Yesterday evening, the 16th annual ILICA Cultural Event took place at Brooklyn’s spectacular Liberty Warehouse. ILICA, the Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance, gathered esteemed members of the Italian and Italian American community again after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, to not only recognize Italian excellence within the community, but...

Ricky Martin’s 21-year-old nephew Dennis Yadiel Sanchez asked a court in Puerto Rico to have the restraining order and pending court case against his uncle dismissed, following earlier allegations of harassment and abuse the accuser made against the singer. Martin’s nephew is the son of his half-sister, Vanessa. If found...

Last month, Italian officials inaugurated the Museum of Rescued Art (Museo dell’Arte Salvata). It showcases antiquities that were stolen or lost before being returned to the institutions within the regions from which they were taken. This new Museum is located within the National Roman Museum in the Baths of Diocletian....

Pompeii has surely given us incredible archeological discoveries and a glimpse into the past, preserved for millennia by the violent explosion of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, when the city was a sophisticated and thriving city of the Roman Empire. The latest surprise out of Pompeii is a pregnant land...

Ann Turner Cook, a writer of mystery novels and retired literature and creative writing teacher passed away on Friday at her home in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was 95. In 1990, The New York Times described the sketch by artist Dorothy Hope Smith, as being “among the world’s most recognizable corporate...

Italian conductor Alvise Casellati is bringing his unique and popular Opera Italiana is in the Air to Washington, D.C. for the first time. Maestro Casellati is the founder and music director of Opera Italiana is in the Air, an organization he created in 2017 to follow his dream of connecting new...

Published today in Scientific Reports, an online peer-reviewed open access scientific journal, were the findings of Italian researchers who have mapped the DNA of a Pompeii resident for the first time. The geneticist Dr. Gabriele Scorrano from the University of Copenhagen, and the paleoanthropologist Dr. Serena Viva from the University of Salento, two...

White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted on Monday that President Biden “strongly believes in the Constitutional right to protest. But that should never include violence, threats, or vandalism. Judges perform an incredibly important function in our society, and they must be able to do their jobs without concern for their personal...

Patti LuPone, Gina Argento and Angelina Fiordellisi were honored at the event

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