Federico Faggin, scienziato leonardiano e imprenditore italo-americano
Secondo il filosofo danese, Søren Kierkegaard, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” (“La vita può essere capita solo all’indietro; ma va vissuta in avanti”). Federico Faggin, scienziato e imprenditore, apre con questa citazione il primo capitolo del libro “Silicio – dall’invenzione del microprocessore alla nuove sc...
Families create cultural legacies at Loyola’s Rome Center
Both a haven and a springboard for exploring Italy and the rest of Europe, Loyola’s Rome Center has been attracting generations of families like the Turanos since opening its doors in 1961. Ivy League schools are known for their legacy enrollments: students who attend because their parents attended and so on through the generations. It’s a point of...
New Italian market in Middletown seeks to educate, feed community
All families have different dynamics, come from different backgrounds and have different traditions. But one thing nearly all of them have in common is asking each other the daily question: “What’s for dinner?” Marco Minieri is answering that question and educating customers along the way at Bottega Boccini, a new Italian market he recently opened...
Sonny Conto To Throw First Pitch For 7/16 Phillies-Dodgers Game
Years before he decided to make boxing his everything, South Philadelphia’s Sonny Conto had visions of one day pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies. The rising heavyweight prospect gets to merge those two worlds, even if only for a night. Conto will serve as the guest of honor for the Phillies’ 12th annual Italian-American Heritage Celebration ga...
Capodimonte Porcelain
Capodimonte is a small area of Naples situated near the park of the same name. Lost in the upper part of the town, Capodimonte became famous thanks to local craftsmen who have handed down the how-tos of Capodimonte porcelain production through generations. The ancient tradition of porcelain production dates back to the 13th century in Europe. This...
RIP Fernando “Corby” Corbató, inventor of the password (1926-2019)
Last Friday, legendary MIT computer scientist Fernando “Corby” Corbató passed away at his home in Newton, Massachusetts. He was 93. The Oakland-born researcher was responsible for several pivotal advances in the computer science space, most notably the password, which he invented during his pioneering work in computer time sharing. Corbató led the...
Renato Cantore (Author of the book "Dalla Terra alla Luna")
On September 12, 1962, in Houston, in Texas, the State where he would be killed just over a year later, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy made a historic speech, in which he announced the race to the Moon. "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard," JFK said. When you...
Neapolitan Chain MidiCi Opens in Williamsburg, With Free Pizzas
A cheesy, tomato-y pie can be yours for the nice price of free this weekend, when “fast-fine” Neapolitan pizza chain MidiCi opens their first New York location in Williamsburg this Saturday. Originally based in LA, MidiCi was opened in 2015 by Amit Kleinberger, the CEO of frozen yogurt chain Menchie’s. Now, MidiCi has locationspeppered across the c...
Girard’s Mount Carmel Fest embraces tradition, community
The frantic clack ing of a spinning money wheel and the wafting scents of marinara sauce and fried foods on Wilson Avenue can mean only one thing: the annual Italian Fraternal Home Mount Carmel Festival has once again arrived. Though drivers passing through Girard could easily miss the festival if they didn’t know where to look, tens of thousands w...
Sambetti's is making a comeback. New owner plans to carry on the previous owner's legacy
A popular Des Moines restaurant that closed unexpectedly in March will be reopened by a local restaurateur at the end of summer. Sambetti's, located at 1430 Second Ave. in Des Moines, was purchased by Steve McFadden, owner of the local Grumpy Goat Tavern chain with four locations, Tipsy Crow Tavern in downtown Des Moines and Mickey’s Irish Pub & Gr...
Archeologia, la Sicilia “scopre” un nuovo teatro antico: i resti di Halaesa
La Sicilia può aggiungere alla sua lista un nuovo teatro antico: una missione archeologica francese, composta da ricercatori delle università di Amiens, Poitiers e Parigi, che opera nella zona dal 2016, ha identificato tra i resti dell'antica città siculo-greca di Halaesa Archonidea, a Tusa, in provincia di Messina, su una panoramica collina con vi...
Accepting Applications for the 2019-2020 NIAF on Campus Fellowship
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce that the 2019-2020 NIAF on Campus Fellowship application is open now until September 13. The program is intended for future leaders who self-identify as active in the Italian American community through their choice of study, their participation in on-campus Italian Clubs, and th...