Head down to the North End for the 94th annual Feast of Saint Anthony on August 23 – 26 on Endicott, Thacher, and North Margin Streets.   Saint Anthony's Feast is one of the oldest and largest neighborhood celebrations in America. This authentic Italian festival is full of events for all ages, for the young and young at heart alike: colorful...

It's that time of year. The 9th Annual Richmond's original Italian Street Festival is Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th and you are invited to come out and enjoy! Local caterer Brian Thompson is one of the vendors this year and shares a tasty preview, his Tomato Caprese Flatbread.   Source: http://wtvr.com

October is National Pasta Month, celebrating one of America's favorite foods. De Cecco is America's favorite imported Italian pasta, perfect for every table. Leading chefs the world over choose De Cecco because they know the secret to superior pasta creations – the De Cecco difference! To mark the occasion, De Cecco debunks myths and offers little...

Thursday, Sep 11 6:00p - German Masonic Fairground, 89 Western Hwy., Tappan, NY 10983   A four day celebration of all things Italian. Gates open Thursday at 5 p.m. and the festival will kick off with the opening ceremonies and a tribute to the fallen heroes of 9/11 at 6 p.m. The event is a showcase for area talent and live ent...

All parades are tribal, and all parades look back. See how far we've come, they say. Better parades look forward, too. This is where we're going now. But the best parades reach out to others, raising a banner for universal values of goodwill, aiming in some small way to heal the world.   Such a parade is walking down State Street in Chicag...

La cultura italiana arriva a New York sotto varie forme, lo si è visto durante la seconda edizione dell'Italian International Dance Festival, dove artisti e coreografi italiani si sono esibiti al fianco di quelli americani. Il Gran Galà, nato dall'idea dei ballerini Antonio Fini e Tabata Caldironi, ospita diverse realtà del mondo della danza. In f...

During this past October, my partner, Michael Carosone, and I were invited to give a talk at a community college in downtown Manhattan, on our experiences around being gay and Italian American, in order to celebrate National Italian American Heritage Month.   I wanted to share the transcribe of my talk since it has been my agenda to bring vi...

Plan to begin the family's summer fun with four evenings of non-stop family entertainment and exciting rides starting June 4. The Church of the Assumption's annual St. Anthony Italian Family Feast returns for its 15th year and there will be more entertainers than in 2014, plus a new ride company has been engaged with all new and different rides thi...

by Valerio Viale   The 19th edition of the L.A. Shorts Fest – running at the L.A. Live in Downtown from September 3rd to the 10th – showcased a total of 265 films from 26 countries.   This festival's distinguishing feature is that it's officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the winning shorts fro...

More than a century ago, many people were crossing the Atlantic looking for a new life in America. Some of them landed in West Virginia, working in the coal mines and the glass factories. A large percentage of those immigrants were from Italy. They settled here and worked hard, started families and became a driving force in their communities....