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A few years ago a wonderful documentary, "Bitter bread" (Pane Amaro) described the story of the Italian emigration to the east coast. It was a milestone in this field, and now the two authors and producers, Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien, are back with another marvelous documentary, this time about the Italian emigration to the west coast: "Fin...

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by Valeria Fanelli   Barbara Cattabriga lived in Italy her entire life. She traveled the word, but didn't experience a life abroad. Not until July 2012.   It was an ordinary day in Modena, when she received the news that her husband Roberto Rossi was offered a job position in the U.S. and the family would have moved to Chicago, for a...

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In January the Consiglio Regionale della Basilcata rewrote the constitution and renamed the organization of associations outside Italy to "Lucani nel Mondo" (Lucani of the World) to better reflect the composition of member organizations. With the new structure they also started the creation of "Il Museo dell'emigrazione" (The Immigration Museum) a...

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New Jersey is well known as a U.S. bastion of Italian and Italian-American heritage, but it doesn't appear that Rome got the message. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to close its consulate in Newark, the only full-fledged office in a state renowned as the home of Italian-American pop-culture fixtures such as Frank Sinatra and "...

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di Maurita Cardone   Se camminando per le strade di Everett, Massachusetts, vi capita di sentire accenti del Sud Italia, è probabile che nei paraggi ci siano degli orsognesi.   La cittadina della contea del Middlesex, infatti, ha una vasta popolazione di immigrati arrivati dal paese della collina abruzzese, uno di quei centri della re...

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Dr. Vincenza Scarpaci continued the mission of the Gockel Symposium in her presentation of "The Road Less Traveled: Italian Immigrants in America." She showcased the international issues associated with the immigration of nearly four million Italian people to America. While many immigrants settled in the New York area, a few chose to journey farthe...

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History, love and passion are all prevalent in great abundance in A Sicilian's Journey. This book is full of interesting information about the actual events of one family taken from all aspects. I have a great interest in Sicilian culture and the history of Sicilian immigration to America and gained much knowledge from reading this book. As soon as...

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Sono 4.482.115 i cittadini italiani residenti all'estero iscritti all'AIRE (Anagrafe degli Italiani Residenti all'Estero) al 1° gennaio del 2014. L'aumento in valore assoluto rispetto al 2013 è di quasi 141 mila iscrizioni, il 3,1% nell'ultimo anno. La maggior parte delle iscrizioni sono per espatrio (2.379.977) e per nascita (1.747.409). Lungo il...

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by Kerry-Lynne Demarinis As Italian-Americans, most of us have grown up hearing the stories of our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents "coming over" from the old country.   After years of hearing the same stories over and over, the memories become our own. We can name all the family villages, the family members left behind, and the...

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By Susan Clark Porter As generations age and memories fade, the experiences of our forefathers can also recede. The Sons of Italy, however, is doing its part to promote the legacy of this area's Italian ancestors. In a collaborative effort earlier this year, the Vincent Lombardi Lodge 2270 of Rochester, the Geneva Lodge 2397 (men) and th...

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