Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Take Center Stage at Golden Globes
The country’s biggest Italian-American stars are set to hit the red carpet this Sunday, and present at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga (who’s real name is Stefani Germanotta) have scooped up several nominations for their roles as Ally and Jack in A Star Is Born. The film has taken in nearly $400 million at the worl...
Visita del Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Enzo Moavero Milanesi a Washington DC (3-4 gennaio 2019)
Si è conclusa la visita del Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Enzo Moavero Milanesi a Washington DC, la prima dell’anno di un esponente di governo straniero. Nel corso della giornata il Ministro ha avuto un ampio ventaglio di incontri con esponenti di centri di ricerca, con le massime autorità del 116esimo Congresso insedia...
Italian Firm Volta Wins Innovation Award With Mookkie, AI-Driven Pet Feeder That Recognizes Your Cat or Dog
Italian company Volta® (www.volta.ai), a specialist in the development of AI-centric products, will introduce Mookkie®, winner of the Innovation Award in the Smart Home category at CES 2019. “With Mookkie, we have taken one of the simplest and most humble objects in our homes and reinvented it by deploying the latest in artificial intelligence tech...
Celebrate National Spaghetti Day in Las Vegas | 2019
Jan. 4 is National Spaghetti Day. Here are some specials from restaurants around town. Celebrity Chef Scott Conant's signature Pasta al Pomodoro is offered at his Las Vegas restaurant Masso Osteria for $21. The Pomodoro sauce is also available for purchase as part of Conant's newly-launched product line Sprezza, a collection of nine sauces, spreads...
ITALIAN TRADE AGENCY Helps You Decode the Wine List
Don't be intimidated by the wine list when you dine out. There are four common features that will help you decode it so you can impress your friends, guests or a dinner date. Thanks to the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), we have the elements in the order they are likely to appear on a restaurant's wine menu. ProducerThe producer (or bottler) can be a s...
Why Fans of Elena Ferrante Should Watch The Best of Youth
When fans of My Brilliant Friend have finished the first season of HBO’s acclaimed television adaptation, they may find themselves looking to fill a void. The eight-episode series, which aired its finale earlier this month, followed the lives of Lenù and Lila, two girls growing up in a poor neighborhood in Naples in the mid-20th century. Their thor...
NIAF Congratulates US Reps for their Congressional Leadership
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is very pleased to congratulate Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) and Rep. Steven Scalise (LA-1) for assuming leadership positions in the new 116th United States Congress. Rep. Pelosi was elected as the Speaker of the House and Rep. Scalise was elected* as the Minority Whip.NIAF Board Co-Chair Patricia de Sta...
Voyage of Discovery Applications are Open!
NIAF’s Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery Program provides all-expenses-paid, two-week tours in Italy for Italian American college students. Trip Date: June 2019. Trip Destination: NIAF’s 2019 Region of Honor. Application Deadline: Friday, February 1, 2019, 11:59 p.m. PT. Applicants Notified: Friday, March 1, 2019. Applicant Acceptance...
The lives they lived 2018: Vic Damone
If, in the post-World War II era, the years before “The Voice” and “America’s Got Talent,” you wanted to make it as a pop singer, you appeared on radio shows like “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts.” If you did well enough, bookings followed, at small clubs, and, in time, recording contracts. If you were a stunningly handsome young baritone like Vito...
IAP 81: The Italian American Podcast 2018 Year in Review
In this final episode of 2018 for “The Italian American Podcast,” we recap this past year and discuss some of our favorite episode highlights. We also talk about the launching of “The Italian American Power Hour” and some of our favorite posts in our private Facebook Group – “The New Neighborhood – A Place for Italian Americans.” In our stories se...
Announcing the 2019 National Leadership Grant Competition
Do you know an outstanding student? Share the National Leadership Grant Competition with them! Apply for one of these scholarships today: General Study Scholarship; Henry Salvatori Scholarship; Italian Language Scholarship; National Italian American Bar Association (NIABA) & Sons of Italy Foundation Scholarship; Special Scholarships. Learn More & A...
Il jazz italiano visto dall'altra sponda dell'Oceano
Parliamo un po' di Jazz all'italiana, il libro che Anna Harwell Celenza ha scritto approfittando di un lungo soggiorno a Roma. Colpita dalla scena jazzistica nostrana la Celenza - docente di Storia della Musica e Radiogiornalismo alla Georgetown University – si è cimentata con la storia del jazz in Italia sino agli Anni Cinquanta. E dopo un meticol...