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In 1924, the Venetian Social Club was founded at 8030 Germantown Ave. by artisans – stonemasons, bricklayers, carpenters – who had been brought to Chestnut Hill from the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region of northern Italy to work on homes built by entrepreneurial developers Henry Houston and George Woodward. Many of the Italian workers who spoke little...

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Join us at the Italian Extravaganza, a blissful holiday celebration for all ages! The two day event will feature a number of local and international Italian vendors to help you step up your stocking stuffer game, as well as a myriad of interactive activities. Art-loving attendees can let their creative juices flow with hands-on traditional crafts,...

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New Italian Cinema Events and Penn Cinema & Media Studies, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia, PI-Philly, Penn Italian Studies, and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, present the 2023 edition of New Italian Cinema Events film festival. The festival has been curated by Nicola M Gentili (Penn, Cinema & Media...

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During an era in which mainstream society is being told to honor diversity, equity, and inclusion, it seems the only people who don’t benefit from this cultural revolution are those who are of European descent. For example, October is celebrated as Italian American Heritage and Culture Month and has been since 1989.  Yet, as written previously, one...

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Joe Schiavo is ready for the next party. The South Philly native and World War II veteran who was known as “Joe the Butcher” at his former grocery store on Oregon Avenue, recently turned 100 years old. And he’s showing no signs of slowing down. His family and friends celebrated his incredible accomplishments and longevity during a birthday party in...

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On Aug. 1, 2011, Philadelphia radio station WHAT abruptly ceased broadcasting. As the only station that still had an Italian-themed radio program, it meant the end of 81 years of Italian radio programs on the standard AM/FM radio bands. It seemed that this genre of radio programming was gone forever from the Delaware Valley, until November of 2013....

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Ever since I was a kid growing up in Southwest Philly, Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday. I remember how it used to be at our home, with my Sicilian mother preparing the feast for the whole family, immediate and extended. The Thanksgiving meal was kind of unique in an Italian-American household back then, and I’d venture to say it st...

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Have you ever wished you could avoid AI technology? Look no further because one local store is selling specialized items that can help you do just that. Italian start-up company Cap_able has selected Philadelphia as the first city in the world to sell its Manifesto Collection. This clothing line can block AI facial recognition and protect a wearer'...

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My grandmom or “mom mom,” Frances Cordua’s family was from the fishing village of Carini near Palermo, Sicily. Her family settled in South Philadelphia at 12th and Catharine streets. Although they spoke Italian, they wanted us to assimilate, so they didn’t pass the language on. But the work ethic – that, they did! The idea of coming here to America...

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Two autumns into its opening within W Hotel Philadelphia, Dolce Italian not only maintains its culinary sense of the spectacular going into fall 2023, they’ve doubled down on ingenuity and taste. From its continually elevated menu of handcrafted pastas, specialty pizzas and complexly flavorful meats and fish fare, to its imaginative desserts and ne...

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