollywood stop beating up on Italian Americans?
The Bank of America. Planter’s Peanuts. Tropicana Orange Juice. Barnes & Noble bookstores. The Radio Flyer Red Wagon. The Securities and Exchange Commission. The Jacuzzi. The pilot ejector seat. The first computer microprocessor. The shopping mall. Multicultural education. And even the McDonald’s Big Mac hamburger. What do all of these long-accepte...
L’esposizione Italo Americana o “Colombiana” del 1892, la celebrazione che rilanciò Genova
Si terrà martedì 19 novembre, alle 17.00, l’incontro “L’esposizione Italo Americana o ‘Colombiana’ del 1892”, conferenza nell’ambito dei Martedì de A Compagna e a cura di Edoardo Longo.Nell’Aula San Salvatore di piazza Sarzano, raggiungibile anche in metropolitanta, si parlerà delle celebrazioni colombiane del 1892, evento che rappresentò il rilanc...
Apulia’s Saints and Animals: Hagiographic Narratives and Popular Devotions
When: Tuesday, November 19th at 6pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute - 500 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1450 - What: Professor Edmondo Lupieri (Loyola University) will introduce this event and present the following speakers, who will address the topic, "Apulia’s Saints and Animals: Hagiographic Narratives and Popular Devotions:" Presenting popular devo...
Chef Charles Draghi Is Serving Up a Taste of Erbaluce at Cinquecento
As white truffle season sets in, we find ourselves really missing Erbaluce, which closed on New Year’s Day. The Piedmontese restaurant was a festive mainstay for Italian truffles, which chef Charles Draghi sourced annually from his ancestral homeland of Alba. So we’re delighted to learn that Draghi has landed his first longterm chef job since shutt...
Mike Piazza becomes new Team Italy manager
After meeting with Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball (FIBS) President Andrea Marcon on November 11, 2019, National Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza has agreed to serve as the manager of Team Italy. A press conference in Rome is scheduled on November 29, 2019 to formally introduce the new Team Italy skipper and his staff to the Italian and in...
La pluripremiata make up artist italiana, firma una nuova linea cosmetica e definisce il ruolo del make up nel mondo della moda
Una donna glamour-rock che sa essere elegante, cosmopolita e pratica allo stesso tempo. Questa la donna che ha ispirato la nuova linea di make up biologica e vegana creata da Angela Valentino, make up artist di Monza, che oltreoceano ha trovato la consacrazione con due premi importanti: Make up artist 2018 a Los Angeles, e Make up artist 2019 a Ne...
IAP 116: “Our American epidemic” An Italian American perspective on the U.S. opioid crisis
The United States population is equivalent to 4.27% of the total world population, yet we consume 90% of the opioids on earth. Every single day we lose 150 Americans to opioid related deaths. It’s an epidemic that is ravishing our nation, and one that is little understood. This week, moderator John M. Viola sits down with longtime friend Dr. John...
Reflecting on the Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, has replaced Columbus Day in 130 U.S. cities within 34 states, and eight of those include complete states. South Dakota took a stance in 1990 changing their holiday to Native American Day. Hawaii celebrates Discoverers' Day to recognize the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands. From last year to this year, the num...
Scott LoBaido unveils Mother Cabrini statue on feast day amid city controversy
Local artist Scott LoBaido unveiled a statue Monday dedicated to America’s first saint amid continuing controversy about a perceived snub against her. His statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, more commonly known as Mother Cabrini, was made public on her feast day, and displayed outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan. City officials declined...
Supermodel Lily Aldridge’s Italy-inspired essentials
For model Lily Aldridge, growing up in an Italian family meant “lots of gatherings filled with great food and lots of laughs.” The Victoria’s Secret Angel and Sports Illustrated cover star now carries on those same traditions with her husband, Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill, and their children, 7-year-old Dixie Pearl and 9-month-old Winston...
Call for Photographs, Stories, Recipes, and Other Devotional Items Related to Saint Joseph and Saint Joseph’s Tables
St. Joseph is among the most venerated saints in Christianity. He is the head of the Holy Family, husband of the Virgin Mary, and stepfather to Jesus. Though St. Joseph is honored throughout Christendom, celebrations of St. Joseph’s feast day, March 19, are particularly resplendent among Italians—especially in the region of Sicily—and Italian Ameri...
The oldest Italian restaurants in the US
Italy and the US: what a history our countries have. So many things in common, they are only superficially different. Yes, there are many beautiful things we share, two of them are the love for good food and the attachment to our country. Italian-Americans made of both a mark of distinction and we Italians, I sometimes think, should take a page off...