Membership in AS Roma fan club costs $40 – plus your very heart and soul
The red and yellow décor in part of Massimo Musumeci’s house suggests that he is a fan of AS Roma. To know for sure, ask him about the time when severe weather called for an evacuation, and he immediately grabbed his most prized items: his collection of scarves and shirts in team colors. Or how he asked that a christening (and he was a godfather!)...
The secret to Italian men’s style
There’s a type of Italian man who is naturally well dressed. You see him on the streets of every Italian city, but particularly in Milan. And were you to go up to him and ask him what he was wearing, he’d probably shrug and say that he didn’t really know, he just threw it on in the morning. This sort of bourgeois, well-to-do Italian style — a great...
‘CABRINI’ Chronicles the Life of an Unwavering Italian American Saint
CABRINI is an exceptional, full-length motion picture that celebrates the life and outstanding accomplishments of America’s first saint, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. From her beginnings in Italy as an ailing child, to her worldwide accomplishments of creating more than 60 hospitals, orphanages and schools, Mother Cabrini overcame a lifetime of ob...
The Greek connection: why Italians and Greeks are more than geographical neighbors
Recently, while browsing the net, I stumbled upon an article by Nick Kampouris in Greek Reporter that tickled my interest about the close ties between Greek and Italian cultures. Mind, that we and the Greeks are culturally close is something we all learn when we are in Elementary school and get acquainted for the first time with the history of Anti...
Sicilian Style at Safina
Downtown Milwaukee is really starting to find its footing when it comes to fine dining. North Jefferson Street has some of Milwaukee’s favorites and is also seeing a lot of transition on the block between Wells and Mason, including Safina at 785 N. Jefferson Street. Nestled in one of the ever-beautiful stone mansions often filled with retail, Safi...
Portofino, Italy: The Ultimate Guide for an Authentic Adventure
Portofino was "Portus Delphini" in Roman times, named for its many dolphins. A dolphin under the castle nods to this. The third-century Itinerarium Maritimum mentions it. Romans and Phoenicians used it as a port, showing its old maritime importance. The 10th-century Church of “Divo Martino” was a big religious gift from Empress Adelaide to San Frut...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Giuseppe Verdi in the Heart of Manhattan
The latest episode of “Nuova York: Hidden in Plain Sight”, which is the sixth in the series, tells the story of Giuseppe Verdi, the great Italian opera composer, and his statue in Piazza Verdi (Verdi Square) in Manhattan. Stefano Albertini from NYU, recounts Verdi’s story and talks about his legacy – not just the musical one – and the beauty of Pi...
Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
The Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is a Baroque-style art gallery that traces its architectural roots to the early 15th century. Towering on Via del Corso in the heart of Rome, the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is a gallery that flaunts the best art history from the Pamphilj family’s private collection. But the palazzo’s history runs deeper than hosting art displ...
Busalacchi Restaurant Group Opens Lala In San Diego's Little Italy
A founding family behind San Diego's Little Italy neighborhood, the Busalacchis have opened Lala Italian gastropub next door to sister restaurant Barbusa. A Sicilian immigrant who moved to San Diego as a young boy, Joe Busalacchi took a leap of faith on Little Italy's then-desolate India Street in 1984 when he opened Trattoria Fantastica. Now, 40 y...
A Weekend Guide to Procida
Located a rough 45 minutes off the coast of Naples via ferry lies Procida, the small Italian island seemingly less populated than its isle neighbors. As tourists flock to neighboring Capri and Ischia, smaller Procida is quieter, consisting of a small, interconnected community of locals, with many being mainly farmers and sailors. Staggered with bea...
IAP 313: silk city sonnets. Maria Mazziotti Gillan on Italian American verse and vitality
Join us for a heartfelt journey through the intricate landscape of cultural identity and generational heritage as we sit down with the esteemed Italian American Poet, Artist, and Professor Maria Mazzotti-Gillan. Listen in as Professor Gillan shares her evocative poetry and personal stories at the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College, p...
The "Doriphorus of Stabia" remains in Minneapolis, but only for now
The return by the United States of the statue of the 'Doriphorus of Stabia' has become a court case. Smuggled clandestinely, the finest copy of the original by Polyclitus, it is on display at a Minneapolis museum. A lengthy court case ordered its international rogatory, but U.S. authorities to date have done nothing. The statue remains there and no...