Former Team Italy coach Donald Landolphi receives AIBXC Honor Award for teaching the blind baseball
Growing up as Brooklyn Dodgers fan idolizing Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella, American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Famer Donald Landolphi crossed the Atlantic in 1973 to serve as Team Italy manager Bill Arce's assistant coach until 1975. Taking immense pride in his Italian heritage, Donald Landolphi continues to help grow the gam...
When the 'Sopranos' Creator Didn't Think Drea de Matteo Was 'Italian Enough'
Prior to The Sopranos, you might say the peak “fiery young Italian-American woman” moment in pop culture came in My Cousin Vinny. That 1992 comedy, starring the great Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei, had some classic scenes. Right at the top is Tomei’s character — dressed in a floral, backless one-piece — stamping her foot on a cabin porch to show Vi...
What Sets Italian Americans Off From Other Immigrants?
Talese’s interview comes from a new documentary entitled The Italian Americans, scheduled to air on PBS beginning in February. It is a stylish, engaging, and thoughtful documentary of nearly 150 years of history, chronicling the migration of a largely southern Italian population to America, beginning in the late 1800s and following its winding path...
IAP 114 : “Can't We All Just, Get Along?” Varied Voices Revisit The Legacy Of Christopher Columbus
Italian American Heritage Month is drawing to a close, and for our final episode of October, we’re inviting in a few outside voices to join us as we try to untangle the often-in-the-news topic of Christopher Columbus, his legacy, the holiday that bears his name, and his meaning for the modern Italian American. As the “Columbus Question” continues...
Why Should you consider joining NIABA(National Italian American Bas Association)
Whether you are Italian, you like Italy, or simply feel a connection with Italy you should join NIABA a for several numbers of reasons. Through Niaba I was able to make the most valuable connections, I was able to grow as a person and lawyer, and I was able to meet influential exponents of the professional society like Justice Alito. NIABA was form...
Italy Vs United States: Family and Social Structures
In Italy, as in many parts of the world, social structures and norms have changed dramatically over the last 50 years. The stereotype of the large Italian family is no longer true –and hasn’t been for quite a while, now– as Italy now has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Traditionally large families were particularly common in the country...
De Niro and Pacino Have Always Connected. Just Rarely Onscreen
There’s no plaque to honor the encounter, and neither of its central participants can pinpoint the exact date it occurred, but somewhere on a stretch of 14th Street in Manhattan’s East Village is the spot where, in the late 1960s, two rookie actors named Robert De Niro and Al Pacino first crossed paths. They were up-and-comers enjoying early tastes...
Michéal Castaldo Releases 9th Studio CD, “Christmas in Italy,” (25 songs) Dropping on November 1
Michéal Castaldo releases his 9th CD, “Christmas in Italy,” on Vital Records on November 1, 2019, to celebrate some of his favorite Christmas songs from his Extravergine CD and new songs sung in Italian, English, and Latin. The title draws attention and celebrates seasonal favorites, including “Oh Santa Notte (Oh Holy Night),” “E Nato Il Bambino Ge...
L’Italia sulla Luna. L’intesa tra Asi e Nasa per salire a bordo di Artemis
L’Italia sale a bordo di Artemis, il programma con cui gli Stati Uniti vogliono tornare sulla Luna entro il 2024. Ieri sera, a Washington, a margine dell’International Astronautical Congress (Iac) che ogni anno riunisce la comunità spaziale di tutto il mondo, il presidente dell’Agenzia spaziale italiana (Asi) Giorgio Saccoccia ha siglato l’intesa c...
Iconic Italian Musician CARMEN CONSOLI Returns to the US
Carmen Consoli is the most successful female singer-songwriter Italy has ever produced. Throughout a 25 year career the musician has been defined by her unflinching emotional live performances of songs that examine broad themes of love, illness, solitude and friendship from a feminine — and feminist — perspective. Her innovative mixture of Italian...
Baseball legend Yogi Berra experienced combat in U.S. Navy during WWII
The son of Italian immigrants, Lawrence Peter Berra grew up in the historic Italian district of St. Louis known as "The Hill," where he was given the nickname of "Yogi" by a friend, noting his resemblance to a snake charmer seen in a movie of the era. Berra spent countless hours of his youth playing baseball in the sandlots of St. Louis, enjoying t...
Taglio degli eletti all’estero: a questo punto aboliamoli e potenziamo Comites e CGIE
Sono ormai quasi sette anni che, grazie al mio mandato parlamentare, ho l’opportunità di incontrare le tantissime Comunità locali di italiani del Nord e Centro America. Ogni volta è una differente “sfumatura di italianità”, sempre avvolgente e calda, vissuta nella loro quotidianità e con un unico comune denominatore: l’attaccamento all’Italia. Un s...