“‘O Soul Mio—The Italian Sessions”
by David Witter The inside cover of "'O Soul Mio" proclaims, "Siamo in missione per conto di Dio." They may not literally be on mission from God, but the members of Associazione Blues for People are definitely hell-bent on bringing music in the Blues Brothers tradition to their native Italy. Led by original Blues Brothers band mem...
Diritti e cultura negli appuntamenti per i prossimi mesi
di Francesca La Marca Le settimane che verranno, dal punto di vista degli italiani all'estero, saranno scandite da due momenti molto significativi. Il primo è quello della definitiva conferma della decisione di svolgere entro l'anno le elezioni per il rinnovo dei COMITES, dopo tre rinvii e cinque anni di attesa. Il secondo riguarda gli Sta...
How Christopher Columbus Sailed Into U.S. History Thanks To Italians!!!
It's been 521 years since the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus "sailed the ocean blue/in fourteen hundred and ninety-two." Since then, there have been thousands of parades, speeches and statues commemorating Columbus, along with a critical rethinking of his life and legacy. But the question remains, how did a man who never set foot on...
Ron Gilbert, past and future of the Italian American film community
In Hollywood there are movie stars and then there are working actors; hard working people that just never became a household name. More often than not those are very well connected in the industry and well respected by their peers. Ron Gilbert is one of those actors with a very distinct voice, a memorable face and, at 6-foot-1, a commanding presenc...
Ottica Dante Americas Announces Exclusive Distribution of Tonino Lamborghini Eyewear Collection in North America
Ottica Dante Americas LLC, a US leading distributor of high-end Italian eyewear products, and the Italian luxury accessories company, Tonino Lamborghini Group, announce they have entered into an exclusive agreement for the marketing and distribution of the Tonino Lamborghini EYEWEAR collection in North America. The marketing and distributi...
1970s series on TV shined light on real Italian food
Franco and Margaret Romagnoli brought real Italian cooking to a national audience in the mid-1970s with their public television series "The Romagnolis' Table." The show sparked a number of cookbooks and three restaurants. "They presented to the American public for the first time what was authentically served at the table by the multitudes," Ma...
Lavazza: The Official Coffee Of The US Open
In its first year of a multi-year agreement with The United States Tennis Association (USTA), next week Lavazza will bring the flavor of authentic Italian coffee to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for the hundreds of thousands of fans attending this year's US Open (August 31st to September 13th). To further support tennis, Lavazza...
Italy makes a run at the US sport utility market, 2016 Fiat 500X Trekking FWD
On the market just last May the Fiat 500X is the second time that the Italian automaker has introduced a 4-door version of the small 500 that has been stateside for just over 5 years. At first the ultra small Fiat 500 with a new look that was very reminiscent of the original Fiat 500 that became the first real city car selling between 1957 and 1975...
Warrior: a journey around NBA through the eyes of an Italian fan
by Serena Perfetto Fortune favors the brave, they say and, when it comes, you can't say "No". The "Buona Fortuna" - as called by Italians - helped Sergio Cerbone, an Italian professional from Milan, realize some of his dreams but it took some good efforts and persistence to make all of them happen at the same time. In 2013, when he turned...
Conversation with comedian Frank Ferrante and his stage persona, Groucho
by Valerio Viale The New York Times has proclaimed Italian-American comedian/ director/producer Frank Ferrante (Los Angeles, April 26, 1963) as "the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx's material." So, don't be surprised if his current show, An Evening with Groucho, is a regular sold-out. If you want to see the comedi...
Do not forget your roots. Simonetta Lein The Wishmaker Meets Chef Lidia Bastianich
On countless occasions life equals the courage you put into it. A few months ago a journalist was interviewing me as the Wishmaker and she happened to mention that she interviews many chefs and celebrity chefs. It came naturally to me to ask: Do you know Lidia Bastianich? "I interviewed her a couple of times and I know her assistant."&nbs...
Educational Group Names Francis Ford Coppola "The Godfather of Defamation"
A short, animated video available on YouTube.com labels filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola "the Godfather of Defamation." The dishonor has been bestowed upon him by the Italic Institute of America (IIA), the New York based educational think tank which produced the 2:35 second clip, available on YouTube. Says Bill Dal Cerro, a Senior Analyst wi...