Joseph Puleo Joseph Puleo is an award winning director born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Lindenwood University and graduated with a BFA from their school of film…

June 11, 2020  ‘America’s Last Little Italy – The Hill’ has been selected to screen in competition during our annual summer event, the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. ‘ This year the…

My name is Angelo DeCecco and I am retired US Army living in Italy.  I work with the US Non-profit American War Memorials Overseas (https://www.uswarmemorials.org). During the course of my…

Viva la pappa col pomodoro This is the most characteristic, most identifying, best-known and most copied Italian dish in the world. Italian spaghetti must be produced exclusively with durum wheat…

Il valzer delle candele Some songs that, from our western culture, become a world heritage, have a really interesting story. Knowing its history helps to enhance and love the piece…

In the early 1970's the Italian Community of St. Louis "The Hill" had a slogan "Pride Builds". Neighborhoods around The Hill had problems of decay. People were fleeing the city…

While many Italian Neighborhoods decided to dedicate statues to Columbus even as little as 35 years ago The Hill never did.  Baltimore's Little Italy Statue of Columbus was carved in…

Chianti Classico, with the DOCG classification, is a wine produced in the Italian region of Tuscany mainly in the provinces of Florence and Siena. It is certainly the best known…

Abballati, Abballati We have the pleasure to propose you some history with a simple curiosity.  Have you ever wondered why we call ourselves Italians? To tell you the best of…

Il Chianti classico con la classificazione DOCG è un vino prodotto in Toscana prevalentemente nelle provincie di Firenze e Siena.  E’ sicuramente il vino italiano più conosciuto al mondo e…