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The journey of two young men making their way to Europe from Africa is at the heart of Matteo Garrone’s latest movie. Io Capitano, released in September 2023, is now being shown across the United States, with a stop that saw Director …

It has been a few busy weeks for the San Francisco Bay area, and so it was for the Italian and Italian-American community. San Francisco hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference, one of the largest gatherings of global leaders in …

While touring in New Zealand in 2018, Cher took a break from rehearsing and decided to go get some of her favorite treat, gelato. So she chose The Giapo Store in Auckland, an ice cream shop owned by an Italian gelato-maker, Giapo Grazioli. The 77-year-old …

Embracing the essence of Italian culinary tradition and its global influence, the 2023 edition of the Italian Cuisine Week in the World has been unfolding under the theme of Dining with the Italian cuisine: well-being with taste. Now in its eighth year, this …

Cinema Italian Style, which ran November 9-16 at the SIFF Uptown Theater in Seattle, presented 15 stellar films in celebration of the festival’s 15th season.   Fourteen of those films were new releases and one – Visconti’s Bellissima – was …

Go into any bookstore and you’ll likely see a well-stocked cookbook section. There are cookbooks by continent, country, and geographic region. Some are arranged by meal, by season, or by holiday. Others devote themselves to variations on a single dish …

Davide Locatelli’s love for the 88 keys of the piano manifested early on when he started playing at just three years old, supervised by his father, a musician and music lover. A few years later, he was already prepared to …

Sister-city friendships come with economic, artistic and cross-cultural benefits, but even more than that, they offer meaningful personal relationships and ongoing friendships. The idea of creating global understanding person-to-person was a driving force behind President Dwight Eisenhower’s creation of the …

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month is celebrated in October every year by proclamation of the President and Congress to honor the sacrifices, achievements, and contributions of the millions of Italian immigrants and their descendants living in the United States. This …

Five years after his first single Fall on Me, performed alongside his father Andrea Bocelli, and two years after his first solo single Solo, Matteo Bocelli has released his debut solo album titled Matteo. Comprising 12 tracks and released by …