Bloomfield anti-bias group puts AFLAC on Wall of Shame
The Italian American One Voice Coalition, an Italian American anti-bias group based in Bloomfield, placed AFLAC on its Wall of Shame. The "dishonor" is bestowed for AFLAC's commercial "Family Business," which portrays Italian Americans as mobsters. This ad is unacceptable to Italian Americans and should be removed immediately, according t...
ExhibITALIA 2014 Testimonials
Consul General of Italy, Fabrizio Nava The Italian Consul General Fabrizio Nava in Houston states very clearly his approval of ExhibItalia in his letter: "I therefore express my strong appreciation for the initiative undertaken by the Italy America Chamber of Commerce to organize 'Exhibitalia'. This venue will provide a new and relevant o...
Tracing the Evolution of Stereotypes of Italian-Americans as Lovers of Food & Sex
In collaboration with the New York Council for the Humanities, NIDO (Noi Italiani D'Oggi) and Arts Mid-Hudson (formerly Dutchess County Arts Council) Folk Arts Program present "Linguini and Lust: Food and Sex in Italian American Culture," a lecture presentation by Fred Gardaphe, Ph.D., tracing the evolution of stereotypes of Italian-Americans as lo...
Il concorso ‘Memorie Migranti’ taglia il nastro: ospite d’onore il critico Arnaldo Colasanti
Registi, giovani filmaker e studenti provenienti da tutta Italia e dall'estero si sono dati appuntamento per festeggiare la X edizione del "Concorso Video Memorie Migranti", che si fregia di due testimonial d'eccezione, i giornalisti Piero Angela e Gian Antonio Stella. Sabato 12 aprile alle 10 a Gualdo Tadino, presso il Cinema Teatro Don B...
Ceramics of Italy at Coverings 2014
In celebration of its Silver Anniversary, Coverings is headed to the entertainment capital of the world for four days of tile, stone, and glittering lights. From April 29 - May 2, 2014, the Las Vegas Convention Center will be the ultimate meeting ground for industry experts, architects and designers, and Ceramics of Italy is pleased to be...
Italian family thanks soldier's Rock Hill family
Gaetano and Caroline Simonelli were just children on a farm in Nazi-occupied Italy in 1943 when a fighter plane screamed across the sky and crashed within feet of their home. The pilot was killed. The Simonelli family, devout Roman Catholics, buried him right there on the farm. In a Rock Hill cemetery 71 years later an old man named Bobby...
St. Peter's Catholic School has changed with the Mission
Back when I was a kid, my family lived on Potrero Hill, but my sister, brother and I all had a kind of dual San Francisco citizenship. We were Mission kids, too. We walked a dozen blocks every day down 24th Street to St. Peter's Catholic School on Florida Street. It was another world, then. The Mission was blue-collar, and almost all the k...
Nasce Sport Plus, il mensile di America Oggi
Con una tiratura di 12.500 copie, è nato ieri il primo numero del mensile 'Sport Plus', edito dal Gruppo Editoriale Oggi, che già pubblica il quotidiano 'America Oggi', l'unico in lingua italiana negli Stati Uniti. 'Sport Plus' sarà in edicola il secondo martedì di ogni mese, con la missione di offrire storie e approfondimenti sulla realtà sportiva...
Pizza Maestro Tony Gemignani vies for new world record
By Giuseppe Esposito In the heart of San Francisco's storied Little Italy is Tony's Pizza Napoletana, home of eleven-time World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani. When the restaurant opened five years ago, it brought a sense of renewed vibrancy to the Stockton block of North Beach, which at the time had many empty store fronts. Read...
Fun, Italian style
Festa Italiana drew a crowd out to the Waterloo Gun & Bocce Club on a sunny, warm, summer Sunday to celebrate the culture of the area's Italian-American community. "Our turnout exceeded our expectations," Andrea Songey-Neff said of the second annual event. "It was a celebration of everything Italian. It's food, it's music, it's family...
Apulia Attraction: la Puglia seleziona corregionali manager e imprenditori all’estero
Il Servizio Internazionalizzazione della Regione Puglia presenta "Apulia Attraction", un'iniziativa che punta alla creazione all'estero di una rete di stakeholder di origine pugliese, interessati e disponibili a diventare uno degli "snodi intelligenti" (Smart Node Apulia Attraction) per la diffusione di informazioni sulle opportunità di investiment...
Filitalia International, open enrollment for International Scholarships 2014
"Filitalia International's Scholarship – says Rosetta Miriello - programs benefit our young member's futures. All completed scholarship applications must be at 1809-13 Oregon Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19145 by 5pm ET, September 145h, 2014- no exceptions. The scholarship recipients will be announced September 30th, 2014 and the winners will...