Italian is the fastest dying language in the US
As they say in Italian, Così va il mondo. For our US readers, hardly any of whom speak the language anymore, let me translate: “So the world goes.” From 2001 to 2017, the number of Americans speaking Italian at home dropped from almost 900,000 to just over 550,000, an incredible 38% reduction in just 16 years. Among languages with at least 100,000...
New US Trailer for Alice Rohrwacher's Italian Fable 'Happy as Lazzaro'
"I'm calling about a missing boy." Netflix has released a new US trailer for the film Happy as Lazzaro, originally titled Lazzaro felice, the latest film by acclaimed Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher (Corpo Celeste, The Wonders). This trailer celebrates the release of the film on Netflix today, for those who would like to catch this acclaimed, sh...
New company buys Brio Tuscan Grille and Bravo Cucina Italiana
The offices of FoodFirst Global Restaurants on the ninth floor of downtown Orlando’s CNL Tower II are not the bustling headquarters of a national restaurant company — at least not yet. Only a handful of offices are occupied, boxes are still being unpacked and the main floor is full of empty desks, awaiting workers to bolster the startup company. Ch...
Andrea Bocelli tells Utah crowd, 'I will never forget your affection.' Mr. Bocelli, the feeling's mutual
It was his first public performance in Salt Lake City, and Andrea Bocelli held nothing back. Donning a suit topped with a bright blue jacket and black bow tie, the 60-year-old Italian tenor took the stage and immediately illustrated one thing to his Utah fans: While his hair may be a dignified silver, the vocal prowess that popularized him more tha...
Gallinari, più forte con lo yoga, lancia i Los Angeles Clippers in vetta all’Nba
Ooooommmmm. Magari non sarà tutto merito della meditazione o del chaturanga dandasana (ovvero la posizione del bastone a terra, come spiegano quelli che ne sanno), ma se c’è una squadra sorprendentemente in testa alla classifica della Western Conference della Nba, quella dove si azzuffano Warriors, Rockets, Thunder, Nuggets (in ordine sparso), per...
New Southington pizza restaurant ‘very authentic, very Italian’
While it only takes about a minute for personal-sized pizzas to cook in Mamma Mia restaurant’s oven, the handmade dough is prepared and left to rise for 48 hours before being topped with fresh ingredients. Mamma Mia, 1765 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, held its grand opening Friday after finishing renovations and installing the pizza oven ordered from...
“Artists in Residence” opening of Kikki Ghezzi’s exhibition “The magical cherry tree” a Villa Firenze
Milanese artist Kikki Ghezzi’s works are on display at the Residence of the Italian Ambassador to the United States, Armando Varricchio. The exhibition was inaugurated yesterday, and it is part of the “Artists in Residence” series. Ambassador Varricchio launched this initiative in June 2016 to promote Italian talents in the Nation’s capital, by sho...
Adriana Trigiani presents her new book Tony's Wife
Thursday December 6, 7:00 pm. Swinging Sixties Senior Center, 211 Ainslie Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Admission: free; open to the public. Contact: 212-642-2094. From the Jersey shore to Las Vegas to Hollywood, and all the dance halls in between, this multilayered story is vivid with historical color and steeped in the popular music that se...
Accordo di sicurezza sociale Italia-USA: Nissoli (FI) interroga Di Maio e Moavero
Deputata di Forza Italia eletta in Centro e Nord America, Fucsia Nissoli , nell’ambito del suo impegno sulla questione della sicurezza sociale, ha depositato una interrogazione ai Ministri del Lavoro e degli Affari Esteri, Di Maio e Moavero Milanesi, per avere risposte concrete sulla questione della totalizzazione contributiva per chi vive e lavora...
La Commedia Di Dante in Italiano - Group Reading/Discussion Twice Monthly for One Hour
December 5 (Wednesday) 5:30 pm - John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY - 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, Manhattan, NY. Contact: 212-966-3245. [email protected] The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College/CUNY is hosting a group dedicated to reading the entire Commedia in Italian with d...
Website, books help Our Lady of the Angels fire survivors cope, connect
(Dec. 1, 2018, marks the 60th anniversary of the fire at Our Lady of the Angels School on Chicago’s West Side. This story was originally published on Sept. 1, 2003.) More than 44 years later, the smell of smoke still sends some of them into a panic. Everywhere they go, they check for fire exits. Some have struggled with depression, sleepwalking or...
Tommaso Gambino: Italian Heritage
Italian-Americans, as the hyphenated name implies, represents and is a result of two distinct cultures. We can point with pride to our 15th century brethren who discovered the Americas. Colombo, Vespucci, Caboto, and Verrazano are some of the more known audacious seaman and adventurers that come to mind. Id Est: America was named after Amerigo Vesp...