Dear friends and supporters of Italian Culture in America, I hope you can come with friends, children, family and also forward this information to any interested person! Don't miss the grand opening of our new grand office: on Saturday, November 16 at 2331 York Road, Suite 300 in Timonium, MD from 6-8 pm. Free admission: all are welcome (children a...
READ MOREOctober was Italian American Heritage Month, and Seton Hall’s Italian Club celebrated the month with different events that incorporate the Italian language and traditions. Gino Granato, a senior visual and sound media major, who has been a member since his freshman year, said that he is grateful to be in this position as president of the Italian Cl...
READ MOREImagine a Hillsdale that taught the “Aeneid” without training students in Latin, or read the “Iliad” but didn’t encourage the study of Greek, or assigned short stories from Jorge Louis Borges but never led students to delve deeper into the study of Spanish. Now remember that Hillsdale students will often study the works of Dante, Petrarch, and Mac...
READ MOREThe New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (NJIHC) is proud to announce its participation in this year’s New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Convention, taking place November 7-8, 2024, at the Atlantic City Convention Center. The NJIHC will highlight its acclaimed K-12 Curriculum and unveil new lesson plans on “The Creation of America: The Roma...
READ MOREA Maine South High School teacher who teaches Italian as part of the school’s world language curriculum has been recognized for her academic efforts, school district officials announced in a news release. Cristina Modica – who is Italian and also teaches the language course at the Park Ridge high school – was selected by the American Association of...
READ MOREIn celebration of Italian American Heritage Month, a Naperville mom is taking a unique approach to teaching others about her heritage. Her lessons have grown so popular, she’s opening up a school in Chicago this month. There’s no telling what tricks will come out of teacher Claudia Di Pancrazio’s magic bag. The Italian native and mom recently opene...
READ MOREThe cobblestone streets of Florence, Italy, are renowned for their larger-than-life architecture, one-of-a-kind art, sweet desserts, and sunset views over the Arno river. On a month-long trip abroad, juniors Madeline Bolger and Natalie Miller learned how crucial another facet of Florence was to the country’s economy — food. Traveling to Florence th...
READ MOREDear friends, We the Italians is spending October, the Italian Heritage Month, back and forth between New York, Rome and Washington DC. This is the busiest month of the year for us, and for several friends in the Italian American community. October began with a very special moment for me. As you may know, I have the honor of being the representativ...
READ MOREThe 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...
READ MOREAs 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...
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