Bordighera Poetry Prize
Dear Friends, We are writing to announce that after sixteen remarkable years, the Bordighera Poetry Prize has come to an end. The Bordighera Poetry Prize was active from 1998 to 2013. The prize, generously sponsored by the Sonia Raiziss Giop Foundation, was conceived to promote both the literature of the Italian diaspora and its languages...
2015 Alfa Romeo 4C coupe marks North American return for Italian brand
Marking the Italian brand's return to North America, the all-new 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C made its debut at the New York Auto Show recently. The all-new Alfa Romeo features a mid-engine design inspired by the brand's legendary racing history, state-of-the-art carbon fiber monocoque and all-aluminum turbocharged engine influenced by Formula 1, an...
Zamperini was more than a hero
by Leonard Pitts Just two pages into the book "Unbroken," its protagonist is in the water, hiding beneath the deteriorating life raft in which he has been drifting across the Pacific Ocean for almost a month. Overhead, Japanese bombers are circling back to strafe him. Sharks are approaching from below. Death is coming for him from two dir...
Gli Stati Uniti trainano il Made in Italy: Assocamerestero sui dai Istat
Decisa virata in territorio positivo per l'export italiano a settembre (+ 7,4% rispetto a settembre 2013), grazie soprattutto alla forte ripresa delle vendite al di fuori dell'Unione Europea (+3,3% rispetto al mese precedente e addirittura +8,4% su base annua). "Ancora una volta i risultati sui mercati Extra-UE sembrano compensare le delud...
Amedeo Obici: Italian of the Week
On July 15, 1877, Amedeo Obici was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy to Pietro and Luigia. His father died shortly thereafter, leaving behind his wife, two sons and two daughters. In 1888, Amedeo's uncle invited him to live with his family in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Amedeo sailed from France to New York a year later. He was unable to speak any...
How America became Italian
by Vincent J. Cannato When baseball legend Yogi Berra passed away last month, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred called the late Yankees catcher "a beacon of Americana." Sportswriter Frank Deford had employed the same theme a decade earlier, calling Berra "the ultimate in athletic Americana." That is quite a testament to a man born Lorenzo...
An Interview With Cifonelli's John Vizzone
For those passionate about, and duly devoted to, sartorial pursuits the pinnacle of this world is traversing the bespoke route. Through internet forums and blogs, small houses have gained increased exposure over the last few years. Cifonelli is among them, discussed by a new school of admirers with the same reverence of Savile Row and Naples. &nbs...
Louis DiGiaimo, casting director of 'The Godfather,' dies at 77
by Jill Leovy Louis DiGiaimo, an Emmy-winning casting director who made his name with "The Godfather" — and whose New York sensibilities flavored a string of successful Hollywood films and TV shows — has died. DiGiaimo, a son of Italian immigrants who lived all his life in his native New Jersey, died in Oakland in that state Dec. 19....
Zucchero: il “Black Cat World Tour 2017” sbarca in America e Canada
Dopo aver annunciato per il 2017 cinque concerti all'Arena di Verona e altri live in Germania, Australia e Nuova Zelanda, Zucchero ha annunciato le nuove date del suo "Black Cat World Tour 2017", che toccherà anche Stati Uniti, Canada, Austria, Svizzera e Belgio. L'artista inizierà la tournée con le tappe in America e in Canada: il 15 marzo sar...
Safilo, Kate Spade Extend Licensing Agreement
According to WWD, Italy's Safilo Group and Kate Spade LLC have extended their international licensing agreement for the Kate Spade New York eyewear brand and signed a new contract for the design, production and distribution of the nascent Jack Spade men's eyewear brand in North America. Noting the continuing partnership with Kate Spade LLC...
JAMES GANDOLFINI: The Real Life of the Man Who Made Tony Soprano, by Dan Bischoff
When James Gandolfini died of a heart attack in June 2013, the news came as a particularly jolting shock, in part because the actor was only 51. But the loss also felt like a gut punch because in so much of his work, including his signature role as suburban mafioso Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos," Gandolfini exuded an air of indestructibili...
It's official! Pope Francis announces 2015 visit to US
Pope Francis on Monday officially announced that he will visit the U.S. in September 2015, including a visit to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. "I wish to confirm, if God wills it, that in September of 2015 I will go to Philadelphia for the Eighth World Meeting of Families," he announced at Vatican City's Synod Hall Nov. 17...