La vita italiana

And to think that it was to be only an interlude of imagination in comparison to the work undertaken on the helicopter project. Not even Corradino D’Ascanio, father of the Vespa, would ever have imagined the success of his creation, …

The first impression you get in walking down the lane that leads to the small chapels on the Sacred Mountain of San Vivaldo is a sense of wonderment and ease. As the road unwinds and the profiles of seventeen little …

Years ago I awoke in a hotel in Rome on a sunny morning to the sound of bands  playing and troops marching through the city. When I turned on the television, I saw crowds massed along the streets, flags fluttering …

Sunday, May 1, 2016 – the AIAE -Association of Italian American Educators – celebrated the eighteenth Annual Awards and Scholarship Gala at the Chateau Briand, in Carle Place. Among the special guests was the new Consul General of Italy in …

Eating Pasta Off the Floor is such an intriguing title for a play that it demanded L’Italo-Americano  interview the play’s creator and solo performer, Maria Grazia Affinito. Affinito had the idea to create this solo theater piece when she joined …

In 16th century Italy, Italians played a sport called Calcio Fiorentino. It is an extremely violent game, and combines elements of soccer, rugby and bare-knuckle fighting into one brutal and bloody event. Some history books say it was played by …

According to the official statistics, offered by the Registry of Italians Resident Abroad (A.I.R.E.), over 27.000 Italians leave their home country behind, every year (actually, the numbers double, if we consider the unofficial data of those unregistered). Mind that we …

Perugia is famous for two things: jazz and chocolate. In July its music festival turns the city into an enormous jazz club, drawing musicians and aficionados from around the globe. In October a sweet veil of chocolate covers the city …

Luigi Tinelli arrived in America in October 1836, but he was far from an average emigrant. All his life he was a man of impassioned action – a political activist for the unification of Italy, a lawyer, a bright entrepreneur …

Kakawa is the name given to chocolate by the Olmecs in Central America around the year 1000 B.C., while the Mayans, prior to cultivating it in the area between the Yucatan and the Chapas, from the III and the X …