Sons of Italy cooks for Par-Troy Wrestling Club fundraiser
Sons of Italy Chapter 2561 donated the pasta, sausage, meatballs, sauce and then cooked the food for the fundraiser for Par-Troy Wrestling Club. Also included in the meal was salad, bread and dessert. The team is raising funds to purchase a new mat. Parsippany-Troy Hills Volunteer Fire District 5 also donated the space for the event. &nb...
A night at the theater with Sicilian most acclaimed playwright LINA PROSA - Monday March 14th & Tuesday March 15th (FREE and open to the public)
Carissimi amici, the Italian program at the University of Pittsburgh has invited one of Italy's finest playwrights (from Sicily) to Pittsburgh, Lina Prosa to conclude their Mediterrenean "Meta"geographies Series. One of the most acclaimed production by Lina Prosa, Trilogy of the Shipwrecked (Trilogia del nuafragio) depicts the journey, the...
Saluti da Verona, New Jersey
È una delle tante cittadine di provincia dove vivono gli italiani d'America. Case basse e a buon mercato a un'ora di autobus da Manhattan. Tanta nostalgia, l'inevitabile folklore degli emigranti di vecchia data. Ma di tornare ai paesi d'origine non se ne parla. Bloomfield Avenue e Mount Prospect Avenue. Le due vie si incontrano a Verona, New Jerse...
Italian Armed Forces Day Celebrated in Washington, DC
On November 4, 2016, the Italian Armed Forces Day was celebrated in Washington DC at the Italian Embassy. Major General Luca Goretti, the Defense Attache gave some brief remarks and also announced that his office had donated $2,000 to the Casa Italiana Socioculturtal Center. Ambassador Armando Varricchio also gave some brief remarks, outlining the...
Fucsia Nissoli: Le ragioni di una scelta
Riceviamo dall'ufficio stampa dell'On. Nissoli, neo Eletto Deputato tra gli italiani residenti in America, un comunicato stampa che pubblichiamo integralmente. On. Nissoli: una Scelta Civica Cari amici elettori, il nostro pensiero ritorna ogni giorno alla tragedia della maratona di Boston, e il conforto viene dalla capacità di tutti gli american...
In Vernon a look at Italian Christmas traditions
This season AIM Vernon is showcasing an Italian Christmas, explaining and displaying some of Italy's and Italian-American's heartfelt traditions, with the thoughts and assistance of town officials Councilman Patrick Rizzuto and Mayor Victor Marotta. Many events start on Dec. 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Both Rizzuto and Marot...
The Shore Thing – Mummers, Marbles and A Celebration Of Italian-American Heritage
Father's Day weekend is a busy one in the Wildwoods.A new event gets underway June 13th-15th, one that John Siciliano, executive director of Greater WIldwoods Tourism Authority, says will surely have dad hooked: "The Wildwoods Beach N Boat Fishing Challenge is a part of a bigger tournament, which is almost an all-summerlong tournament. ...
Poetry at the Embassy with Grace Cavalieri - November 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm
The Italian Cultural Institute and the American Initiative For Italian Culture present the premiere of a new publication by Bordighera Press The Mandate of Heaven (Poems of an Italian Childhood) with poems by Grace Cavalieri, with Italian translations by Sabine Pascarelli. Grace and Sabine reads are in English and Italian. The evening feat...
Madonna del Sacro feast held at Holy Face Monastery in Clifton
The annual Madonna del Sacro Monte Feast will take place at Holy Face Monastery, 1697 Route 3, on Saturday, May 30. The Bloomfield Mandolin Orchestra, Enrico Granafei, conductor, will perform a special concert at 10:30 a.m., prior to Mass. The orchestra's performance will be dedicated to the memory of Clifton resident and orchestra su...
Dr. Anthony Bruno II named Italian-American Assocication Person of the Year
Anthony D. Bruno II, M.D. has been chosen the Italian-American Association's Person of the Year. He will be honored at the association's annual Columbus Day banquet set for at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11 at the Genetti Hotel and Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre. A native of Pittston, Bruno is the son of Dr. Anthony Bruno, West Pittston;...
Philadelphia journalist wants Italian market renamed
Italian pride has erupted again this week in the wake of a comment made by a journalist in a Philadelphia news website. Here is what Helen Ubinas wrote in her column regarding Philadelphia's Italian Market ... "It's time to rename the not-so-Italian 'Italian Market.' The name of the market just doesn't reflect the reality of the street. I mean, ha...
Assumption parade Sunday in West Chester
Members of St. Agnes Church will process through the borough's streets Sunday to mark the annual Feast of the Assumption for the 94th time. The celebration, starting with a Mass and followed with a breakfast and procession through the borough's streets, marks the Roman Catholic Holy Day on Aug. 15, when the church recognizes the rising of...