DiMaggio and the Doctor
I couldn’t wait to read a new book called Dinner with DiMaggio by Dr. Rock Positano. The author is a New York podiatrist I consulted in the early 1990s for an excruciating heel injury I got from jogging on the sidewalks of New York. A specialist in non-surgical treatment of foot and ankle problems, Dr. Positano said I had plantar fasciitis, a commo...
Italian blood orange juice exclusively for the US market
At the Summer Fancy Food Show that was held in New York this week, Italian juice company Oranfrizer launched its Mongibello blood orange juice. This Not From Concentrate (NFC) juice is made in Italy and exported from the slopes of the Etna volcano, providing consumers with a speciality of the Mediterranean diet. Three varieties of blood oranges are...
NIAF Mourns the Passing of Former Executive Director of NIAF Alfred Rotondaro
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) mourns the sudden passing of Alfred Rotondaro, the former executive director of NIAF, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a leading figure in the Italian American community. “On behalf of our Board of Directors and our entire NIAF family, I can say this is a loss that is being felt...
Now is the time for an Italian-American museum exchange programme
One of the most consequential art news stories of 2015 was the appointment by the Italian Ministry of Culture of 20 new museum directors leading institutions as large as the Uffizi in Florence and Capodimonte in Naples to smaller places like the Paestum Archaeological Park and National Gallery of the Marche in Urbino. When the appointment process s...
Cibo italiano in America, ovvero il top ricercato dai “foodies”
Il noto critico d’arte internazionale Francesco Bonami nel suo ultimo libro L’arte nel cesso: da Duchamp a Cattelan, ascesa e declino dell’arte contemporanea, nella maniera provocatoria che lo contraddistingue, afferma che l’arte contemporanea è ormai arrivata al capolinea, proprio, con il “cesso a 18 carati” dell’italiano Maurizio Cattelan, espost...
Mike D’Antoni named NBA Coach of the Year
Mike D’Antoni can add another NBA Coach of the Year award to his trophy case. D’Antoni, a former Marshall men’s basketball player and Mullens native who is in his first year as head coach of the Houston Rockets, beat out San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra for the award, voted on by a panel of 100 independent...
US has plenty of Florences
Most states have communities named Florence. Not all are cities. There are towns and villages and unincorporated communities in several states that still are important enough to get attention from Wikipedia. It seemed likely that some would have been named for Florence Nightingale but I found none. Several were named after Florence, Italy, the I...
Boxe, 50 anni senza Carnera: il gigante che fece sognare l'Italia
Roma, maggio 1967: un uomo alto più di due metri scende da un aereo proveniente da New York. Gli restano altezza, orgoglio, anima, poco altro: il volto ormai sembra una maschera, rappresentazione tragica di un fisico devastato dalla malattia. E' persino difficile riconoscerlo, Primo Carnera, lui che è stato il campione del mondo dei pesi massimi. E...
Author Shares Personal Account on His Life as an Italian Immigrant
The book “American Bread: My First Twenty Years in America,” tells the story of Alfred DiGiacomo, who belongs to an Italian immigrant family in the early twentieth century. In his personal account, he shares the struggle of immigrants during the period. His story brings us back to a small village in southern Italy called Giorgio, Albanese, which is...
A suon d’Italicità.. That’s Amore!
Con questo articolo dedicato alla musica italica chiudiamo una sorta di trilogia iniziata con i libri, proseguita con il cinema e conclusa, adesso, con la musica. Ho riascoltato la canzone recentemente, colonna sonora di Love is All You Need, film romantico anche se dalla narrazione piuttosto scontata. Sfilano le immagini della costiera amalfitana:...
5 fast facts about the 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio
The 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio performance crossover follows the 4C and 4C Spider two-seat sports kart and the Giulia midsize sedan in the Italian brand’s return to the U.S. after a nearly 25-year absence. Based on the overwhelming popularity of crossovers, the Stelvio is crucial to the brand’s success. Stelvio is based off the Giulia midsize sedan, s...
Now Accepting Applications For Fulbright-Falcone-NIAF Program
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is now accepting applications for its Fulbright-Fondazione Falcone-NIAF Scholarship in Criminology for 2018-2019. In its third year, this collaborative scholarship program, formed in cooperation with the Fondazione Giovanni e Francesca Falcone and the Fulbright Program in Italy, provides funding for o...