It’s not yet time for the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Festival! But one of the very first events to kick festivities off was tonight. The 2022 Italian-American of the Year has just been named, and a familiar face just walked away with that honor tonight. Anthony ‘Herk” Sparachane has just been named as the 2022 Italian-American of the Year. “I...
READ MOREThe Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with American Italian Food Coalition & The Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC cordially invites you to: Italian Embassy Easter Egg Hunt 2022, a fundraising event to benefit a local children’s charity: Center for the Advancement of Innovative Health Practices. 1:30 p.m. Guests arrive, check-in, enjoy on-...
READ MOREOn the occasion of the VI Edition of the Italian Design Day, on March23, the Institute presents: Upcycling: Italian technology to support a new idea of recycling, an event in collaboration with the School of Architecture and Design of the New York Institute of Technology. Curated by Alessandro Melis and Christian Pongratz, with the participation o...
READ MOREMore than 320 attendees, 45 Italian brands, 200+ Italian wines and food products, 3 seminars presented by leading food and wine professionals, 1 sommelier competition. We thank everyone — exhibitors, presenters, sommeliers, and organizers — for a fantastic Taste of Italy 2022, now in its 8th year and now back in-person after a two-year hiatus. “We...
READ MOREOn a warm, sunny September afternoon years ago, I was learning to shoot film on a vintage 35mm Minolta camera. I stumbled across New York City’s San Gennaro festival. The bright colors and motley foods provided a spectacular palette for experimenting. San Gennaro titillates a full spectrum of senses, but none more than taste, a triumph of gastronom...
READ MORENew Orleans paradegoers will switch out their Mardi Gras beads and lucky four-leaf clovers for fava beans and Italy’s red, white and green flag this weekend. The Italian American St. Joseph Society of New Orleans has planned a weekend of events mostly open to the public, including its annual parade and pasta party, to celebrate St. Joseph’s Day on...
READ MOREAfter being paused for two years due to Covid, the Italian Community Center's A Taste of Italy fundraiser returns for 2022. This longstanding tradition at the ICC, 631 E. Chicago Ave., takes place Sunday, May 1, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A Taste of Italy is run entirely by ICC volunteers. As always there will be a 50/50 raffle and musical entert...
READ MOREAfter a two-year hiatus, area residents — and those who like to come home for festivities — will be happy to hear that Festa Italiana will return in 2022. A post to social media Wednesday proudly proclaimed, “We’re back. Festa Italiana 2022: Aug. 11, 12 and 13!” The post encouraged readers to “Stay tuned for more details.” In 2021, a “Festa to go”...
READ MORESandra Scalise Juneau has lived St. Joseph's Altars all her life. At age 5 in 1945, she portrayed the Virgin Mary in the "tupa tupa" ceremony, representing the Holy Family knocking on the door, at her Nonna Accardo’s dining room altar. She learned from her two Sicilian grandmothers how to prepare and bake the special foods, and she has passed that...
READ MOREWhen: Thursday, 03/17/2022-, 04:00 pm-11:00 pm - Where: Pegasus Park at Gulfstream Park Village, 901 S. Federal Highway,, Hallandale Beach, Florida, 33009 The Annual San Gennaro Feast is back for another delicious year at Gulfstream Park Village. Taking place at Pegasus Park, the food and music festival will feature a variety of food vendors, amuse...
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