Museums plan Piero di Cosimo exhibit in US, Italy
Renaissance artist Piero di Cosimo's career in painting will be examined next year in a major exhibition planned for Washington and Florence, Italy. The National Gallery of Art will announce Friday that it's organizing the first major retrospective of Piero's paintings with the Uffizi museum in Florence. Curators say it will include 40 of...
Columbus Day celebration set for Oct. 13 at Elmwood Park, Norristown
For the fifth consecutive year, local waste service company J. P. Mascaro & Sons will sponsor Norristown's Columbus Day Celebration. The event will be held on Monday, Oct. 13, at 11:15 a.m. at the borough's Christopher Columbus Commemorative Monument in the Elmwood Park, Harding Boulevard and Sterigere Street. This years keynote speaker for the...
Join Eastern Opera for Puccini's La bohème November 15, 16, 22, 23
Eastern Opera presents Puccini's immortal classic La bohème, a story of young love set against the penurious but jubilant lifestyle of 19th-century bohemian Paris. La bohème is considered Puccini's most beloved opera and for many the quintessential opera. The opera, sung in Italian, will be fully staged, with orchestra, sets and costumes....
The World of Dante: between Science and Poetry - Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm
To celebrate the 750th anniversary of Dante's birth the Georgetown University Italian Research Institute, the Georgetown University Italian Department, and the Embassy of Italy, are sponsoring a recital of Dante's cantos related to science. Riccardo Pratesi, from the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy, will recite the cantos in Italian and c...
Veteran valued work ethic, heritage, neighborhood
By Katherine Schaeffer Carl Giampolo never missed a day during five decades of working construction, ushering at Forbes Field and Three Rivers Stadium and caring for his wife in the last years of their 72-year marriage. "His devotion to his children and my mother was incredible," daughter Carol Giampolo Speck said. "He gave with all h...
The Italian Garden Project: Nostalgia for Yesterday...Lessons for Today
Thursday October 22 - 6,30 pm - 8,30 pm EDT - The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) 1860 19th St NW, Washington 20009 - tickets here. Join the DC Region to experience the beauty and charm of the traditional Italian American backyard vegetable garden! Mary Menniti, founder of The Italian Garden Project, will share her w...
Pranzo with La Befana
The Italian American Association of Monmouth County will host Pranzo with La Befana in celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany from 1-4 p.m. Jan. 3 at St. Mary's Church, Colts Neck. The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 3 to 10. The event will include a performance of the legend of La Befana, pasta and meatballs, baked good...
Successo per i bronzi a Washington, 165mila visitatori
Grande successo per i bronzi del mondo ellenistico in mostra a Washington: oltre 165mila hanno visitato alla National Gallery of Art l'esposizione "Potere e pathos", con una media di piu' di 1.700 persone al giorno. La mostra, inaugurata lo scorso 10 dicembre e conclusasi domenica, raccoglieva 50 rari capolavori in bronzo provenienti da diversi Pae...
Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society general meeting
The next general Society meeting of the Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society will be held on Sunday, March 30 at 1:00 p.m. in Casa Italiana. Some details related to the meeting: · Dr. John C. Mather, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and former NASA colleague of AMHS member Joe Novello, will speak on "The History of the Universe"; &n...
Porte aperte ambasciata Italia, 6mila visitatori
In 6mila hanno approfittato della giornata porte aperte all'ambasciata italiana di Washington, in occasione del 'Giorno dell'Europa', per visitare l'edificio e partecipare al ricco programma di iniziative organizzato in collaborazione con l'Istituto italiano di cultura e altre associazioni e imprese. Il tema della giornata, "Un viaggio ita...
The Italian legacy in the development and growth of the United States Marine Band
HOLY ROSARY CHURCH/CASA ITALIANA, in association with The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society of the Washington, DC Area, The Lido Civic Club of Washington, DC, and The Lucchesi nel Mondo-Tuscany Club are sponsoring a program on the Italian legacy in the development and growth of the United States Marine Band by Marine Historian, Gunnery Sergeant K...
Italian art show to make U.S. debut in Delaware
by Shirley Min For the first time outside of Italy, an exclusive U.S. art exhibit of stolen Italian artifacts is set to open right here in Delaware. "These pieces don't come from a private collection or museum collection," said exhibit organizer Emiliano Guerra. "All of the pieces that you see is stolen art. It's Italian stolen art."...