COVID-19: Update on future activities at the Italian Cultural Institute
Dear Friends, thanks for your continued interest in our programs and for the messages of support that you have submitted during these days. The Italian Cultural Institute is implementing a number of actions to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus based on the guidelines from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.As a result of such concer...
Federal Judge Caputo dies at 81
Senior U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo, who presided over courtrooms in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for years, passed away Wednesday morning. He was 81. Caputo’s death was announced by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner in a memorandum on Wednesday. “Judge Caputo was a ‘judge’s judge’ — a strong, direct, imp...
Feast of St. Joseph events to benefit needy March 19, 22
The weather has been unseasonably mild this year, yet families and individuals continue to be cold and hungry. Many organizations benefit from generous donations during the holidays, but many people then return to their daily routines and forget those in need. For members of UNICO, March provides an opportunity to celebrate the feast of St. Joseph...
ITALIAN AMERICAN ONE VOICE COALITION DEBUTS LATEST EDITION OF “The ONE VOICE Minute” FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY
The Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, debuts its latest edition of “The ONE VOICE Minute” video series highlighting interesting facts about the Italian American experience. This latest edition is on St. Patrick’s Day, not normally associated with Italian Americans....
Kenilworth Oldest Veteran Passes Away at 100
On March 3, 2020, Kenilworth lost another connection to the Greatest Generation. Raymond Colandrea was a one-hundred year old World War II Battle of the Bulge veteran. Raymond was born on December 6, 1919, in Springfield, NJ. He was one of fifteen children born to Italian immigrants. He dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen in 1937 to he...
Elena Ferrante's Key Words @ Georgetown University
The Italian Department at Georgetown University, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, presents a conference by Prof. Tiziana de Rogatis, Università per Stranieri di Siena, Elena Ferrante’s Key Words: Examining the Neapolitan Quartet. The conference is conceived as an Ariadne's thread of key words, which,...
Women in Jazz Festival - Opening Night
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute are delighted to welcome the 10th annual Washington Women in Jazz Festival, opening on March 17th at the Embassy of Italy with a special performance featuring Italian artists Silvia Bolognesi (double bass) and Chiara Lazzerini (trombone), for the first time on stage with American artists Amy K...
Parsippany Sons of Italy Lodge 2561 Serves Dinner at Wrestling Fundraiser
Parsippany Sons of Italy Lodge 2561 were able to show off their culinary skills by providing and cooking up a great Italian dinner for approximately 250 attendees who came out to show their support at this year’s Parsippany Wrestling Pasta Fundraiser. The guests were treated with All-You-Can-Eat Penne or Rigatoni (with either Lodge 2561’s delicious...
“My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy” Comes To Monmouth University
The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University presents “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy” - the award winning solo show by playwright, comedy writer and comic storyteller Steve Solomon - on March 28 at 8:00pm. The one-night stand at the Pollak Theatre finds the Brooklyn-born Solomon returning to his roots, as he makes his i...
Italian-American Heritage Club to meet March 23
The Italian-American Heritage Club of Sussex County will meet at 6 p.m., Monday, March 23, at Preshy's Restaurant, 18585 Coastal Highway, Rehoboth Beach. Cost is $26 per person and includes soup or salad, choice of five entrees and choice of four desserts with coffee. Founded to promote and share appreciation and awareness of Italian-American cultu...
Former Parsippany Councilman Vincent Ferrara dies at 59
A funeral will take place Monday for former Parsippany Councilman Vincenzo "Vinnie" Ferrara, who died Tuesday. He was 59. Ferrara was born in Caposele, Italy, and came to the United States in 1972, settling in Newark. He lived in South Orange before moving in 1996 to Parsippany, where he served on the Township Council from 2011 to 2013, when he los...
Italian Heritage Foundation continues preservation efforts
Ellwood City Italian American Heritage Foundation members continued their efforts to preserve their heritage at their December and January meetings at the Wolverine Restaurant. In December, members worked on the Italian Heritage submissions that focus on recording their personal family stories. The next month, Dom Viccari led a discussion of the fo...