Links
Italian Folk Art Federation of America, Inc.
Please click here for links to Performance troupes which are members of The Italian Folk Art Federation of America.
In addition, IFAFA provides the following links in the interest of sharing information about items related to Italian and Italian-American traditions. IFAFA is not responsible for the contents of these links.
Italian-American Web Site of New York This site is a compendium of links to websites all over the world, not just in New York. We are grateful to the Italian-American Web Site of New York for hosting our IFAFAwebsite.
Italian Folk Singing Page This page was created to pass on the oral tradition of Italian folksongs, many sung in dialect. Meri DeLorenzo Howard, the site's author, also includes current information about Italian events and encourages dialogue about Italian traditions.
ItaliansRUs, (Italians Are Us) prepared by Anthony Parente, is an on-line source for a variety of topics related to Italy and Italian-Americans. You can also subscribe to a weekly email newsletter by clicking Molto Italiano.
Enrico Caruso Museum in Brooklyn, NY. The official website of the Enrico Caruso Museum of America, established by Cavaliere Ufficiale Aldo Mancusi to honor the world's greatest tenor.
Italian Genealogical Group gives helpful links on genealogy, list the calendar for their guest speakers, and gives great contact links for more information on tracing Italian roots.
Folk Group "Aria di Casa Nostra" Folk group from Alatri, near Rome and Montecassino in Ciociaria.
Ellis Island American Family Immigration History Center, to look up your ancestors in the database of immigrants who came through Ellis Island.
Genealogical Data Bank Website created by the Mormons who have collected genealogical data back to the 1500s, this site is currently free for users and does not accept advertising.
Alessandra Belloni is a singer, percussionist, dancer and actress who is recognized as an important voice of traditional southern Italian music and dance. Alessandra taught dance and tambourine percussion workshops at theBuffalo, NY, IFAFA conference in 1997.
Federica Calvino Prina, Research Specialist in Italian Dance Forms, from Genova, Italy. Federica taught several dance workshops at the Pittsburgh, PA, IFAFA conference in 2000.
Beppe Gambetta, Acoustic Guitarist, from Genova, Italy. Beppe performed at the Festa Folcloristica for the Pittsburgh, PA, IFAFA conference in 2000.
Frizzi & Lazzi Olde Time Italian-American Music and Theater Company, a theater company, directed by Dr. Emelise Aleandri, which performs both traditional and contemporary Italian and Italian-American music and theatre in both Italian and English.
National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), is the major advocate in Washington, DC for nearly 25 million Italian Americans, the nation's fifth largest ethnic group. Its mission is to preserve and protect Italian American heritage and culture through its many programs.
John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College brings together information about activities and initiatives in the Italian American community, especially in the New York City area.
Zampognari di Filadelfia, an authentic Italian bagpipe duo in Philadelphia, PA, brings the authentic folk music of Italy to your event.
Arsumè' Musica Popolare<, is a musical group which studies and performs traditional tarantellas of southern Italy. Their website contains music, photos, and videos of several concerts as well as information about tarantellas and tarantism.
The Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa, located in the city of Des Moines, restores, preserves and promotes Italian Heritage and Culture through planning, promoting and carrying out charitable, educational and cultural activities. Their museum houses books, genealogical information, and artifacts contributed by local Italian-Americans. Please contact the Center through their web site or send an email to Susan DeFazio.
Mimi Palmieri, offers a website which contains videos of concerts of Neapolitan music (singers, guitars, mandolins, tammorre and dancers).
Angelica Di Chiara-Hardin, an Italian-American artist who sells her artwork in galleries, shows, and through private commissions. Her work includes acrylic and oil paintings on canvas, original digital art, and color pencils.
Gino Carlotti is the author of Flashbacks From the Other Side of the Tracks, a collection of 18 personal accounts of growing up in an Italian-American home in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
The Heritage Community Foundation of Alberta, Canada promotes and supports programs which share the multi-cultural heritage found in the province of Alberta, Canada.
Italia Seattle spreads information among the Italian community in Seattle, Washington.
FolkEst is an organization, headquartered in the Friuli region of Italy, which studies, researches, and presents traditional and modern folk music. Check their website for information on their yearly festival, a calendar of folk events, and CDs of marvelous Friulan folk music!
Una Storia Segreta is the website describing the experiences of many Italian-Americans who were interned as "Alien Enemies" during WWII. This topic was discussed by author Lawrence DiStasi at the 2002 IFAFA Conference in San Francisco, CA.
Italian Americans.com is an all-encompassing website of Italian-American organizations, festivals, genealogy, etc.
Virtual Italia This page is a resource for enthusiasts of Italian culture, with articles about traditions, Italian holidays, Italian and Italian-American personalities, and with event listings for San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles. You may also subscribe to receive their informative monthly e-newsletter.
The Legacy Oral History Program (of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum) preserves dance and theatrical heritage through documentation and preservation activities. Legacy also offers educational programs which teach the methods for collecting oral histories. Jeff Friedman, founder of Legacy, spoke at the 2002 IFAFA Conference in San Francisco.
Il Circolo di Amici is interested in helping other Italian Americans, especially the disabled or elderly. Please contact CDA through their web site or send an email to Antonietta Iuliucci.
Scuola Vita Nuova, an Italian Fine Arts Charter School, part of the Bisceglia Italian Cultural Center in Kansas City, Missouri, where students, elementary grades through high school, study languages and cultural arts in addition to their regular studies.
Calascio, Abruzzo, Italy, covers Italian genealogy and culture dedicated to family and friends from the town of Calascio (AQ), Abruzzo, Italy.
Italy With Us is a community of people who live in Italy, visit Italy or dream of visiting Italy. They share their knowledge and experience of Italy, the Italian people and the Italian way of life.
In Italy is a site for travelers to Italy. They offer information on lodging, day trips and tours, museum reservations, culinary experiences and helpful information about places to see and things to do in Italy.
ILUSS - Italiano On-Line is a non-profit organization that promotes Italian language and culture abroad. ILUSS is a convenient and useful resource for professors and students throughout the world.
ITALIA AV is a non-profit one-man operation, run by Nick Maiolo, who has written, directed and produced audio visual musicals for fund raisers for Italian-American non-profit organizations.
The Italian American Press. Here you will find many useful links and helpful resources to Italian Americans and other self-published writers.
Terra di Calabria is a group located in Calabria in Italy which performs traditional Calabrian folk dances.
I Castellani di Giovi is a folkloric association located in Italy whose purpose is to spread knowledge about and safeguard the traditions of the Campania region of Italy.
ITALIAMERICA - Italian Cultural Organization is a site which honors our families who emigrated to the Americas from Southern Italy and Sicily. Dedicated to preserving the language and culture of our immigrants and their families all over the world.
Archivo Fotografico Giuliano e Cesare di Cola is a photography studio in Calabria, Italy which has an extensive repertoire of ethnographic photos.
Sara Cappello, cantautrice popolare siciliana is a Sicilian singer who has spent years researching and reproducing traditional music in Sicilian dialect.
Tour of Italy offers virtual tours through each of Italy's 20 regions in both English and Italian and offers an array of information about hotels, restaurants, night life in Italian cities.
Il Gruppo d'Arte Folclorica "La Basulata" from the town of Baia e Latina (CE), in the region of Campania, Italia, has as its purpose that of rediscovering and sharing, in Italy and abroad, that which represents the popular culture of Campania.
The National Folk Organization was organized to unite individuals and organizations that support folk arts in the United States.
Torrita Flag-Throwing Group from Siena, a folklore association that performs in Italy and around the world to spread the historic culture of Italy.
Italians in the World a web portal linking to more than 2500 websites relating to international Italian subject matter.
Tour of Italy offers virtual tours through each of Italy's 20 regions in both English and Italian and offers an array of information about hotels, restaurants, night life in Italian cities.
Sicilian Culture Folklore Index provides links to a variety of sites on the subject of folklore, legends, and traditions of Sicily.
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