Casa Belvedere to host 13th annual Fall Festival & Italian Exotic Car Show
The 13th Annual Fall Festival & Italian Exotic Car Show will be staged at Casa Belvedere on Saturday, Oct. 12 from noon to 6 p.m., and on Sunday, Oct. 13 from noon until 5 p.m. As in past years, the popular event celebrates all things Italian, with a focus on exotic Italian cars. Proceeds will underwrite the Italian Cultural Foundation’s arts, educ...
100+ Year Old South Philly Italian Festival Returns with Food, Music, Family Fun, & Procession
A beloved tradition with roots back to the early 1900s returns to South Philadelphia. The Annual St. Nicholas of Tolentine Authentic Italian Festival will bring out thousands of people on Sunday, October 6th, to the 1700 Block of South 9th Street, from 12 Noon to 8:00pm. One of the largest authentic Italian festivals of the year is back and starts...
Calabrians know all about southern hospitality
There’s something about the southern part of almost any country that rouses mixed feelings in people. An overweening sense of pride in those who live there seems to be set against a particular kind of bias from outsiders. I have friends who live in Italy who talk about a common phrase uttered by those who live in and around the northern city of Mil...
IABF will double down on its efforts to give Italian players opportunities to play college baseball and softball in the US
The Italian American Baseball Foundation will double down on its efforts to give Italian players opportunities to play college baseball and softball in the United States. IABF has established a new international strategic plan for its growing college pipeline for the 2024-2025 school year and beyond. The process involves bolstering international le...
My Little Falls (NY): October is Italian Heritage Month
In 1989 Congress designated October as Italian Heritage Month. Italian Heritage Month honors more than just Christopher Columbus. This month provides the opportunity to highlight and recognize the many achievements, contributions, and successes of Americans of Italian descent as well as Italians in America. We honor the achievements and contributio...
Michigan football's Dominick Giudice cites background as reason behind strong play
The Michigan football program has always been loud and proud. Michigan beating USC is always a chest-pounding moment. It only makes sense that the offensive line is led by someone with those same qualities. Center Dominick Giudice cited a New Jersey Italian background as just one reason driving Michigan football's success this season. Giudice expla...
Experience Italy in LA: Taste of Italy Returns for a Night of Food, Wine, and Entertainment
The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles (IAMLA) will host the 13th annual Taste of Italy event on Saturday, September 28, transforming the heart of downtown Los Angeles into a lively Italian piazza for an evening of food, wine, and entertainment. Taste of Italy has become one of the city’s premier food and wine events, drawing food enthusiasts a...
Italian Mariuccia Rivano: “I am 98 years old and I windsurf, golf, ski and have a younger husband. My secret? Diet.”
She has been windsurfing every summer for several years now, playing golf in a Roman club, skiing in winter, and in her native Liguria walking miles and miles of trails in the Sestri Levante area-all this and more at the age of 98. This is the story of Maria Carla Rivano, known to everyone as Mariuccia, who will blow ninety-eight candles this comin...
The Artistry of John Monteleone and Singer Mafalda Minnozzi at Casa Italiana
Italian jazz singer Mafalda Minnozzi returns to NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimó on Monday, September 30 at 6:30 pm for a multimedia evening of song and cinema centered around the life and art of the legendary luthier John Monteleone. A special director’s cut of John Monteleone – The Chisels Are Calling will make its debut, followed by a panel feat...
Three days of Italian heritage and culture returns to Harford County this weekend
Three days of Italian heritage and culture returns to Harford County this weekend. The event is being held at the Harford County Equestrian Center in Bel Air, MD. The Galbani Maryland Italian Festival offers fun for the entire family such as live entertainment, cooking and wine demonstrations, retail vendors, and all the food you can handle. Frank...
Columbus Day Flag Raising Set for Hamilton on Oct. 14
Local and county officials will join the Trenton Columbus Statue Restoration Committee and several Italian American organizations for a Columbus Day flag-raising ceremony in Veterans Park on October 14,. The event will take place from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. The ceremony will include remarks from Honorable Cav. Gilda Rorro Ed.D., Honorary Vice Consul...
Here's How Ancient Romans Seasoned The World's First Hamburgers
The United States has taken a lot of ideas from Ancient Rome. The authors of the Constitution famously based many of their best ideas on the framework of Rome's justice system and representative democracy, the legacy of Roman architecture can be seen in the pillars of the U.S. Capitol, and a great portion of our language can be traced to Ancient Ro...