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The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, presents Bice Lazzari: Signature Line, on view May 10 through Sept. 22, 2013. The exhibition features 25 paintings and drawings by Lazzari (1900–81), one of Italy's most revered modern artists. Discouraged from studying the figure in art school in the 1910s...

Accademia dei Lincei e Accademia Americana delle Scienze a confronto negli Stati Uniti sul tema della conservazione e restauro delle opere d'arte. L'iniziativa è stata organizzata in collaborazione con l'Ambasciata italiana a Washington e l'Istituto italiano di cultura a New York in occasione dell'Anno della Cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti. La c...

LA BEFANA will arrive in New Jersey directly from Italy on January 10th at 11:00AM. Where: Trumpets Jazz Club & 6 Depot Square, Montclair. Don't Miss This Chance to Meet La Befana!   Fee: Adults: $7.00 Children: $5.00Age Range: 5-12 years old Enjoy Pizza with La Befana! A skit, surprises and lots of fun for children and...

When: June 5, 2016 Sunday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PMWhere: Filitalia International Foundation's Home of History of Italian Immigration Museum, 1834 East Passyunk Avenue , Street Parking - some with meters - Bring Quarters, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Don't Miss La Festa, Philly's Funnest Street Festival, on Sunday June 5th from 11-7. Located on E...

The world has changed, but the world still needs a great meatball. I do not mean a meatball made from Kobe beef and retailing for $14. I certainly do not mean frozen supermarket meatballs. I mean a simple, delicious and comforting meatball that people make at home.   Except that they don't. Americans think meatballs are so easy to make...

L'on. Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli, e' intervenuta all'incontro annuale dei Capi degli Uffici consolari e dei Rappresentanti dei Comites e Cgie indetto dall'Ambasciatore italiano a Washington, mentre ieri ha incontrato, sempre a Washington, il Presidente del Senato italiano in visita in America, Grasso. In occasione dell'incontro odierno, che aveva pe...

An ancient Roman sculpture portraying a warrior just before his death is visiting Washington on its first trip outside of Italy in more than 200 years. "The Dying Gaul" went on display Thursday at the National Gallery of Art and will be there through March 16. The sculpture dates to the first or second centuries A.D.   Gallery Director...

Il Vice Ministro per lo Sviluppo Economico Carlo Calenda si recherà, lunedì 28 aprile, in visita ufficiale negli Stati Uniti accompagnato dal Vice Direttore generale di Confindustria Daniel Kraus, dai vertici delle principali associazioni di settore (Anfia, Assocalzaturifici, Assica, Cosmetica Italia, Federalimentare, Federmacchine, Federorafi e Sm...

The 17th Street Farmers' Market is set to become a hub of Italian culture, when the 10th Annual Original Richmond Italian Street Festival takes over on September 27 and 28.   Proceeds from the festival, which will include food, cultural exhibits, a "Sauce and Gravy" contest and a meatball-eating contest, benefit The Faison School, VCU's Ital...

We are pleased to announce that the New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission (NJIIAHC) has chosen to honor NOIAW as an "exemplar of the highest ideals of the Italian American community."   Our chair, Patricia Martone, has been invited to speak at the NJIIAHC's upcoming 11th Annual Congress about the history of NOIAW. You...

Il "Dinner Dance 2015", con un tema dedicato ai mitici anni '70, è fissato per sabato 21 marzo prossimo ed è organizzato dal Club della Società Madonna dei Martiri di Hoboken NJ, in collaborazione con l'Hoboken Italian Festival, the feast of Madonna dei Martiri, insieme costituiscono il maggior numero come soci di molfettesi emigrati, all'evento pa...

The Sparta chapter of UNICO National held its annual Columbus Day ceremony Monday in Dykstra Park. The ceremony at the Christopher Columbus Monument included raising the American, New Jersey and Italian flags.   The Sparta chapter was founded in 1998, but the national group dates from 1922 as an outgrowth of anti-Italian sentiment. The...