Italian American Fathers and Daughters: Love and Loss
What images come to mind when you think about Italian American fathers? When you think of your dad, the dads you knew around you growing up, and the dads you see today, who is that man? And what does he bring to fatherhood from his own Italian or Italian American culture and tradition? Do you see men actively involved with their kids, playing baseb...
Continua la fase di stallo dell'Import vinicolo degli USA: i dati dell'Italian Wine & Food Institute
Continua la fase di contrazione delle importazioni americane di vini da tavola (vini fermi) che, nei primi primi nove mesi dell'anno in corso, sono diminuite di oltre mezzo milione di ettolitri. Sono i dati diffusi ieri dall’Italian Wine & Food Institute presieduto da New York da Lucio Caputo. Oltre alle importazioni complessive USA, scese del 7,9%...
Review: ‘My Brilliant Friend’ Is an Intimate Epic
In 2011, HBO began a series based on a set of books whose legion of fans had exacting expectations. “Game of Thrones” required condensing a vast narrative, visualizing wonders like dragons’ flight and creating a world that spanned continents. HBO’s new series “My Brilliant Friend,” based on the wildly popular Neapolitan novels of Elena Ferrante, is...
Feeling Italian - Sentirsi Italiani
The "Feeling Italian" photographic contest - "Sentirsi Italiani" is promoted by SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research) Italia (www.sietar-italia.org). The competition represents the first phase of a broader and more detailed action research project developed by an interdisciplinary scientific committee that envisions, s...
Italian schools abroad unite to combat “Italian sounding” products
By invitation of the Ministry of Economic Development, at the recent plenary assembly to instate the National Anti-Counterfeiting Council (CNAC) for 2018-2020, the Foreign Ministry joined the Protocol of Understanding on training activities against counterfeited and Italian sounding products, and committed to involve Italian schools abroad in the e...
Uncle Al
In life, if you are fortunate enough, you may come upon a person with whom things just seem to click. For me, one such person was Alphonse Nocito. Al was my wife’s uncle, the husband of Aunt Jeannie, who was the sister of my mother in law. I must admit that when I first heard of Uncle Al, I was a bit intrigued. While dating my wife, I would hea...
NIAF Applauds White House Award Posthumously to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) applauds the White House for posthumously awarding Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. When President Reagan appointed Justice Scalia in 1986, he was the first Italian American judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court in the United States’ history and served...
Ermenegildo Zegna brings its XXX Collection to the U.S. with Farfetch partnership
Ermenegildo Zegna XXXItalian luxury brand Ermenegildo Zegna has launched an exclusive partnership with Farfetch to release the Ermenegildo Zegna XXX U.S. capsule collection on the luxury fashion shopping platform in the States. Ermenegildo Zegna XXX, or XXX, delivers a modern wardrobe that matches the versatility of contemporary living with a mix o...
My big fat Italian Thanksgiving
It’s that “hurry-up” time again! We may feel our hearts quickening as we enter the big box stores — and rightfully so. In October, amid the Halloween decorations, I spotted some Christmas stuff tucked in the corner. Nowadays, it seems like the retailers do it up faster than the speed of light. But — hold on, folks! Do we really need to subscribe to...
IAP 76: The Tragic and the Comic: Mike Vecchione and the Life of an Italian American Comedian
In this episode, we’re speaking with Italian American comedian Mike Vecchione, who has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central and more. We talk about how his family supported his journey to comedy and how this love and support helped him to become the man he is today. About our GuestMike Vecchione was born in Youngstown, O...
Alla scoperta dei borghi italiani: parte la campagna negli USA
Una campagna promozionale per far conoscere ai turisti americani i piccoli centri storici italiani, quei 279 borghi che raccontano la bellezza dell'Italia, dove godere i panorami, i monumenti, la storia ma anche il piacere della tavola. A lanciarla, in collaborazione con il Washington Post e l'Enit, è l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington. L'obiettiv...
Focus on Agro-food and Italian wine in the US market at the Embassy of Italy. Results and future opportunities for a growing sector
In the framework of the Third week of Italian Cuisine in the World, the Embassy of Italy in Washington together with the Trade Agency in New York, organized a meeting on imports of Italian food and wine products to the US market. The event included officials from the Italian Ministry of Health, the European Union delegation in Washington and from t...