Donald Trump to host Italian PM Giuseppe Conte next month; global conflicts and trade top agenda
US president Donald Trump will meet Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte in Washington on 30 July, the White House said on Wednesday. "Italy is an important NATO Ally, a leading partner in Afghanistan and Iraq, and key in bringing stability to the Mediterranean region," it said in a statement. "Together, the United States and Italy will look to de...
Fulbright Grants to Italy are offered to United States citizens: College graduates, master or doctoral degree candidates, scholars, (young) professionals and artists
Fulbright grants to Italy are awarded to teach, carry out a study or research project, serve as expert consultants on curriculum, faculty development, institutional planning and related subjects at Italian universities. Grants are also awarded to assist English language teachers in Italian high schools. Applicants should have sufficient proficiency...
How to Talk at an Italian Festival
Any foreign language you don’t practice, you slowly forget, and even the basics escape your mind. So, we thought it would be a good idea to do a refresher lesson on how to get by at an Italian festival. After all, it is summer and Italian festivals abound. So study this lesson well and you’ll be ready to navigate the festivals with a true Italian f...
Veroni Italian Cured Meats Now Available in US
Veroni, the legendary Italian producer of cured ham, salumi and other fresh, sliced meats, is expanding its distribution of 100% Italian products in the United States. Most so-called Italian cured meats sold in the United States are produced domestically, often marketed as “Italian recipe” or “Italian style;” Veroni, by contrast, is one of a handfu...
IAP 65: The Southern Italian Tradition of Tarantism with Alessandra Belloni
This is the Italian American Podcast and, in this episode, we’re talking to the very talented singer, dancer, percussionist, director and author, Alessandra Belloni. We talk about really interesting topics focused around some of the Southern Italian tradition of tarantism. “The “bite of the tarantula” was a myth applied to a condition familiar to w...
‘Perfect Strangers’ Director Paolo Genovese Set for U.S. Debut
Italian director Paolo Genovese, whose concept movie “Perfect Strangers” involving smartphones and personal secrets is making a global splash, is set to make his English-language debut with “The First Day of My Life,” a New York-set suicide dramedy with echoes of Frank Capra’s classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Based on Genovese’s novel of the same t...
A Crowd-Pleaser With the Right Stuff
Traditional stuffed and baked Italian-American jumbo shells are an easy sell. Filled with ricotta, topped with red sauce and cheese, and baked until bubbly, they’re easier to make than lasagna and just as satisfying. But for a recent dinner party, I wanted something a bit lighter: still stuffed shells, just more summery. So I came up with a versio...
Fighting for equality 'in a lonely world' -- Hope Solo on the struggles of changing American soccer
Those who go against the grain, who push for change, who question the status quo are not the sort who are universally cherished. Making a difference can be a struggle. It can divide, it can offend, it can cast you aside. "It's still lonely," says Hope Solo, arguably the greatest female goalkeeper in history, of life as a plain-speaking fighter for...
What's Your Scooter Story?
The annual Amerivespa Rally is always a great scooter event! But anyone who has ever attended an Amerivespa knows that it isn't about the scooters it's about the people! Amerivespa brings Scooterati together from all over America and the world. Some are old friends that have known each other for years and some are great friends that we just met! We...
Did Columbus establish a pattern of violence under conquest or was that pattern established from the beginning of human history?
Much has been written about the violence perpetrated on the natives of the islands where Columbus landed in 1492 and during his subsequent landings from 1493 to 1504. According to these authors, Columbus is responsible for the torture and genocide of – what some claim – may be millions of natives and is also blamed for initiating slave trade. Autho...
Richard Valeriani Dies: NBC Newsman Who Covered Civil Rights Movement & Nixon Was 85
Richard Valeriani, a longtime NBC News correspondent who covered the civil rights movement and the Johnson and Nixon administrations from the network’s Washington D.C., bureau, died today. He was 85. He would spend 31 years as an on-air correspondent for NBC Nightly News and often appeared on Today. Colleagues would say Valeriani was “always the fi...
Announcing: New Book by Dean Anthony J. Tamburri Published
Dean Tamburri's new book, Un biculturalismo negato: la scrittura "italiana" negli Stati Uniti(Franco Cesati Editore, 2018), is hot off the presses. It tackles the question of identity and the person who writes in Italian but lives outside Italy. Tamburri's argument is that we need to abandon the notion of geography as a determining factor in defini...