Why you should try a Real Italian Agriturismo on your next travel
Want to explore Italy authentically, away from the noise of the city and closer to the slow pace of the countryside? Imagine waking up to the scents of grass and earth, enjoying authentic dishes cooked right in front of you by those who learned them from their grandmothers, strolling through vegetable gardens and vineyards guided by those who culti...
Festa Picnic in Peoria (IL) on Sunday, August 10, 2025, 12-5 p.m.
The Summer Festa Picnic is a long-standing family event held by the Society its founding in 1929. The picnic brings a small piece of Italy and its traditions to central Illinois each summer. What began as a social event for Italian immigrants has evolved into the Society's major fundraiser for its scholarship programs. Indeed, the picnic has become...
The Memo-AmIt Project Seeks Italian Americans to Interview
The Memo-AmIt Project aims to explore the legacy of the Second World War in the memory of Italian Americans born approximately between 1965 and 1985 to investigate, through oral history, the relationship between America and Italy since 1945. WWII deeply influenced the lives of many Italian American families, and its legacy has contributed to shapin...
Benvenuti to St. Cugino’s Day, Knoxville’s First Italian-Inspired Summer Feast
The high summer harvest is here in Knoxville, TN: overripe tomatoes are splitting on the vine, that cucumber you meant to pick last week has entered its “blunt object murder weapon” era, and coworkers keep leaving bags of mystery squash on your desk. Might as well just go with the flow, and feast. This Sunday, Aug. 10, St. Cugino’s Day takes over T...
Italy’s agri-food sector strengthens its lead in Europe
Italy’s agri-food sector remains a cornerstone of the national economy and a leader in Europe. In 2023, the industry generated approximately €42.4 billion in added value, the highest among EU countries. When considering the entire food supply chain—including agriculture, processing, agritourism, and agro-energy—the total contribution is estimated a...
Celebrate Oelwein’s Italian Heritage Saturday
Whether you are of Italian descent, have Italian friends, grew up in the neighborhood, or just like Italian food, the invitation is open to everyone to come and celebrate Italian Heritage Day at Red Gate Park in Oelwein (IA) this Saturday. The bocce ball court will be ready for tournament play with registration starting at 10 a.m. The tournament is...
SpaceX agrees to take Italian experiments to Mars
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to carry Italian experiments on its Starship megarocket during planned future missions to Mars, according to a new deal announced on Thursday. “Italy is going to Mars!” Italian Space Agency president Teodoro Valente said on X, adding that the scientific experiments would fly on the first Starship trips to the red plane...
Returning Italy’s stolen treasures from New York: ancient artifacts come home after decades abroad
Over half a century after it vanished, the remarkable “Head of Alexander”—a marble bust dating to the first century CE and believed to portray Alexander the Great or a figure inspired by him—has finally returned to Italy. The sculpture originally belonged to the Antiquarium of the Roman Forum, where it disappeared sometime during the twentieth cent...
Calabria-Sicily bridge project moves forward amid legal, technical, and financial hurdles
The long-debated plan to build a bridge over the Strait of Messina has reached a pivotal moment—but numerous uncertainties remain. As of early August 2025, Italy’s CIFESS inter-ministerial committee granted approval for the definitive project, which comes with a price tag of 13.5 billion euros. The structure, designed as a single-span suspended bri...
A Romantic story of Marcello Mastroianni’s mother’s meatballs
Sophia Loren’s spaghetti, Alberto Sordi’s Sunday lunch, Nino Manfredi and Vittorio Gassman’s lesso alla Piacchiapò in Ettore Scola’s film We All Loved Each Other So Much. When these giants of cinema are evoked—who portrayed a poor yet authentic Italy, especially through food—it feels like being catapulted into a distant era. A country that no longe...
The secret seaside escape where Italians have been holidaying for years
Cycling along a path fringing the Adriatic Sea, I pass families entering a play park and older couples walking hand in hand. The pedestrianised “park of the sea” is a quiet spot for a morning stroll, but it also turns into a lively night-time destination after dark. What once was a road and car park is now a path curved like the waves of the sea wh...
Isabella Rossellini, 73, Drops Jaws in Makeup-Free Video: ‘Inspiring and Beautiful’
As the star of such unforgettable films as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her, Isabella Rossellini has been stunning audiences with her talent and beauty for decades. Now, at 73, the actress and model is embracing the “freedom” that comes with age…and looking every bit as gorgeous as ever in the process, as a recent video proved. Rossellini took to...