IAP 99: It’s not arrivederci, it’s evolution - our 99th episode: looking back as we move forward
In our 99th episode of The Italian American Podcast we highlight some of our favorite clips from our first 98 episodes. We also discuss some of the new and exciting developments which have been going on with The Italian American Podcast. It’s an episode full of fun, laughter, and heartwarming reflections that you should definitely check out. We bot...
Festa Italiana returns to Freedom Hill
The tastes, music and culture of old-world Italy -- along with some modern features -- will come alive this weekend at Freedom Hill County Park in Sterling Heights. Festa Italiana, a three-day celebration that begins Friday, has national and local entertainment, along with a Friday night fireworks show, an expanded Family Fun Zone and more. "We've...
First ever traveling Italian water circus heads to Omaha
Cirque Italia is bringing the first ever traveling Italian water circus to Omaha Thursday through Sunday. Cirque Italia will be premiering their newest show "Aquatic Spectacular" in Omaha. The tent has been 'transformed' the stage into a large ship for the performance. The performance includes the use of a 35,000-gallon water tank. Performances wil...
Naples food is dangerously good say Universiade athletes
One of the aspects that the athletes taking part in the 2019 Universiade are enjoying most is the food they are lapping up in Naples and on the two cruise ships that are acting as the athletes' village in the city. There is just one problem - the grub is dangerously good. Britain's Mark Pearce, for example, admitted that he went too far before his...
Stranger Things 3 has a 1980s Italian pro cycling Easter egg
The newest season of Netflix’s hit 80s science fiction-horror series Stranger Things dropped on Friday, July 4 in time for the Independence Day celebrations in America. The gang of once kids, now teenagers in Hawkins have to save the world once again in the Duffer brothers throwback that has become an instant cult classic. As usual, the third seaso...
La scomparsa di Lucio Caputo, l'”Araba Fenice” del Made in Italy a New York
Era un grande promotore dell’Italia e dell’italianità a New York. Un public relation man che ha ottenuto risultati eccezionali sia negli Stati Uniti che in Italia. Dinamico, elegante e… fortunato. Era sopravvissuto a due attentati terroristici al World Trade Center: il primo nel febbraio del 1993, il secondo l’11 settembre, ma su questo ci tornerò....
Here are Saint Paul's top 4 Italian restaurants
Looking to satisfy your appetite for Italian fare? Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top Italian spots around Saint Paul, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to venture next time you're on the hunt. 1. Mama's Pizza Topping the list is North End's Mama's Pizza, situated at 961 Rice St. Wit...
Mother Cabrini Shines as Example of Care for Immigrants
July is an important month for St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, a nun who was known for her work for immigrants in New York City and who’s the namesake of a health foundation the Archdiocese of New York started last year. Mother Cabrini, as she is commonly known (she started her own order of nuns), was born on July 15, 1850 in Italy and was canonized on...
The origins of Italian cinema
Like many other countries, the first films Italyproduced were documentaries. Unlike today’s, they were only a few seconds long and filmed with a simple camera; the subject matter was the news and celebrities of their time, mostly kings, emperors and popes. An early pioneer was Filoteo Alberini, an ex-cartographer of the Military Geographic Institut...
New Restaurant at Wawenock Brings ‘Rustic Italian Revival’ to the Midcoast
The new White Owl restaurant at Wawenock Golf Club in Walpole is on a mission to bring a “rustic Italian revival to the Midcoast.” Grace Harrison, one of four equal partners in the White Owl, describes the food as a combination of “Italian flair with a touch of Maine roots.” The restaurant is now open to the public for dinner starting at 5:30 p.m....
Anthony "Tony" Joseph Cucuzella
Anthony "Tony" Joseph Cucuzella, 92, passed away July 5th at Lancaster General Hospital. He was preceded in death by the love of his life, Theresa Randisi Cucuzella. He was World War II Navy Veteran serving on the USS Benevolent from 1944-1947. He owned his own barber shop until the time he passed away. He was a member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus...
Netflix Announces Milestone Italian Original About Black Youths in Italy
Netflix has announced new Italian original titled “Zero” which will mark the first Italian series centered around the present-day lives of black Italian youths said its writer, Antonio Dikele Distefano, in a Netflix launch video posted on Youtube. Dikele Distefano, a 27-year-old writer and TV music show host born in Italy from Angolan parents, said...