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Walk through the Italian Market with Our Market Project, and you’re not just browsing popular food stands — you’re stepping into generations of immigrant stories etched into every block. The community-driven arts initiative, led by visual artist Michelle Angela Ortiz, transforms the Market into a living archive, blending oral histories, murals, and...

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  Bocelli, Vigiano, Stallone e Sorrentino: le sale cinematografiche statunitensi raccontano l'Itaila in America Con l'avvicinarsi del Columbus Day riprendono gli attacchi a Colombo Un nuovo inizio per Casa Italia a Chicago, in Illinois L'emigrazione degli scalpellini italiani nel Maine viene celebrata con una mostra fotografica a Portland New York...

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September 2025 The Neighborhood: The North End becomes Columbus Park in Kansas City

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We’re back on the road across the United States, exploring Italian American traces, stories, and people in each of the 50 states. Today we stop in Kansas City, home to a vibrant community dedicated to celebrating its Italian roots. Jody Valet has graciously agreed to serve as our Ambassador in Kansas, and she is working on an exciting documentary t...

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In recent years, media has enticed U.S. families to relocate to Italy, highlighting its favorable tax regime and affordable lifestyle. Italy garnered significant attention for its Digital Nomad Visa Program and is now listed as a top retirement location. However, the U.S. regime of global taxation, Italy’s forced heirship laws, different tax treatm...

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Stonecutters known for quarrying marble in Carrara, Italy immigrated to Hallowell to work in Maine’s granite industry, starting in the 1870s. Immigrants from many countries worked in Maine quarries, and by 1901, American and immigrant stoneworkers numbered over 3,500 people in 152 quarries across Maine. Skilled carvers turned Maine granite into var...

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I am excited to share my next planned book! This project will focus on the immigration of Italians to North Jersey, post-WWII. After the 1924 Immigration Act was implemented, immigration from Italy was nearly eliminated. Discrimination against Italian immigrants continued throughout WWII. Every Italian was considered an enemy of the state. As a res...

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The high walls of writer Andriana Trigiani’s Greenwich Village home are lined with books of all shapes, sizes, and titles. It’s like a small-town library, but without the rectangular reading tables, or the archetypal librarian signaling patrons to keep their voices down. This library-like setting is Trigiani’s way of paying homage to the librarians...

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All four of Nick Cappelli Jr.’s grandparents are immigrants. Nick’s father, Nicholas Emidio Cappelli Senior’s parents are from the Marche region while his mom Dolores’s family is from Avellino and immigrated here circa 1905. Like so many other Italian immigrants of that time, Nick Seniors dad (Nick’s grandfather Emidio Cappelli), found housing with...

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The Brascugli family is getting together for a family reunion this weekend in Eveleth, MN. It’s where Nicola Brascugli settled when he came over from Italy, back in 1899. The family told us he built the first brick house in Eveleth. He worked in the mines, like many others who immigrated here. This year, the family from the states will get to meet...

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