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Thursday, March 19th (6:30PM). Suggested donation of $10 per person Italian American Museum Founder and President, Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa will explore the history and traditions of St. Joseph's Day   Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013 To reserve a plac...

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Taste of Little Italy - September 22, 2013 - 10 am / 7 pmMount Carmel Place, Poughkeepsie - (845) 483-7300   In 2010, Friends of Little Italy Poughkeepsie (FLIP) introduced downtown Poughkeepsie to the first annual "Taste of Little Italy", and since then the event has seen tremendous growth. Last year, several thousand people...

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Anche in North Carolina esiste una "piccola" Little Italy. Il suo nome è Valdese ed è stata fondata nel 1893 da un gruppo di valdesi arrivati nelle Blue Ridge Mountains dalle valli piemontesi, in particolare dalla Val Pellice. In seguito all'editto di emancipazione emanato da Carlo Alberto nel 1848, le comunità valdesi ebbero la necessità di cerca...

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Think your grandma makes the best Italian meatballs or pasta fagioli? She might be able to take the stage at this year's Festa Italiana, an all-things-Italian fest in Little Italy next month.   The 11th annual Italian fest will be staged on Taylor Street between Ashland Avenue and Racine Avenue in the Little Italy neighborhood Aug. 13 t...

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Appuntamento il 6 settembre prossimo all'Italian American Museum, New York, con il seminario e la presentazione del fotografo John Rossi "Visions of Little Italy". John Rossi è cugino di Ernesto Rossi, proprietario di E. Rossi & Co. al 193 di Grand Street. La famiglia Rossi è da sempre un pilastro della Little Italy, sin dai primi anni del XXm...

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Milwaukee's Italian families have a distinguished heritage, one that began in a great rush to the city shortly before the turn of the 19th century, when Italian immigrants poured into Milwaukee and quickly formed two distinct communities. The Bayview settlement was dominated by newcomers from northern and central Italy, many of whom took jobs in th...

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Today we have the pleasure to publish a guest post by Ken Borrelli, a leader of the Italian American Heritage Foundation of San Jose. Ken focuses on what he describes as a "Second Diaspora", i.e. what he sees as the demise of Italian ethnic neighborhoods in the Bay Area. This is great food for thought.   Ken's article raises questions that m...

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Boston's Italian neighborhood is called the North End. It has a strong Italian flair and numerous Italian restaurants. The North End is also Boston's oldest neighborhood and it still possesses an old-world charm kept alive by its mostly Italian-American population. Since the completion of the Big Dig and the demolition of the old elevated Southeast...

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By Ron Onesti Today, this eighth day of May, is my birthday. Traditionally, I spend a couple of days in New York City, as this area is close to the top on my favorite places list. With 20 shows in 24 days at The Arcada, it doesn't look as if I will be able to go this year.   So, since I can't actually be there this time, I would like to tak...

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Bloomfield is referred to as Pittsburgh's Little Italy and According to a report in TribLive, a local civic group that nearly fizzled last year because of funding problems and infighting has reorganized and plans initiatives to improve Pittsburgh's "Little Italy."   Pittsburgh architectural historian, Franklin Toker, has said that Bloomfield...

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