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If you can't get away to the Amalfi Coast over spring break, the Idea Kitchen has the perfect getaway without having to clear customs. Lisa Post Art and The Idea Kitchen announced that they are bringing Southern Italy to the Sound Shore with a solo exhibit by William Papaleo, entitled "Southern Italy — An American Artist's Life." Papaleo, repres...

Dean Michael A. Simons and the entire St. John's Law community mourn the passing of Joseph M. Mattone, Sr., whose strong work ethic, New York City street smarts, and keen business acumen took him to the heights of local and national real estate development. Joe was the Brooklyn-born-and-raised grandchild of Italian immigrants who arrived in New Yor...

The Soccer Tournament (TST), the 7v7 event with a $1 million winner-take-all prize being played in Cary, NC from June 5-10 today announced the entry of Italian club Como 1907 in the 48-team event. Como 1907, who currently play in Italy’s Serie B, return to TST after a run to the quarterfinals in the inaugural event. Como’s entry last year included...

Seattle has an interesting relationship with Italian food. Restaurants specializing in “Pacific Northwest cuisine” often have Italian flourishes on their menu — throw some local seasonal ingredients in some kind of pasta dish and you got yourself an entree, baby. And there are pizzerias galore all over Seattle serving a variety of styles. But true...

The final of the 2023-2024 Champions League in women's volleyball will be all-Italian. Conegliano has indeed joined Milan in the final act of Europe's top competition, which will be staged on Sunday, May 5. In fact, the Italian champions defeated Eczacibasi Istanbul 3-1 in the return semifinal in the Anatolian metropolis, after they had won the fir...

In the highly saturated landscape of Italian cuisine in Southern California, La Parolaccia Osteria has set itself apart by sticking to tradition. Since 2006, the Procaccini family has served the Long Beach community a taste of homestyle Roman cooking with authentic family dishes that represent owner Stefano Procaccini’s Italian upbringing. Now, aft...

On Thursday, April 18 at 5 p.m. in the Diffley Board Room, Bellarmine Hall (1073 North Benson Road Fairfield, CT) filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley will present his new documentary, The Italian Factor, about the Italian-born Piccirilli brothers, who sculpted many important important monuments in New York including the lions that grace the entrance t...

On the evening of March 20th, the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington hosted the screening of the documentary “A Coach As Father: the extraordinary story of Sandro Gamba” by Italian director Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. The documentary portrays the life and achievements of Sandro Gamba, from the hand injury caused by a...

Every year the Italian Ministry of Culture, through the General Directorate of Libraries and Copyright, awards the National Translation Awards to Italian and foreign translators and publishers who have contributed to the diffusion of Italian culture abroad and of foreign culture in our country. The Awards acknowledges the cultural and professional...

On March 19th, Consul General Raffaella Valentini, the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Emanuele Amendola, and the Honorary Consul, Roberta Gentili-Purcell participated remotely in “Italian Career and Alumni Panel” organized by the Italian program of the Arizona State University on Tempe campus (Arizona). The event was focused on strength...

At the home of Inter Miami, amidst the presence of Lionel Messi and with Jannik Sinner watching on in the stands of Fort Lauderdale's Chase Stadium, the national team secured a 2-1 victory against Venezuela in the first of two friendlies on American soil, courtesy of a brace from Mateo Retegui, reinforcing his strong candidacy for the striker role...

Cincinnati celebrated its first Sacred Heart Italian Dinner in 1910—four decades before the first Skyline Chili opened and 20 years before Buddy LaRosa was born. Automobiles were so rare that neighbors raced out of their houses to gawk when a Model T rumbled down the street. The Italian dinner at Sacred Heart Church in Camp Washington, in other wor...