Geraldine Ferraro, One Year After Her Departure
Aileen Riotto Sirey, Founder and Chair of NOIAW, meets i-Italy to share her memories of her best friend Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman be a candidate for Vice-Presidency of the United States, as well as the only Italian-American to run for such a high office. A role model for Italian-American women, Ferraro died on March 26, 2011 after twelve years from being diagnosed with multiple myeloma.
The Godfather's Italian table
"Godfather" director Francis Ford Coppola is a big shot - and not just in the film world. As a vintner and restaurateur, Coppola apparently sees himself as the capo di tutti capi - the boss of all bosses - who owns the Italian dictionary. Last year, Coppola won a U.S. trademark for the phrase, a tavola - Italian for "to the table" (or, in American English, "come and get it"). It seems the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office also thinks Coppola owns a piece of the Italian language.
History: Italian-Americans Maintain Gardens in Albert Park
San Rafael residents played baseball and picnicked at Albert Park for years, but by the early 1990s, the field donated to the city in 1937 by Jacob Albert had become run down. Transients and druggies called unkempt corners home. Albert Park no longer felt safe. Aiming to revive Jacob Albert's dream of a park that all residents could enjoy, the city of San Rafael formed the Albert Park Renovation Committee, a team of diverse community members dedicated to renovating the area. The Gruppo Lonatese, a local organization that celebrates San Rafael's rich Italian-American heritage, joined that team and provided significant funds and energy to the park's renovation.
US Ambassador to Italy visits the America’s Cup World Series Naples
Ambassador David Thorne experienced the first day’s racing at the America’s Cup World Series Naples today, watching the two races up close from the support boat of America’s Cup champion ORACLE Racing.“I would like to express my gratitude to the America’s Cup organizers and the beautiful city of Naples for hosting this prestigious event. It is a great honor to see this exciting racing, so I also sincerely thank Oracle for this opportunity. My grandfather sailed an America’s Cup defender many years ago, so sailing is in my blood,” said Ambassador Thorne.His family connection is with the yacht Whirlwind, a trialist for the defense of the America’s Cup in 1934. ORACLE Racing is the official defense team for the 2013 America’s Cup in San Francisco.
Da una barca a tavola, con i Serafina Boys
Ceno con Vittorio Assaf e Fabio Granato, i due eterni ragazzi dietro il successo della fortunata catena di ristoranti newyorkesi. Tra una pizza al tartufo e una burrata con dell'ottimo vino il racconto della loro storia americana. Con noi anche la loro amica e sommelier, Alessandra Rotondi. Il loro nuovo 'Serafina Meatpacking' sta per aprire: "ci siamo inventati un menù solo per maggiorenni. Occorrerà avere 21 anni per ordinarlo. E’ a base di Tequila.”
I.A.C.C. New York - Introducing the Women's Forum
Introducing the Women's Forum of Italy-America Chamber of Commerce.
The Leopard at Des Artistes - 03/27/2012, New York City
The Italian Job: A Career Fair Like No Other @ NYU
The first career fair for Italian majors was just held at NYU's Wasserman Center for Career Development. The event was organized by Salvatore Peter Ambrosino, major in Italian Studies, with the collaboration of Casa Italiana's Director Stefano Albertini, of Claudio Bozzo of the Italy America Chamber of Commerce and of Trudy Steinfeld of the Wasserman Center.
Ready, Set, Go! America’s Cup World Series 2012 in Naples
The southern city, which has carried out a variety of projects to host the event, including the extension of a breakwater so the yachts can race off the beautiful city seafront with Mt Vesuvius in the background, has embraced the event with enthusiasm.
Wiseguy's Brooklyn basement got makeover after 2 gangland hits, mob rat says at trial
It was the mob’s version of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” Testimony in a Brooklyn Mafia trial turned Tuesday from retribution to renovation as the jury was walked through the “dungeon” where two Colombo wiseguys were allegedly whacked.
For better or worse, Italian-American reality stars are the hottest 'characters' on TV
Anthony, Frankie, Giovanni, Chip and Peter – the young men TLC introduces on Monday night are not identified by their full names onscreen. But even without knowing their surnames (and even if "Giovanni" didn't tip you off), you'd know the ethnicity of these longtime friends. The flag of Italy flutters in the breeze. Songs like "Mambo Italiano" and "Tarantella" blare. Pasta prevails.
Three Italians on Time's person-of-the-year list
Washington, April 10 - Premier Mario Monti, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne are three Italians among the candidates for Time magazine's annual person-of-the-year cover.
Winter weather returns to Italy
Roma, April 11 - Cold weather returned throughout Italy on Wednesday as temperatures plunged and meteorologists predicted 10 days of unstable springtime weather with storms and winter-like conditions.
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