History & culture
NIAF and Iconic Producer De Laurentiis Launch Film Prizes for Aspiring Filmmakers
February 2024 | Gabriella Mileti
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) has partnered with legendary Italian producer Aurelio De Laurentiis to establish an exciting new grant program for emerging filmmakers. Officially titled the NIAF/De Laurentiis Film Prizes, this...
In Bertinoro, La Festa dell’Ospitalita Captivates All
February 2024 | Anne Robichaud
L'articolo descrive il Festival dell'Ospitalità che si celebra ogni anno a Bertinoro, in Emilia Romagna. La festa ebbe inizio nel XIII secolo. Ogni anno si svolgono eventi in Piazza della Libertà, tra Palazzo Ordelaffi e la Colonna delle Anelle. La...
A Love Letter to the Neighborhood
January 2024 | LISA GREEN
La scrittrice racconta le ragioni per cui ha un grande amore per la Piccola Italia di Cleveland. Si ricorda di quando era più giovane e andava nei diversi posti, che ancora esistono, e le giornate trascorse con sua madre prima che morisse, ne...
Cults, Catacombs and Crypts
January 2024 | Diana Lucarino-Diekmann
L'articolo tratta di catacombe, tombe, delle cripte e del culto delle reliquie presenti ovunque in Italia. Descrive alcune catacombe e cripte esistenti fin dal Medioevo. Tombe e reliquie si trovano anche in Vaticano. Questi luoghi e ossari vari...
From the Italian American Press: "Double Murder at the Grand Hotel Miramare"
January 2024 | Janice Therese Mancuso
The Italian Riviera sets the scene for a murder mystery, with Deputy Assistant Chief of Police Luigi Berté, recently transferred from Milan to the coastal town of Lungariva, taking the lead in the investigation. Easter Monday is the traditional...
A Book Review: “The Fortunate Pilgrim”
January 2024 | William Giovinazzo
The movie “The Godfather” was released when I was 16-years-old. At the time, I didn’t care much about it. But my mother! Although you would not describe her as a moviegoer, she insisted we see it when she heard they sang “Che La Luna” during the...
“The Divine Comedy”
January 2024 | William Giovinazzo
Imagine for a moment being lost, not just I-took-the-wrong-exit-off-the-freeway-in-the-middle-of-the-day lost, but good and lost. Imagine it is the middle of the night. And you are in a dark forest, a really, really dark forest. You have no cell...
A Book Review: “A Bell for Adano”
December 2023 | William Giovinazzo
L'articolo descrive il libro A Bell for Adano di John Hersey. Il libro descrive la vita di Victor Joppolo, un italo-americano nell'esercito americano. Joppolo deve governare e controllare il paese di Adano durante la guerra. Anche se la storia è...
Saint Benedict and Montecassino
December 2023 | Janice Therese Mancuso
Overlooking the ancient pre-Roman town of Casinum, now Cassino, the first Benedictine monastery sits atop a flat mountain ridge of the Central Apennines with spectacular views of the valleys below and the mountain ranges in the distance.
Casinum,...
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