"Anthracite Boot Camp": an Italian American child growing up working with his father in Pennsylvania
A new non-fiction book has just been published about a young boy working at his Father’s coal mines in the USA, and about the immigration of the boy’s ancestors from Italy 50 years earlier. Louis Ronald Scatena is the author of "ANTHRACITE BOOT CAMP", and it's a true story about his childhood working under the direction of his hard-working Father,...
Clint Eastwood and the Italian Western Influence
There’s really no understating the stardom of actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood beginning in the mid-’60s. After a tenure on the long-running TV series Rawhide and a few notable Hollywood movies, it took a stint in Italy to turn him into a megastar. Three films under director Sergio Leone changed his career forever; the films he made in the wake...
Sarge!: Cases of a Chicago police detective sergeant in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s
Recently published by the late John DiMaggio, Sarge, was a long time in the making. “He wrote it over many years, both while he was working and after he had retired and was living in Las Vegas,” says the author’s daughter, Debra DiMaggio, who was the primary force behind getting Sarge into print (and who also was kind enough to send me a review cop...
Marketing, Premier League monopoly in the US: leading the Italian Serie A team in Delaware
European football has been confirmed Leader Also in sales in the USA. “World Football Store“ A study published this week confirms this finding. For the compilation of this map, the period from November 1 to December 1 was taken into account, and only the sets (shirts and shorts) of men were counted, thus excluding the female and children’s models....
Part-Time Adventure or Full-Time Life in Italy
January 5, 2021. 8:00 pm Pacific. To start off the new year, we are privileged to have Susan Pohl presenting her unique story from Umbria, Italy. Has there been a time over the years that you wanted to pick up and leave the US? Susan did it seven years ago! Please click here to register. A link will be sent the day before the event. REGISTRATION. I...
Life is still beautiful for Roberto Benigni as ‘Pinocchio’ star
With a new “Pinocchio,” Roberto Benigni is again making history. He was the first non-English speaking male actor to win an Oscar for his Italian masterpiece “Life Is Beautiful” (‘97), which also won Benigni a second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Picture. Back in 2002 Benigni directed and played the wooden puppet who wants to become a real boy in...
Guy Fieri Raised $21.5M for Restaurant Workers, Praised for Doing 'More Than Congress'
Food Network host Guy Fieri worked to raise more than $21.5 million in seven weeks to help unemployed restaurant workers, prompting many to praise him for "doing more than Congress" to assist struggling hospitality employees during the pandemic. The longtime TV host of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives made personal pleas with large corporate sponsors, i...
Italian American WWII Hero: John F. Tipa
John F. Tipa was the son of Sicilian immigrants. His parents, Giuseppe and Vincenza Tipa, emigrated from Piazza San Lorenza, Palermo, Italy to New York City where they settled in Little Italy, The Bronx, in 1910. Tipa was ordered to active duty with his unit, 212th Coast Artillery New York Army National Guard headquartered in Manhattan, N.Y. During...
Once Again, Dominick the Donkey Lifts the Curtain on Lou Monte’s Legacy
Chingedy ching. Hee haw, hee haw!” Some years it starts as early as November. Right when the temperature drops below 40 degrees, when the leaves die, when the grass gets cold and hard, people begin to ask me, “Dominick? Like ‘Dominick the Donkey’? Have you ever heard the song?” My name is Dominick, so of course I’ve heard the song. Whether I like i...
ISDA Celebrates 90 Years of Italian American Growth and Pride
It all began in the 1920s when Pittsburgh’s Italian immigrants started forming lodges so members would be able to help one another in times of need. With no government programs to assist people when the bread winner unexpectedly lost a job, or worse yet died, the immigrants could only look to one another for help. The meager dues the immigrants wer...
Enel Green Power, NextChem planning green hydrogen project in US
Enel Green Power North America Inc (EGPNA) and NextChem, the green chemistry subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont SpA (BIT:MT), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will give rise to a green hydrogen project in the US. EGPNA, the renewables division of Italian utility group Enel SpA, plans to set up an electrolyser at one its solar farms i...
Italian American WWII Hero: Bernard Allegretti
To remember the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, NIAF is recognizing Italian Americans who sacrificed, served and defended peace, freedom and democracy during the war. This entry is a special submission from Joanna Allegretti in honor of her grandfather. Bernard Allegretti was born and raised in Trenton, N.J. His parents emigrated from...