NIAF Official Statement: Comments Made During 2016 Emmy Awards Acceptance Speech
Attributed to NIAF President John M. Viola "The National Italian American Foundation is disturbed by the very public degradation of Italian American history that was part of the 2016 Emmy Awards that aired last Sunday night, where Mr. Alan Yang — in accepting his award for best writing in a comedy series — compared Italian American represe...
Inventa due macchine da musica. E gli Usa se lo prendono: “Ha capacità straordinarie”
Sua madre alzò il volume. Quel vicino di casa litigioso meritava un piccolo dispetto: mise Giuseppe Verdi e Elvis al massimo. Paolo era ancora nel pancione, ma crede sia quello il primo attimo in cui imparò ad amare la musica. Quattro anni dopo i suoi genitori aprirono la porta della sua cameretta: lo interruppero mentre fingeva di suonare una chit...
La riunione dell’Inter-Comites affronta i temi della rappresentanza all’estero
Mentre la situazione politica italiana è ancora in fase di assestamento, quella legislativa in via di trasformazione e quella economica fatica a riprendere quota, l'unica certezza si chiama austerità. I tagli imposti alla Pubblica Amministrazione non risparmiano il Ministero degli Affari Esteri, mettendo a rischio la rete di rappresentanza dei citt...
Bianchi offering mountain bikes in the US again
After an approximately four-year hiatus, Bianchi USA is once again offering mountain bikes here. The Italian company stopped offering mountain bikes in the U.S. in 2010 as it focused on its 'cross, road, track and city bike categories. Bianchi has always offered mountain bikes in Italy and began selling them to retailers in Mexico aga...
Aspirapolveri spaziali e pesticidi ecologici start-up e sistema Italia puntano agli Usa
di Sara D'Agati Per gli investitori d'oltreoceano le opportunità in Europa e in Italia sono in aumento. «Gli interventi normativi e le riforme strutturali avviate negli ultimi anni hanno contribuito indubbiamente a rendere il nostro Paese più attrattivo e stanno avendo un impatto positivo sull'attività delle imprese di qualunque dimensione...
The Translation Paradox
Glory, for the translator, is borrowed glory. There is no way around this. Translators are celebrated when they translate celebrated books. The best translations from the Italian I have seen in recent years are Geoffrey Brock's rendering of Pavese's collected poems, Disaffections, and Frederika Randall's enormous achievement in bringing Ippolito Ni...
Casting Search // SPIELBERG FILM
Hello, We're currently casting Steven Spielberg's new film and we're conducting a search for an extraordinary boy to play the very challenging lead role. ABOUT THE FILM:Steven Spielberg is making a film about the true story of Edgardo Mortara - a 6 year old Jewish boy from Bologna who was reported to have been secretly baptised by a m...
Puglia's Pizzica Powerhouse CANZONIERE GRECANICO SALENTINO (CGS) Celebrates Second Generation with Stateside Performances this Fall
Italy's leading ensemble on the world music circuit, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino returns Stateside for a series of Fall concert dates. Running from September 29th through October 10th, stops along CGS's 2016 mini-tour include Midwest performances at the Madison World Music Festival, Legion Arts (Cedar Rapids, IA) and Minneapolis's Cedar Cultural...
Italy's Online Guglielmo Marconi University Initiates U.S. Marketing
Guglielmo Marconi University (http://www.GMUonline.org), an international leader in online education with over 16,000 students, began marketing in the U.S. offering affordable single courses and college degree programs. Headquartered in Rome, Italy, the university is a pioneer in distance education and its innovative online platform allows...
Bando di borse di studio offerte a studenti stranieri e cittadini IRE dal governo italiano
IntroduzioneLe borse di studio sono concesse ai cittadini stranieri e IRE (Italiani Residenti all'Estero), di Paesiselezionati, e mirano a favorire la cooperazione culturale internazionale e la diffusione dellaconoscenza della lingua, della cultura e della scienza italiana, favorendo altresì la proiezione delsettore economico e tecnologico dell'Ita...
Statement from Sons of Italy® on passing of Mario M. Cuomo
The Order Sons of Italy in America® (OSIA), and its 500,000 family members throughout the United States, sincerely mourns the passing of Mario M. Cuomo, a true son of Italy and an iconic, brilliant and eloquent spokesperson on behalf of the Italian American community, people of New York, and universal progressive causes. Mario's inspired v...
Chris Botti: Music for All Seasons
Ever since the invention of the record, the sellers and especially the fans of music have managed to package and promote artists and their work according to styles. In the early days, if you were African American, you were pigeonholed as jazz, blues or "race" music. Jazz and big band artists had to "swing" within their genre. And toda...