Carlo Goldoni: Unveiling the World Through Italian Theatre
Friday, October 4. 6:00 - 7:45 p.m. Italian Cultural Center | Traffic Zone Building | 250 Third Ave N., Suite 625 | Minneapolis, MN. Register here. 6–6:30 p.m. — Light refreshments. 6:30–7:15 p.m. — Presentation. 7:15–7:45 p.m. — Q&A and adjournment Join us for an insightful journey into the world of Carlo Goldoni, one of Italy's most celebrated pl...
Italy and USA for Youth America’s Cup
The Youth America’s Cup will be decided by one winner-take-all match race between Italy and USA on September 26. The teams, representing Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and NYYC American Magic respectively, survived an elimination format that began with 12 teams. Today was elimination day as six teams – three representing America’s Cup entrants and three...
Italy opens way for referendum on easing citizenship rules
Pro-migrant groups and parties have collected enough signatures to trigger a referendum on easing Italy's stringent citizenship laws for foreigners, government data showed on Tuesday. The promoters want to reduce to five years from 10 the period of residence required to apply for citizenship by naturalisation, and to allow beneficiaries to pass on...
Lucia Mauro’s New Documentary Honoring the Italian-Immigrant Victims of The Fish Creek Massacre Has Been Released and Is Available to Rent on Vimeo
Writer-Director Lucia Mauro’s new one-hour documentary, titled The Loneliest Road, is now available to rent on Vimeo. Inspired by Calabrian author Silvio Manno’s 2016 book, Charcoal and Blood, it honors the five Italian-immigrant charcoal burners shot dead by a sheriff’s posse while striking for better wages in the mining boom town of Eureka, Nevad...
Exhibit Celebrates Life and Art of Prof. Enrico Pinardi (1934-2021)
This exhibit runs from October 3-25 at Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College (600 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI), with an opening reception on Thursday, October 3, from 4-7 p.m. The late Enrico Vittorio Pinardi, known to his friends, family and students as “Henry,” was a nationally acclaimed artist and professor of art who taught at RIC...
Celebrate October 2024 with Thirty-One Days of Italians
The Italian influence in America has become so ingrained in American culture, it’s mostly not acknowledged: what would America be without the Italian influence? Would the Declaration of Independence state “all men are created equal?”Would there be an FBI? What would Mt. Rushmore look like? Would we have whirlpool tubs? Would this country be called...
Oscars 2025: Italy Backs WWII Drama ‘Vermiglio’ for International Feature Race
Italy will send Maura Delpero’s World War 2 drama Vermiglio into the 2025 Oscar race for Best International Feature. Vermiglio premiered at the Venice Film Festival last month, where it scooped up the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. Sideshow and Janus Films acquired domestic rights for the movie shortly after its North American premiere in Toronto. S...
IAOVC Elects New Hampshire Governor & State Legislature to Hall of Fame for Preserving Columbus Day by State Law
The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, has elected the New Hampshire State Legislature and Governor Chris Sununu to its “IAOVC Hall of Fame” for passage of HB 1014, which mandates, by state law, that cities and towns are now required to recognize Columbus Day on the...
La Dolce Vita UniversityTrivia - Italian Geniuses & Colorful Personalities
Wednesday October 2 - 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM - Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Pl, Tuckahoe, NY. Join us for a fun evening of Italian “cultural trivia” with author and lecturer Carla Gambescia. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Buy Tickets here. Has anyone demonstrated genius throughout history quite like the Italians? F...
Monsignor Kenneth Velo
About a year after being ordained a Catholic priest, then-Fr. Kenneth Velo was enthusiastically helping manage the large parish of St. Angela in Chicago, where he was associate pastor. Fellow churchmen saw something in the new priest and made a seemingly small move that changed the course of Velo’s life. Ordained for only two years, he was elected...
Best things to do in Rome in October 2024
October is one of the best times to visit the Eternal City. The capital traditionally enjoys an "Indian summer" known as the Ottobrata Romana, a period of usually balmy weather and wine-soaked festivities linked to the vendemmia grape harvest. After the last of the summer festivals drew to an end in early September, Rome welcomes a new season of cu...
Postcards From Parma: When Tucson, Arizona Came to Visit
I had the opportunity to meet two Tucson, AZ chefs, Matthew Cable and Devon Sanner of restaurant Zio Peppe, during their recent visit to Parma. The two Americans were touring the city of Parma for a very specific reason: Tucson and Parma, over a decade ago, were awarded the international distinction of UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, making the...