With just 800 inhabitants Vastogirardi has been home to shepherds and farmers for many centuries. Remote and peaceful, it’s a perfect rural escape while you can see the remains of walls and ancient

I am pleased to report that there are 292 members of AMHS, including many new members. Thank you for your continued support of the Society’s

Every year, a list is drawn up by the Borghi più belli d’Italia organization, which selects the 20 villages to promote in each region, chosen for their landscape,\

A recent Italian Cultural Institute event had the very interesting topic of perfumes as the artistic heritage of Italian creativity. Held at the Italian Embassy on June 1, 2017, the speaker was the well-known perfumer Laura Bosetti Tonatto

Popular singer Pino Levato came back to Casa Italiana on May 28, 2017, over the Memorial Day weekend, to give us a chance to enjoy the popular and traditional music of Italy.

On Saturday, May 21, 2017, the leaders of the National Christopher Columbus Association (NCAA) met at Casa Italiana with Father Ezio Marchetto and a group of interested

On May 26th, the Italian Embassy in Washington hosted a meeting of the Greater Washington DC Observatory of the Italian language. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss current initiatives to promote the Italian language in the DC area. As the AMHS organization

On Sunday, June 11, a group of AMHS members, all with roots in the region of Abruzzo, met with Dom Serafini, a contributing writer to the Abruzzo

We are very pleased to announce that we will be moving the venue and the time for the Society’s annual Ferragosto picnic. This year, the picnic will be held at Fort Ward Park in Alexandria,

Author Katherine Wilson has a delightful story to tell and you can hear all about it at our fourth program of the year, which will be on July 23, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. in Casa Italiana.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far, with grand adventures here or abroad, with family and friends. Personally (at what I hope will be the printing of this issue),