Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli’s new creative non-fiction collection, Product of Italy, Made in Canada: An Immigrant’s Love Letter to Food, Family, and Resilience (Latitude 46 Publishing), brings together stories written over a 23-year span about the author’s roles as daughter, sister, mother and teacher.
A new children’s book by Italian-Canadian singer/songwriter Frank Moyo celebrates the unique bond between a Nonna and her grandchild. The bilingual book, written in both English and Italian, brings to life a song that Moyo wrote for his Nonna Finuzza the night she passed away.
“My cooking classes are intuitive. No mixers. No measuring cups. It’s the way your Nonna’s in the small Italian village made their pasta. They understood their environment, the weather, the humidity. I don’t just teach them how to cook. I teach people to understand what they’re doing. I teach them to connect to the ingredients, to the culture behind that recipe,” explains entrepreneur and Italian culture guru Daniela Sfara.
On June 4, 2025, the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa officially unveiled a display that commemorates the internment of Italian-Canadians during the Second World War. The display is part of the “Canadian Experience Gallery 3: The Second World War” exhibit, one of the most visited galleries at the museum.
What happens when you discover that you are the direct descendant of La Brigantessa, a southern Italian leader who opposed Giuseppe Garibaldi’s mission to unite Italy back in 1860? And… that you happen to have the same name as her? If you are Montreal playwright Michaela Di Cesare you write a play about it! Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty) is a modern-day spaghetti-western-style play that showcases a standoff between resistance fighter Dirty Mickey and her sworn enemy, Joe.
On Thursday, March 13, 2025, over 260 individuals gathered at a restaurant in Montreal’s east end borough of Rivière-des-Prairies to celebrate being Italian. Nothing else. Nothing more. Conceived by Steve Vecera of Insieme Montreal, La Cena’s fifth edition was bigger than even Vecera himself anticipated. "La Cena is a chance for people to come together, to converse, and to have a great time with other Italians from the community."
“It really started as something fun to do in my spare time. I never expected that I would be doing shows at Place des Arts, at Place Bell, in the U.S.,” explains Ralph Buttino. VMG Entertainment is probably best known for its Italian Bad Boyz of Comedy series. Buttino gambled on a unique concept: a roster of three up-and-coming standup comics of Italian origin in an Italian reception hall. Buffet dinner first, then the entertainment. Target audience: the Italian community of Montreal. It worked.
“I’m unmistakably Italian, but not embarrassing. I’m truthful without being hurtful. It has to be funny first. Comedy is about punching up, not punching down,” Franco Taddeo explains. “There is a universality to ethnic comedy. We are a country of immigrants. We navigate the two cultures. We try to find the middle ground. It’s why ethnic shows do so well in Canada.”
A new book created by Montrealers with origins in Molise is bringing together stories of tradition, family and cooking. The book is titled "Dalla valigia alla tavola: A journey through Molisan culinary heritage" and is published by the Federazione delle associazioni molisane del Québec.
Extra/Beautiful/U centers on the story of five women as they shape each other’s lives, and affirm their own identities. A former Reality TV beauty queen needs reconstructive surgery after a violet car crash leaves her disfigured. Her surgeon turns out to be an old high school colleague; her nurse is a super fan; her mom is stressed out; her sister wants to live her own life. Cue transformative moments and five defiant spirits.
Catering to kids of all ages, Marcangelo Benevenga’s new children’s book, Rain or Shine, is a heart-warming tale of Marc and his loyal dog Arya, who embark on an inspiring journey of finding motivation in unexpected places.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of master stained glassmaker and painter Guido Nincheri, Montreal’s Château Dufresne has created a new exhibit – titled Nincheri. From the Secular to the Sacred. – that brings together 40 original works by the Florentine artist. The works include drawings, watercolors, studies and sketches that showcase Nincheri’s first designs for the works he created for countless churches in Quebec and elsewhere. The exhibit also features a new digital tour of the Château itself, with a focus on commissioned works done at the request of the original owners.