What Part of New Jersey History Will the 'Sopranos' Prequel Explore?
According to various reports, the cast and crew for The Sopranos prequel are starting to come together. The feature film project began with a deal between David Chase, the HBO show’s creator, and New Line Cinema. Chase and Lawrence Konner, another Sopranos alumnus, will get credit for the script, which is titled The Many Saints of Newark. Meanwh...
Christopher Castellani Discovers the Truth Through Fiction
Love, Italy, and alternative-history fiction that travels down a what-if path to approach a truth: these have long been preoccupations of Christopher Castellani. His first three novels, the Maddalena trilogy (A Kiss from Maddalena, The Saint of Lost Things, and All This Talk of Love), were published by Algonquin over a 10-year period beginning in 2...
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...
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...
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...
Sylvester Stallone retires Rocky Balboa in moving instagram post
In a short video published on his Instagram account, Sylvester Stallone officially ended an era by retiring his most iconic character, Rocky Balboa. This comes on the heels of Creed II's release and subsequent box office success, so it seems fitting that Stallone officially passed the baton to Michael B. Jordan, who joined him at the end of the vid...
AATI National Italian Exam 2019
For the 2019 school year, AATI is committed to offering an innovative National Italian Exam that is aligned with the ACTFL Performance Guidelines and the 2012 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. The NIE Committee envisions the exam not only as an assessment tool which will provide teachers and students with diagnostic feedback and positive washback to he...
Negli Usa l'olio extravergine italiano diventerà un farmaco
Sono solo alcune delle patologie che il consumo quotidiano di olio extravergine d'oliva può combattere. In Italia conosciamo da tempo i benefici prodotti dall'acido oleico. Ma da qualche tempo la notizia è arrivata anche negli Stati Uniti, dove l'olio extravergine si prepara a essere riconosciuto come farmaco. Possibile? Proprio così. La Coldiretti...
Call for papers: AAIS Conference at Wake Forest University 14-16 March, 2019 Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC
The American Association for Italian Studies is now accepting session and roundtable proposals for its next conference, which will take place from 14-16 March, 2019 at Wake Forest University, NC. The conference will be held on the new campus Wake Downtown, conveniently located near hotels and restaurants in downtown Winston Salem. In keeping with t...
ellesse Debuts Its First-Ever U.S. Collection
Italian lifestyle sportswear brand ellesse announces its re-entry into the North American market with a special Fall 2018 release. The company’s first collection in the U.S. includes footwear and apparel styles for both men and women. “Winning with style has always been the hallmark of the ellesse brand,” says Robert Dundon, SVP of Sales and Market...