Lido Civic Club Honors Detective Mario Mastrangelo
The Lido Civic Club was honored to present a Public Service Award on July 17 to Mario Mastrangelo, a Montgomery County Police Detective, for his unselfish act of heroism in saving the life of a Montgomery County, Md. woman. On April 24, on his way to taking his children to "take your kids to work day," Detective Mastrangelo saw smoke billowing from...
West Essex High School Student Council Honors Support Staff With Italian Feast
By Emily Everson The West Essex High School Student Council recently hosted an Italian feast for support staff in the High School Cafeteria. Aides, secretaries and maintenance staff feasted on meatballs, penne vodka and pumpkin pie. The Student Council also honored Salvatore Provenzano, who works in maintenance/plumbing, as the Support St...
Annual Italian Spring Gala Held in Clarksburg
Village Square was the site of the annual Spring Gala for the Italian Heritage Festival Saturday night. The night featured presentations of the new Regina Maria, the maids of honor, and the senior, junior, and minor courts. The new Regina Maria is Chelsea Boyles, a 23-year old from Shinnston. She'll be officially crowned during the fe...
Neapolitan Presepio at the Carnegie Museum of Art
A visit to Carnegie Museum of Art's Neapolitan presepio, one of the finest Nativity scenes of its kind, has been a Pittsburgh holiday tradition since 1957. Handcrafted by artisans between 1700 and 1830, the presepio features lifelike figures and colorful details that re-create the Nativity within a vibrant panorama of 18th-century Italian vill...
Miss Satine: Italian burlesque star delivers delizioso
It's amazing the linguistic nuances one discovers when speaking with an Italian woman now living on the Canary Islands. The salty sounding word cugina, for instance, merely means cousin. Vampiro is easily recognizable as the nocturnal nemesis vampire. And guapa? That particular word is synonymous with belleza, beautiful, lovely. But add a...
Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens To Perform In Mountainside
The Union County Summer Arts Festival concert series continues this coming Wednesday evening July 27, with Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens taking the stage at 7:30p.m. The free concert series, presented by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholder, and sponsored at Echo Lake Park by ConnectOne Bank will take place at Echo Lake Park in Mou...
Centinaia di italoamericani hanno partecipato alla celebrazione del 2 Giugno del consolato di Newark
di Riccardo Chioni Il New Jersey non è da meno quando si tratta di celebrare la Repubblica italiana e il giorno successivo i festeggiamenti di New York, centinaia di persone si sono dato appuntamento lunedì al ristorante Ravello a East Hanover per la festa del 2 Giugno.Maria Carlino ha condotto la cerimonia alla quale hanno preso parte aut...
Group says mafia-like car ads stereotype Italian-Americans
An Italian-American group has expressed its disapproval of how a Beaver County advertising agency is portraying the stars of its "You Got A Problem With That ... Motors!" commercial spots.The ads star four puppets -- Johnny Car Lot, Backseat Benny, Frankie the Fixer and Tony Two Trunks -- as mafia-like car salesmen. Andre DiMino, president...
Paul Barlo Selected as Columbus Day Parade Grand Marshal
Brick Township, NJ - The Ocean County Columbus Day Parade Committee is proud to announce that Paul Barlo has been chosen to serve as the Grand Marshal for this year's Columbus Day Parade to be held on Sunday, October 13, 2013. This year marks the Twenty-second edition of this popular event. "Every year we are faced with the difficult task...
Bethlehem to have small Italian festival in July, larger one next year
Bethlehem is getting an Italian festival. A small, initial festival will be held July 10, followed by a bigger Italian festival next spring. Bethlehem Councilman Bryan Callahan had proposed an Italian festival as a way to bring more people downtown after the snowy winter, which was tough for merchants. Callahan had wanted to do a big fest...
Congratulations to Italian American Police Society of New Jersey members Joseph Puso and Matthew LaManna
Congratulations to Italian American Police Society of New Jersey members Joseph Puso and Matthew LaManna on their promotion to Sergeant in the Parsippany Troy Hills Police Department. We would also like to congratulate Ronald Carrozzino and the other newly promoted sergeants as well as Italian American Police Society of New Jersey Member C...
Italian Holiday Family Festival at Smithsonian American Art Museum
Celebrate the wonders of the holiday season and Italian culture at SAAM. Enjoy performances by The Italian Fairy, The Flusso Dance Project, seasonal music by The Capital Hearings, and traditional Italian bagpipers, as well as festive craft activities, face painting, café specials, and more. As our Italian friends say, "Buone Feste!" This p...