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Our Lady of Mercy church in Baton Rouge presented their St. Joseph's altar Sunday to celebrate his upcoming feast day and encourage the faithful to help feed the poor. In the Catholic Church, followers believe St. Joseph is the foster father to Jesus Christ. Centuries ago, there was a famine in Italy. The people there prayed to St. Joseph to lift t...

Exploring the traditions of Lent in Italy can lead us down a path of rituals deeply connected both with Christian beliefs and local customs. In Puglia, for instance, many families practice a curious rite involving … a grater. Il rito della grattugia stands for symbolic cleansing and preparation for Lent: in it, people clean their cheese graters by...

Did you know that the first mixed race baseball player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame was an Italian American? Roy “Campy” Campanella was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on Nov. 11, 1921. John Campanella, Roy’s father, was a son of Italian Immigrants and his mother Ida was an African American.  He later moved to Nicetown in Nor...

For those of us who love Italian food, the odds are we could live here in the Garden State our whole lives and not try everything. Still, even in the best spot for pasta and pizza in the country (in my humble opinion), I still manage to be surprised once in a while. That’s definitely the case at Di Palma Brothers in North Bergen, which might be the...

The ICCC is proud to bring the latest films from Italy to Houston for our Italian Contemporary Film Series. Wednesday, March 20 · 7 - 10pm CDT. Wednesday, April 17 · 7 - 10pm CDT. Wednesday, May 15 · 7 - 10pm CDT. ICCC Houston, 1101 Milford St Houston, TX. Tickets to each film are sold individually and cost $10 for ICCC Members, $15 for General Adm...

Fiorentina general manager Joe Barone is on life support following a cardiac arrest. Italian American Barone fell ill Sunday at the team hotel, shortly before Fiorentina’s match at Atalanta, and was rushed to a hospital in Milan. The match was subsequently postponed. Fiorentina said Sunday night that Barone, who turns 58 on Wednesday, was in “criti...

On the occasion of the Italian Design Day 2024, Ambassador Mariangela Zappia hosted the event “Italian design at Villa Firenze. The story of Edra, an Italian excellence in the world,” an opportunity to celebrate Italian design with a focus on one of the most renowned Italian companies in the sector. Ambassador Mariangela Zappia opened the event by...

Chef Kevin Maxey boasts an impressive resume. The former vice president of culinary for Ford Fry’s Rocket Farms Restaurants honed his skills at Tom Colicchio’s Craft and Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern in New York. The past four years, he’s been helping other restaurateurs fine-tune their businesses; now it’s time for him to focus on his own. On Marc...

You may remember this command. It is considered to be one of the best movie lines of all time: “Leave the gun, take the cannoli.” Those words from “The Godfather” are spoken in a tragic scene that nevertheless generates laughter for its irony. Pauli, Don Vito Carleone’s bodyguard, had mysteriously called in sick on the day of a botched assassinatio...

In Italy, less is often more. Coffee can be a shot of espresso served in a small cup. Dinner can be a plate of pasta with tomatoes and olive oil. Goodbyes can turn into hours-long conversations outside an Italian home or a restaurant.  Non-Italians want more than a taste of this lifestyle where there’s an appreciation for simplicity. International...

A pair of local entrepreneurs are working to bring a new take on authentic Italian cuisine to downtown Tuscaloosa in the now-being-renovated former home of Sweet Home Food Bar. As the Thread first reported, the locally loved hidden gem has permanently closed after 10 years on University Boulevard downtown. Now, owner Christian Williams and general...

Historically speaking Tuscany is a land rich in splendid ancient villages, enchanting destinations where you can breathe history, art and beauty at every turn. Diamonds set in picture-postcard landscapes, scattered through the hills of the Val d'Orcia, perched between the Apuan Alps and the Apennines, or overlooking the sea. A richness that is also...