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Hit Week: Bringing the Cool Sounds of Italy to NYC, LA, and Miami

Mario Gates

A consortium of bands and musicians representing Italy's popular music scene will be performing in the US for a triple-city tour known as Hit Week (Oct 10th – 16th). Hit Week...

New Educational Program! Healthy Eating with Club EATalian

Natasha Lardera

At the Summer Fancy Food Show Trade Commissioner Aniello Musella introduced Club EATalian, an educational program presented by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and...

Get the Best of Both Worlds: Rome & Los Angeles (or Here & Hereafter). All For Just $5,000US!

Darrell Fusaro

Last week I met my friend Mike Dugan in downtown Los Angeles to see his new place. It only cost him $5,000 and it is literally - to die for!

A Tourist Visits Italian in California

Joey Skee

In recognition of co-blogger, Laura Ruberto, who intelligently expounds on West Coast iterations of Italian America, I offer my touristic encounter with things Italian in the...

So, you're Italian-American? Prove it.

Darrell Fusaro

On February 1, 2001, I had to prove that I was Italian-American. I brought this upon myself a month earlier when I made the mistake of boasting to an acquaintance.

Los Angeles's Little Italy

Darrell Fusaro

Author Marianna Gatto likens tracing the history of Italians in Los Angeles to that of “chasing ghosts,” since much of the history hasn’t been preserved

Omaggio a De Chirico: Artists Inspired by the Master of Surrealism and Metaphysics

BENEDETTA GRASSO

On February 17, an exciting new exhibit opened at Casa Italiana, NYU. Dedicated to various talented artists inspired by De Chirico's school, it will be on view until March 11

SDIFF—The San Diego Italian Film Festival Brings Italian Culture to Southern California

Ottorino Cappelli

October 16-November 7. The San Diego Italian Film Festival (SDIFF) has an ambitious goal: To make San Diego a high spot for Italian culture. They show great, award-winning, recent...

A Magical Little Feast

Darrell Fusaro

Frankie Competelli, born on New York City’s renowned Mulberry Street in Little Italy, is one of those pioneers who helped bring the Feast of San Gennaro to L.A. While they were...

A Californian Mayor, Italian Style

Letizia Airos

An informal meeting with Larry Guidi, the Italian-American mayor of Hawthorne, a city just outside of Los Angeles. “I am proud of my heritage. Everyone knows that I am an...

Zamboni!

Laura E. Ruberto

A little diddy about California’s role in the Italian American invention of an ice-resurfacing machine.

Holiday in Italy! (without Leaving the U.S.)

Laura E. Ruberto

The cult of Italy repackaged for US consumer culture.

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