Italy honours opera composer Puccini 100 years after his death
Italy is staging a series of special events on Friday to mark the centenary of the death of the great Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, known worldwide for operas such as Tosca and Turandot. One century after his death in Brussels aged 65 on 29 November 1924, productions of the composer's beloved operas will be performed in Italy and in opera house...
How Lufthansa's Merger With ITA Airways Will Alter The US-Italy Route Network
With the Lufthansa and ITA Airways merger, whereupon the former will initially buy a 41% stake in the latter, inching closer and closer, there have been questions about how the two carriers, as well as the Lufthansa Group’s networks, will change going forward. When Lufthansa Group initially announced the acquisition of 41% of ITA Airways’ shares in...
Coccia Institute Works with the Montclair Women’s Club for Christmas Tradition
The Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America in collaboration with the Montclair Women’s Club, will present a conversation with Andrea Cammarato-Van Benschoten, author of The Italians of Newark, and Marialena Marzullo, an MSU Alumna/Co-Chair of the Montclair-Aquilonia Sister Cities Agreement. A Newark native, Andrea Cammarato–Van Ben...
The Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco 2.0 – 2024 remodeling
Design, Innovation and Sustainability are the key elements of the Consulate General of Italy in San Francisco Remodeling 2024. Leveraging on the recent works on some structural parts of the building, made possible thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, the project of the remodeling of the CG has been conce...
The Festival and Gala of Italian Creativity in Boston
The Consulate General of Italy in Boston celebrated the culmination of the 8-day Festival of Italian Creativity at a Gala dinner on November 22 at the SoWa Power Station. The event, organized with the support of the October Italian American Heritage Month Committee of Massachusetts, commended the vibrant legacy of Boston’s Italian American communit...
Join the Italian Charities of America For An Italian Christmas Concert
Join Italian Charities of America for an Italian Christmas Concert by Alessandra Belloni & I Giullari Di Piazza. Saturday, December 14th at 7:00pm EST. Doors Open at 6:30pm. 83-20 Queens Boulevard, Elmhurst, NY. Seating is limited, please register online for reservations. Italian Charities of America presents you with a joyful evening of Southern I...
All the historical inaccuracies in The Gladiator II
Gladiator II, a historical film? No, pure science fiction. Released in Italy on Nov. 14, The Gladiator II, the sequel to the film that gave international notoriety to Russell Crowe, his “On my signal all hell breaks loose” having entered the common phrasebook, tests the judgment of historians as it did, on the other hand, with the first chapter. N...
The Italian American Veterans Museum is on the march!
After nearly two decades at Casa Italia, the Italian American Veterans Museum will be bidding a fond farewell to our longtime home and marching confidently toward a promising future. We’re going to need your support like never before: please donate here. We’re calling on supporters past and future to give as generously as you can to help us defray...
Torino - 2025 European Capital of Smart Tourism
The city's transformation from an industrial hub to a vibrant cultural destination is an example of smart urban regeneration. Iconic sites such as the Lingotto Car Factory and OGR-Officine Grandi Riparazioni have been repurposed into cultural venues, demonstrating the city’s commitment to blending history with modern innovation. Torino’s inclusion...
Agreement reached between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Virginia
Massimiliano Fedriga, President of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy, last October met with Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia to sign an important Memorandum of Understanding, signaling the start of a new era of international cooperation between the two regions. This strategic agreement is poised to strengthen the economic,...
Italian Thanksgiving, or How One Ethnic Group Resisted American Food
The Italian Thanksgiving in New England was and still is a piece de resistance – a masterpiece of Italian and American cooking. It’s also a result of Italian cooks who successfully resisted do-gooders trying to Americanize their food habits. An Italian Thanksgiving in the Italian cities like Waterbury, Conn., or Providence, R.I., or Revere, Mass.,...
“The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947): The Paladins of France in America”
Thursday, December 5th, 6:00 pm. Suggested donation of $15 per person. Italian American Museum, 151 Mulberry Street, New York, NY. For reservations please send an email here. You are cordially invited to attend a Book Presentation and Talk by Dr. Jo Ann Cavallo who will discuss her book, “The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947):...