Inspiring Stories of Italian-Americans: Louis Zamperini, Frank Capra, Mario Cuomo
by Maria Gloria Dear Readers,The 126th Tournament of Roses Parade, held on the first day of each New Year in Pasadena, California, had its theme this year "Inspiring Stories". Featured was a "riderless horse" that represented Grand Marshall Louis Zamperini, a World War II hero and former Olympian, who died in July 2014, at the age of 97. Z...
US, Italy agree on "close coordination" over shared challenges
US President Barack Obama and Italy's new President Sergio Mattarella agreed to continue "close coordination" to cope with "shared challenges." In a telephone conversation Tuesday, the two leaders reaffirmed the " deep and abiding" ties between their countries, the White House said in a statement, reportedly. "They agreed that the US...
Valentina Marino, una musical gipsy a New York
Valentina Marino ama definirsi una "musical gipsy" con le radici profonde nel Mediterraneo, nella sua Mazara del Vallo dove è nata, ma con l'apertura a ogni angolo del mondo, dove si sente a casa sua. Una laurea in legge lasciata nel cassetto da dove ha tirato fuori il suo sogno da bambina: la musica. Da ragazzina sognava di fare la pianis...
Was Arturo Gatti the last great Italian boxer?
By Gerardo Granados I am a big fan of the middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta, his inside the ring fighting style and on times troubled life outside the ring, are impossible for me to not to follow. Maybe there a couple of young fight fans who don't know him, perhaps the reader is thinking to skip the article, possibly the older fight fans...
Hillary vs Trump e i “senza voto” italiani in America
di Flavia Idà In questo periodo di corsa alla Casa Bianca, mentre gli Stati Uniti si apprestano a scegliere il suo prossimo capo di stato, alcuni immigrati italiani senza cittadinanza americana riflettono sui loro diritti e doveri nell'ambito della società in cui hanno scelto di vivere. Prendendo lo spunto da conversazioni tenute con immigrati che...
'Reality' show denigrates Italian Americans
Once again, the Italian American One Voice Coalition finds it necessary to bring the perpetuation of negative stereotypes and defamation of Italian Americans to the public's attention. A&E-TV's latest and most disgraceful "reality" series to date, "The Godfather of Pittsburgh," is a meritless, crass and apparently heavily scripted show...
'Phantom Limb': A Conversation With Dennis Palumbo
Dennis Palumbo is a thriller writer and psychotherapist in private practice. He's the author of the non-fiction book, Writing from the Inside Out and a collection of mystery stories, From Crime to Crime. He has also been writing the Daniel Rinaldi mystery series. He was formerly a Hollywood screenwriter, whose credits include the film My F...
The Italians Are Coming! The Italians Are Coming! ... to Chicago’s United Center on October 1st and to Madison Square Garden on October 4th
On Thursday, October 1st at 7:00 PM, Italian basketball powerhouse A|X Armani Exchange Olimpia Milano, from Chicago's sister-city Milan, will face-off against Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv at the United Center in the first leg of the inaugural Euro Classic Tournament. On Sunday, October 4th at 12:30 PM, A|X Armani Exchange Olimpia Milano and Maccabi Ele...
Adriana Trigiani: Italian of the Week
It all started in Roseto, Pennsylvania, where Adriana Trigiani was born into a large Italian family. Her family – the Bonicelli's on her mother's side and the Trigiani's – were originally from Bari and Veneto, Italy. Her parents, along with her six siblings, moved to Big Stone Gap, Virginia, when Adriana was only six. Her mother, a librarian in the...
Why we need to start drinking coffee like Italians
Disposable coffee cups are not as big a problem in Italy, where people get their caffeine fix from a quick espresso served at the bar in a ceramic cup. Here's why we should adopt the same habit in North America. While traveling in Sardinia, Italy, my husband and I stopped at a small roadside bar for an early morning coffee. The barista pul...
Now Accepting Applications for NIAF 2017 Scholarships
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is excited to announce that it is now accepting applications for its NIAF 2017 Scholarships. For the past 41 years, NIAF's scholarship program has grown to over 80 annual scholarships ranging in value from $2,500 to $12,000 in the fields of Italian language and culture, medicine, engineering, business...
Maserati Boom Signals Fiat ‘Arrivederci’ to Italian Past
By Tommaso Ebhardt and David Rocks Remember Fiat? It made its name building millions of modest cars like the tiny 500 and 600 hatchbacks in the 1960s and '70s. Sergio Marchionne wants you to forget that Fiat. With the automaker now the full owner of U.S.-based Chrysler, Marchionne -- the chief executive officer of the group -– is...