Tasty traditions: Italian Festival a family-affair fundraiser filled with food and fun
Saturday was Nick Ameli's 22nd Italian Festival, and he's been in charge of them for 20 years. Ameli was greeting people as they purchased a buffet style Italian meal, complete with spaghetti, meatballs, lasagna, salad and dessert, at the Bluefield Auditorium. The festival is a fundraiser for Order Sons of Italy Southern West Virginia Cha...
Clark UNICO Celebrates Its Italian Heritage; Annual Essay Contest Winners Announced
As it does every year, the Clark Chapter of UNICO International honored the memory of Christopher Columbus at a ceremony held on Sunday, just a day before the holiday that bears his name. Heavy rain forced the ceremony indoors. "I'm sure Columbus had much worse weather crossing the Atlantic all those years ago," UNICO board member and cere...
Italians in America – many more arrived after Columbus
Names such as Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci easily come to mind when anyone is asked to recall an Italian who influenced or contributed to the growth of America. Many others from Italy crossed the Atlantic Ocean, too, but their names are foreign even to most Americans of Italian descent. Columbus was from Genoa and he first traveled to...
San Rocco Festival (Aliquippa)
Da venerdì 2 agosto 2013 18.00 a domenica 4 agosto 2013, 23.30 Louis 'Lefty' Cepull Memorial Park - Aliquippa, PA, This local tribute was brought to the area by the immigrants from Patrica, Italy, where St. Rocco is the patron saint. They settled primarily in the Plan 11 section of Aliquippa, where the original festas began. &nbs...
Mangiare bere e divertirsi Festa Italiana matriarchs talk culture, history
When Mary Rose Cuiffini, Dorothy Frontino and Irma Lombardi joked with the other Festa Italiana volunteers a few days ago, the younger workers teased them back, but with an unspoken reverence. The three older women have earned the respect of all the volunteers with Bradford's quintessential festival after many years of dedication to the event. Ear...
Italian American Association plans 37th annual Columbus Day banquet
The 37th annual Columbus Day banquet sponsored by the Italian-American Association of Luzerne County will be held Oct. 12 at Genetti Hotel and Convention Center, downtown Wilkes-Barre. Herman Castellani, association president, announced this year's honorees are: Person of the Year, attorney John Terrana; Lifetime Achievement Award, Lori No...
Italian culture will be focus of day camp
The Italian American Association of Monmouth County will hold an Italian enrichment summer camp in Marlboro. The camp will be held at the Old Brick Reformed Church, Route 520, from Aug. 3- 14. The camp will run Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and will accept children between the ages of 5 and 14. Cheryl Scuorzo, the p...
Lecture: "Marinetti’s Culinary Revolution is Still Cooking Today"
When: November 17, 2016 at 7:00PMWhere: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St NW, Washington, DC 20008 The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, DC present a conference by Pietro Frassica, Professor of Italian at Princeton University, followed by a talk on 'Italian food and the diffusion of Italian language and cul...
Order of merit of the Republic of Italy to Rep. William Pascrell and Rep. Patrick Tiberi
Washington DC (May 1, 2013) – REP. WILLIAM PASCRELL, JR. (D-NJ) and REP. PATRICK TIBERI (R-OH) will be conferred the Order of merit of the Republic of Italy in a ceremony officiated by Italian Ambassador to the U.S. Claudio Bisogniero at Villa Firenze, Washington DC, on May 22, 2013. The event, included in the official program of the "2013...
Pi-zzeria and new neighbors make Big Italy
By Patrick Evans-HyltonPi-zzeria, the venerable brick stone oven pizzeria at the Oceanfront, will get some new neighbors Friday as Mama's Italian Kitchen and Café Amarino open to create a trilogy called Big Italy. Menu selections feature signature Italian dishes ranging from rustic pizzas and hot subs to oversized platters of salads, pasta...
Cedar Grove UNICO: Be 'Italian for a Day'
Everyone will be "Italian for a Day" at the Cedar Grove UNICO's La Festa Italiana, Friday through Sunday, Sept. 27-29. The Italian-American service organization will kick off a new year of activities with the festival. There will be free live entertainment, rides and other activities, as well as Italian food, beer and wine. Tickets will be sol...
Informazioni importanti riguardanti i passaporti italiani
A seguito della conversione in legge del DL 24/04/2014, n. 66 sono state introdotte le seguenti modifiche, da considerarsi definitive, che verranno applicate a partire dall' 8 LUGLIO 2014: 1. Per coloro gia' in possesso di passaporto in corso di validita', la tassa annuale sui passaporti, sinora ammontante a 40,29 Euro, verra' soppressa. Pertanto,...