New Film Proves Successful Fundraiser While Changing Public Perception of Mysterious Sicily
When The Italian Cultural Center of Buffalo, New York (ICCB), the Federation of Italian-American Societies of Western New York (FASWNY), and the Per Niente Club of Buffalo sponsored a special screening of the new feature-length documentary “Sicily: Land of Love and Strife” as a fundraiser, they didn’t know what to expect in return. Would a film dev...
Cambridge Street, a New Novel, Tells of the Struggle and Bravery of Immigrants Who Came to America in the Early 1900s as Seen Through the Eyes of One Family
Author Steven Decker tells a story, inspired by true events, that has been called “A must read” and “… an amazing story, beautifully written." Decker said “For too long, Italian immigrants have been criminalized in books and movies and their violent acts glamorized. The real story is that 99% of the Italians came here to work hard and give their fa...
‘Immigrants Against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America’
Kenyon Zimmer, assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington, has written a comprehensive treatment of the American anarchist movement. It is a volume in the series Working Class in American History, edited by a team of renowned scholars. His six chapters, plus an introduction and conclusion, are dense concentrations of per...
Chef Lidia Bastianich’s New Autobiography Recalls Life As A Refugee
As migrant children were recently being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, Lidia Bastianich’s own refugee story has an eerily familiar ring. The accomplished Italian chef and restaurateur takes a break from award-winning cookbooks to unpack her own immigrant story in the just-released “My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family,...
The Sopranos film has taken a massive step forwards
A few months ago, fans of The Sopranos were given an unexpected treat when a prequel film was announced with a script from the show's creator David Chase, co-written by Lawrence Konner. Rather than continue on from the events of the famous finale, the creators have made the clever decision to set The Many Saints Of Newark in the 1960s. This being s...
Le novità di RAI Italia:il Direttore Marco Giudici alla plenaria del CGIE
“Più vi ascolto e più capisco quanto è importante quel poco che facciamo con la tv”. Così Marco Giudici ha salutato i consiglieri del Cgie riuniti in assemblea plenaria alla Farnesina. Dal Cgie, il direttore di Rai Italia si aspetta “tante osservazioni e proposte”. Dal canto suo, ha confidato, ogni volta che sente parlare di un argomento che riguar...
Vini d’Italia Experience in Usa e Canada. Indagine sui mercati da presidiare
Non ci sono solo gli States nel Nord America. Noi siamo partiti dal Canada (precisamente da Vancouver e Toronto, proprio nei giorni del 44esimo vertice del G7 in Québec), per un giro in Nord America con il tradizionale roadshow in compagnia delle migliori cantine nostrane – tra degustazioni per addetti ai lavori e masterclass - per spostarci poi (p...
“Tu vuo’ fa’ l’americano”: vecchi e nuovi italiani in America
L’identità etnica degli italoamericani abbastanza forte nella prima generazione, segregata nelle omogenee “piccole Italie”, si è gradualmente indebolita in seguito al loro esodo negli eterogenei sobborghi suburbani. La prima generazione ha dovuto affrontare varie difficoltà nel loro incontro con un nuovo tessuto sociale americano. Il loro inserimen...
5 Immigrants who made American movies better
The United States is a country forged of foreigners. We came from every point on the globe, crossing land bridges and turbulent seas, to find a refuge far away from our original homelands. Some of our ancestors didn’t come of their own free will, but many did — lured by the promise of a country founded on inalienable rights, one in which they could...
Dee Ann Andretti: The 'solid rock' behind legendary racer Mario Andretti
In the 50-something years I have been chronicling the pursuits of three generations of Andretti race car drivers, I think I had only four meaningful conversations with Dee Ann Andretti. That wasn’t because my readers and I wouldn’t have benefited from what she had to say. Dee Ann Andretti, who died Monday at the age of 75, was always friendly when...
Remarks by Ambassador Eisenberg at Independence Day Celebration
Buonasera e benvenuti a Villa Taverna! Vi ringraziamo per essere qui a celebrare con noi il duecentoquarantaduesimo (242) anniversario dell’indipendenza degli Stati Uniti d’America. Oggi ricordiamo l’anniversario della firma della Dichiarazione d’Indipendenza, che ha sancito la libertà come principio fondamentale degli Stati Uniti. As President Ron...
I programmi della IABF: a luglio in Italia John Franco e Mark Cardillo per tecnici e atleti
Quando Frank Catalanotto, sempre presente alle chiamate dell’Italia per il World Baseball Classic, prima da giocatore, poi da coach, e Joe Quagliano, una sera di fine autunno 2015, seduti insieme all’amico Carmine Gangone davanti a un piatto di spaghetti all’Alfredo nel ristorante di Brooklyn di quest’ultimo, iniziarono a pensare come potere incana...