There was no better way to celebrate Phil Rizzuto's birthday than in the company of San Diego's finest news crew at CBS Channel 8 and renowned sports artist Christopher Paluso. On September 25th, CBS News Anchor Carlo Cecchetto hosted the grand opening evening celebration of the new exhibition Artists' Tribute to Italian Americans in Baseball after...

By Lori Weisberg Ask me where I'd like to vacation, and whatever the day or year, my answer will invariably be the same: anywhere in Italy.   A devoted Italophile without the means to travel overseas regularly, I feed my passion instead by seeking out Italian-centric neighborhoods in U.S. cities. How fortunate, then, am I to live just minut...

The Italian American Museum, Its Board Members and President Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa congratulate Uff. Maria T. Fosco on receiving the 2014 Fondazione Dean Martin Award   On Thursday, August 7th, the Dean Martin Foundation of Montesilvano (Pescara, Italy) honored Museum Vice President, Maria T. Fosco with...

Tuesday, November 11th, 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. and Tuesday, November 18th, 6:00 - 9:00 P.M. / Italian American Museum - 155 Mulberry Street (Corner of Grand and Mulberry Streets) - New York, NY 10013 $60 per person - To register for this workshop, please call the Italian American Museum at (212) 965-9000 or&n...

This June marks the 25th annual celebration of Italian culture located in the classic "Heart of Chicago" generations-old Italian neighborhood that draws approximately 25,000 attendees annually. The event features five stages of headline entertainment, great italian wines, authentic Italian food specialities from the incredible restaurants located i...

by Nathan Donato-Weinstein   After decades of plans that went precisely nowhere, San Jose's Little Italy is finally on its way toward becoming a bellisimo villaggio. The nonprofit Little Italy Foundation and Los Gatos-based SV Home in recent weeks have acquired five historic – if dilapidated – homes, along with a 10,000-square-foot lot, in...

Italian immigrants began settling in Minnesota 200 years ago and at the beginning of the 20th century the largest concentrations were living on the Iron Range, in the Twin Cities, Duluth and Stillwater. Early arrivals tended to be from northern Italy. Railroad workers hired in Chicago and sent northward, took up residence in St. Paul and Minneapoli...

There is a major city in the United States where the history of Italian emigration, very interesting and full of content, is undoubtedly embodied by a personality, universally recognized and appreciated. That city is Chicago, and the person who has been studying for a long time the Italian emigration and presence there, is Dominic Candeloro. We me...

by Ron Matz   Food, fun and friendship. It's all happening this weekend in the streets of Little Italy. Baltimore is getting ready for the annual feast of St. Gabriel. The bocce ball court is ready; so are the cannolis. The streets of Little Italy will be packed this weekend. It's time for the annual feast of St. Gabriel. "We're g...

Seeking musicians, performance artists, actors, singers, writers, graphic artists, readers, jugglers, acrobats, original acts.   The upcoming San Gennaro Feast is the largest and most visible annual Italian cultural expression in New York City. The Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge, through the auspices of its Chaplain Msgr. Sakano, has hosted an I...