The Consulate General of Italy in Boston celebrated the culmination of the 8-day Festival of Italian Creativity at a Gala dinner on November 22 at the SoWa Power Station. The event, organized with the support of the October Italian American Heritage Month Committee of Massachusetts, commended the vibrant legacy of Boston’s Italian American communit...

November 2024 Welcome to Boston, Capital of Italian Creativity in the World for 2024  

Among the most fascinating American cities to host and represent the relationship between Italy and the United States, certainly Boston, Massachusetts, New England is very important. Here past and future, tradition and innovation meet, and Italian creativity is well represented by many researchers and innovators. This year Boston has one more reaso...

Needham (MA) Bank Chairman, President and CEO Joseph P. Campanelli will be honored next month by the Consulate General of Italy in Boston as part of the Consulate's week-long 'Festival of Italian Creativity.' The series of events November 14-22 are being hosted by the Italian Consulate in cooperation with the October Italian Heritage Month Committe...

Dear friends, I am pleased to announce that the program of the Festival of Italian Creativity is online! See Full Program Here. We have organized a number of activities to promote Italian creativity in its various expressions, from culture (music, cinema, theatre) to science and technology, research and innovation, food and gastronomy, including It...

At one time the Andrea Doria was considered the “most beautiful Italian ship in the world,” but her collision with the Swedish motor vessel Stockholm, on July 25, 1956 near Nantucket Island on the coast of Massachusetts, evokes her as the protagonist of one of the most controversial maritime disasters in history that claimed 51 lives.  Last Monday,...

What an honor it was to host this young Italians event at the Watertown Piave Fiume Sons of Italy lodge. It was an electrifying experience where young, enthusiastic Italian-Americans made connections and wanted to work to write the next chapter of our beautiful Italian story. After a traditional Italian breakfast of espresso and sfogliatelle, we st...

Italian Consul General in Boston, Arnaldo Minuti participated in recent days in the inauguration of the new leadership of the Justinian Law Society of Massachusetts, founded in 1943 as the "Massachusetts Italian Bar Association." In his remarks, the Consul congratulated new President Riccardo Rullo and thanked the members of the association for the...

On her mission to Boston, Ambassador Zappia, assisted by Consul General Arnaldo Minuti, had a meeting with the Friends of Italian Cultural Center of Boston (FICC-Boston) cultural association, which will collaborate with the Consulate General in organizing, in November 2024, the Festival of Italian Creativity in Boston. The Festival, an integrated p...

Italian Consul General Arnaldo Minuti joined Haverhill officials and the public Friday in observing Columbus Day, in honor of explorer Christopher Columbus voyage of America 531 years ago, as well as October’s Italian Heritage Month. Massachusetts is one of 16 states that observes today exclusively as Columbus Day. Minuti, however, focused on honor...