Memphis: the 29th Annual Italian Festival
After 29th years the Italian Festival in Memphis continues to draw crowds. The East Memphis event offered live music, Italian food, and games Saturday. People ate in Luigi’s Café which included meals from several local restaurants. Local 24 spoke with a cook whose team has competed in the gravy competition for 20 years. “Just the family atmosphere....
Ciancia is looking for event hosts and door volunteers
Ciancia IS a non-profit organization based on volunteering. We need receptionists at our events at the Ciancia desk. There, you get a chance to talk to new attendees about our club and to recruit new members. All our volunteers get great benefits throughout the year. This is also a unique chance for you to practice basic Italian. Please, contact...
Message from the Ambassador of Italy in Washington, Armando Varricchio, on the occasion of the Italian National Day, 2018
Dear fellow Italians, dear Italian-American friends, as we celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the foundation of the Republic we remember the choice of freedom made by Italian women and men on June 2, 1946. A choice that has allowed our country to join the path of democracy and progress in the transatlantic and European framework. This year is also t...
A Well-Crafted Muffaletta Is the Perfect Sandwich
Wherever you’re going this summer—plane, train, automobile, beach, campsite, whatever—you’re going to need to bring some substantive travel snacks with you. And while pizza-flavored gas-station snacks are always a worthy choice, the smartest move you can make is a DIY Italian sub. Specifically, a muffaletta: New Orleans’ favorite deli sandwich is o...
Maria Terrone and Marisa Frasca - An evening of poetry
Saturday June 9, 6PM to 8PM EDT. I Am Books - 189 North St, Boston 02113 Marisa Frasca is a bilingual poet, translator, book reviewer and the author of Via Incanto: Poems from the Darkroom. Her work has been widely published in literary journals and anthologies. Maria Terrone, poetry editor of the journal Italian Americana, is the author of the poe...
Brooklyn Cyclones Italian Heritage Night
Join the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team for their Italian Cultural Night on Sunday, July 8 at 4 p.m. for their game against Yankees Staten Island! The event will include food from local Italian restaurants and vendors, a “Best Sauce” Contest and a “Nonna of the Game” Contest, a cannoli-eating competition, and Italian music and enterta...
Little Italy of the Bronx, a trip to Arthur Avenue
Through a dreary door and up a flight of stairs in an old brick apartment building is Philip Marino’s Arthur Avenue office. It’s situated dead center in the Little Italy of the Bronx on a block that boasts culinary institutions like Full Moon Pizza, open since 1976, and Teitel Brothers Grocery, open since 1915. If you weren’t looking for Marino, t...
La cultura dell'emigrazione Italoamericana: Michela Valmori all'IIC di Chicago
Quando i migranti eravamo (siamo?) noi. Si intitola “The Culture of Italian American Emigration – When We Were the Immigrants” la conferenza che la ricercatrice Fulbright dell'università di Bologna, Michela Valmori, terrà martedì prossimo, 5 giugno, all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago, su uno dei temi più attuali del momento, l'immigrazione...
'Open Roads' Italian film series highlights the career of Valentina Cortese and much more
Reflecting the zeitgeist, “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2018" offers several female-centered stories this year, although of the 17 feature-length narrative films and documentaries at the festival, only two are directed by women. Most screenings are followed by question-and-answer sessions with the filmmakers and members of the cast. Organized by...
Taste With Tori: ITA101
SummerFest makes its way to Medford, New Jersey this week. If you’re looking for a spot to eat in town, you can find a number of restaurants along Main Street. In this week’s Taste With Tori, there’s a quaint BYOB called ITA101 where they’re serving farm-to-table Italian cuisine so moving you just may be tempted to take that trip to Italy!
Festa della Repubblica Celebration in Washington, D.C.!
Located in the Washington, D.C. DMV area? Don’t miss out on an incredible Festa della Repubblica celebration on Saturday, June 9th at 6 p.m. at the Church of the Nativity in Burke, Va.! The event is organized by the Church of the Nativity Italian Heritage & Cultural Society and St. Mary of Sorrows Italian Heritage Society, in association with The A...
Cross the line - mostra fotografica a LA
Si è recentemente conclusa a Los Angeles, presso la galleria d’arte The Loft at Liz’s, la mostra fotografica “Cross the line” di Marinella Paolini. La mostra, allestita dal Direttore artistico Patrizia Biba Mogherini, è stata curata da Guy Dill, famoso artista-scultore californiano. L’artista è nata a Civitavecchia (Roma), ha iniziato il suo perco...