Garibaldi’s Gotham
Saturday, July 19th, 3:00 pm. 10 per person (event ticket and admission to the Museum’s current exhibition). Italian American Museum - 151 Mulberry Street - New York, NY 10013. In celebration of the 175th Anniversary of Giuseppe Garibaldi’s arrival in New York, the Italian American Museum proudly presents “Garibaldi’s Gotham” by Robert Spiotto, Sat...
Italy sides with EU, seeks calm and a deal in Trump tariff standoff
The EU is responding to US President Donald Trump's tariff threat with a dual-track approach: negotiations with Washington are ongoing, while countermeasures have been temporarily suspended in a strategic effort to de-escalate. The move comes as Trump threatens to impose sweeping 30% tariffs on EU products starting August 1 — a prospect that has pr...
The Passing Of Dr. Domenic Amara
Our beloved Italian American Alliance (IAA) Chairman, Dr. Domenic Amara, passed away Friday night after a long battle with cancer. This great man was one of the original founders of our IAA organization and served as President of the Pirandello Lyceum. He will be missed by all who knew him. Dr. Domenic G. Amara, PhD, was the former Academic Superin...
St. Frances Cabrini’s New York: A Pilgrimage in Her Footsteps
As the Church prepares to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the birth of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini at her shrine in Manhattan on July 15, we’re sharing Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s 2021 three-part tour of this beloved pilgrimage site. St. Frances Cabrini, the first U.S. citizen to be canonized, devoted her life to serving immigrants, the poor, and th...
Ohio's Louie Vito Seeks Olympic Bid With Italy
There’s no dodging this question: Louie Vito is officially seeking a spot at his third Olympics. Diehard fans of competition snowboarding probably made that assumption, but the news became official when he told David DeGuzman, a reporter for Ohio’s NBC affiliate TV station, in an interview that aired July 8, 2025.Vito will once again compete for It...
Italy's sunken city returning from the sea
"You're fine. Just don't look down." I hold my breath, take the captain's outstretched hand and board the boat. The waves glimmer beneath my feet; the only thing separating me from the sea is a pane of glass. As our tour sets sail, the vast Bay of Cartaromana opens up before us. Jagged cliffs shoot up from the waves; sunbathers sprawl on the inl...
Netflix Presents Il Mostro: A Haunting Dive into Italy's Most Infamous Serial Killer Case
This October, Netflix commemorates its 10th anniversary in Italy with the release of Il Mostro, a gripping new limited series that brings to life one of the most disturbing chapters in the country’s criminal history. Directed by Stefano Sollima (Gomorrah, Romanzo Criminale), and co-created with Leonardo Fasoli, the four-part series will debut world...
D’Andrea helps Oklahoma National Guard plan Thunderbird Trail to honor WWII vets
Eighty-two years ago, the Allied invasion of Italy began in Sicily. The operation preceded landings at Salerno in the Campania region, and with it the push to take Rome. In May, leaders of the Oklahoma National Guard revisited that same terrain along with Oklahoma State University Department of History professor David D’Andrea. Stopping at sites i...
Seven Hills to host Italian sister city with gala event
Mayor Simone Costanzo of Coreno Ausonio, Italy, is coming to Seven Hills. The mayor of the Italian municipality will be hosted by his sister city counterpart, Seven Hills Mayor Anthony D. Biasiotta, at a special gala event Aug. 2 at the Community Recreation Center. The upcoming international visit so far has exceeded Biasiotta’s expectations.“Worki...
The case of the pink Gronchi: how a mistake turned a stamp into a collector's item
In the panorama of Italian philately, stamp collecting, there is a representative case in which an error led to the birth of one of the most sought-after collectibles. This is the Gronchi rosa, a postage stamp issued by the Italian postal service on April 3, 1961, and withdrawn almost immediately from circulation because of a graphic error concerni...
We Have a New Home!
Dear Friends of the Italian American Veterans Museum,Great news! The Italian American Veterans Museum has landed at its new location in Addison, Illinois. And better yet, we have allies to help us make the transition, including you! We are pleased to announce that we will occupy a splendid new space in a stately 100-year-old building situated acros...
Minneapolis nonprofit takes travelers across rural Italy: ‘Walk with your hearts’
On a brisk spring morning in Rimini, I stood in a hushed cathedral with 11 other hikers, waiting for a bishop’s blessing. Ahead lay days of strenuous trekking through Italy’s mountainous Emilia-Romagna region to the Sanctuary of La Verna, a Franciscan monastery in Tuscany. Together we would climb and descend for 75 miles on paths, some rugged and s...