This Italian City Was Named the Most Underrated Luxury Destination in Europe—and It's Known as the 'New Tuscany'
Tucked between Tuscany and Lazio in central Italy is Umbria, a region that remains, somehow, just out of the spotlight. Often called Italy’s “green heart,” it may feel less polished and be less photographed than its more well-known neighbors, but it's no less enchanting. The little-known region was recently named Europe’s most underrated, luxurious...
Italian firm plans to invest $500M at McKinney electric wire manufacturing facility
The Italian owners of a McKinney copper and aluminum electrical wire manufacturing facility plan to invest $500 million to expand operations. Prysmian held a groundbreaking ceremony at the Encore Wire Plant on Thursday. The investment centers on a new medium-voltage cable production facility, totaling more than 650,000 square feet. The new plant is...
A river runs through it: The Tiber has shaped the culture and history of four regions
Italy is home to almost 1,200 rivers but the three best known are the Po, the Arno, and the Tiber. The Tiber, also called the Tevere, is not the longest river in Italy but it is the longest in central Italy and has played a crucial role in the development of several regions and the Eternal City of Rome. The river flows from two springs separated by...
Co-owner of restaurant voted ‘Man of the Year 2025’ by Italian American Society of Kenilworth
Nicola Cristofaro said he is very happy to be voted “Man of the Year 2025.” The Italian American Society of Kenilworth recently awarded this honor to the Roselle Park resident who came to America from Italy 39 years ago. “I do like the club, the Italian American community,” he said. “I consider myself Italian but very Americanized. The club is int...
Why Gibellina, Sicily Is Italy's Next Capital of Contemporary Art
On January 14, 1968, a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit the Belice Valley in western Sicily. In less than two days, the farming village of Gibellina—and its neighboring towns—were reduced to ruins. “All that remains is a shapeless pile of rubble, twisted beams, and crumbled walls. Reconstruction on the site will be impossible: just clearing the rubble...
Summer 2025 outlook: growth in Italy’s coastal tourism continues
Between June and August 2025, Italy’s seaside towns are expected to welcome around 20.7 million visitors and record 110.1 million overnight stays—up 2% and 1.1% respectively compared to summer 2024. These figures represent nearly half of all summer tourism nationwide and reinforce Italy’s role as a global leader in beach tourism. In raw numbers, ar...
Migration trends in Italy: rising emigration and shifting return patterns
Between 2023 and 2024, Italy saw a sharp rise in both the number of citizens moving abroad and the arrival of foreign nationals. According to the latest report from ISTAT, approximately 270,000 Italians emigrated during the two-year period—a 39.3% increase compared to the previous biennium. At the same time, about 760,000 foreign citizens immigrate...
Brooklyn pork store’s closure after 55 years underscores sad exodus of beloved Italian mainstays: ‘We didn’t leave you - you left us’
After nearly 56 years as a tasty Italian hallmark of Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood, Bari Pork Store is cutting its last slice of gabagool on Saturday, June 29. “It feels like I’m losing a big part of my life,” co-owner George Firrantello told The Post of the impending closure of the beloved shop, which opened in 1969 on 18th Avenue. Firrantel...
Inside The New World Of Italian Soccer Tourism
Italian soccer is undergoing a significant transformation. Not only are club owners championing the integration of Italy’s natural beauty and culinary culture into the match-day experience, but Serie A is also leading the race to export league games abroad, with plans to send Milan and Como to Australia as early as 2026. But exporting matches to t...
Why Evanston music director thinks ‘Pagliacci’ is an opera for everyone
What do these famous cultural references have in common? The fifth episode in the first season of the 1960s television show Batman, which introduced Cesar Romero as the Joker; the Agatha Christie short story, Swan Song; the Marvin Gaye song, (I’m Afraid) The Masquerade is Over; the 1970 hit by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Tears of a Clown; the...
The world’s first cell phone? Made in Italy in 1935!
In the collective imagination, the invention of mobile phones is tied to the booming consumer culture of the 1980s. But long before the Motorola DynaTAC or the first brick-sized handsets made headlines, an Italian engineer had already envisioned – and built – the first portable phone. In the mid-1930s, Domenico Mastini developed what can rightly be...
Finding Joy in Culture and Sport | IAP 373
Join us for an engaging episode as we explore the vibrant essence of Italian American culture and the powerful world of adaptive sports. We begin our journey where Dolores and John reflect on Italian American heritage and the camaraderie that defines our community. With humor and warmth, we recount Dolores’s wedding anniversary, where the fusion of...