Pennsylvania church unveils restored 500-year-old painting attributed to ‘minor master’
An Episcopal congregation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has unveiled a restored 500-year-old painting of Mary and Jesus, which had been in the parish’s possession for more than a century but only recently was revealed to be a rare work by an Italian artist from the Renaissance period. Christopher Daly, an art historian from Baltimore, Maryland, had b...
Denise Dalessandro to be Honored as 2020 Woman of the Year at Italian American Police Society of NJ Gala
The Italian American Police Society of New Jersey is proud to announce that it will honor Denise Dalessandro as it’s 2020 Woman of the Year. Dalessandro, who serves as the Hudson County Director of Roads & Public Property has deep roots in the Italian American community of Hudson County. Dalessandro has been the Woman of the Year of the Jersey City...
Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo to be Honored at the Gala
The Italian American Police Society of New Jersey is proud to announce that it will honor Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay Ruotolo as its 2020 Law Enforcement Executive of the Year. Ruotolo, was sworn in as acting Union County Prosecutor on July 18, 2019. Before her current appointment, Ruotolo had joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in Septemb...
Sons of Italy to cook for Parsippany PAL Wrestling Fundraiser
Sons of Italy Lodge 2561 is once again proud to announce that their own great Italian American chefs will be on-hand preparing a great Pasta Dinner in support of Parsippany Wrestling. The guys really do enjoy volunteering their time and culinary skills by participating in this fun and lively event every year, as well as to offer our continuing supp...
Vinny Marino Joins WXKC-FM and WXKC-HD2/Erie as PD
Veteran radio programmer Vinny Marino is appointed Program Director for Cumulus AC WXKC-FM and Classic Hip Hop WXKC-FM-HD2/Erie, PA. He previously servered as an air personality for Classic Rock WWZY-FM (The Boss 107.1).Neptune, NJ. Marino has also worked as Assistant Program Director, Music Director and air talent for Active Rock WAXQ-FM/New York,...
La Festa Italiana, a long-standing event that brought Garfield together, canceled for 2020
The city will have to do without one of its most popular traditions this year, though organizers are confident it will return in 2021. La Festa Italiana at Our Lady of Mount Virgin Church will not be held for multiple reasons, organizer Frank DiGeronimo has told the city. The decision on whether to hold the summer festival was still up in the air t...
The Future of Europe: Italy’s Perspective @ Georgetown University
Tuesday February 11, 2020 at 5 PM. Lohrfink Auditorium, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. 37th and O Streets, Washington, DC 20057. Christopher S. Celenza, Ph.D., Dr.phil, Dean of Georgetown College of Georgetown University in partnership with The Italian Research Institute of Georgetown College, the BMW Center for German & Europ...
National Gallery of Art Celebrates 500th Anniversary of Raphael's Death in Exhibition on View February 16 through June 14, 2020
Raphael (1483–1520) is recognized by many as the foremost figure of the classical tradition in Western painting. In celebration of the 500th anniversary of his death, the National Gallery of Art (6th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20565) will present 26 prints and drawings from its own collection of works by Raphael’s contemporaries tha...
"Little Italy in the Great War. Philadelphia's Italians on the Battlefield and Home Front" by Richard N. Juliani
The Great War challenged all who were touched by it. Italian immigrants, torn between their country of origin and country of relocation, confronted political allegiances that forced them to consider the meaning and relevance of Americanization. In his engrossing study, Little Italy in the Great War, Richard Juliani focuses on Philadelphia’s Italian...
President Prisco Receives NOIAW Honor
Felician University President Dr. Anne Prisco was honored January 14 by The Greater New York Region of the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) at its Three Wise Women Epiphany Celebration in New York City. The mission of the Greater New York Region of the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) is to unite and co...
La Federazione siciliana del New Jersey trait d’union tra il Presidente Musumeci e il Nord-America
Grande accoglienza è stata riservata al Governatore della Regione Siciliana e alla sua delegazione durante l’evento che si è svolto Domenica 26 Gennaio presso il Venetian Catering di Garfield (NJ). Su invito del Console Generale d’Italia a New York, Min. Plen. Francesco Genuardi, la neo eletta Presidente, Cav. Sarah Salamone, e il Chairman, Gr. Uff...
Brumidi in The Capitol! February 8th (DC)
National Organization of Italian American Women Greater Washington, DC Region presents: Constantino Brumidi in The Capitol. The Italian-born Artist Who Painted the U.S. Capitol’s Corridors. A Special Tour for NOIAW Members and Friends. Saturday, February 8th, 11:00AM-12:30PM. U.S. Capitol Building Visitor Center. First Street and East Capitol Stree...