Why Cleveland's NBA championship is so amazing, for Italians
By Daniel Ofman Cleveland, Ohio is only about the 48th biggest city in the United States and its economy has been struggling. But this week, the city has earned worldwide attention in pro sports. The Cleveland Cavaliers won their first NBA championship in franchise history. It was also the city's first pro championship in 52 years. And Cle...
Southern Italy’s GDP turned positive in 2015 after 7 straight years in recession, ISTAT says
by Marzio Bartoloni After 7 straight years of recession, the Mezzogiorno (Southern Italy) is finally growing again, and actually at a quicker pace than the rest of the country, as it rose 1% in 2015 against a national average of +0.8%. Signs of recovery are also visible in the labor market, which has been heavily affected by the c...
Intervista al Direttore Generale Vincenzo De Luca - "Quanto conta l’Italia nel mondo. La missione possibile della Farnesina"
Vincenzo De Luca è il nuovo Direttore Generale del settore del Ministero degli Affari Esteri che si occupa di promuovere il Sistema Paese nel mondo. E in questa intervista ci dice la sua. Con fiducia. Nonostante il problema delle risorse... La Direzione Generale che lei presiede da qualche mese si occupa della Promozione del Sistema Paese...
Salvatore LaGumina (Writer)
Two of the five New York borroughs, Queens and Brooklyn, are not only part of New York, but also part of Long Island, at least officially: even so, usually when somebody refers to Long Island thinks about Nassau and Suffolk Counties, not the Queens or Kings (Brooklyn) County. Long Island is home to many, many Italian Americans. One of them know...
Ronald DeLuca, Ad Man Who Helped Revive Iacocca’s Chrysler, Dies at 91
by Sam Roberts Ronald DeLuca, who orchestrated the advertising campaign that spared the Chrysler Corporation from insolvency in the 1980s and transformed Lee Iacocca, the ailing automaker's voluble chief executive, into a national brand himself, died on Tuesday in Oneonta, N.Y. He was 91. The cause was complications of myelodysplastic...
Young girl steals the show at Brooklyn Cyclones Italian heritage night
By Chloe Chetner A young girl from New York stole the show at a recent Brooklyn Cyclones baseball game with this stirring rendition of the Italian and American national anthems. Dina Marie Paunetto sang the anthems as the Cyclones celebrated Italian heritage night at MCU park. Check out the impressive Dina in the video. ...
Classic Italian movies to be followed by dinner at Scalo’s
By Adrian Gomez Take two classic Italian films. Add some traditional Italian food. And it's a party. This is what Maria Berry has been working on for months. The result is "Firing Up Italian Classics on Route 66." The two-day event takes place beginning Saturday, Sept. 17. Berry, managing director of the Italian Fi...
Melissa Marino selected as future leader of NIAF on Campus
Melissa Marino has been selected by the National Italian American Foundation to join the Italian American Leadership Council (IALC) Fellow Program. Melissa Marino is a Santa Barbara native receiving a BFA in Theatre Performance and a BA in Italian Language and Culture at Chapman. She studied abroad in the spring of 2015 in Milan, Italy, an...
13th Annual in New York City CHRISTMAS IN ITALY Show Stars Award-Winning Singer/PBS-TV host Cristina Fontanelli
Award-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates Host for Andrea Bocelli "Live From Central Park" and "Il Volo Takes Flight" Cristina Fontanelli brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 13th-Annual "Christmas In Italy" at the Washington Irving Campus Landmark Theater, 40 Irving Place in...
Why this iconic South Beach Italian spot changed locations
The who: Osteria del Teatro, the iconic South Beach Italian restaurant which first opened in 1987, has relocated to the refurbished Marlin Hotel, in place of the defunct Bazi. The menu will remain consistent under the culinary direction of chef Martin Perez. The space: The lobby of the storied Marlin Hotel is now a 70-seat dining room outfitted wi...
Discovering Guido Cagnacci
When: Friday, November 11, 2016 From 5:30 pm To 8:00 pm Where: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Speakers: Xavier Salomon, chief curator at the Frick Collection, Claudio Strinati, Art historian Organized by : IIC - Entrance : Free - Book now! On the occasion of the exhibition at the Frick Collection de...
M.A. in Italian Studies - Georgetown University
The M.A. in Italian studies at Georgetown University is now accepting applications for the 2017-18 academic year. The four-semester, 30-credit program offers a common core and two specialization options in Literature/Culture or Linguistics/Pedagogy. As part of their coursework our students spend one of the four semesters at an Italian universi...