The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
by Carmela Malerba The 139th Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival, sponsored by the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society, took place on July 16. In addition to several statues of Mary, the procession included statues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saints Joseph, John the Baptist, Ann, Jude, Lucy, Anthony the Abbot, Rocco, Anthony of Padua, Rita...
Festa Italiana di Vandergrift to get full Louis Prima Jr. treatment
By R.A. Monti Louis Prima Jr. has to settle a bit of unfinished business at this year's Festa Italiana di Vander– grift. "When we last played there (in 2011), we were on the stage for about two songs and then the skies opened up," says Prima, who will headline this year's installment of the festival Aug. 17. "We didn't get to put...
Rosanna Imbriano Named the 2014 Christopher Columbus Woman of the Year
Rosanna Imbriano, founder and executive director of Sempre Avanti, Inc., has been named the 2014 Christopher Columbus Woman of the Year by The Italian Tribune Columbus Day Committee. This prestigious award is being presented to Imbriano for her success in both her work and personal life. Through hard work and determination, she demonstrates an unyi...
Ciao Philadelphia: a letter from Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia Andrea Canepari
by Andrea Canepari Greater Philadelphia boasts one of the largest, and most accomplished, Italian-American communities in the United States. The birthplace of the United States of America, Philadelphia is a city deeply connected to Italian values and the Italian way of life, exemplified by the rich universities, museums, art centers and ne...
St. Anthony Italian Feast returns to Roselle Park on June 9
The Church of the Assumption's annual St. Anthony Italian Family Feast returns for its 16th year! Once again it will be four days of faith, fun, family and friends, packed full of delicious homemade cooking, an Italian style Café, food venders, a beer & wine garden, non-stop entertainment and music (your favorite performers are returning!), amu...
At 106, woman's upbeat nature inspires residents
Connie Caserta shrugs her shoulders if you ask about reaching 106, just six years younger than the oldest man in the world. "It's me. I just take life as it comes," she said. "People are happy for me." A resident at ManorCare Health Services on Yamato Road, she defies assumptions. On the red carpet the week before at their fashion sho...
Rossini headlines 2017 OperaDelaware festival
In celebration of the 225th anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's birth, OperaDelaware will hold a spring festival featuring the Italian composer's popular setting of "Cinderella" and his rarely-performed tragedy "Semiramide." The 2017 festival runs April 29, April 30, May 6 and May 7, with afternoon and evening performances of "Semiramide" and "...
Countdown to the UNICO Feast, Clark’s Family-Fun-Packed Columbus Day Weekend Event
The lights, the sights, the sounds and the smells: Clark UNICO is counting down the days until the 10th annual Italian-American Feast begins on Friday, Oct. 7. The three-day festival and carnival features rides, games, food, music and family fun for all. "We are very excited to hold the 10th Annual UNICO Italian American Feast," Clark UNIC...
White House state dinner for Italy will feature Gwen Stefani and Mario Batali
Seems the Obamas are going out with a bang — what is expected to be the last state dinner of the administration, a black-tie soiree Tuesday for Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his wife, Agnese Landini, looks to be a glittery one. First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday offered the first sneak peek into the dinner via Snapchat, revea...
Caravaggio Exhibition Coming to the Muscarelle Museum of Art
"Caravaggio Connoisseurship: Saint Francis in Meditation and the Capitoline Fortune Teller" comes to the Muscarelle Museum of Art on Feb. 8 and will remain on view through April 6. Two nearly identical versions of Caravaggio's Saint Francis in Meditation have left experts divided. Despite years of debate, experts are in disagreement as to...
Pequannock UNICO holding open house
Rediscover your Italian roots next Sunday. The Pequannock Township chapter of UNICO National is holding an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Senior House to demonstrate what the organization is all about, and to recruit new members. With almost 80 current members, the Pequannock chapter is one of the biggest and most active, said Dan Leva...
Protezione del patrimonio culturale e artistico: 15 anni di Memorandum tra Italia e Usa
L'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington ha ospitato la presentazione del tre volte rinnovato accordo tra Italia e Stati Uniti, esistente già da 15 anni, per la protezione e la salvaguardia del patrimonio artistico e archeologico risalente ai periodi classico, pre-classico e dell'Impero romano. Allo scopo di accrescere la consapevolezza del patr...