Italian feast will benefit Bridges to Housing Stability
by Kerry Plummer Come out and join community members at the next St. Andrew's Italian Feast on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m., at St Andrew's Church on Route 97, between Union Chapel Road and the post office in Glenwood. The cost is $9 per person or $30 per family and children age 5 and under are free. Smokin' Hot Bar & G...
Presentation of Ciao Philadelphia 2016 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Consul General of Italy, Andrea Canepari, has announced the new edition of Ciao Philadelphia 2016! NBC10 Philadelphia's Rosemary Connors was the Master of Ceremonies at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where we were joined by several authorities and by the Philadelphia Museum of Art's President, Gail Harrity. We heard the National anthem...
Immigrant Stories: Robert Zarlingo’s Italian grandparents worked in the coal mines
By Robert Zarlingo My grandfather, Antonio Cozza, my mom's dad, came to work in the coal mines in New Castle in 1881. He was a well-educated man who was outspoken, and that didn't go over so well in Italy at that time. The government was very unstable, and, after a while, Grandpa knew that if he stayed he would be drafted and end up as cannon fodd...
Independence Day/ Napolitano scrive ad Obama: guardiamo insieme con fiducia ad un rinnovato partenariato transatlantico
"Nella lieta occasione del giorno dell'Indipendenza mi è gradito formularle, a nome del popolo italiano e mio personale, sinceri auguri per la prosperità del popolo americano". È quanto ha scritto il Presidente della Repubblica, Giorgio Napolitano, nel messaggio inviato al Presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America, Barack Obama, oggi, 4 luglio. &nbs...
Jersey City Columbus Day Parade steps off Saturday afternoon
The 2013 Jersey City Columbus Day Parade steps off at 1 tomorrow afternoon at Sixth Street and Newark Avenue. The parade will proceed east along Newark to Jersey Avenue, then south to City Hall, 280 Grove St. This year's event, sponsored by the Dante Alighieri Society, marks the fifth year the Columbus Day Parade will take place in one of...
Have Easter pizza with Waldwick Italian American Social Club
Italian American Social Club of Waldwick members will be making, giving, serving and eating pizza chiena this Easter to beak the Lenten fast. The community is invited to come for a taste at the club's pre-Easter meeting on April 15. New members and families are welcome to attend meetings, which are held at 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of ea...
Visiting Italians welcomed to sister city of Monongahela
By Chris Buckley Chess Park in Monongahela has been the site of countless weddings over the decades. On Friday, more than 200 Italians and Italian Americans celebrated the marriage of two sister cities – Monongahela and Ono San Pietro – at the picturesque park. The event was 30 years in the making - the result of a true romance, fitt...
L'On. Donatucci (Democratici USA) in visita al Museo di Filitalia International
Ronald Donatucci, esponente del Comitato Nazionale del Partito Democratico degli Stati Uniti d'America, ha visitato il Museo della storia dell'immigrazione italiana di Philadelphia nella giornata di venerdì, 21 novembre. Hanno partecipato all'evento Pasquale Nestico, fondatore e presidente emerito di Filitalia International, nonché consigl...
Italian leader visits Erie
An Italian leader is in Erie, looking to build ties. Consul General of Italy Andrea Canepari met with Rep. Flo Fabrizio Friday in hopes of exchanging culture and economic strategies. "It is a strange period in history, but that's why it is important to remember our ties between Italy and the United States." Canepari visited the E...
Philly Common Pleas Judge Alex Bonavitacola, 85, cleared caseload quagmire
by Bonnie L. Cook Alex Bonavitacola, 85, of Haverford, a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge for 28 years, who was hailed for clearing a staggering backlog of cases in the 1990s, died Friday, July 29, of heart failure at Beaumont at Bryn Mawr. Elected in 1973, Judge Bonavitacola was a president judge for five years and chairman of the F...
Holiday Cheer for the Clark Chapter of UNICO
Santa paid a call to the Clark Chapter of UNICO as the group held its annual Christmas party at Villa Genaro's restaurant in Edison. Henry Trani, one of the group's members, donned the red suit and put on his holiday spirit to entertain the group with fun and gifts. UNICO is the largest Italian American service organization in the Uni...
Laura Ruberto Presents Such is Life at the Heinz History Center
Laura E. Ruberto presents the bilingual version of the memoir Such Is Life/Ma la vita e' fatta cosi' (Bordighera, 2010) by Leonilde Frieri Ruberto on Monday, May 6, 2013 from 6-8 PM at the Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh. The memoir is considered the first published in the United States written in Italian by a first-generation Italian American wo...