Sicilian Jazz Marker Dedicated in New Orleans

Members of the American Italian Federation, American Italian Cultural Center and guests dedicate a historic marker at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

Tarantella – The night of the tarantula dance

In the Italian province of Taranto, Apulia, the bite of a locally common type of wolf spider, named “tarantula” after the region, was popularly believed to be highly venomous and to lead to a hysterical condition known as tarantism. This became known as the Tarantella.

What Columbus did not know

In plain sight on the Louisiana State University campus lies one of the oldest man-made structures.

Gli ori di Taranto – a treasure trove in a neglected city

Testimony of the wealth of Magna Grecia and the goldsmiths’ skills of the artisans of the Greek polis, the Ori di Taranto are on display at the national archaeological museum of Taranto.