The Hon. Christian Di Sanzo, elected to the North and Central American Repartition, received at the IIC in New York the Caruso Tribute Award Prize, organized by Melos International and dedicated to Enrico Caruso, in recognition of his work for the dissemination of Italian culture in North America, with special emphasis on the younger generation. Th...

Washington DC and New York were the two stops in the U.S. in the series of international presentations of Teatro alla Scala's 2023-2024 Season-which will open on Dec. 7 with Verdi's Don Carlo conducted by Riccardo Chailly and directed by Lluís Pasqual, LaScala.tv's 2023-2024 programming, and the newly established "Teatro alla Scala Association of A...

In celebration of Italian Heritage and Culture Month in the U.S., production houses Daitona and Preston Witman Productions have unveiled an exclusive U.S. tour for their latest documentary "AP Giannini - Bank To The Future." Directed by Valentina Signorelli and Cecilia Zoppelletto, the film delves deep into the remarkable journey of Amadeo Peter Gi...

Dear friends, What a month! So many things, so many friends, so many events! It always happens in October, but this year has been extraordinary! It actually started at the end of September, when in Florence I had the honor of representing We the Italians and the Italian American community at the Made in Italy event organized by Maurizio Mancianti,...

On May 14, 1864, a reward was published in a newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, for the capture of Henry, a runaway Black slave. On the same day, Pasquale Falvella posted a reward in a New York tabloid for an eleven-year-old Italian harpist named Antonio Pricolo. The boy had escaped from Falvella, who was a cruel padrone. Although Antonio’s fate is u...

Located at 57 West 10th Street in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, Osteria 57 is a neighborhood gem. Opened since September 2017, the intimate restaurant is meat and poultry free, but offers authentic Italian cuisine that uniquely combines traditional hearty dishes with handmade pasta, delectable fish and garden-grown vegetables, resulting in the mos...

On Wednesday, October 25th, at 6:30 pm NOIAW presents the first edition of A Tavola. The National Organization of Italian American Women launches a National Dinner Conversation live from NYC at the Columbus Citizens Foundation and via Zoom everywhere else on the importance of celebrating Italian American "HER - story!" All NOIAW members will be inv...

Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino is thrilled to announce its return to the United States for the latest edition of Benvenuto Brunello. This annual, exclusive wine tasting event offers a unique opportunity to get an early taste of the newest vintage releases, featuring Brunello di Montalcino 2019 and Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2018. Ove...

Wednesday, October 25, 2023. 6:15pm EDT. The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room, Columbia University, NY. The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947): The Paladins of France in America By Jo Ann Cavallo. Sicilian puppet theater is a unique nineteenth- and twentieth-century popular theatrical tradition based on the masterpieces...

Few people have shaped the streetscape of New York as prominently as the stone-carving Piccirilli brothers, six Italian immigrants who turned out one important public sculpture after another at their studio complex in the Bronx starting in the 1890s.From the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green to the Bronx Zoo, from the figures of...