The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has issued a colorful set of four Italian coffee drinks, i.e. caffe latte, caffe mocha, cappuccino, and espresso, in a booklet of 20 “forever” stamps, each valued at 55 cents, with five of each of the four drinks in each booklet

A s noted in the last issue, the city of Campobasso (population 49,230 in the 2017 census) in the province of the same name in the region of Molise, has produced several notable individuals who have made contributions in the areas of music and film. These are the second and third of three profiles of such artists.

The beautiful town of Vinchiaturo is located about 10 kilometers southwest of Campobasso. It has approximately 3,185 inhabitants known as Vinchiaturesi.

While I knew the discussion of “Funke” with director Gab Taraboulsy would be fun and fulfilling, I never anticipated how the evening would echo the words of another famous Italian film director, Federico

Father Giovanni Antonio Grassi, Society of Jesus, (1775-1849) was the ninth President of Georgetown College, and pioneered its transition to a modern university, earning the title of Georgetown’s Second Founder.

Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26,

1940. Her paternal grandparents, Tommaso Giovanni D’Alesandro and Maria Foppiano Petronilla, had

When AMHS member Lourdes Tinajero went to a film festival a couple years ago, walked into a theater and saw on the screen a big, bearded, bald-headed guy with tattoos standing in front of a gun case and heard the ominous sound effects

MAXXI L’Aquila, the long-awaited contemporary art museum in the region of Abruzzo’s capital, was inaugurated by Italy’s Culture Minister Dario Franceschini on May 28, 2021.

: Happy summer! The warm weather and little-by-little return to normal life are a welcome respite as we move into summertime. Our former, longtime routines somehow now feel strange, but I think that we’ll

After more than a year, we are back for our first in-person event since the pandemic disrupted our lives in 2020. Please join AMHS for the return of our Ferragosto picnic, to be held at Ben Brenman Park, Alexandria, Va., from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Sunday