by Alec Wilkinson   "Countless times I walked past these windows with the curtains drawn," Alessandro Cassin said. "It seemed so unlikely that there would be anything behind them anymore." Cassin is the director of publishing for Centro Primo Levi, which promotes the historical study of Italian Jews.   He is from Florence and moved to...

The Gaiola Underwater Park, a stone's throw from downtown Naples, is a protected marine area in the city's gulf, right in front of the Posillipo quarter. The coast there is "the most evocative landscape in the area. It is a steep, tuff cliff where natural and artificial caves and nooks open up.   The remains of a number of Roman villas have...

Join the Italian American Writers' Association and the Mulberry Street Branch of the New York Public Library as they celebrate New York's Italian heritage and Naples' patron saint during New York City's oldest and biggest religious street festival.   Writers include: Vittoria Repetto, Gil Fagiani, Gerry La Femina, Patricia Leuzzi, Rosalind P...

This 1999 photo of Mary Ginnetti by Anthony Riccio is featured in Riccio's book "The Italian American Experience in New Haven: Images and Oral Histories." Riccio will show his photos and discuss his book at an event at the New Haven Museum on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The 5:30 p.m. event (snow date: Thursday, Dec. 5) coincides with the current exhibition...

The ICC is excited to announce a new, very special, Book Club and Author Meet and Greet event! Now is your opportunity to read "All This Talk of Love", written by Italian American author, Christopher Castellani, participate in a discussion of the book, and meet Chris in person!   Participants will be asked to read the book on their own. On T...

Alcuni possiedono lo sguardo per decifrare l'anima di una città: la osservano giusto con qualche centimetro di scarto rispetto all'ordinario, e da questa prospettiva accedono ad angolazioni inedite del quotidiano. Altri hanno sviluppato una voce potente per ripercorrere minuziosamente situazioni, volti, gesti, al punto da farli rivivere anche a chi...

There is a major city in the United States where the history of Italian emigration, very interesting and full of content, is undoubtedly embodied by a personality, universally recognized and appreciated. That city is Chicago, and the person who has been studying for a long time the Italian emigration and presence there, is Dominic Candeloro. We me...

Carving a Niche for Himself; The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco and Mount Rushmore, author Douglas J. Gladstone's valentine to the obscure Italian American immigrant who served as chief carver of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, will be published by Bordighera Press, it was recently announced. Featuring a foreword by Italian American busine...

You are cordially invited to attend a presentation and signing for Douglas J. Gladstone's new book, "Carving a Niche for Himself: The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco" at the Italian American Museum on Wednesday, July 2nd. The book tells the story of Luigi Del Bianco, the obscure Italian American immigrant who served as chief carver of the Mount Ru...

Raccontare identità e rappresentazione degli Italoamericani non è mai stata impresa facile. E lo ha confermato anche la presentazione del libro di Maria Laurino The Italian Americans. A History che si è tenuta la scorsa settimana alla Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò della New York University. Il libro accompagna l'omonimo documentario della PBS diret...