“Le D.I.V.E.” (Donne Italiane che Vivono all’Estero = Italian women living abroad) is a non-profit association formally born in Washington, D.C. in 2001, exclusively based on volunteering, registered in 2012 as a 501c(3) organization and recognized by the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The mission of the organization includes promoting Italian...

L'America. For many people, this word represents a dream. Since the first emigration started from Italy, from 1880 to 1915, more than four million Italians arrived in America, the country identified by its freedom, its work and its opportunities. Emigration declined over the years, but even today Italians pursue the American Dream, and their storie...

Los Angeles è la città delle stelle del cinema e della televisione. Ma ci sono anche delle altre stelle, stelle italiane che tengono alta la nostra bandiera,  e si chiamano “le DIVE”. Facendo un pubblico esordio nel programma televisivo “LITTLE BIG ITALY”, sul canale 9, nella puntata Hollywood della terza stagione, il social club “DIVE DI LOS ANGEL...

The Italian Cultural Society of Washington DC in collaboration with LE D.I.V.E. presents Festa di Carnevale 2018! Get dressed in your favorite costume and join us on February 11th, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at the Chevy Chase Village Hall (5906 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815), to enjoy a very special Carnival party! To RSVP please Submit the...

For those of us born long after WWII ended, the House of Savoy was a name to be found in history books, an important detail that went hand in hand with the unification of Italy in 1861. Our grandparents, and some of our parents, had vivid memories of the reigning monarchs, sometimes holding on to  faded sepia photographs. I remember fantastical sto...

Fra le tante organizzazioni che promuovono spontaneamente la cultura italiana in questa area della California, L'Italo-Americano è venuto recentemente a conoscenza del gruppo tutto femminile DIVE.Non si tratta, come il nome potrebbe far credere, di appartenenti al mondo dello spettacolo o del jet set, ma piuttosto di Donne Italiane che Vivono all'E...

by Silvia Simonetti   Among the initiatives celebrating 2013, Year of the Italian Culture in the United States, the residence of Consul General of Italy Giuseppe Perrone has recently become La Casa all'Italiana in Los Angeles, hosting gorgeous design works by Italian renowned artist Gio Ponti.   Since June 20 and for a whole week, Pon...

The International Women’s Day is their day, and the D.I.V.E. of Los Angeles celebrated it with an exquisite dinner at the Skylight Gardens in Westwood, hosted by Miranda Barone. On this special occasion, the members’ monthly meeting was dedicated to the memory of a brilliant Italian woman: Margherita Hack (1922-2013).   Known as the “lady of...

If the first weekend of December marked the arrival of a cold winter season in San Francisco, the Italian Christmas Market that took place at the Museo Italo Americano brought the warm atmosphere of the traditional Mercato di Natale. The first edition of the Italian Christmas Market, organized by DIVE (Donne Italiane che Vivono all'Estero), a grou...

"Le donne sono state sedute in queste stanze per milioni di anni, cosicché ormai perfino le pareti sono pervase dalla loro forza creativa, che infatti soverchia talmente la capacità dei mattoni e della malta, che per forza deve attaccarsi alle penne, ai pennelli, agli affari e alla politica. Ma questa forza creativa è molto diversa da quella degli...