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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) annually celebrates and promotes the month of October as Italian American Heritage Month. This year, NIAF thanks the Italian American Congressional Delegation (IACD) for its effort to have October recognized as Italian American Heritage Month. On Tuesday, Co-chairs of the IACD Congressmen Bill Pascrel...

Ninety years after the foundation of its famous Italian culinary magazine, LaCucinaItaliana.com is going international. It wants to offer a taste of Italian flavor to all those who love Italian cuisine, culture and style, or who are dreaming of visiting the bel paese.  With the launch of the American edition of its magazine, La Cucina Italiana is g...

Following her recent performances with Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer Giada Valenti will return to Carnegie Hall in New York City, Friday, October 11, 2019, with a concert celebrating Italian Heritage Month. As special guest, International Acclaimed Tenor, James Valenti, will share the stage with her. Giada Valenti, most known for her stunning musi...

Emanuele Filiberto, the Duke of Savoy moved his capital to Turin in the year 1563. He then began a large project to create a series of buildings and palaces to prove his power of ruling. These outstanding buildings were designed and decorated by some of the best known artists of that era and radiated into the outskirts of Turin. The complex also in...

Guitarist Beppe Gambetta returns to Princeton on Friday, October 11, at 8 p.m., when The Princeton Folk Music Society brings him to Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. The concert is billed as a fusion of American and Italian folk music traditions. Gambetta taught himself to flat-pick by listening to bluegrass LPs. He combines the folk musi...

From MOD Pizza and Pieology to Blaze and Colorado’s own Pizzeria Locale, the contemporary dining landscape is is increasingly awash in chains with business models that basically boil down to “Chipotle, but for pizza. So perhaps it isn’t surprising that when Boulder chef Nate Rajotte began having conversations with two partners about possible ideas...

Children don’t have many memories because we haven’t had enough life experiences to create them. As kids we are always thinking about how much better and more exciting life will be for us when we get older. We think about everything our big brothers and sister can do that we can’t—staying up late, going to movies with friends, and sleeping over fri...

Reggio Calabria is located at the tip of Italy’s ‘toe’ overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the south and east. It extends to the borders of Catanzaro in the northeast and Vibo Valentia in the northwest. Because of its ideal location across the Straits of Messina, it is the launching point for ferries to Sicily and the A...

George Tarantini had a talent for soccer and coaching the sport and motivating his players. He won an ACC title as the coach of N.C. State’s men’s team, once led the Wolfpack to a No. 1 national ranking and the Final Four and mentored one of the greatest players in U.S. soccer history. But Tarantini’s true gift was with people. He could connect wit...

James Van Keuren discussed his 2018 book, “World War II POW Camps in Ohio,” on Monday evening (Sept. 23) at his hometown library in Brook Park. More than two dozen history buffs turned out for the program. The book documents a significant chapter in state history that is, nonetheless, fading from memory as the generation that lived through the war...

With cooler weather and fewer crowds, autumn is a great time to travel to Italy. You’ll never lack for things to see and do in this country, but here are ten ideas for special travel experiences during the fall season. 1. GENOA: Don’t miss the Rolli Days (October 12, 13), when many of Genoa’s aristocratic palaces will be open to the public, some on...

La regista Guia Farinelli, bisnipote del compositore italiano Pietro Mascagni, metterà in scena qui a New York “Cavalleria rusticana”, la famosa opera melodrammatica ispirata dalla novella di Giovanni Verga, ambientata a Vizzini in Sicilia. Il concerto si terrà il 13 ottobre alle 3:00 pm al “Danny Kaye Playhouse” dell’ Hunter College in occasione d...