Discovering La Famiglia: Tracking Down a La Gazzetta Reader’s Calabrian Roots
This month, I share how La Gazzetta reader Terry Park of Cleveland and I tracked down his family roots in Calabria. Terry knew that his paternal grandparents came from Italy, but he did not know where nor was he certain of the family’s Italian surname. His family had been using the name “Park” for decades and it certainly did not have enough vowels...
Covid-19, come cambia l’immigrazione negli USA: intervista all’avvocato Nicola Tegoni
Mentre l’Italia, negli scorsi giorni, ha riaperto i confini ai turisti europei (eliminando l’obbligo della quarantena) e l’Europa pare si appresti a farlo dal primo luglio con il resto del mondo, chi aveva in programma nei prossimi mesi di recarsi negli USA per turismo, lavoro, o studio si trova da tempo in una sorta di “limbo”. Tra le risposte del...
Eugene Manzi, record shop owner at the heart of Camden’s music scene
CAMDEN and music business legend Eugene Manzi, who ran one of the borough’s greatest ever record shops, has died aged 76. In the late 60s through till the early 80s Manzi Records in Finchley Road, Swiss Cottage, was one of the hippest record shops in London, stocking hard-to-find American imports and specialising in soul and the then popular rock a...
Magic Salento and the “Notti della Taranta”
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 5.30 pm - 6.30 pm EST. 45 minutes lecture, 15 minutes Q & A. The webinar will take place online through Cisco Webex Meetings. The event is $10 for all Filitalia members and non members. RSVP is required, so please reserve your ticket online. Join Angela Cacciarru and discover why Salento is called “magic”. Because of the stu...
IAP 146: secrets of the Italian garden with special guest Mary Menniti, founder of the Italian Garden Project
Mary, Mary… How does your garden grow? If you’re an Italian American, Mary Menniti is the person to answer this question—and many more—in this week’s episode of the Italian American Podcast. We’re sitting down with Italian America’s Number 1 Green Thumb to discuss her groundbreaking Italian Garden Project. Mary will share her appreciation for the c...
OSDIA Interviews LIVE with Carmelo Cutuli
Tune in this Wednesday for the next episode of OSDIA Interviews LIVE! Wednesday (6/10) at 1:30pm EST on Facebook Live, Our hosts Clarissa Burt and Mark DeNunzio will be joined by the founder and President of the newly formed lodge “Capitolo di Roma” #3002, Carmelo Cutuli! Don't forget to leave your questions for Carmelo to be asked during the live...
The National Italian American Foundation Statement
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is comprised of men and women of Italian heritage whose ancestors immigrated to the United States seeking a better life. In too many cases, they were met with prejudice and intolerance, while many Italian American leaders served at the forefront of the struggle for equality and justice. Unfortunately,...
When will Americans be allowed to travel to Italy again?
As of Wednesday June 3rd, Italy is allowing international tourism from within Europe for the first time in almost three months. However, non-urgent from outside the EU bloc is not expected to be allowed until at least June 15th. While the EU rolled out a plan to loosen travel restrictions over the summer holiday season, it too was only talking abou...
Free Live Webinar: "Saints, Symbols and Spaghetti" by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM Eastern Time. Please click this link to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89519505109. No password is necessary to access the webinar. This lecture will explore the sometimes violent, often bizarre, and always fascinating representations of saints and martyrs in Italian art by artists such as Michelangel...
Reflections – The Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery (VOD)
In light of the 2020 VOD being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2002, I had the life changing honor to go to NIAF’s Voyage of Discovery program (or Gift of Discovery back then). I was just a young college student when I was selected to go on the Voyage of Discovery, and the experience completely changed my life. Before going on the Voyage...
Emerging trends in the US food sector after COVID-19
June 11, 2020 9 AM CT | 4 PM (Italy time). Italian American Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with The Extraordinary Italian Taste, the Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation and Assocamerestero, and with the participation of Barilla, Unioncamere and Spindox, is glad to promote a webinar, within the project "True Italian Tast...
NIAF Membership Giveaway with My Dad’s Sauce
Our dad, Pat Turano came from Calabria, Italy, in 1971 and opened his first pizzeria, Casa Turano at 21 years old. From there he opened, operated, and sold several restaurants and pizzerias – his most recent was Trattoria Rustica in Montclair, N.J. In 2016, he won a competition on Restaurant Impossible with Robert Irvine. When asked why he loves wh...