Alfa Romeo, il ritorno in America è sulle spalle (da culturista) di Reid Bigland
di Alessandro Vai Il ritorno dell'Alfa Romeo negli Stati Uniti, dopo venti anni di assenza, è forse una delle operazioni più ardite di tutta la storia dell'automobile. Gli obiettivi sono importanti, le aspettative alte e i prodotti (per ora) pochi. La 4C, sia berlinetta che Spider, è in vendita da poco più di un anno ma è un antipasto tant...
Sign Petition Demanding Justice for Italian Americans
by NIAF During World War II, the United States government interned and relocated thousands of Italian Americans, often confiscating their property. These actions, which affected many in our community, have been largely overlooked by history. Currently, there are two bills before Congress that would require the federal government to acknowl...
Save Columbus Day!
by John Viola As many of you are already aware, Tuesday marked a disappointing day for the Italian American community around the nation and most specifically in Seattle, Wash., because the City Council of Seattle voted unanimously to declare the second Monday in October as "Indigenous People's Day," replacing the traditional celebration of...
AIRC's Darius speaks with RAI news about the Colosseum floor area
The American Institute for Roman Culture's Executive Director, Darius Arya, appeared on Italian television news channel RAI News to discuss the idea of recreating the arena floor of the Colosseum to allow visitors to access an area rendered off-limits by excavations during the past 100 years. The idea, proposed by Italian archaeologist Dan...
Rana sbanca con Walmart «Negli Usa insegniamo a cucinare»
di Stefano Righi L'aereo su cui Giovanni Rana incontrò Marilyn Monroe era diretto negli Stati Uniti. Volo in due tappe, da San Giovanni Lupatoto, 24 mila anime in provincia di Verona, a Chicago e New York, rispettivamente tre e otto milioni di abitanti. Dalla patria di Gastone Moschin a Chelsea Market, proprio di fronte alla sede di Googl...
Dan Castellaneta: Italian of the Week
Daniel Louis Castellaneta was born in Oak Park, IL on October 29, 1957 to Elsie (Lagorio) and Louis (who traced family to Bari and Calabria in Italy). Louis would often play comedy records and always had his family laughing. Dan has credited his father for instilling in him a love of comedy and impersonations. When he was sixteen, his mother enroll...
Italy’s Dedar home fabrics maker bets on the US. market as it expands its presence abroad
by Giovanna Mancini "With this move, we have laid the groundwork for future expansion that is a key part of our strategic plan," says Caterina Fabrizio, co-CEO, with her brother Raffaele, of textile company Dedar. She's referring to the July opening of a sales office in Connecticut of Dedar, which was founded by her parents in 1976. T...
Sam Smith, Ennio Morricone, Lady Gaga Win Golden Globes
by Peter Helman Sam Smith and his songwriting partner Jimmy Napes received the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song tonight for "Writing's On The Wall," their theme for the final Daniel Craig James Bond film Spectre. The award was presented by Katy Perry, and the other nominees were Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" from 50 Shades Of Gre...
American Actor Tony Lo Bianco becomes Saint Pio Foundation Goodwill Ambassador
by St. Pio Foundation It is with the greatest pleasure that we announce that American actor Tony Lo Bianco has become Saint Pio Foundation Goodwill Ambassador. Tony is joining the Goodwill Ambassadors Team, together with Actors Joe Mantegna and Robert Davi, actor and singer Franc d'Ambrosio, and singer and composer Lee Curreri. Actor, pro...
Teaching Italian with Twitter in 140 characters or less
by Enza Antenos Twitter can be transformed from a social network to an educational network to teach and learn Italian language and culture by creating a language community where learners can follow experts/natives and cultural trends, using text, images and videos can share knowledge and information, and are able to converse with members of that c...
The Story of a New Name, by Elena Ferrante
by Joan Frank The elusive yet volcanic Italian author Elena Ferrante has become a kind of insiders' icon on both sides of the Atlantic. Shunning publicity, concealing her real identity, Ferrante will only say (per the New Yorker writer James Wood, who discusses Ferrante brilliantly in its pages), "I study, I translate, I teach." E...
US Nonprofit Awards Italian Biotech Additional Funding to Study New Class of Drugs to Treat Alzheimer's Disease
The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) and Italian biotechnology company Axxam SpA (Axxam) announced today that the ADDF has awarded a follow-on grant to Axxam to further develop small molecule drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease by targeting inflammation. This grant follows two previous awards from the ADDF to Axxam in 2011 and 2013. &nb...