St. Leo the Great lights up Little Italy
By Erik Zygmont Baltimore City's ambitious Light City festival – a showcase of multi-disciplinary talent set to bold light displays and music in multiple locations – includes an installation at St. Leo the Great Church in Little Italy. Pallottine Father Bernie Carman, pastor, said he was enjoying the display. "It looks...
The Sicilian Tenors at Weinberg Center for the Arts
When: Saturday, November 19th @ 8:00pm Where: Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701 For tickets, call (301) 600-2828. For more information visit www.siciliantenors.com Three marvelous tenor voices combine for a unique interpretation of the world's best music. Accompanied by a grand piano an...
Presentato in Ambasciata a Washington il nuovo numero di Benvenuta Italia
Washington – Venerdì 12 aprile, presso l'Ambasciata d'Italia negli Stati Uniti, alla presenza dell'Ambasciatore Claudio Bisogniero, è avvenuta la presentazione in anteprima del numero di marzo di Benvenuta Italia. Benvenuta Italia, il trimestrale in doppia lingua dedicato alle eccellenze italiane nel mondo, ha intitolato questo numero all'anno del...
Lemons Into Limoncello: From Loss To Personal Renaissance With The Zest Of Italy By Raeleen D’Agostino Mautner
Can dancing an impromptu tarantella change your mood? Can beautiful Italian music make you feel more serene? Can feasting your eyes on a Renaissance painting speed up emotional healing after loss? The answer to all of these, according to Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner, Ph.D., author of Lemons Into Limoncello: From Loss to Personal Renaissance with the...
9th Street Italian Market Festival May 17th & 18th , 2014 Taking Place in the Heart of South Philly- Come Celebrate with the S. 9th Street Business Association
Everyone's Italian during the South 9th Street Italian Market Festival (http://www.italianmarketfestival.com), the city's biggest block party that runs along South 9th Street, from Fitzwater to Federal Streets. The nation's oldest outdoor continuous market will host this highly-anticipated annual event on Saturday May 17th and Sunday May 18th from...
Florham Park's Montuore is a Man of the Year
You can now call Police Chief Patrick Montuore a true Man of the Year. The 46-year-old borough resident was on Saturday, March 29 named Man of the Year at the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey's annual gala benefit awards dinner dance, held at the Fiesta in Wood Ridge. Montuore, an Italian-American received the award for h...
West Side Hill's Italian Bash celebrates 15 years of food, fellowship
By Laura Szepesi Love and fellowship abounded at Connellsville's West Side Hill on Sunday. For the 15th year in a row, the neighborhood's Italian Bash attracted more than 150 people from near and far — an afternoon of food, fun and ethnic cuisine. There was a huge assortment of Italian food, as well as plenty of other ethnic delic...
Saint Marco Italian Food Festival
I love Italian food. It seems odd because the closest my family blood line comes to Italy is my great-grandfather's short stay during his deployment in World War I. But my love of pasta, tomato sauce and Italian food of all kinds is unquestioned. And it is with that appetite that I look forward to the first weekend of August and the annu...
Italia-Usa: l'Expo di Milano protagonista del galà del Niaf
L'Expo di Milano del 2015 sarà la protagonista del weekend di eventi e manifestazioni , che culmineranno la sera di sabato 25 ottobre con il galà, con cui anche quest'anno la Niaf, la principale organizzazione di italiani d'America, celebra l'anniversario della sua fondazione. Ospiti d'onore dall'Italia del tradizionale appuntamento di Was...
Bristol Italian Culture Club holds its first meeting
The first meeting of the Bristol Italian Culture Club ended with an invitation to continue at a member's home for wine and homemade limoncello. For founder Steve Hedgpeth, it couldn't have gone better. "I'm hoping we could share not just being Italian-American, but a sense of Italian-ness," he said to the seven fellow Bristolians who joine...
Bruno Sammartino On Mother: She Was Absolutely My Hero
by Larry Richert Sunday is Mother's Day, a day when we salute our mothers and the sacrifices they have made for us. But, few people have a Mother's Day story to tell like professional wrestling great Bruno Sammartino, who was born in Italy, but for all of his adult life, has made his home in Pittsburgh. Sammartino grew up in the small tow...
When Will We Stand Up and Defend Our Heritage!
By Dr. Emanuele Alfano, President IAOVC Will we ever have enough Italian Americans that will stand up and defend our heritage and culture from continued negative portrayals? Will we ever have enough Italian Americans that can make a difference in putting an end to the endless degradation, ridicule and defamation perpetuate...