Nick Bollettieri: Italian of the Week
Tennis coaching great Nicholas James Bollettieri was born on July 31, 1931, in North Pelham, New York. His parents were Italian immigrants, and he was raised in a close-knit Italian family. In high school, Nick was on his high school's football team and was their star quarterback. In 1953, Nick graduated college with a degree in philosophy from Spr...
ItalyntheBox: Culinary Gems from Italy Delivered to your Doorstep
INTRODUCING THE BEST ARTISANAL ITALIAN FOOD PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE AT YOUR DOORSTEP. On behalf of our friends and supporters, Giovanni Colavita and Alessio Rossi, we would like to tell you about a new and exciting Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign for ItalyntheBox. We think it's a fantastic concept and would like to share it wi...
Tony Bennett's a classic who's contemporary
by Vanessa Franko With a velvety voice that has spanned generations, Tony Bennett is a true icon of American music. The 89-year-old crooner had his first No. 1 hit 65 years ago with "Because of You," and while his career continued to skyrocket with songs such as "Rags to Riches" and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," he also managed...
Branded: Italian Americans as WWII 'Enemies'
by Lawrence W. DiStasi I am the author of four previous books: Mal Occhio: The Underside of Vision (North Point Press: 1981), Dream Streets: The Big Book of Italian American Culture (Harper & Row: 1989), Una Storia Segreta: The Secret History of Italian American Evacuation and Internment During World War II (Heyday Books: 2001), and Esty: A No...
Cooking with Nonna is now on TV!
by Rossella Rago Dear Friends, it gives me great plesure to announce that you can now enjoy all the Cooking with Nonna shows on your TV. We have just launched the Cooking with Nonna Channel on the following OTT TV platforms so that you can enjoy all the past shows as well as all the new shows in the comfort of your living room. S...
America chiama Italia: Quagliarella e Gilardino tentati dalla MLS, il loro agente li propone a vari club
Una volta ci andavano i vari Chinaglia e Donadoni. Da un po' di tempo, la strada che dall'Italia porta verso l'America calcistica è nuovamente riaperta. E il via vai potrebbe continuare ben presto con due illustri attaccanti della nostra Serie A: Fabio Quagliarella e Alberto Gilardino. Secondo 'Sky Sport', esiste infatti un progetto per po...
Cari italiani e italiane all'estero, vi racconterò la mia esperienza
Fucsia Nissoli, eletta nella circoscrizione Centro Nord America, inaugura la sua rubrica per La VOCE di New York: "Vi scrivo con la sensibilità di una madre di tre figli, di una italiana che vive negli Stati Uniti e che ha sempre cercato di essere al servizio della comunità" Care amiche, cari amici,Inauguro questa rubrica su La VOCE di New...
USA: Chiesi lancia fondo proprio di venture capital con A.M.Pappas
Il gruppo farmaceutico Chiesi di Parma ha creato un proprio fondo di Venture Capital, ChiesiVentures, attraverso una collaborazione strategica con A.M. Pappas & Associates. Lo ha reso noto la societa'. L'obiettivo e' di espandere la rete di contatti Chiesi negli Stati Uniti presso istituzioni accademiche, investitori nel mondo del Venture Capit...
Fiat turns Bako into N. Dakota into Italy
Is it us, or does Palermo, N.D., look A LOT like Old Town Kern? Seriously. Watch the Fiat "Gran Finale" television commercial (which can be viewed online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F82hH65LHic). About two-thirds the way through the commercial there's an image of what appears to be the old Southern Pacific Station on Sumner...
A Conversation With Veronica Mainetti of the Sorgente Group of America
by Vivian Marino Ms. Mainetti, 36, is president of the Sorgente Group of America, one of three holding companies of the Sorgente Group of Rome, which is run by her father, Valter Mainetti, the majority shareholder and chief executive. Sorgente specializes in historical preservation projects and is majority owner of New York's Flat...
The True Patriotism of Italian Americans Seeking Italian Citizenship
by Flavia Idà Dear Editor, I've often heard that people of Italian descent born abroad have no sense of patriotism toward the land of their ancestors, aside from superficial aspects that often lend themselves to stereotypes: "Italians are the best cooks, the best lovers, the best soccer players" and so on. But my experience o...
Italian-American Crooners
by Mark Chilla From 1947–1954, there were 25 Italian-Americans who had chart-topping hits in the world of American Popular Music. You may say that the Great American Songbook was shaped, at least in part, by these Italian interpreters. On this episode, we'll salute the Italian-American crooners, like such artists as Frank Sinatra, Louis Pr...