History & culture
Preserving Italy’s Natural Beauty
July 2023 | Janice Therese Mancuso
There’s no doubt Italy is a beautiful country and an extremely popular tourist destination. From its mountainous northern border to the seaside cliffs of Sicily’s southern shore, the architecture – both manmade and natural – is breathtaking....
NIAF Elects New Members to Its Board of Directors
June 2023 | La Gazzetta Italiana
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 of...
Adriana Trigiani at the IAMLA
June 2023 | Diana Lucarino-Diekmann
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...
State Historical Marker Honors Italian Immigrant Sculptors
June 2023 | Tom Feran
L'articolo parla della scultura “Scultori Dei Guardiani” a Cleveland, costruita da immigrati italiani. La città di Cleveland ha recentemente dedicato una targa scritta nei mattoni con il nome della scultura nella lingua italiana ed in inglese. C'è...
Passing the Torch
June 2023 | Ben Lariccia
In this column La Gazzetta will introduce notable members of our local Italian American community. We will hear from men and women whose ancestors’ contributions have resulted in today’s outstanding, productive citizens.
Paul Ricciuti became an...
Letters from Veneto: May Celebrations
June 2023 | Myra Robinson
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 rain finally arrived at 6...
Great Italians: Giuseppe Garibaldi
June 2023 | William Giovinazzo
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 said, “a hero is someone...
The Bombardment of Monte Cassino: February 14-16, 1944
June 2023 | Joanna Lucarino
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 Abbey and the town...
Architecture – Italian Style
June 2023 | Janice Therese Mancuso
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...
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