In Northern Sardinia, Nature Nurtures Longevity
Northern Sardinia greets you first with a smell. Step off the plane or ferry and a warm herbal breeze envelops you, carrying the distinctive fragrance of elicriso (Mediterranean helichrysum), almost, and curiously so, curry-like. Locals tell us “la Sardegna sa di elicriso,” Sardinia smells of helichrysum. Here, however, the land doesn’t just perfu...
Italian Heritage Festival announces 2025 honorees
The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival of Clarksburg (WV) has announced its picks for the 2025 honorees that will be recognized for their contributions and achievements in the Italian-American community. “These individuals represent the best of our community,” Rocky Romano II, Honorees Committee Chair, said in the release. “Their achievements...
This Tuscan startup sold all its olive oil in the U.S. Then came Trump's tariffs
On the steep hills of southern Tuscany, Romain Piro has spent the past two decades harvesting fruit from his silvery olive trees and turning it into olive oil. In 2019, he convinced his sister, Marie-Charlotte Piro, to go into business with him. The siblings started shipping their small-batch bottles to the United States, where olive oil is in high...
Why the USA is Getting Closer to Hosting a Regular Season Serie A Match
Serie A has always remained within the confines of Italy, and its surrounding islands. In fact, no European league has ever ventured beyond their own country to stage a match, but everything points towards that changing imminently. Just this week, Barcelona president Joan Laporta said he is “open” to staging La Liga in the USA from next season. Ita...
It’s canning season, when tradition meets ingenuity
Each summer, a quiet but determined ritual returns across Italian kitchens, from North to South: the making of conserve and marmellate. Far from being a nostalgic custom, this is a practical response to seasonality and abundance: if gardens, fruit trees, and markets overflow with ripe tomatoes, figs, cherries, peaches, and plums, we don’t waste any...
The End of an Era: Remembering DiCosmo’s Italian Ice and Our Shared Vallata Roots
The little green shack at the corner of 4th and High Street in Elizabeth stands silent now. After 107 years of serving up the finest Italian ice in New Jersey, DiCosmo’s has closed its doors for the final time, and the bulldozers are coming. For those of us whose families emigrated from the same hillside villages of southern Italy, this isn’t just...
Federal Hill Summer Festival in Providence, RI
Celebrate summer on Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island – the annual Summer Festival is hosted by the Federal Hill Commerce Association! This annual festival is returning with new dates. Spanning three days of festivities over the Victory Day weekend from August 9 – 11, 2025, this celebration brings together the best of food, live entertainmen...
Ex-Philadelphia mayor's executive order to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day is invalid, court rules
Former Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney violated the City Charter in 2021 when he signed an executive order to rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday. "It therefore runs afoul of the separation of powers inherent in the Charter and, accordingly, is invalid," Judge Patricia A. McCollough wrote...
Madonna Del Monte Festival notes 126th year this weekend
The Madonna Del Monte festival at Most Precious Blood Church in Hazleton (PA) returns this weekend, marking 126 years of celebrating Catholic traditions carried over from the mountains of Italy. “I sum it up as safe family fun. It’s a celebration of Catholic faith, traditions of ancestors and the present moment. It’s a family, a homecoming for a lo...
7 days in and around Genoa: an experience rich in history, nature and hidden gems
Liguria’s Riviera holds a subtle charm, shaped by contrasts and harmonies: sea and mountains brushing against each other, villages perched above the blue, hills lined with olive trees, and glimpses that seem frozen in time. In particular, Genoa and its surroundings are a patchwork of art, history, and nature. From the heart of the city, with the P...
Italian fest celebrates 40th edition
He’s only 39 years old, and his grandfather, Lou Metter, founded the downtown Warren (OH) festival in 1985 before he was born, but he believes his grandfather would be proud to know that the event is celebrating its 40th edition today through Sunday. “I think he’d be happy that it’s still going strong,” Hovance said. “We’re still trying to keep up...
We the ItaliaNews: L'Italia in America. Episodio 26/2025
I sopravvissuti del disastro dell'Andrea Doria del 1956 commemorano l'anniversario all'Italian American Museum di New York Lady Gaga domina le nomination degli MTV VMA 2025 con 12 candidature Richard DiLiberto riconfermato presidente della Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture La docuserie su Diana Taurasi: uno sguardo inedito alla...