This weekend many Italian communities around the world will be celebrating San Gennaro (Saint Januarius), and this will give anyone an opportunity to enjoy a festive event, eat Italian food and try to practice some Italian with other festival participants. But who was San Gennaro? He was a martyr saint and Bishop of Naples during the [...]
Posted in Events on Sep 9th, 2011
On Saturday, September 10, visit and have fun at the 2011 Festa Coloniale Italiana, an annual Italian festival that celebrates the rich Italian and Italian-American heritage that has existed in San Francisco for generations. This free event continues to be San Francisco’s only Italian festival and this year’s celebration includes the commemoration of the 150th anniversary [...]
Posted in Events on Apr 28th, 2011
Don’t get frustrated if you can’t go to Italy right now. Find a local Italian-American festival and celebrate without a passport and without jet-lag. The National Italian American Foundation has a list of Italian and Italian American festivals held in the US every year. Find a festival near you here: http://www.niaf.org/research/festivals.asp
Posted in Events, Italian culture on Apr 17th, 2011
Italian South Florida is an informative website that promotes learning about and celebrating Italian culture and supporting Italian business owners and businesses in South Florida (and very soon there will be a sister website for New York with the same focus). If you live in or plan to visit South Florida, make sure to visit Italian [...]
If you’re planning to go to Italy in February or March this year, don’t forget to check out the wonderful Carnevale celebrations held in many cities. This year Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras (in Italian: Martedì Grasso) will be on March 8th. This is usually the peak of the celebration and the last [...]
Posted in Associations, Events, Schools on Apr 2nd, 2010
The Italian Multimedia Resource Centre in Sydney, Australia, hosts a bilingual (Italian/English) storytime filled with stories, songs, games, crafts and videos. Storytime is for all children between 2 and 7 years of age and is held each week from 11.00am to 12.00pm on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Learn more at: www.coasit.org.au/LanguageEducation/Storytime.aspx If you don’t live in Sydney, [...]
Posted in Events on Mar 22nd, 2010
The 17th Annual Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival will be a feast for the eyes, ears, and soul as hundreds of Madonnari (street painters) turn the gray asphalt of the streets of downtown San Rafael into brilliant paintings in colorful chalk. This year’s theme is Bella Terra, Beautiful Earth. The festival features a [...]
Filastrocche Italiane - Italian Nursery Rhymes
Artemisia Vuole Dipingere - Artemisia Wants to Paint
... and many more books with parallel text in Italian and English at: www.LongBridgePublishing.com
