The Italian Destination That Boasts Amalfi Coast Views At A Lower Cost With Fewer Crowds
Overtourism is almost a hackneyed phrase for Italy. With around 60 million annual visitors, the weight of tourism is a struggle for historically popular areas like Venice, which is currently piloting a fee program for day-trippers. Similarly, crowds in Rome and Florence are driving visitors to look for alternatives, and it's redirecting the spotlig...
Scannicchio elevated to presiding judge
Cook County Circuit Court Justice Regina Scannicchio has been elevated from acting presiding judge to presiding judge of the Domestic Relations Division by Chief Judge Timothy Evans. Scannicchio was named acting presiding judge on Sept. 23, 2022. She was first appointed to the bench by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2011 after 23 years as a private...
This Charming Lake Town in Italy Has Grand Hotels, Boat Tours, and Some of the Country's Most Beautiful Gardens
Once you finally reach Bellagio, set as it is at the tip of a pointy landmass in the middle of Lake Como, the first thing that may strike you is how small it is, especially given its larger-than-life reputation. This is the town — calling it a city would be an overstatement — that’s wowed Roman emperors, Austrian archdukes, Romantic poets, Fascist...
13th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival in Pittsburgh, PA
13th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival. Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. Acrisure Stadium, 100 Art Rooney Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212. The 13th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival will return to Acrisure Stadium, South Endzone Gate A, on Saturday, Aug. 24. Support the History Center’s Italian American Program and sponsor a team of four in the double-elimina...
15 Italian Movies on Netflix That’ll Make You Want to Book Your Next Trip to Europe
If you want to take a summer vacation to Italy from the comfort of your couch, I have just the solution…and it comes in the form of a foreign film marathon. This is blessedly easy to accomplish for Netflix subscribers, too, since the streaming platform has a whole host of exclusive Italian films available for your viewing pleasure. 1. Happy as Lazz...
Restored Christopher Columbus statue finds new home in Rockland County
A 2,000-pound bronzed statue of Christopher Columbus has been relocated to the Rockland Sons of Italy Lodge in Blauvelt, NY. The nearly 100-year-old statue, created in 1925, was previously vandalized and defaced during protests in Richmond, Virginia, in 2020. An Italian-American organization fundraised to restore the statue, which arrived at its ne...
Hidden in plain sight, the world's oldest indoor theater
When Valeria Cafà describes Teatro Olimpico, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the world’s oldest indoor theater, she calls it a “hidden gem right in the heart of Vicenza.” Cafà, Director of the Museums in Vicenza, is proud of architect Andrea Palladio’s last work of art – a theater finished shortly after his death in 1580 – that is one of Vicenza’s...
Italian American Podcast Ep.331 Bridging Traditions: A Journey Through Italian America
Join us for an entertaining and heartfelt episode of the Italian American Podcast as John Viola, Patrick O’Boyle, and special guest Mark Rotella bring you into the heart of Little Italy from their newly set up studio. Listen in as we banter everything from mismatched attire to the nostalgia of simpler times when we enjoyed French pastries during re...
Yesterday, in twenty minutes an Italian town of 9,000 people won as many gold medals as Germany has
Roncadelle, a town of 9200 people just outside Brescia in Lombardy, will not easily forget this August 1. Two golds in quick succession. First Giovanni De Gennaro in slalom canoeing and, soon after, Alice Bellandi in 78 kg judo. Both from Roncadelle, both able to propel this small, wealthy, industrious town into Olympic glory. An area of small and...
The art cities of Sicily: a journey through history, culture and monuments
Sicily is a land of a thousand faces, filled with cultural influences and scenic wonders that make it a rich tourist treasure chest suited to the needs of every traveler. It is therefore suitable not only for vacations of a seaside nature, but also for magnificent tours through history and art, by virtue of the many beauties within its vast territo...
Owners of South Tampa’s Viva Napoli restaurant open Spacca Napoli in Carrollwood
When Simona and Andrea Sarpa, a husband-and-wife team, arrived in Tampa from Naples, Italy, almost a decade ago, they brought along a high pedigree in Italian food and the high standards well established in Italian culture. It wasn’t long before they realized that if they wanted a taste of home, they would have to do it themselves. Now, the couple...
The Tale of Tortellini – Emilia Romagna's slightly naughty pasta
Italians are hardcore about their food. Dare if you may question whether Town X makes better (fill-in-the-blank) than Town Y and you’ll get an earful of the deep-seated pride and honor welded to local cuisine. It’s a given; from entire regions down to the tiniest borgo, food pride is as robust as Roman concrete. Despite this truth, most Italians wo...