by Serena Perfetto   Tradition, religion, heritage, and passion: from one generation to the other, a small town in the Apulia region, Scorrano, has been able to keep all these things untouchable and unique and give them expression during a festival called "Festa delle Luminarie".   Those who had visited the village way before it becam...

Two northeast Ohio churches have planned trips to Italy this year, and their respective itineraries are attracting a great deal of interest. Father Paul Rosing, pastor of Holy Family Parish in Stow, Ohio is taking his group north from September 7-21, 2014, weaving his way from Rome to Milan over 15 days and 13 nights.   Father Philip Racco,...

Doppio appuntamento a Bari con Michael J. Slaby, capo innovazione dello staff di Barack Obama durante le campagne presidenziali del 2008 e 2012 negli Stati Uniti. Michael Slaby sarà ospite di due incontri in programma mercoledì 25 settembre. UNIVERSITÀ - Il primo, in programma alle 10 nella sala 1 del Centro polifunzionale studenti dell'Università...

Help us complete the documentary. Premieres: November 14th, 2015 - New York. Fundraising deadline: October 15th, 2015   "The Barese Icemen of New York" follows the story of the Apulia (Italy) emigrants who landed in the United State with nothing, and yet from the 1920's to the 1960's, these people dominated the ice business in...

By Heather Ronaldson    No one is excluded from celebrating Festa Italiana. In fact, they say tutti Italiani — everyone's Italian.   At this year's Festa Italiana, which runs Friday through Sunday at Maier Festival Park, the cultural tent features products from Puglia. Forty other Italian vendors will sell traditional Italian-Ame...

by Morena Pivetti   This weekend Italy will hold regional and municipal elections. About 22 million voters are eligible to choose the government of seven Regions, Veneto and Liguria in the North, Tuscany, Umbria and Marche in the Center and Campania and Puglia in the South.   Voters are also called to elect more than 1,000 municipalit...

by Lauren Smith A candlelit dinner on the beach is just so last year. If you want a truly one-in-a-lifetime experience, this restaurant in Southern Italy that's nestled into a limestone cave and sits above a mesmerizingly blue sea is officially our new definition of date night goals.   Take a closer look: The restaurant is located in the to...

In Europe, German tour operators taking travelers to Italy report increased bookings especially with respect to holidays in Italian mountains rather than cultural destinations. British, French and Spanish tour operators all report positive sale trends as well.   Tour operators from Sweden reported +3% in sales of Italian tours, Danish tour o...

di Rosy Canale   Percussioni suggestive e armonie tipicamente popolari hanno caratterizzato la performance newyorkese del Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino tenutasi ieri sera al Joe's pub di downtown Manhattan. Numeroso il pubblico che ha partecipato letteralmente rapito a questo viaggio attraverso i suoni e le melodie della tradizione sal...

La Puglia Center of America è felice di annunciare che il prossimo 13 Marzo 2014, presso il ristorante Etcetera Etcetera di Manhattan, si terrà la quarta edizione del Puglia's Italy Award of Excellence in America". Il Puglia Center of America award è riconosciuto a personalità nate od originarie della Puglia, che attraverso la loro carriera hanno...