Taste of Italy to include international food and wine for first time ever
For the first time ever, Taste of Italy, the largest food and wine trade fair in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Italian food and wine, will be featuring exhibitors from countries outside of Italy. “We have had so many great success stories thanks to connections exhibitors have made at the fairs,” says event director Maurizio Gamberucci, Deputy Dir...
Luchino Visconti: a director and a gentleman
Fellini, Antonioni, Visconti: Italian cinema has its own Holy Trinity. Together, these three directors managed to represent and interpret Italian society through a crucial time in our history–from the desolation left by WWII to the economic miracle and beyond. If Fellini blended memories and dream-like atmospheres into the everyday and Antonioni ex...
Illy partners with the Snow Lodge in aspen for six weeks of winter programming
Illycaffè, a leader company in sustainable high-quality coffee from Trieste, Italy, announced today a partnership with The Snow Lodge, an influential supper club and entertainment venue located inside the St. Regis Aspen Resort, where the company will be hosting six weeks of activations beginning February 13th through March 24th. Each year since 20...
14th Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul
The Italian Film Festival of Minneapolis / St. Paul (IFF) is the premier event of the Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis / St. Paul. Organized in partnership with the Film Society, the 14th edition of the festival will be offered in person from March 2 to March 5, 2023 at the Main Cinema in Minneapolis. The IFF will offer an exciting lineup of...
Americans Sure Love Lamborghini More Than the Rest of the World Does
While the Lamborghini Broward dealership hosted high society attendees from southern Florida, the Westlake location had a higher number of clinking expensive champagne glasses, with people hailing not only from northern L.A., but from the Malibu and Santa Barbara communities as well. The re-opening ribbon-cutting ceremony was meant to show people a...
Italian Decor: Fornasetti’s Cupole Series is My New Obsession
Despite my love for Italy’s over-the-top Baroque art and sleek, modern accessories, I’m a fairly modest and spendthrifty person. But that does not mean that I don’t covet a design item, an objet d’art, from time to time. Where on earth would I put a Fornasetti decorative plate of a dome from a famous Italian building such as the Pantheon? My grandm...
15 Beautiful places to visit in Puglia, Italy
Puglia, with its limestone cliffs, golden beaches, karst caves, vineyards, enormous groves of olive trees, and beautiful collection of coastal and hill towns, is one of Italy’s bestroad trip destinations. If you want to go off the beaten path and explore a quieter corner of Italy, put Puglia on yourlist. With some of the most dramatic coastal scene...
Mother Cabrini to be inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame
On March 15, 2023, St. Frances Cabrini will be inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in a formal induction ceremony and celebration at the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel. Mother Cabrini is receiving this prestigious award for her outstanding accomplishments as a champion of immigrants, children, and the poor. She was nominated by the Dant...
All you need to know about the Roman catacombs
Underground tunnels, burial sites, places of worship, hiding spaces. Catacombs have been all that throughout their history. Many cities – the older the better, of course – have some sort of underground networks of passages and chambers, some more famous than others: we know well, in Italy, the catacombs of Palermo, but also the Bourbon tunnels unde...
Pennsylvania Dining Fixture Named Best Italian Restaurant in the State
Pennsylvania is home to countless Italian restaurants. From old-school to modern, the criteria for identifying an amazing "Italian restaurant," are a prevalence of Italian or Italian-inspired dishes on the menu, impeccable service, high-quality food, and an overall experience that leaves you fulfilled. Picking just one restaurant and deeming it "th...
Rare Discovery Of Roman Dodecahedron Fragment Adds To Archaeological Mystery
A chance find by an amateur metal detectorist has added to a long-running mystery of archaeology, as a fragment of an Ancient Roman dodecahedron has been found in the small town of Kortessem, in Belgium. The piece, originally part of a dodecahedron measuring 5-6 centimeters (2–2.36 inches) in size, shows signs of having been repaired in the past,...
Mark DeFranco: Giving Through a Shared Culture
Joining the Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge 2805 began as a family affair for Mark DeFranco. Mark, the group’s treasurer, who joined in 2004 to be with his cousin and the group’s founder Neil Velleca, Sr., saw it as an opportunity to socialize and work with other Italian-Americans. “My cousin, Neil Sr., thought it would be a great idea to have a...