Archeology of the Future – Exhibit by Fabrizio Plessi - September 28, 2017
You Are Kindly Invited to the Opening of «Archeology of the Future» An Installation by Acclaimed Italian Artist Fabrizio Plessi Thursday, September 28, 2017. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. Program starts at 6:00 p.m. Reception to follow. For info please contact [email protected] ID REQUIRED. Embassy of Italy - 3000 Whitehaven Street...
Top 100 submissions on what to do with the Rizzo statue
When the long-simmering controversy over the statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo reached the screaming phase this summer, city officials invited the public to offer suggestions for the monument’s future. Over the course of three weeks – late August to September 15 – more than 3,600 submissions were received online. (A lot of them are repeats or mess...
Umbria in Sugar Land is coming soon!
From Wednesday September 27th to Sunday October 1st the City of Sugar Land is hosting a multi-day film festival called Umbria in Sugar Land at locations throughout Sugar Land. The festival is an international project produced by the International Film Festival of Spello, also known as Festival del Cinema Città di Spello ed i Borghi Umbri. The sixth...
A Little Italy Tradition, Hanging by a String
The evening on Mulberry Street was already thickening with the aroma of fried dough and grilled sausage when a knight in faded armor coursed through the crowd in a shopping cart. “Puppet show in the church,” shouted a man pushing the cart. “Marionettes in the church.” The popular street festival that is the Feast of San Gennaro is a concerted heave...
The anti-Balbo movement gains momentum in the City Council
Despite backlash from members of the local Italian-American community, Chicago aldermen are proceeding with their proposal to rename Balbo Drive and move or modify the Balbo Monument, memorials to a henchman of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. The tributes were added shortly after Italo Balbo, a leader of the Blackshirts paramilitary units and la...
Charlottesville Adopts Indigenous Peoples Day
Charlottesville, Virgina's city council has voted to adopt World Indigenous Day in lieu of the United State’s national holiday, Columbus Day. “Indigenous Peoples Day shall be used to reflect upon the ongoing struggles of Indigenous people on this land, and to celebrate the thriving culture and value that Indigenous nations add to our city,” the cou...
Get Involved in the Houston Italian Festival!
Dear Members and Friends, the 39th Houston Italian Festival is coming up and we need your help! It takes hundreds of volunteers to make this festival a success. If you want to be on the front lines of bringing Italian culture to Houston, please be a volunteer on the Festival team. You will be surrounded by like-minded friends, old and new, and you...
Author Talk: Samuele Pardini, "In the Name of the Mother"
Friday September 29, 6 PM EDT. I Am Books - 189 North St, Boston 02113. "In the Name of the Mother" examines the investment of black male writers and intellectuals in Italian immigrants and Italian Americans and the response of Italian American writers and artists to American blackness in the 20th century. Samuele Pardini links the African American...
Barnes & Noble Announces More Than 100 Italian-American Authors Marching Up Fifth Avenue in the Columbus Citizens Foundation’s Annual Columbus Day Parade
Barnes & Noble, Inc., along with the Columbus Citizens Foundation, today announced that more than 100 Italian-American authors will be marching up Fifth Avenue in this year’s Columbus Day Parade. Chairman and Founder of Barnes & Noble, Leonard Riggio, was named Grand Marshal of the 73rd Columbus Day Parade and created the theme for this year, “A Ce...
Italian Street Food Fest on October 1st in Alameda
Please join us for the 2nd edition of the Italian Street Food Fest on October 1st in Alameda! You may find more details about the event on Facebook. Where: 677 West Ranger Avenue, Alameda, California 94501. When: Sunday October 1st, 11am-3pm. What: Great food (Gnocco FRITTO by Gnocco BELLA and Gelato by Almare), wine and cocktails, live music, kids...
Italians close ranks as Columbus controversy grows
Manny Alfano of Bloomfield is a man on a two-pronged mission. Through his organization, Italian American One Voice Coalition, or IAOVC, he fights the stereotyping of Italian-Americans and attacks on Christopher Columbus, whose namesake holiday will be observed next month. "We are judging a 15th century explorer by 21st century standards," said Alfa...
Christopher Columbus statue will likely depart San Jose City Hall — but not anytime soon
A controversial Christopher Columbus statue is set to be removed from City Hall — but how soon and where it ends up is anyone’s guess. A City Council committee Wednesday voted unanimously to gather public input, in partnership with San Jose State, about where the statue should go and what should replace it. The council committee will discuss the st...