The 4th Annual Fountain Inn Italian-American Heritage Festival is Happening in April 2025
The second annual Fountain Inn Italian American Heritage Festival is on Saturday, April 26th, 2025 Are you thinking about attending the festival? We have the schedule, the vendors, and all the details you need to plan your day to have an incredible time at this Fountain Inn (SC) Italian festival and celebration! This Italian-American Heritage Festi...
Cornell Art Museum Extends Popular 'ICONS of ART Italian Mosaic Portraits' Exhibition
Due to overwhelming public enthusiasm and interest, the Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is pleased to announce the extension of the “ICONS of ART Italian Mosaic Portraits” exhibition at the Cornell Art Museum through October 27, 2025. The acclaimed exhibition features 40 hand crafted mosaic portraits of iconic figures from the wor...
A Sweet Celebration of Italian Heritage in Gaston County
On March 8, CCI-NC President and Honorary Consul of Italy to North Carolina, Dr. Valentina Cecchi, attended the opening of The Old-Fashioned Way: The Tony’s Ice Cream Story at the Gaston County Museum in Dallas, NC. Representing both CCI-NC and the Italian Consulate, Dr. Cecchi joined local officials and community leaders to honor the enduring lega...
A 104-Year-Old Woman Reveals The Secret To Her Longevity — It's Just One Type Of Food
Age is just a number. Well, Yolanda Redding has achieved quite a many. The centenarian punched in another milestone in the records earlier this year and credits her mom’s cooking for her longevity. At present, when the average life expectancy of a person has been reduced to 77.5 years in the US, per the CDC, Ms. Redding has continued to keep her s...
‘Beyond the Medici’: A Window Into Florentine Baroque Art
The exhibition “Beyond the Medici: The Haukohl Family Collection” is currently on view at the Georgia Museum of Art through May 18. Mark Fehrs Haukohl, president of a multinational family investment office based in Houston, organized the show from his family’s private collection of Florentine Baroque art, the largest outside of Italy. He wrote, “In...
One Heart, Two Homes: A Story of Italian American Ancestry
My maternal grandparents immigrated from a small town in Southern Italy called Alife. It’s located in the Province of Caserta (Campania), a beautiful place that sits in a valley surrounded by the Matese Mountains. I have been blessed to visit the town of my ancestors many times. While I am eager to share stories of my first visit in 1988, at the ag...
How Memphis music bonded the Bluff City with an Italian village 5,000 miles away
The language was unfamiliar to most of those participating in the Wednesday morning international Zoom meeting, but the words “Rufus Thomas” needed no translation. Resounding briefly within a flow of enthusiastic Italian, the name “Rufus Thomas” — and those of other classic soul singers, including “Otis Redding” and “Solomon Burke” — earned smiles...
TAMPA PASSPORT DAY – 10-12 March 2025
As part of initiatives aimed at providing a service closer to the Italian community residing in Florida, the Consulate General of Italy in Miami will organize a three-day mission in Tampa dedicated to collecting biometric data necessary for passport issuance. A consular officer will be present at the Old City Hall – Sister Cities Room – 1st Floor i...
Italian Club of Tampa Open House & Membership Drive
The Italian Club of Tampa is excited to announce the return of our popular Community Open House & Vendor Market, being hosted on Saturday, February 22nd 2025 from 11:00am to 4:00pm, in conjunction with Ybor City’s 78th Annual Fiesta Day Street Festival! Buy tickets here. We invite the entire Tampa Bay Community to join us as we open the doors of th...
An Evening of Reflection: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tuesday, January 28 · 6:30 - 8:30pm EST. stituto Italiano di Cultura - Italian Cultural Institute in Miami, 209 Altara Avenue Coral Gables, FL. Join the Consulate General of Italy in Miami and American Jewish Committee for a solemn evening commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Italian Cultural Institute in Miami. This event p...
Emory, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Italy build on cultural cooperation agreement
The Ministry of Culture of the Italian Republic and Emory University consolidate the 2023 cultural cooperation agreement by announcing today the transfer of an Etruscan Bucchero jug, a Greek black slipware fish-plate and five fragments of a Laconian Cup. The objects will remain in Atlanta on loan to the Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum. In November...
Cornell Art Museum Presents 'ICONS of ART Italian Mosaic Portraits'
The Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) announced the opening of the Cornell Art Museum’s upcoming exhibition “ICONS of ART Italian Mosaic Portraits” on February 15, 2025. The new exhibition showcases 30 original, one-of-a-kind hand crafted mosaic portraits of famous personalities, representing a variety of cultural fields. Featured a...
