NIAF Welcomes Two New Jersey Italian American Non-Profits to its Affiliate Organization Program
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce that The Columbian Foundation and The Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean have joined the Foundation's Affiliate Organization Program.Launched in 2022, the purpose of the NIAF Affiliate Organization Program is to partner with local and regional charitable and f...
De Cecco celebrates its 130th anniversary in the us with a stamp
The Italian Ministry of Business and Made in Italy celebrated 130 years of De Cecco’s activities in the American market. The recognition of this long history came with a stamp issued by the Italian Postal Service. This is the second philatelic recognition, following the issuance of the 2016 stamp celebrating 130 since De Cecco’s founding. The stamp...
San Gennaro Feast to be held in Las Vegas this week for 43rd year
Italian food lovers, rejoice! The beloved San Gennaro Feast is returning to Las Vegas this week. The event, which opens on Wednesday, May 10 and runs through Sunday, May 14, marks the 43rd year of the popular event. According to organizers, the San Gennaro Feast is held bi-annually in honor of the Saint Gennaro, the Patron Saint of Naples, Italy. I...
Festa Scudetto in New York City
Sunday afternoon after Traditional Latin Mass at Our Lady of Peace Church in Brooklyn, New York, members of the nascent Real Partenopea Brooklyn Club gathered at Ribalta Ristorante at 48 E 12th St. (aka SSC Napoli St.) in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, to watch Napoli's highly anticipated home match against Fiorentina and celebrate our team's third...
Mamma Mia! These Italian Restaurants in Monmouth County, NJ are a Must-Try
New Jersey is home to a proud Italian-American community, and as a result, Jersey has many exceptional Italian restaurants. Whether you are looking for a classic pasta dish or a more contemporary take on Italian cuisine, there is no shortage of options in the Garden State. Looking at New Jersey as a whole, one of the standout Italian restaurants is...
AVS Holds Annual Mass Honoring Deceased Members
The Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch New Jersey held its annual memorial service at Holy Trinity Church of Christ the King Parish this past Sunday, May 7th 2023. The event, which has been held for decades, honors the deceased members of this historic organization. The Catholic mass, said in Italian, is followed by a memorial breakfast...
Los Angeles City Hall will be lit up in blue on May 14th to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's passing
The Little Italy of Los Angeles Association (LILAA) is immensely proud to announce that, thanks to the support of Councilmember Tim McOsker and Council District # 15, and under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy, the Los Angeles City Hall Building will be lit up in blue on May 14th, 2023 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the passi...
10 Things To Do In Milan: Complete Guide To Italy's Fashion Capital
Milan, the fashion capital of the world, is located in the northern region of Lombardy. Historic, elegant, and cosmopolitan—this northern Italian city is a perfect mix of modern and historical. From gorgeous window displays in the Quadrilatero della moda and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle II shopping arcade to high-street shops, vintage stores and...
U.S. subsidiary of Italian auto parts manufacturer SPAL investing $35M in Ankeny factory
An Italian auto parts manufacturer with a distribution center and offices in Ankeny will invest $35 million to build a new U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility there, more than doubling its workforce. Headquartered in Correggio, Italy, SPAL Automotive designs and manufactures high-performance fans, centrifugal blowers and fluid pumps for ca...
The cycling hero who saved Italian Jews from the Holocaust
In the 1940s, the cyclist Gino Bartali was probably the second most famous person in Italy. The most famous was, of course, the country’s fascist leader, Benito Mussolini. Ethically, the two men could not have been more different. While Mussolini passed anti-Jewish racial laws that, following the Nazi occupation of Rome, Naples and northern Italy i...
20 Restaurants For The Best Meatballs In NYC
New York City's food scene is bursting with options from just about every culture you can think of. It's then no surprise that this diverse culinary center has some of the best meatballs in America. Of course, Italian food is deeply ingrained in New York City culture, and New York City has some of the best Italian restaurants in the United States....
Cats in Pompeii
It is believed that the cohabitation of cat and man began when the first men made the change from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers and began to accumulate large quantities of food. Cats were then employed in barns as rat hunters. There is certain evidence of peaceful cohabitation between cats and men in Egypt (where they were worshipped) and...