‘Paterno’ couldn’t figure out the play on scandal
Joe Paterno was the winningest coach in NCAA football history, with a 61-year career at Penn State. It all came tumbling down in 2011 when his former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, was charged with 52 counts of sexual molestation of minors. Paterno inevitably became part of the story as the media and other investigators pushed to find out if he a...
School music advocate Suzanne D’Addario Brouder
Imagine growing up among music royalty, the guitar-string makers to the stars. These days, the roll call of artists using D’Addario strings includes the likes of Keith Urban, Dave Matthews, Joe Satriani, Al Di Meola, Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits — and if you’ve got a few hours, we could supply you a list of hundreds more. Is it fair to say that th...
Martin Scorsese on His Latest Project: Educating Students About The Power of Film
Growing up in a working-class family in the mean streets of New York City’s Little Italy neighborhood, Martin Scorsese admits he didn’t have access to books. He got his education about the world by going to the local cinema.“I learned a lot about American ideals primarily from the movies,” Scorsese recalls. “Something like The Grapes of Wrath . . ....
The biggest things Americans get wrong about Italian food, according to a chef
Cease your search for a bathtub overflowing with fettuccine alfredo or even a massive platter of spaghetti and meatballs in Italy — the foods so iconic to Italian American cuisine are nowhere to be seen in pasta's homeland. Decades of immigrants from various regions of Italy, the proliferation of chain restaurants, and an American taste for quantit...
Pasta, wine, cheese: Is it possible to eat like an Italian and stay healthy?
Ask an American to think of Italian food, and visions of fettuccini drowning in heavy cream will dance in their head. But ask a Roman the same question, and the answer will not only differ, but it will vary with the seasons. Depending on the time of year, they’ll picture fat, imperfect tomatoes; jagged-leaf Romanesco artichokes; or purple-skinned,...
Perché dico grazie al Piano Marshall. Parla Maria Romana De Gasperi
Settant’anni fa, il 3 aprile 1948, il presidente degli Stati Uniti Harry Truman firmava il Piano Marshall. Settant’anni fa all’Italia veniva data un’occasione di rinascita dalle macerie della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, di riscatto agli occhi della comunità internazionale dopo una pesante sconfitta bellica. Settant’anni fa l’Italia sceglieva definitiv...
Enrol in the AP Italian language and culture exam and participate in the drawing of 21 Eduitalia study grants for a study abroad experience in Italy
Eduitalia, an Association of 86 qualified Schools, Academies and Universities that offer courses for foreign students in Italy, is proud to support the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C., in its important initiative to promote Italian language and culture within the United States. The grants will allow winners to live an unforgettable study experi...
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore D.O.C.G. Announces New US Communications Campaign
The Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore D.O.C.G. announces that Charles Communications Associates (CCA) is now their agency of record for the United States. The Consortium is a private body created to represent vine-growers, winemaking companies and bottlers from Conegliano Valdobbiadene and to safeguard the standards of the D.O.C.G. criter...
Roberto, the only non-American to fly US fighters
A formation of four A-10C fighters, ready for their next mission, takes off from the runway of the Moody airbase in Georgia. They are however under the command of an Italian pilot. “I’m the only non-American at the controls of these aircraft. This fills me with pride and encourages me to always give 110%, because I know that I am here to represent...
Columbus Citizens Foundation To Award Over 700 Scholarships To Italian-American Students In 2018
The Columbus Citizens Foundation, located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is proud to be in another annual cycle of its acclaimed Scholarship Program. Since its inception, the Foundation has been a proud supporter of Italian-American education and culture, and established its robust Scholarship Program in 1992 to increase educational opportun...
The Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize
Bordighera Press presents the Lauria/Frasca Poetry prize. This award was conceived to promote the literature of the Italian diaspora and is open to poets of Italian descent writing poetry in English. The winning poet will be awarded $1000 and Bordighera Press will publish the manuscript, along with a standard royalty contract. Quality poetry in any...
Lingua Italiana: come ho triplicato il numero degli studenti al Colorado College
La lingua Italiana sta perdendo studenti. Il 20% in meno, stando al rapporto stilato dalla Modern Languages Association. La colpa è sempre ed esclusivamente degli insegnanti? O, più realisticamente, è cambiata la situazione globale e nuovi concorrenti si sono affacciati nelle aule delle università americane (nello stesso documento della MLA,infatti...