St. Anthony’s Festival This Weekend In Little Italy
by Ron Matz It's all about food, fun and friendship, and it's happening this weekend in Little Italy. Ron Matz has more on the preparations for the feast of St. Anthony. The festivals in Little Italy always draw big crowds. This weekend it's the feast of St. Anthony — a tradition dating back more than 100 hundred years. "We...
Italian heritage month events
by Carol Comegno Italian cultural events will begin this week with the approach of Italian-American month in October. The Gloucester County Italian Heritage Commission is sponsoring an Italian-American festival Sunday at RiverWinds Community Center grounds in West Deptford from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine. On Thursday, the It...
SIAB Prepares Another Sell-Out Event
The newly formed "Society of Italian American Businessmen" hosted their 1st Annual Spring Gala on Friday, April 11th at the Richlin Ballroom in Edgewood, MD. It was an important evening for the fledgling organization, with the Guest of Honor being the Saint Margaret Parish Outreach Ministries as their first ever chosen Charitable Giving Re...
Dr. Galena to speak at Italian American Heritage Club meeting, Jan. 20, in Hampton
The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the Grand Colonial Restaurant at 6:45 p.m. All are welcome. Dr. Ottavio Balena will be the guest speaker. As a graduate student at Rutgers University he studied Italian and Latin Humanism with a special interest in Southern Italia...
Italy’s Armed Forces Day Commemorated in Washington, DC
The Italian Armed Forces Day was commemorated in Washington, DC with a solemn mass at the Italian Church, Holy Rosary on Sunday, November 1, 2015, and on November 4, with a reception at the Italian Embassy. The Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, Defense Attache Major General Luca Goretti, and the Embassy diplomatic and military corps joined the...
A man used to beauty, the Italian Consul General talks about the beauty of Philly
by Mike Newall The Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia would like to invite you for coffee, the invitation read. The invitation arrived in November. It offered dates in February. The consul general is a busy man, I figured. "Please come inside," Andrea Canepari said with a smile and the offer of an espresso when I arrived the...
Get your Festa Italiana food, wine trail passes
Food and wine trail tickets for Bethlehem's first Italian festival over Memorial Day weekend are now on sale. The Main Street festival is free and open to the public but to sample all of Italy's culinary offerings you're going to need a wine or food trail passport. The tickets are on sale here. A wine passport costs $32.64. A food pas...
Fair, Italian American Festival
Saturday September 29, 201212:00 PM - 11:00 PM Fair, Italian American Festival, Mercer County Park, 609-631-7544Noon. to 11 p.m., Annual three-day community festival to showcase and preserve Italian-American culture. Music, dance, food, activities for children, rides, art, clothing, Italian products, and memorabilia. Rain or shine. $3. No pets. Th...
2013 anno della cultura Italiana negli USA: Sicilia mondo si mobilita per le celebrazioni
"Sensibilizzare ma anche coinvolgere le associazioni aderenti, i collaboratori, i corrispondenti del giornale ed i tanti amici che vivono negli Stati Uniti, al programma del Ministero degli Affari Esteri dedicato al 2013, "Anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti"". È l'intento della lettera inviata da Sicilia Mondo ai Presidenti delle Associa...
Columbus' children: Some honor his heritage, some don't: Opinion
By Rosario A. Iaconis What's in a name? For New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, his cognomen is a point of pride. After all, he chose it. In fact, the man formerly known as Bill Wilhelm paid homage to his Italian mother by legally embracing her surname. Moreover, de Blasio's offspring are called Dante and Chiara. ...
Maria Bartiromo vince l'Urbino Press Award 2014
La popolare giornalista e conduttrice televisiva americana Maria Bartiromo, recentemente passata a Fox Business Network da Cnbc, è la vincitrice per il 2014 dell'Urbino Press Award, il premio italiano che ogni anno viene assegnato ad un reporter americano. A darne l'annuncio ufficiale sarà l'Ambasciatore d'Italia negli Stati Uniti, Claudio...
Saint Anthony’s Italian festival is back!
Every June, the Saint Anthony of Padua Church in Wilmington, Delaware, runs a week-long Italian Festival which celebrates the Feast of Saint Anthony. Since the 1920s, Saint Anthony's Italian festival has grown from a small carnival into a five-block celebration around the church. Every year the festival favors a region or city of Italy th...