Gaga over Tony and the Lady
by Roz Rogoff I was at Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's show at the Concord Pavilion last night. I was so impressed with their performance on the PBS special I bought tickets to the local show as soon as they went on sale. Despite the article in Wikipedia, the price was nowhere near $239 in Concord. Tony Bennett is better than ever no...
Businessman vs donna in carriera: differenze tra USA e Italia
Quali sono le differenze tra uomini e donne in termini di carriera? Più del 90% dei presidenti e dei primi ministri sono uomini, così come i grandi capi delle grandi società prevalgono nettamente rispetto alle donne. Gli uomini dominano in ambiti come la finanza, la tecnologia, lo sport e molti altri. In gran parte del mondo hanno privile...
Independent Classical Crossover Artist, Michéal Castaldo Announces Extravergine, A Mediterranean Christmas Music Folio Available on Nov. 2
Michéal Castaldo's first Christmas Music Folio, entitled Extravergine: A Mediterranean Christmas Folio, (in Italian, Natale nel Mediterraneo) offers up sacred, liturgical Christmas carols in Italian and Latin in lead sheet form. Castaldo has arranged these carols completely with the power deserving of these immense Christmas classics with some spec...
The Secret of Grandma's Sugar Crock
By Cookie Curci Through the years, I've discovered bits and pieces of the past that when put all together, make up my extraordinary grandmother Maria Carmela Curci-DiNapoli. I knew that she came to this country as a young immigrant from Italy and married my grandfather Antonio Curci in 1910. A few years later, she was widowed with...
Were You Always an Italian? Maria Laurino on History, Identity, and Stereotypes
by Dolores Alfieri In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak to author Maria Laurino, who has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, and whose essays are widely anthologized. Her first memoir, Were You Always an Italian?, (W.W. Norton, 2000) was a national bestseller and explored the issue of ethni...
ISSNAF President, Vito Campese, makes a plea to Italian-Americans
"Italian-Americans across the United States, please help out!" This is the bare-bones message from Vito M. Campese, who ranks among the most prominent nephrologists in the field and is current President of the Italian Scientists and Scholars of North America Foundation (ISSNAF). Campese, who was also one of the founding members of the foun...
Robert Benedetto: Italian of the Week
When people hear the name Benedetto, beautiful and priceless guitars come to mind. The man behind the brand is Robert "Bob" Benedetto, born on October 22, 1946, in the Bronx, New York. He was born into a family of musicians and builders. When he was 22 years old, Bob decided to try his hand at building an archtop jazz guitar. Archtops are...
Fan gets kicked out of game for being intoxicated and Italian
by Mario Angotta An Italian-American man who didn't want to be named was ejected from a Major League Baseball game because he was intoxicated and Italian, with a video of the incident being posted on Social Media. The video, which was posted on Sunday night, shows the staff member telling the baseball fan he was being thrown out becau...
Lady Gaga to release Italian cookbook
Lady Gaga is keeping the mic aside to help her father, Joe Germanotta, with the release of an Italian cookbook. The book will be titled Joanne Trattoria Cookbook: Classic Recipes and Scenes from an Italian American Restaurant, and is inspired by the 30-year-old singer's family restaurant in New York. The book is named after the "Bad Romance" hitmak...
Lady Gaga: Portrait of a Lady
Growing up, I was always told I was a rebel. People would say things like, "You're defiant," and "Why are you dressed that way?" But I continued to do what I wanted and wear what I wanted—because, clearly I haven't changed. For a long time, though, there was a shame that I carried with me. I'm an Italian Catholic—I grew up with a lot of gu...
What makes an Italian Christmas?
With Christmas just around the corner, The Local spoke to some Italians to find out what Christmas is really about for them. An Italian Christmas is a mixture of centuries-old regional traditions and more modern touches, often with a slight American influence. But at the heart of the holiday for most Italians is the idea of celebrating the bir...
Italian American One Voice Coalition Denounces Offensive AFLAC Commercial
The Italian American One Voice Coalition (IAOVC), an anti-defamation group that includes multiple Italian American organizations, expressed dismay and disgust with the airing of the recent AFLAC commercial, depicting the kidnapping of the iconic AFLAC Duck by characters that are clearly meant to portray Italian Americans in a bad light. "T...