For Italian-American Heritage Month: Baseball's Sal Maglie, the 'Demon Barber'
When Sal Maglie was finishing his two years, 1956-1957, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he gave advice to his two future Hall of Fame teammates, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. Known around baseball as “The Barber,” Sal told the future greats: "Throw that second brushback pitch right away so the batter will know you meant the first one." Koufax and Drysd...
Big, Uncomplicated and Loud: My Italian American Family
While FDR had his fireside chats, I experienced porch side chats where I learned much about my heritage. It is well known that weekly Sunday suppers were a special time for large Italian families. It was a day of rest, except of course for Italian mothers — but they loved it, as they had an opportunity to enjoy the company of relatives and visiting...
Why You Need to Watch 'Italianamerican', Martin Scorsese's Forgotten Family Doc
Over the past seven decades, no one has explored the story of America in the 20th century quite like Martin Scorsese. The 80-year-old director's most recent films, The Irishman (2019) and Killers Of The Flower Moon, out this Friday, are big ticket affairs that ask even bigger questions about life, death and everything in-between. But 49 years ago,...
Italian Heritage Required Reading
As Italian Heritage Month draws to a close, I want to challenge everyone to continue to learn more about what makes us “Italian.” There are many great resources available. However, I want to urge you to read books about our heritage and history. Read stories about those who came before us. The sacrifices they made. All they accomplished. We need to...
United Airlines, in 2024 more flights from Italy to the United States. Rome-Washington twice daily
United Airlines has announced an expansion of its seasonal services from Italy to the United States for 2024. For the summer of 2024, direct seasonal service between Rome and Washington, D.C. will increase from once to twice daily, while seasonal flights from Rome to Chicago and San Francisco, Milan to Chicago, as well as Naples to New York/Newark...
Italian Justice Minister Nordio's mission to the U.S. and Canada
Mission to the United States and Canada for Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio. On Monday, October 30, the Guardasigilli will meet in Washington at the Department of Justice with his U.S. counterpart, Attorney General, Merrick Garland. In Ottawa on Wednesday, Nov. 1 and Thursday, Nov. 2, Minister Nordio is scheduled to hold working meetings with...
Cristiano Cosa tells of the American dream and the expatriate soul with new single "L'ultima Sera"
After a two-year hiatus, Cristiano Cosa breaks his silence and returns to releasing his music, with renewed maturity and style, to tell the stories of those who experience moving to a big city like New York, which has always been the subject of dreams and big changes. "L'Ultima Sera," already part of the original soundtrack of Davide Ippolito's doc...
IAP299: “Italian American gothic”- Dolores and P.O.B. on how to homestead Italian American style
Because this is the final episode of Italian American Heritage Month, we thought we’d gather the Famiglia and share the stories of the “Italian Heritage Heroes” who inspire each of us, except… we never quite got to that! When Dolores, Rossella, John, and Pat reunite in person and around the table for the first time in a long time, and 3/4 of the gr...
Lady Gaga Joins U2 for ‘Shallow’ and Other Duets at Las Vegas’ Sphere
U2 found what they were looking for in a duet partner Wednesday night at Sphere in Las Vegas, as Lady Gaga joined the group for duets on one of her songs, “Shallow,” and two of theirs, “All I Want Is You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” Bono introduced his fellow leather-jacketed guest as “the most audacious, vivacious woman in an...
Franca Mancinelli's "All the Eyes that I Have Opened"
Written by one of the most compelling new voices in Italian literature, All the Eyes that I Have Opened (Tutti gli occhi che ho aperto), available in a bilingual edition at Black Square Editions, is the fourth of Franca Mancinelli’s books to appear in English. Weaving together verse and poetic prose, this artfully composed book creates “a fragmente...
For the third time in a row, the Speaker of the House has Italian roots
After Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy, newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) also has Italian blood. It was he himself who declared this in 2020 during an interview with politico.com. “While I am stuck with one of the most common names in America, my lineage has a lot more flair. My maternal grandfather, for example, was a Sicilian immig...
"AP GIANNINI - BANK TO THE FUTURE" A Cinematic Journey into the Italian Banker Behind the American Dream
In celebration of Italian Heritage and Culture Month in the U.S., production houses Daitona and Preston Witman Productions have unveiled an exclusive U.S. tour for their latest documentary "AP Giannini - Bank To The Future." Directed by Valentina Signorelli and Cecilia Zoppelletto, the film delves deep into the remarkable journey of Amadeo Peter Gi...