Italian TV Is Low-Key Having a Moment
The world of streaming has worked wonders when it comes to broadening our pop culture horizons. Not too long ago liking British comedies felt like a niche interest. Now it’s common for shows like complicated international thrillers likeNarcos and Dark to be praised in casual conversations. But there’s one country that’s been getting a little extra...
Official US Trailer for Italian Coming-of-Age Drama 'Daughter of Mine'
"Were you there when I was born, Daddy?" Strand Releasing has debuted a new official US trailer for the Italian indie drama Daughter of Mine, which first premiered in competition at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, and stopped by a number of other festivals around the world. The coming-of-age film tells the story of a young girl torn bet...
Servizi consolari e identità digitale
Gli italiani all’estero che vorranno usufruire dei servizi consolari online attraverso il portale Fast it da oggi potranno usare anche la loro identità SPID (Sistema pubblico per le identità digitali). La Farnesina ha infatti siglato nei giorni scorsi la Convenzione per l’adesione delle Pubbliche amministrazioni allo SPID con l’Agenzia per l’Italia...
Move over Rudolph, Dominic the Donkey is helping Santa this year
If you’re an American of Italian descent, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with this mid-20th century masterpiece of Christmas kitsch. Recorded by Lou Monte in the late 1950s, “Dominic the Donkey” tells the tale of a little donkey with a heart of gold who helps Santa traverse the many hills of Italy, where the reindeer cannot tread. The song w...
ItaliAmo: La App Per Imparare L’Italiano
Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale ha realizzato, in collaborazione con IED l’Istituto Europeo di Design e ovosodo , l’app “ItaliAmo”, un corso gratuito di lingua e cultura italiana di livello A1 per dispositivi iOS e Android. Obiettivo del corso è quello di offrire un nuovo strumento interattivo per l’insegnamento...
ITALIAN LOCAL FLAVOR: ANDREW COTTO with Anne Tammel
Any reader with a passion for food, wine, literature, and, most of all, the streets of Florence, will find the release of Andrew Cotto’s latest novel, Cucina Tipica: An Italian Adventure, a rare delight to the senses and intellect. Through Cotto’s hypnotic prose, one finds themselves lost in the less-explored villages of Italy as they harvest wild...
Stefano Versace: «Il mio successo italiano a stelle e strisce»
È sempre bello apprendere e raccontare storie di successo. Quando queste storie sono poi legate al concetto di italianità, lo è ancor di più per Snap Italy che, come ben sapete, fa proprio di questo la sua mission. Se a tutto questo aggiungiamo il fatto che il protagonista di questa storia sia un italiano che esporta e diffonde all’estero la quali...
Innovazione nel food: USA-Italia start ups
Il mercato, in termini globali del food-tech, come viene definito – ovvero il mercato che usufruisce della tecnologia e dell’innovazione all’interno del contesto delle cosiddette “innovative food pratiche” – e’ in crescita smisurata. Globalmente, si registrano circa $240 miliardi di dollari in entrate in termini di tecnologie alimentari. Aziende co...
Don Shirley and Tony Lip: The True Story Behind Their Friendship
In 1962, casually racist Italian-American bouncer Tony "Lip" Vallelonga and Don Shirley, a gifted Jamaican-American musician, had very little in common — yet a road trip through the South led to these two becoming friends. The movie Green Book, which was co-written by Lip's son, Nick Vallelonga, is about this life-changing journey. The movie draws...
Alessandro Nivola Talks 'Disobedience' And 'The Sopranos' Prequel 'The Many Saints Of Newark'
Alessandro Nivola is American. This is a fact I thought I had come to terms with. Yet it still felt like a complete bolt out of the blue when an English accent didn’t emerge as we sat down to chat. Ever since Michael Winterbottom took a chance on casting him as a Hastings fisherman in 1998’s I Want You, Nivola has cemented himself as stage and scre...
NIAF Board Member Anita Bevacqua McBride Awarded Prize for American-Italian Relations
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is honored to announce that The Center for American Studies awarded the Prize for American-Italian Relations (PAIR) to NIAF Board Vice Chair of Cultural Affairs Anita Bevacqua McBride today in Rome, Italy. McBride is the Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies...
L’Amica geniale candidata ai Critics Choice Awards
"L'Amica Geniale” e’ tra i finalisti per il miglior dramma in tv dei Critics Choice Awards che saranno assegnati il 13 gennaio sul canale CW. Le nominations dei premi della Broadcast Film Critics and Television Journalists Associations per il 2019 sono state annunciate oggi. Concorrono nella categoria Best Drama con l’adattamento televisivo della s...