Conegliano, the small but mighty queen of world women's volleyball
Italian volleyball is on top of the world. At the peak of this success is Conegliano, a small town in Veneto with only 35,000 inhabitants. The Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano has claimed the Italian women's volleyball Serie A championship, securing their eighth Scudetto, the seventh consecutive one. This is an extraordinary achievement that highlight...
Video game industry in Italy sees significant growth in 2024
Video games in Italy have a turnover of 2.4 billion euros. This is what emerges from the latest annual report on gaming in Italy. These are very significant and important numbers, providing positive signals about the gaming sector's performance in Italy, not only regarding hardware and software. Indeed, the number of national video game companies i...
Inside a Tony Bennett “Family Dinner” with De Niro and Scorsese
I’m attending an Italian dinner in honor of Tony Bennett where the fellow guests include the likes of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Could this be a red sauce-soaked fever dream? Did I overdo the Sambuca? No, this was all real. Or as Mr. Bennett would sing, I’m living “The Good Life.” The event, hosted at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on Manha...
The Best Italian Wineries to Visit Near Naples
Naples has grown ever more popular as a tourist destination in recent years. But after several days of the city’s glorious chaos — and, admittedly, the best pizza on earth — heading out of town into the surrounding countryside to visit some of the great wineries of Campania might come as a needed break. You can even venture further east to sunny Pu...
What DeMarco’s Italian Restaurant owners saw in Greenville’s West End
Anthony Pepe, Mike and Genine Baldassarra and Mike Wible recognized the potential of Greenville’s West End. The area known for its boutique shops, restaurants and art galleries, not to mention the city’s minor league ballpark, was a perfect fit for DeMarco’s Italian Restaurant, which recently opened at 366 Jackson St., Greenville, SC. “We anchor th...
Celebrate at the S. 9th Street Italian Market Festival
For one weekend each year, the nation’s oldest outdoor continuous market transforms into Philadelphia’s largest block party. With more than 120 vendors, live entertainment, and an action-packed schedule of activities, the South 9th Street Italian Market Festival will once again showcase the rich history and culture of this historic Philly landmark...
Postmodernism and the rise of "Arte Povera"
The rise of "Poor Art" in Italy: around the years 1960’s in Italy a bunch of young artists choosen to create a new form of artworks using “poor” elements: shredded clothes, rags, wood, clay, plaster, rusted iron, straw, wicker etc... Step by step this strange use of elements evolved into an interesting develop of new languages. They were going acro...
Bright Side Kitchen Has New Home in Surf City, NJ; Mario’s Italian Market Gets Makeover
In 2021, Sara Sellarole’s Bright Side Kitchen and Catering was a “ghost kitchen” and lunch pickup window at the Terrace Tavern in Beach Haven Terrace. With her 25 years of cooking experience and several years as an independent business owner, Sellarole has a new home on Mill Creek Road in Manahawkin, in the space shared by East Bay Kombucha. Tavern...
"From Calabria to Carnegie: Music for Bread" Book Presentation
Thursday, May 22, 6 p.m. - Heinz History Center - 1212 Smallman Street - Pittsburgh, PA. Free to the public. Author Mary Ferro in conversation with Melissa E. Marinaro, director of the Italian American Program. Ferro's memoir, "From Calabria to Carnegie: Music for Bread" is a true story tracing the Ferro family’s remarkable journey across continent...
Join Italian Charities of America and Arba Sicula
Saturday May 17th, 2025. Italian Charities of America - 83-20 Queens Boulevard Queens, NY. Join Italian Charities of America and Arba Sicula for an evening filled with Sicilian culture featuring a presentation of the Sicelitude Prize, a panel discussion highlighting the Sicilian language and a Sicilian musical performance. Refreshments will be serv...
How an Italian American discovered her ancestor’s painting in Urbino
How many Americans have Italian origins? Many. But not all Italian Americans can boast an ancestor like Ventura Mazza, a student of Federico Barocci, the Urbino painter who was a key figure in Italian Mannerism and the art of the Counter-Reformation, considered one of the precursors of Baroque. The protagonist of this story is Maria Theresa Siclare...
Italian American Podcast Ep. 366 Francesca’s Flavorful Adventures in Identity and Heritage
Join us on a journey through the heart of Italian American culinary traditions with our guest Francesca from Franny Loves Food. We explore the origins of Francesca’s social media presence, which began as a pandemic project on TikTok and has since expanded to other platforms. Discover how her childhood experiences with her mom and nonna inspired her...