Italian-American culture

How a simple business decision left some Italian Americans devastated and “in mourning”  

Every year in the run up to Columbus day, the debate surrounding the controversial historical figure, whether we should “honor” him, and what we should call the “Columbus Day” parade heats up, with Italian Americans lining up on one side...

The Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America wishes you all a happy Italian Heritage Month! We invite you to celebrate with us this month in attending the world premiere of “Red Sauce: An Italian American Culinary Journey”. The...

The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) President Robert Allegrini spoke Monday morning to an assembly of Italian senators at the government palace, Palazzo Giustiniani, in Rome, Italy. Allegrini was invited by Brussels-based think tank and NIAF partner ItalyUntold to address...

What do you think of when you think of Italian-American culture? Perhaps you think of Francis Ford Coppola’s famed Mafia movie The Godfather with its murders and extortions. Or maybe you think of the renowned TV show The Sopranos, also...

Secondo gli organizzatori, erano presenti circa 200 persone all’evento. “Ma ogni leader ha rappresentato centinaia dei suoi membri”, ci racconta Josephine A. Buscaglia Maietta, insegnante italo-americana e presidente dell’Associazione degli Educatori Italo-Americani (AIAE). “Come educatore e presidente AIAE ho la...

“American Dream, Italian Way” is our new series that tells the stories of the success of Italian-Americans who made their American dream come true within just a generation. What was the secret of their success? What kind of role did...

Even when the transplantation is by choice, it must involve some level of cultural compromise. The arrogance, then, of those who consider that anything less than full Italian authenticity cannot exist outside of Italy –  as if some such thing...

Commemorating the centenary of Frank Sinatra's birth, Hofstra University is organizing a six-days conference on the legendary crooner and on his ambivalent relationship with Italy and with Italian-American culture reflecting on a very common aspect of the immigrant experience then and...