Free Screening of "The Italian Americans" to Celebrate Italian-American Month
You don't have to be Italian to eat spaghetti or to attend a Feast in the North End. And you don't have to be Italian to enjoy the film The Italian Americans* coming October 19th to the Beebe Library Lecture Hall. To help celebrate October being Italian Heritage Month, the Wakefield Sons of Italy is inviting the public to attend Part 1 of this...
Lights! Cameras! Action! Stars come out for NIAF 40th Anniversary Gala weekend—October 16-18 in D.C.
Celebrities and entertainment take center stage during the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) 40th Anniversary Gala Awards Weekend to celebrate a milestone at its new venue at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, October 16 -18, 2015. As part of NIAF's lineup of celebrities, actors Danny Aiello, Chazz Palminteri and Annabel...
Thousands visit remains of youngest Catholic saint near Chicago
by Nikitta Foston Thousands gathered at a church in suburban Chicago on Wednesday to visit a display holding the remains of Maria Goretti, an 11-year-old Italian girl who became the Roman Catholic Church's youngest saint. The skeleton of Goretti, who was stabbed to death during an attempted rape in 1902, was encased in a wax statue ly...
The Light in the Piazza melds Broadway, opera
by Bob Curtwright Is "The Light in the Piazza" opera for the Broadway crowd or Broadway for the opera set? Well, it's sort of both, says Wayne Bryan, guest director for the lushly romantic tale about the meeting of a naive American tourist and a lovestruck Italian boy in Florence, Italy, during one summer in the post-war 1950s. ...
Italian festival celebrates community, family
Street painting, rides, games, and an eclectic display of Italian foods to eat and enjoy. These are some of the fun items on the menu of the 13th annual Feast of Little Italy in Jupiter this weekend. What started more than a decade ago as a vision to create an experience rich in Italian culture has turned into a celebration of the contrib...
Italian round table book discussion - Tavola rotonda, "Pista nera" di Antonio Manzini
21 Nov 2015, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM. Italian Cultural Center - 528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 501 - Registration - Member $15.00 (USD), Non Member $20.00 (USD). The ICC is excited to announce a new, very special Italian round table book discussion--- Tavola rotonda, "Pista nera" di Antonio Manzini! ICC native Italian...
1st Annual Tombola Gala Fundraiser
December 4. 6:30 pm — 8:00 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place - Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States. Join us as we celebrate the Holiday Season and the opening of Presepio Napoletano at the first Tombola Gala Fundraising Event. The event will feature: • Live music• Sumptuous specialty dinne...
Service, style and so much of a good thing at Carbone
One of the biggest restaurant openings of the year on the Strip, Carbone effortlessly fulfills its promise to provide a distinctive experience. The building blocks that come together to make it unique—dramatic design, warm service, favorite Italian-American foods, tableside service for several dishes—can be found at a handful of other Vegas eaterie...
“Vatican Splendors” at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia
The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia is hosting the exhibit Vatican Splendor, until February 15, 2016 The exhibition, opened during the historic Papal Visit (September 26-27) and the 2015 World Meeting of Families Congress in Philadelphia (September 22-25). The exhibition explores the historical and cultural impact of the Vatican over th...
In 2015 Italy’s food exports scored +7% keeping the sector afloat, now betting on domestic demand
by Emanuele Scarci According to Federalimentare's (the industry's association) research center, food export has grown by 7% reaching €21.2 billion in the first nine months of 2015, showing a significant stabilization after the +7.3% of the first eight months and the +6.8% of the first seven months. Wine is still leading the way of Ita...
Apply now for the 2016 Italian Diaspora Culture Program in Calabria
This three-week summer program, to be held for the second year in a row at the University of Calabria (Arcavacata di Rende) takes place June 13 through July 1 and is designed to introduce participants (doctoral students and professors) to cultural studies of the Italian Diaspora from a variety of academic perspectives. This is the second y...
The Costa Smeralda Landing in New York
Starwood Costa Smeralda is planning to open a luxury restaurant in New York within 2016, that will contribute in promoting traditional culture and food of Sardinia. After launching the initiative Taste of Sardinia promoted in the UK, France and Qatar, the exclusive company geared by Qatar sheik's, is now ready to conquer the US with the Cala d...