The Italian American Podcast is proud to support Bergen Community College as it continues its “Cinema Ciccone” silent film series this month with three unique films, all designed to celebrate this nearly 100-year old art. The series will feature “The Docks of New York” on Tuesday, Feb. 11, “A …
History
IAP 128: “Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going” – Examining the Italian American Identity Survey Results (Part 1)
At the start of Italian American Heritage Month last October, we created the ITALIAN IDENTITY 2020 SURVEY, which is our effort to ask the questions only we could ask of ourselves, and to understand what the Italian American community really looks like today, and what we will become in the …
Amedeo Obici: The Italian American Peanut King
“Everyone has a nickel.” That realization was what led Amedeo Obici to create a lasting empire. Obici came to the United States from Oderzo, Italy, in 1889 at the age of 10. Originally planning to go to Scranton, Pennsylvania to join relatives, a mix-up en route from Brooklyn led him to …