When: Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Where: Hicksville Public Library, 169 Jerusalem Ave, Hicksville, NY, 11801 Join us as we listen to Poetry from the Italian Soul presented by RITA M. MONTE, poet and producer of the international radio show, Profumi D'Italia, on WHPC 90.3FM Nassau Community College. The reading will take place in the community ro...
READ MOREWhen: Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM - Where: Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd, Greenwich, CT, 06807 Come hear Kim Harke talk about her book: Italian American Recollections in Stamford, Connecticut, a rich portrayal of Stamford in the 1930s through the 1960s from the experiences of Italian American descendants. Their memories of war, ro...
READ MOREOctober 14 2024, 15:30 (Local time). Coffey Hall, Loyola University, 1000 W Sheridan Rd, Evanston IL. On the occasion of the 24th Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago presents a series of events inspired by the theme “Italian and the Book: The World Between the Lines.” The series of events explores th...
READ MOREThe anniversary book ‘Molteni Mondo: An Italian Design Story’, edited by Spencer Bailey and Beda Achermann and published by Rizzoli, invites you on a fascinating journey through the history of the renowned Italian furniture manufacturer Molteni. Since 1934, the company has stood for outstanding design and innovative manufacturing techniques – a suc...
READ MORECooking is an undisputed way to connect to loved ones, but for Filippo Cortivo and the rest of his family, self-publishing a new cookbook meant preserving the memory and traditions of their mother: one of Melrose Avenue’s more recognizable Italian chefs for nearly a decade. Loredana “Mamma” Cecchinato, the matriarch and namesake of Larchmont’s Oste...
READ MOREWriter-Director Lucia Mauro’s new one-hour documentary, titled The Loneliest Road, is now available to rent on Vimeo. Inspired by Calabrian author Silvio Manno’s 2016 book, Charcoal and Blood, it honors the five Italian-immigrant charcoal burners shot dead by a sheriff’s posse while striking for better wages in the mining boom town of Eureka, Nevad...
READ MOREVita Nuova (New Life) is a book written by Dante Alighieri between 1292 and 1293. Considered the father of the Italian language, Dante Alighieri (Florence 1265 – Ravenna 1321) started writing from a very young age, was hugely influenced by poets from the stilnovismo movement and pursued theological and philosophical studies. He also took part in th...
READ MOREJune 2024 Representing the city of Rome as we remember the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Rome by the American Fifth Army
READ MOREJanuary 2024 Let's find out about the Italians in the Pacific Northwest
READ MOREThursday September 26 2024, 18:00 To 19:30 (Local time). IIC-NY 686 Park Avenue, NY. Register here. Six Popes: A Son of the Church Remembers ( Humanix Books, 2021) is Monsignor Hilary C. Franco’s engaging memoir and a story only a son can tell, a son not only of the Catholic Church, but also of Italian immigrants. As a young man he attended Rome’s...
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