OFFICIAL NIAF STATEMENT: Appointment of Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to Serve as Interim New Jersey Senator
Attribute to Joseph V. Del Raso, Esq., National Italian American Foundation Chairman (NIAF) "On behalf of the National Italian American Foundation Board of Directors, we send our warmest congratulations to New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa on his appointment to serve as the interim replacement for U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg,...
Be Spotted at The Leopard during Italian Dine-Out!
The Leopard at des Artistes, though under fairly new ownership, is no new kid on the block. The restaurant, originally designed as a kitchen for tenants of the New York City's largest "studio" building, the famous Hotel Des Artistes, to use as their apartments came with no or minimal cooking facilities, became "The Café de Artistes" in 1975 when Ge...
Fondazione Azzurra celebrates the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli’s The Prince
Fondazione Azzurra hosted a dinner in celebration of the conference "From Earthly Pleasures to Princely Glories in the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds", which took place at the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies to honor the quincentenary of Machiavelli's The Prince. The Italian winery Le Corte dei Farfensi, owned by Antonell...
At 50, Vespa still has style to spare
By Madeline O'Leary Nancy and Robert Frehling have been hopping on their silver Vespa to cruise down Miami Beach's palm tree-lined streets for more than a decade. Though the couple also owns a fuel-efficient Prius to wheel them around town, the open-aired liberation lures them back every weekend. Some Saturday mornings, Robert rid...
Taste of Little Italy in Cleveland set for September 22: Restaurant Row
By Joe Crea Though the weekend-long Feast of the Assumption festivities are just warming up in Cleveland's Little Italy, planning is already underway for another major event in the neighborhood. The 16th annual Taste of Little Italy is set for 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22. The day-long outdoor event will be held in the church yard at Holy Ro...
Little Italy ‘Moonstruck’ By Mural Capturing Its Summertime Film Festival
There's something new in Little Italy, and it's the talk of the neighborhood. It's a tribute to a summertime event there. Ron Matz has more on the artwork, the artist and the man who made the festival possible. Little Italy's newest attraction is a large mural, a tribute to the neighborhood's famous film festival and the work of artist Ma...
Oscar alla carriera a Los Angeles per il costumista fiorentino Piero Tosi
Piero Tosi, storico costumista di Luchino Visconti e dei principali registi del panorama italiano dagli anni '60 fino ai nostri giorni, riceverà a Los Angeles l'Oscar alla carriera.Nato a Sesto Fiorentino 86 anni fa, ha lavorato a tanti capolavori tra cui il "Gattopardo", "Rocco e i suoi fratelli" e "Morte a Venezia". Tra il 1964 e il 1983 ha ricev...
Taste of 'New' Italian Coming to Mendham's Main Street
By Jason Koestenblatt Piattino is located in the Kings shopping center in Mendham. Can you smell the aroma? The scent of new age Italian cuisine is coming to Mendham, offering everything from Neapolitan pizzas to prosciutto-wrapped meatballs and every pasta in between. Piattino, located in the Kings shopping plaza on Main Street, wi...
Presto la "migrazione" dei dati AIRE nella nuova anagrafe nazionale: il 16 ottobre entra in vigore il decreto istitutivo
È stato pubblicato sulla Gazzetta ufficiale ed entrerà in vigore il 16 ottobre prossimo il decreto del presidente del Consiglio dei ministri (dpcm 23 agosto 2013, n.109) che istituisce l'Anagrafe nazionale della popolazione residente (Anpr). L'Anpr è costituita, in questa prima fase di attuazione, dall'Indice nazionale delle anagrafi (Ina)...
Vino: Istituto Grandi Marchi, sbarco in California. evento istituzionale a San Francisco per crescere ancora
Tornano negli Usa i 'Grandi Marchi' del vino italiano che, dopo Miami nel 2008, hanno scelto, a distanza di 5 anni, gli Stati Uniti per il proprio evento istituzionale. Si tratta dell'appuntamento annuale piu' rappresentativo per l'Istituto, che vede la presenza di tutti i titolari delle aziende associate impegnati nella presentazione e degustazion...
Italians and America: Searching for Culture in the Right Places
ILICA (Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance) will host a "Constructive Dialogue" with 5 contemporary authors from Italy and 5 American authors of Italian origin. The dialogue includes: Professors Gianfranco Viesti, Pino Aprile, Lorenzo Del Boca, Giuseppe Novero, Massimo Vedovelli, Donna Chirico, Louisa Ermelino, Fred Gardaphè, Anthony...
Call for Nominations: IASA Executive Council
Dear IASA Members: The Elections Committee (Dennis Barone, Alan Gravano, and Stefano Luconi) is soliciting nominations and self-nominations for five Council member positions. To qualify for these Council member positions, the candidate must be a member in good standing and must attend the spring Executive Council meeting. The term for Cou...