IAP 315: Filitalia international - celebrating Italian roots from Havana to the heartland!
Join us as we unwrap the colorful tapestry of Italian culture with guests, Trisha Volpe and Saverio Nestico from Filitalia International. This forward-thinking organization, born in the heart of Philadelphia’s Italian American enclave stretches across the globe, with membership from Havana, Cuba to the Heartland of America! Discover the origins a...
Early Hollywood was financed by Italian immigrants – as our new documentary shows
What do Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney and Frank Capra have in common? The same Italian banker. Early Hollywood movies have been widely studied and investigated. But surprisingly little is known about their financing, and how the contributions of low-income immigrants helped shape the Hollywood film industry – especially Italians. Approximately 4 mil...
Jordan Brand Unveils The Italian-Made Wings Collection
Jordan Brand has officially announced the Wings Collection, an Italian-made assortment of footwear, apparel, an accessories that reflect the absolute pinnacle of Air Jordan prestige. This capsule surpasses anything the brand has ever executed, bringing new meaning to luxury in the world of athletic footwear. First up is the Air Jordan 1 — the legac...
Vanessa Racci Amplifies the Italian American Story With a Mic and a Mix of Jazz
Vanessa Racci is a touring vocalist and recording artist of Italian American descent with a passion for retro jazz and music made famous by Italian Americans. This passion led her to develop a unique niche of music that educates as much as it entertains audiences in Italian enclaves across the country. Vanessa grew up in a blue collar Italian Ameri...
Fiscal Codes for Italian Citizens that are Registered AIRE
For the Italian citizens registered with AIRE, you can request your tax code through the FAST IT portal. Please register with Fast It. For optimal functionality of the portal, it is recommended to use Google Chrome and to enter your personal data exactly as they appear on the Italian documents. Fast it will send you a confirmation email. Click here...
Pastina dubbed ultimate comfort food as iterations of Italian recipe go viral
Sorry chicken noodle, there's a new sick day soup-er star bubbling up in popularity and it's called pastina. Italian-Americans have long dubbed pastina a "cure all" type comfort food dish for winter months during cold and flu season, and thanks to an influx in interest on social media, the simple four-ingredient and easy-to-customize recipe has gar...
The anthology "E c'erano gerani rossi dappertutto" will be released in Italy
We are thrilled to announce that on March 28th, the anthology "E c'erano gerani rossi dappertutto" will be released in Italy in both print and ebook formats. This anthology, published by Radici Edizioni, was meticulously curated by Valentina Di Cesare and Michela Valmori, with the aim of amplifying the voices of the Italian diaspora in North Americ...
Why the story of Mother Cabrini resonates so deeply with us
Believing in an idea, dreaming of effecting change, relying on one’s own convictions, and striving relentlessly to manifest them into reality – this, fundamentally, is what propelled millions of immigrants to venture to the Americas and roll up their sleeves to carve out their fortunes from nothing. Yet, it is also the enduring determination that c...
Ukiah’s Marino’s Pizza & Ravioli To Be Featured On America’s Best Restaurants
Local restaurant Marino’s Pizza & Ravioli will be hosting a visit from America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) in mid-March 2024. America’s Best Restaurants, a national media and marketing company focusing on bringing attention to local, independently-owned restaurants, will bring its ABR Roadshow to the restaurant on March 15th. Popular dishes will be h...
A Second Language is a Gift Worth Sharing
Piovono Polpette, the Italian dub of It’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is playing in the living room. It’s an exclusive viewing party for an audience of one – my seven-year-old son. He’s sprawled out across our chenille indigo sofa in comfy weekend clothes, clinging to every word. Although he doesn’t study foreign languages and his parents gre...
“Freedomland U.S.A.: More Definitive History”. Latest Book About New York’s 1960s Theme Park Includes Additional Stories About The Italians
When Michael R. Virgintino’s first book, Freedomland U.S.A.: The Definitive History (Theme Park Press, 2018), was published, he believed that he had documented much of the available story about New York City’s 1960s American history theme park. He knew official park records had been lost for 50 years and that, with a few exceptions, all significant...
Cell Division, DNA Repair, and Cancer Progression Closely Tied to CDK9 Dysfunction
Researchers describe a newly-observed role for the protein Cyclin Dependent Kinase 9 (CDK9) in regulating DNA repair during cellular division, where errors can become the origin of cancerous tumor growth. Through a process called phosphorylation, the experiment simulated the interaction of CDK9 with the other proteins and genes involved in cell div...