Prime Minister Gentiloni a sharp change from Renzi ANSA ROME — Italy’s new Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, could scarcely be less like his frenetic forerunner, Matteo Renzi. In place of […]
By Frank Cipparone Standing on a hillside in Irpinia, the rugged coastline in the distance, you can visualize the first Greek settlers who arrived almost 3,000 years ago. They introduced […]
By Murray Schulman This past September into early October my wife and I fulfilled our dream of visiting Italy. We spent nearly a year planning this trip as we were […]
Da Susanna Squellerio Avevo solo quattro anni ma fu tale lo stupore, il sentimento di gioia di vivere e spensieratezza che la canzone “Nel Blu dipinto di Blu” mi trasmise […]
By Gabe Spadaccini On the southern coast of Sicily a small group of Italian archaeologists including Giuseppe La Spina, Michele Curto, and Mario Bracciaventi stumbled across a prehistoric “calendar rock” […]
Purification of Mary comes 40 days after the birth By Joe Cannavo Epiphany is gone and in the minds of Italian Americans and even some Italians, the holidays are really […]
By Frank Cipparone Ever wonder how grapes got their names? When you consider the diversity of Italy’s native varieties it can be confusing at times, but always interesting. Regional dialects […]
By Murray Schulman It’s a new year already? Yes, 2017 has arrived. The cliché that says the older one gets the faster time moves is more my reality than it […]
By Gabe Spadaccini Family. Respect. Beauty. Time. These are all core values in Italian culture. As a young Italian American who grew up in America, it can be easy to […]
By Joe Cannavo Growing up in an immigrant home in the ’50s and ’60s, I recall that Santa Claus never appeared in public until the Thanksgiving Day Parade. And the […]
By Melissa Cannavo-Marino Though people wouldn’t think so, given the presence of the Vatican, Italy has always had a significant Jewish population — the urban Roman Jewish community at the […]
By Pete Kennedy “When I was growing up, we thought the whole world was Italian Catholic, because that’s all we saw,” said Rev. Nick Martorano, O.S.A. An Augustinian priest, Martorano […]
By Joe Cannavo Christmas is a major holiday in Italy, and Italians celebrate with an abundance of great, unique Christmas traditions. All over Italy, Christmas tends to center on the […]
By Joe Cannavo Many Americans equate southern Italy with farms and a rural lifestyle, while the north is the land of big cities, fashion, industry and tourism. For […]
By Tony Leodora Anyone of Italian descent in the Greater Philadelphia area knows the stories about Ninth Street. Or “Nove Strada,” as those from a previous generation or two used […]
Two things of historical significance took place that day By Joe Cannavo Almost every month Italy has a public or national holiday that celebrates a religious or political event. For […]
By Frank Cipparone One of the most exciting developments in Italian wine over the last 20 years is the attention paid to native grapes, many of which had been all […]
How an impulsive phone call led to ties that bind By Charlie Sacchetti In the fall of 2012, I saw the promo on PBS and it looked pretty interesting. It […]
Super organizer Ron Oronzio has chaired annual festival for more than a decade By Pete Kennedy Before Ron Oronzio deployed to Vietnam as a teenager in 1966, he spent 18 […]
Assumption Day also kicks off vacation season in homeland By Joseph Cannavo Unless they are practicing Catholics, Aug. 15 is just another day to many fourth- and fifth-generation Italian-Americans. Those who […]
Stamattina (this morning) Mamma e nonna mi hanno detto che oggi (mamma and grandmom told me that today) we are taking another trip. We are are going to visit un’abbazia […]
Italian Navy veteran’s dream comes true in Philly Paolo Recchia volunteered at the age of 28 to enlist in the Italian Navy to see “tutto il mondo” (the world). This […]
Mamma and I always walked in the Race for the Cure event in Rome around Mother’s Day. This is one of our favorite memories! Mamma una piccola parola di solo […]
On June 2, Italy commemorates the birth of the Italian Republic with the Festa della Repubblica Italiana, or the Festival of the Italian Republic. In 1946, after the fall of […]
Mother’s Day is a celebration that has spread throughout the world. It is the day dedicated to honoring the beloved mother figure, motherhood, and the social influence of mothers. Though […]
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