History & culture
A Look Back: Little Italy, San Francisco
October 2025 | Angela Spitalieri
It is that time of year again, Italian American Heritage Month! It is the perfect time to celebrate all the accomplishments of the Italian American community, not only today but in years past - and there are a lot! From the great traditions of food...
The Bocce Bros. Visit Red Sauce Studio - Home of the Italian American Podcast
October 2025 | Richard Leto
Visting the historic Little Italy neighborhood in lower Manhattan of New York City, notably Mulberry St., makes for a memorable experience for any of us who share Italian American roots. For it is truly recognized as the ground zero of Italian...
Celebrating Italian American Heritage Month with Thirty-One Days of Italians
October 2025 | Janice Therese Mancuso
The best way to keep Italian American heritage and culture alive is through education. In today’s fast-paced world with an overabundance of “breaking news” and a surplus of media outlets where it’s difficult to even keep up with current events, our...
A Year of Grace and Renewal: The 2025 Catholic Jubilee
October 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Two Young Hearts for Today’s Church: The Canonizations of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
In a powerful and deeply moving Mass held in St. Peter’s Square before some 70,000–80,000 faithful, Pope Leo XIV canonized two...
Italian Film Festival of Marin Announces 48th Season Program
September 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Lido Cantarutti, director of the Italian Film Festival of Marin County in San Rafael, CA, recently announced the films for the six-week fall 2025 festival. The program features recent films exploring the comedic and dramatic range of contemporary...
The Mountains of Madonie
September 2025 | Janice Therese Mancuso
Weaving through the peninsula of Italy, the Apennines stretch from Genoa in the north to Reggio di Calabria at the toe of the boot; but the mountain range doesn’t end there. It connects, undersea through the Strait of Messina, to the northeastern...
Italians and Christopher Columbus: Pride, Debate, and a Complex Legacy
September 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Christopher Columbus, Cristoforo Colombo in Italian, remains one of history’s most famous navigators, credited with opening the way for European exploration of the Americas after his 1492 voyage. Born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, a maritime...
A Look Back: A Civic Commission by Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice
September 2025 | Angela Spitalieri
It is time for wine tastings and back-to-school. There are still some great events going on this month! Don’t miss the Meatball Crawl benefiting Cleveland Montessori school and the Film Festival at the Cedar Lee movie theater. Visit our website,...
A Year of Grace and Renewal: The 2025 Catholic Jubilee
September 2025 | La Gazzetta Italiana
Catholic Digital Missionaries and Influencers Share Hope at Jubilee Event
Hundreds of digital missionaries and Catholic influencers from around the world gathered in Rome for the first-ever Jubilee for Digital Missionaries and Influencers, a...
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