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A beautiful Italian town carved from a mountainside is so stunning to look at it's been immortalised as a backdrop for more than 20 films. The good looks of Matera, in the less well known Basilicata region of Italy, are thanks to its unusual limestone architecture and a natural gorge that surrounds the settlement. Now home to 60,000 people, Matera...

UNICO National celebrated the achievements of Italian Americans at its Mid-Year Board of Directors Meeting and Presidential Awards Banquet. The event, held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on March 17, 2024, saw key personalities in business and sports honored. The founder of Asphalt Paving Systems, Bob Capoferri, was given the...

“Ennio” is a virtual love letter of a documentary from Italy’s Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore (“Cinema Paradiso”) to his distinguished, Oscar-winning compatriot, the prolific maestro of film scoring Ennio Morricone. “Ennio” opens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline on March 29. With a prodigious 400 film scores Morricone, 91 when...

Venice and its art treasures never lose their charm and yet, with nature awakening and the colors becoming more vibrant, the lagoon city undoubtedly becomes even more beautiful. So, what to do in spring in Venice? Long walks through the narrow streets are certainly an excellent way to get to know the city and its dreamy atmospheres and if the weath...

There are delicious Italian restaurants found throughout the Pine Tree State. From flavorful sauces to perfectly sweet desserts, if you love Italian food like I do, you have plenty of options for an unforgettable meal. However, an eatery located in Brunswick may be one of the best — The Great Impasta. This Italian restaurant in Maine is a local fav...

Friday, April 12 from 10 to 11:30 AM. Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Ave, Staten Island, NY. FREE for members, $10 donation non-members. Includes light refreshments. Explore the extraordinary inventions of Antonio Meucci, an Italian inventor whose work revolutionized communication. From his early days in Florence to his groundbreaking experiments in Ha...

Italy is, by definition, a land of differences. From north to south, from east to west, landscapes, habits, food, climate, flora, and fauna: they all change. But perhaps nothing says as much about the country’s multifaceted, at times complex, reality as the way we speak. The accent and vocabulary of an Italian from Lombardia are very different from...

When you think of Dean Martin’s iconic song “That’s Amore,” you can probably hear the opening line used in so many classic movies play in your head; “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.”  However, fans of the song know the Rat Pack singer goes on to list another classic Italian dish: pasta fagioli (or pasta e fagioli). “...

The Ameglia community and La Spezia anti-fascism remembered the 80th anniversary of the Nazi massacre at Punta Bianca. It was March 26, 1944: the victims were fifteen American soldiers of the Oss, the corps employed for special operations. The members of the commandos were chosen from among soldiers with family origins in the target countries of th...

On April 1, at 6:30 pm., at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, a group of doctoral students will come together to present Italian poetry of Guido Cavalcanti, Dante, Michelangelo, Tasso, Foscolo, and Leopardi up to Campana and Luzi.  The studies by students from various American universities,  establish stratified associations with diverse disciplines. T...

The Trevi Fountain is one of the most renowned and celebrated attractions of the Eternal City. The scene featuring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in Federico Fellini’s film La Dolce Vita certainly boosted its hype from the 1960s onwards. The Trevi Fountain is a melting pot of Roman history, mythology, and architecture that draws over 5 milli...

L'Artigiano, synonymous in Italy with creamy, flavorful gelato and a long history in the region of Umbria, is making its debut in the United States in the same city that so many Italians have called home for generations — New York. Officially launching across 12 retailers at over 400 locations in the New York City metro area, L'Artigiano is now ava...