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La Scuola d’Italia is proud to announce the creation of the Alumni Association. An international network that will reconnect all former students with La Scuola and create a mentorship program for new students. A network spanning the Atlantic, strengthening the connections of La Scuola d’Italia with Alumni and former students. Through social media a...

If you’re a Staten Islander, you know the deal: Get in a conversation and there’ll be hand gestures flying along with the words. Most of us are familiar with the “thumbs up,” or even crossing two fingers for good luck. But the vast array of Italian hand gestures? That’s a horse or a different color. So, the Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belve...

La Scuola d’Italia, located in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, today announced a new academic scholarship fund which will provide full to partial tuition for the first year of attendance. “The La Scuola d’Italia Italian-American Scholarship Program, identifies and supports young students interested in the Italian culture with exceptional promise, appl...

È stato avviato un protocollo d’intesa tra il Premio “Penisola Sorrentina” e l’ente del terzo settore “Exordium” di Buonalbergo, in provincia di Benevento. L’iniziativa nasce per volontà di Giuseppe Leone, artista sannita, già docente all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli e animatore instancabile del fortore sannita e non solo. l 2021 segnerà il nu...

Simona Rodano, world famous singer and multi award winner is back! From her tiny apartment in Queens, the artist, also known as The Italian Fairy®, spreads her love for Italy and appreciation for the Italian lifestyle through educational entertainment. It features unique online educational offerings for young learners from all over the world. The I...

Thursday evening, La Scuola d’Italia, hosted a webinar for the occasion of La Settimana della Lingua Italiana (Week of the Italian Language in the World), presenting a video made by their fifth grade students, which had as its core theme the subject of the Italian language. The video, entitled I Ribelli, was planned by Massimo Zoran, the school’s t...

Giving Tuesday is next week - and we are launching our campaign now! For the first 50 leadership donors of $500 and above that give or commit a pledge between now and December 1, we will be sending you a beautiful Biordi Imports ornament as a token of our appreciation. All Biordi Imports ornaments are Italian made and hand painted. Their popular Ra...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian Monica Straniero was doing just that — visiting Italy — when the American border slammed shut due to the coronavirus. A native of Rome — from the city’s architecturally striking Via Giulia or strada magistralis, to be exact — Straniero lives in Binghamton, but visits friends and family back in her homeland du...

October 28, 2020, Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University. A roster of historians, political scientists, literary experts, and art historians will discuss the different implications on society of the current pandemic with special attention to the Italian - US relationship. All presentations will be in Eng...

On September 14th, over 50 attendees joined the inaugural True Italian Taste Master Class “Boot” Camp. During the Master Class and tasting session, participants were led on a guided exploration of the flavors of Italy’s Piemonte region by a panel of expert speakers. Participants partook in a journey of discovery of Piedmont’s PDO and PGI products w...

Magazzino Italian Art announced today its appointment of Dr. Teresa Kittler as its 2020-21 Scholar-in-Residence. As the third scholar in Magazzino's history to be appointed to this position, Kittler will advance the museum's commitment to supporting new scholarship of Italian postwar and contemporary art. "We are thrilled to welcome Teresa to the m...

Aria spensierata e gioviale da bambina, l’abile e tenace bruna siculo-americana, Cav. Josephine Buscaglia Maietta, Presidente di AIAE- Association of Italian American Educators, ha centrato appieno l’obiettivo di unire l’Italia all’America. Josephine, insieme ad altri volontari creatori della cultura, è elemento fondante della medesima Associazione...