Arrivi italiani a più 14% in Usa, dice il neo console Peaslee
Presso la residenza ufficiale del Console generale degli Stati Uniti d'America Philip T. Reeker a Milano, l'U.S. Commercial Service, in collaborazione con Visit USA Association Italy, ha presentato il nuovo console commerciale dell'U.S. Department of Commerce, Robert Peaslee, che ha sottolineato l'ottimo andamento del mercato italiano per il turism...
Maria Bartiromo to Host ITALIAN AMERICANS OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY on WLIW21, THIRTEEN & NJTV
The largest Italian American population in the United States is found in New York and New Jersey. The new two-part series Italian Americans of New York and New Jersey - premiering on Tuesday, February 17th and 24th at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN, Sunday, February 15th and 22nd at 9 p.m. on WLIW21 and on Thursday, February 26th and March 3rd at 8 p.m. on NJT...
Strange Stories Surrounding Street Pianos
by Linton Weeks Under the headline "Signs of Summer" in 1916, the New Castle, Del., Herald listed: lollipops, robins, bare feet and street pianos. Yes, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, street pianos were everywhere. Their perky, plinky, preset music — playing the same songs over and over — filled the air in towns across America. &nbs...
SA Positional Rankings: Giovinco dominates forward ranks
by Ridge Mahoney With most teams using variations of either a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 system, more players are toggling between roles up top and playing either out wide or deeper. The category of forward -- as opposed to a striker -- is comprised of those players who sometimes play up top but could also be deployed out wide on the front line...
Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery Program- 20 Students Receive Travel Grants Through NIAF
Twenty college students from across the nation will participate in the Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery Program, an all-expenses-paid educational and cultural initiative that sends Italian American students to Italy. Sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), the tour will visit Italy's Piemonte region, NIAF's 2016...
Gli USA corteggiano un'altra Italia
By Roberto Zanni "Non c'è solo la Ferrari e nemmeno la Fiat. Il viaggio attraverso i motori italiani, e tutto quello che fa parte di questo mondo, negli Stati Uniti è ampio e presenta nuove strade da percorrere. La tecnologia italiana negli States in tutti i settori si sa è ampiamente apprezzata e riconosciuta, ma quello che sta succedendo nel cam...
Italian Americana Cultural and Historical review Seeks Submissions
The journal "Italian Americana" is currently seeking scholarly and creative submissions for its Winter 2017 issue. Scholarly articles in any discipline related to the topic of the Italian experience in America are welcomed (history, social sciences, literary criticism, arts and humanities, etc.), as are original works of poetry, fiction, memoir and...
Book Review: Stile Transatlantico/Transatlantic Style by Donald Osborne
What makes the automotive industry so fascinating on a global scale is that no automaker exists in a bubble. Even from the birth of modern transportation, the development of automobiles was a far-reaching movement of shared influences–both on an engineering level and a design level. While today's vehicles owe much to the streamlined, simpl...
Italian American Culture – The Art Of Writing
A large and growing number of Italian American authors have had success in getting their works published in America. Some of the authors who have written about the Italian American experience are Pietro Di Donato, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dana Gioia (Executive Director of the National Endowment for the Arts), John Fusco (author of Paradise Salvage) a...
Eataly Announces Expansion Plans for NYC, DC, Philadelphia, and LA
by Hillary Dixler After telling Eater NY last week that when it came to further expansion "nothing is set in stone," Italian megastore Eataly has revealed plans for two additional locations to open in New York City. Food historian and cookbook author Francine Segan attended an event at Eataly last night and reports via Twitter that founder...
An Italian Twist on an American Thanksgiving
Whether you're looking forward to the mashed potatoes or the deals at Best Buy, we can't believe that Thanksgiving is only a week away! Before you get out those old, stained cookbooks and handwritten recipe cards, think about adding some new Thanksgiving favorites to your table this year! Many Italian Americans serve a pasta dish at Thanks...
Vic DiBitetto heading for iPlay America, ‘Paul Blart’
by Jeremy Grossman A few months ago when Manalapan resident Vic DiBitetto went to the movies with his wife, she begged him to keep his mouth shut. But he couldn't resist. The moment his face appeared in one of the coming attractions, DiBitetto stood up and shouted to the audience, "Hey everybody, that's me!" "Without a beat,...