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Wednesday March 5. 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EST. The History Museum - 897 W. Thomas Street, South Bend, IN 46601. Joe Agostino and colleagues discuss the history, heritage, and contributions of local Italian Americans. Joe is one of several members of local Italian American clubs that provided substantial assistance to The History Museum’s exhibit Traditi...

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The complex relationship between Italian-American identity and racial classification has been a recurring theme throughout HBO’s groundbreaking series The Sopranos. When Christopher Moltisanti declares that Italians aren’t white people, he taps into decades of cultural history and ongoing debates about ethnicity, race, and American identity that co...

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Giuseppe Martuscelli immigrated to America from Santa Maria di Castellabate in 1967. Once here he began work as a cook. On weekends, in the little spare time he had, he would attend the dance-hall get-togethers in South Philadelphia. It was there that he met Anna, also an immigrant from the Salerno area, in Castel San Giorgio. They married in 1973...

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In May 2023, on a regional train from Naples to Pompeii, I was reading a memoir by an American woman. She'd moved to Naples for an internship, met the love of her life, and, despite regularly indulging in ragù and sfogliatella (a sweet pastry), had somehow lost 20 pounds. Lucky her, I thought with admiration and slight envy. I, on the other hand, f...

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My maternal grandparents immigrated from a small town in Southern Italy called Alife. It’s located in the Province of Caserta (Campania), a beautiful place that sits in a valley surrounded by the Matese Mountains. I have been blessed to visit the town of my ancestors many times. While I am eager to share stories of my first visit in 1988, at the ag...

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Recently, HBOWatch shared a great article about The Sopranos and its portrayal of the Italian-American identity. When The Sopranos first aired, I remember cousin Florence calling my mother and telling her, “it’s like they have been following us around!” Obviously she meant the culture, family dynamic, and Sunday dinners; not the killing, because, y...

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On March 15, 2025, Volossal Publishing will release author Catherine Gigante-Brown’s eighth novel, IMMIGRANT HEARTS, a vintage love story that spans generations. It follows the lives of Luisa and Antonio, a seamstress and tailor in the garment industry who meet in 1920s Brooklyn. Their expansive romance stretches across 40 years, exploring the larg...

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When she visited Italy for the first time with her father back in 1975, Rabbi Barbara Aiello, from the United States, remembers thinking, “I’ll live here one day.” Three decades later she was doing just that. Now 77, Aiello, originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, relocated to Milan in 2004 and two years later moved to Serrastretta, a village in...

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In the heart of New England, a slice of Italy thrives in the most unexpected places. Rhode Island, the smallest state in the U.S., harbors hidden Italian communities that have preserved their heritage for generations. These enclaves offer a captivating blend of Old World charm and American spirit, inviting travelers to embark on a journey through t...

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I’ve recently learned about a very talented woman. Stefania Munzi is an Italian-American artist, art teacher and children’s book illustrator and author from Connecticut with family roots to Abruzzo, Italy. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Albertus Magnus College with a BA in Fine Arts and is a high school art teacher. After her son Joseph was bor...

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