The soul of Palermo is in its markets
Palermo, a city of a thousand colors, a thousand flavors, a thousand noble palaces, a thousand churches, and a thousand monuments; multicultural, a safe haven for foreigners of any race, any origin, any faith. In short, an open-air marketplace where not only material goods but also ideas, customs, and habits are exchanged—in essence, everything tha...
The Enduring Legacy of Mancini’s in the Heart of St. Paul
Where can you find a dining experience in the Twin Cities that feels just like the meals your parents or even your grandparents enjoyed? Mancini’s Char House is the answer. Mancini’s began as a small tavern on West Seventh Street in 1948, where Nick Mancini and his family served the working-class community with homemade dishes and a warm smile. Ove...
Gorgonzola PDO: Production and Exports Grow in 2024
On the eve of its participation in the 60th edition of SIAL, set to take place from October 19-23 in Paris, the Consortium for the Protection of Gorgonzola PDO has unveiled preliminary production and export figures. In the third quarter of 2024, production surged to 3,860,162 cheese wheels, reflecting a 1.1% increase compared to the same period las...
‘The Filangieri-Franklin Correspondence: Visions of Unity for Europe and America’- A talk
Between 1782 and 1788, Gaetano Filangieri and Benjamin Franklin engaged in a remarkable correspondence, an exchange of letters that revealed a deeper, more profound correspondence of ideals and values. Their written dialogue uncovers a shared commitment to peace, trade liberalization, human rights, and good government. This talk will present the le...
A special toast to the 100th anniversary of Chianti Classico Consortium, with President Mattarella
A special toast to the 100th anniversary of the Chianti Classico Consortium, which protects one of Italy’s most beautiful territories, enclosed in the hills drawn by the Renaissance soul of Florence and the medieval soul of Siena: was celebrated, yesterday, at the Quirinale Palace, in Rome, by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarell...
Italian restaurant Salt & Flour opens in Minneapolis' North Loop
A new Italian restaurant from prominent Twin Cities chef Brian Ingram opened this week in Minneapolis' North Loop. Salt & Flour is the latest addition to the mixed-use North Loop Green development, which consists of two towers across from Target Field. Hines, the Texas-based real estate investment, development and management firm behind North Loop...
Retired Senator Patrick Leahy Honored
The Vermont Italian Cultural Association (VICA) has named one of our three annual scholarships in honor of VICA members, retired Senator Patrick Leahy and his wife, Marcelle Leahy. The naming recognizes the Leahy’s enduring commitment to promoting and sharing Italian history and cultural heritage in Vermont. The Leahys have been VICA members since...
University of Naples Federico II Celebrates 800 Years with International Program in New York
As part of the celebrations for the 800th anniversary of its founding, the University of Naples Federico II launches a new internationalization program, starting from New York, the capital of finance and innovation, where the university has a branch. On October 22 and 23, at the Tata Center, on Roosevelt Island, NYC, the Federico II University will...
The Capital City of Columbus: Celebrating Italian Heritage
In the capital city of Ohio, you can find plenty of “Columbus” references made all around the city, all with connections to Italian-American roots. First and foremost, the city was named after the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose statue, a gift from the citizens of Genoa, Italy to the City of Columbus in 1955, once stood outside City Hall. Foll...
International experts slam alleged Columbus DNA findings: ‘Commenting on this is like commenting on aliens’
Some of the world’s leading DNA researchers are shocked by how the results of the analysis of the alleged remains of Christopher Columbus have been presented. José Antonio Lorente — a forensic scientist from the University of Granada in Spain, who was responsible for this research — claimed that Columbus was likely a Sephardic Jew who lived on Spai...
“Genoa-Ellis Island” and “Between two worlds”: the project sees collaboration between MU.MA (Musei del Mare e delle Migrazioni) and MEI (Museo Nazionale dell'Emigrazione Italiana)
An important meeting was held in recent days at the Ellis Island Museum of Immigration as NY between the symbols of Italian-American emigration: the MU.MA and the MEI, with the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. This is a further step in the international collaboration between these prestigious institutions that will lead to the creation in...
Ron Onesti pursues dream of Taylor Street museum
Like so many other Chicago-area Italian Americans, Ron Onesti traces his stateside roots to the legendary Taylor Street Little Italy on the city’s Near West Side. His father’s parents settled there when they arrived from Italy, his father grew up and made lasting memories there, and Onesti was born in the neighborhood and went to school at St. Call...