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NIAF Elects New Members to Its Board of Directors
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is pleased to announce the newest members to serve on its Board of Directors, all of whom were unanimously elected during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Board of Directors Meetings. The NIAF Board…
Adriana Trigiani at the IAMLA
La scrittrice descrive la sua esperienza di volontariato all'Italian-American Museum di Los Angeles. L'evento è stato una conversazione con la famosa autrice italo-americana Adriana Trigiani. Trigiani ha scritto più di 20 libri (narrativi e saggistica) sempre inerenti alla cultura italiana.…
Letters from Veneto: May Celebrations
May has already been a very busy month here in Italy. We got off to a lucky start when the forecasted rain for the Canale Fiorito Festival on May 1 didn’t materialize, and the whole thing went wonderfully until the…
Great Italians: Giuseppe Garibaldi
In the book “How to Be a Stoic”, Massimo Pigliucci discusses the highly inflated use of the word hero. Although many apply the term simply to someone they admire, the word hero means much more than that. As Joseph Campbell…
The Bombardment of Monte Cassino: February 14-16, 1944
This month I am continuing in the vein of “Art in Wartime” from last month’s La Gazzetta Italiana article with the addition of historical facts of the Italian Campaign in WWII as it pertains to the bombardment of the Benedictine…
Architecture – Italian Style
Among Italy’s 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites – the most of any country – the majority include some type of architecture: castles, churches, city centers, dwellings, public spaces, temples, and tombs. Although traces of settlements have been found dating to…
Little Italy Summer Art Walk, June 2-4, 2023
Join us for the 2023 Little Italy Summer Art Walk, a celebration of art, culture, and community in one of Cleveland’s most historic neighborhoods. From Friday, June 2 through June 4th, experience the magic of Little Italy as the streets…
Mary Menniti of The Italian Garden Project to Present in Cleveland
The mission of The Italian Garden Project is to celebrate the joy and wisdom inherent in the traditional Italian American vegetable garden, preserving this heritage and demonstrating its relevance for reconnecting to our food, families, and the earth. It was…
