Abbondanza! An Italian-American style Thanksgiving
Think about the typical Thanksgiving day for a moment. For most of us, it’s the day when family members gather in the kitchen to prepare an obscenely large feast while playfully harassing one another and bickering over long-buried family drama. The ordeal culminates with the entire extended clan sitting down for an eating marathon around a long din...
Sinatra’s Tailor-An Italian Immigrant’s Story
Aakenbaaken & Kent Publishers is pleased to announce the release of Sinatra’s Tailor-An Italian Immigrant’s Story, available for purchase at bookstores, directly from the publisher at Aakenbaakeneditor.com, and online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and everywhere books are sold. Sinatra’s Tailor, by Mark A. Thompson, is the remarkable coming-of-age sto...
2020 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition Now Accepting Entries
Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Agency had made the official call for entries for the 2020 Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition. This annual competition awards North American architects, designers and students for their outstanding projects and creative applications of Italian ceramic and porcelain...
#AmericalovesVenice. The Italian Embassy in DC and Save Venice partner to support the recovery of Venice
From the 12th to the 17th of November, Venice was devastated by severe weather. Flooding in the city reached an unprecedented level. The people of Venice, its artistic and cultural heritage and its businesses have been severely affected. The Government of Italy has declared a state of emergency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International...
“Saranno Campioni”: Nico Mannion, il play italo-americano corteggiatissimo in NBA
Niccolò “Nico” Mannion è in questo momento il cestista italiano con più margini di crescita, che fa sognare un’intera nazione. Ha il talento da predestinato. E, conoscendo i genitori, si puó capire il motivo. Buon sangue non mente. Papà Pace Mannion è stato una stella: ha disputato più di 200 partite in NBA, prima di diventare grande anche in Itali...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About David Giuntoli
David Giuntoli is an American actor who is known for playing the part of Detective Nick Burkhardt in “Grimm” and now he’s a big part of “A Million Little Things.” He’s been popular since he first began his professional career as an actor. His performance in the NBC supernatural drama has gotten him a lot of positive attention from fans. His base of...
Italy has potential to win new American consumers
The path to further growth for Italian food producers in the United States goes through quality and collaboration between the public and retail sector to win new American consumers in relatively untapped regions, said Antonino Laspina, the new executive director of the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) for the USA. In his first interview since taking the...
Il calcolatore d’Ivrea in America volle andar
Sulle tracce di un giallo. Un vero e proprio mistero storico: la cessione della divisione elettronica della Olivetti. Che, nel tempo alterato dalla immaginazione, ha generato mitologie positive e negative e ha acceso le fantasie di quanti, alimentandosi della riservatezza che si faceva segretezza nella Mediobanca di Enrico Cuccia, hanno per sessant...
Nissoli (FI) all’incontro della bilaterale di amicizia Italia-USA con l’Ambasciatore Eisenberg
“Oggi, presso l'Aula della Commissione Esteri, ho partecipato all'incontro tra i parlamentari membri della sezione bilaterale di amicizia Italia-Stati Uniti d'America, presieduta da Mara Carfagna, con l'ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti d'America a Roma, Lewis Eisenberg”. Così Fucsia Nissoli, deputata di Forza Italia eletta in Nord e Centro America. “...
Zamperla honoured in Hall of Fame
Legendary Italian rides maker Alberto Zamperla is one of two inductees to the IAAPA Hall of Fame to be announced this week during the show in Orlando. Zamperla is joined by Frederick Langford in the honours, a programme that celebrates significant and lasting contributions to the global attractions industry. Antonio Zamperla has run his family comp...
Star Wars star Gina Carano
If you’re professional fighter-turned-actress Gina Carano, what do you do when one of Hollywood’s biggest directors asks to meet? Well, like any good Italian American, you bring a bottle of wine to the meeting, of course. And not just any wine, Carano told Fra Noi in an exclusive interview. This particular vintage was one that holds a special place...
Russo Brothers Deliver Rebuttal to Scorsese’s Sour Marvel Critique
In early October, director Martin Scorsese compared Marvel movies to theme parks, he felt they lacked risk and said they weren’t cinema. His comments to Empire Magazine rippled throughout the entertainment industry, and drew reactions from fellow A-list actors and directors. In an interview on Monday with The Hollywood Reporter, Joe and Anthony Rus...