Liveright to Publish ‘The Complete Works of Primo Levi’ in Fall 2015
by Calvin Reid The noted Italian writer Primo Levi (1919–1987), an Auschwitz survivor and the author of such acclaimed works as If This Is a Man and The Periodic Table, is sometimes referred to as a Holocaust writer. But Liveright publisher Bob Weil, who is publishing the forthcoming Complete Works of Primo Levi, believes that's n...
TTIP: tra luci e ombre i negoziati procedono
Il negoziato sul Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)tra Stati Uniti ed Unione Europea procede e se dovesse andare in porto porterebbe alla creazione della più grande area di libero scambio esistente al mondo che coinvolgerebbe 850 milioni di persone, il 45% del PIL globale e 1/3 degli scambi commerciali mondiali. L'obiett...
Thanks to Pope Francis, the Fiat has truly arrived in America
by Max Ehrenfreund There's a black Fiat 500L sitting beside the highway outside Safford Fiat of Tyson's Corner with the doors open. It isn't the pope's, but Mark Cowdin, the general sales manager there, thinks he can sell it all the same. Pope Francis arrived in Washington in what appeared to be an identical car, and is also using a Jeep W...
Abe Vigoda dies at 94; actor was known for 'Barney Miller' and 'Godfather' roles
Abe Vigoda, best known for portraying a gangster in "The Godfather" films and the glum Det. Fish on TV's "Barney Miller," died Tuesday at his daughter's home in Woodland Park, N.J. He was 94. Vigoda's daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, said he died in his sleep of natural causes. A veteran of New York theater, Vigoda was about 50 when he w...
Jon Polito, Character Actor and Coen Brothers Star, Dies at 65
by Katie Roberts Jon Polito, a ubiquitous character actor known on screens both big and small, especially for his work in Coen brothers films, has died. He was 65. Polito's wide-ranging career included a whopping 217 acting credits, per his IMDb page, highlighted by his appearance in Coen brothers classics like "The Big Lebowski," "Miller's C...
Dalla SF State University all'Università di Pavia grazie alla borsa del NIAF
by Roberto Natalini L'organizzazione italo-americana più importante a livello nazionale, ovvero il NIAF, National Italian American Foundation, ha di recente conferito una consistente borsa di studio ad Ariana Alva Ferrari, studente della San Francisco State University di origini italiane. Fondato nel lontano 1976, ogni anno il NIA...
Americans Love Pizza
Like football, pop music, and democracy itself, pizza follows in the long American tradition of things that began overseas before the United States imported, violently altered, and eventually defined the institution. Although the first pizza shops didn't open in the U.S. until the early 20th century, hundreds of years after the original Ne...
Parducci the Man Who Made Detroit Beautiful
This documentary film is about the life and legacy of Corrado Parducci. He was one of the most prolific architectural sculptors of the last century – with almost 600 commissions in his job book spanning over six decades, many are buildings you already know: the Guardian, Buhl, Penobscot, David Stott, Bankers Trust Company and Fisher Buildings. &nb...
Vuoi esportare negli Usa? Nasce l’”Amazon del food” che vende solo Made in Italy
di Alberto Magnani Dal bancone sotto casa a un "supermercato della qualità". Con quasi 100 milioni di clienti, apertura 24 ore su 24 e un bacino grande quanto gli Stati Uniti. Si presenta così Taste It, l'iniziativa ideata dalla società di consulenza ExportUsa per la promozione nel mercato americano dei prodotti di qualità della filiera ag...
Panini America Reaches Exclusive Multi-Year Trading Card Agreement With Nearly 200 CLC Schools
Panini America, (www.paniniamerica.net), the world's largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, and the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), announced today an exclusive multi-year trading card agreement with CLC's nearly 200 partner institutions, including Alabama, Florida State, Texas Christian University, The University of Michigan an...
Dr. Ann Walko of Scotch Plains sworn in as UNICO National President
Union County Freeholder Vernell Wright congratulates incoming UNICO National President Dr. Ann Walko. They are joined by Anthony Bengivenga, President of the Westfield Chapter of UNICO and Joe Almeida, President of the Union Chapter of UNICO. Walko, a professor at Kean University, is also a resident of Scotch Plains. She begins her tenure...
Così un italiano vuole rivoluzionare il calcio in America
di Francesco Caremani Una Champions League americana, dall'Alaska alla Terra del Fuoco, della durata di circa otto mesi, ben inserita nei calendari della Concacaf (Confederazione calcistica del Nord, Centro America e Caraibi) e della Conmebol (Confederazione Sudamericana di calcio), alla quale dovrebbero partecipare sessantaquattro squadre...