Discover the Hundred-Year History of the Italian Holy Rosary Parish
When: December 6 (Sunday) 1:00 - 2:00 pm Where: Casa Italiana, 595 1/2 Third Street, NW, Washington, DC Sponsored by National Organization of Italian American Women, Washington D.C. Region. Learn more about the fascinating role Italian American women have had within the Holy Rosary Parish and the greater DC community. Italian American...
St. Michael's artwork, history to be discussed Sunday
by Vincent Jackson Dr. John Calabrese has visited many of the great museums and churches of the world, leading groups to see the art and architecture of Greece, Italy, France and the rest of Europe. On Sunday, Calabrese will travel all the way from Texas to his former hometown, Atlantic City, to speak about the art and history of one...
Westminster Opera Theatre Presents Verdi’s Falstaff
Westminster Opera Theatre brings Verdi's comic opera Falstaff to the stage of the Robert L. Annis Playhouse at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. It will be sung in Italian with English supertitles and fully staged with chamber ensemble. The comic opera will be...
Wine: Virginia’s best wines mix French grapes and Italian knowhow
I HAVE always been a little underwhelmed by the wines of America's east coast. In comparison to its better known counterparts from the west in California, the USA's east coast regions tend to get forgotten by most of the UK's wine importers – and for good reason. So I was interested to see that one of our most traditional wine merchants, The Wine...
La settimana americana di Letta, da assemblea ONU a promozione Italia
La politica estera, con l'Assemblea generale delle Nazioni Unite in un momento caldo nel contesto globale con la crisi siriana, e l'economia, con lo scopo di avviare il rilancio del marchio Italia. Sono i due grandi temi che ispirano la missione in Canada e a New York che vedra' il presidente del Consiglio, Enrico Letta, impegnato da domenica 22 a...
Jersey City readies for Columbus Day parade headed by Hoboken's 'Cake Boss'
TLC star Buddy 'Cake Boss' Valastro, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, and members of the Jersey City Police and Fire departments are among the hundreds who will march during the fifth annual Jersey City Columbus Day Parade tomorrow. The parade, which starts at 1 p.m., gathers residents, community organizations, civic groups and bands to cele...
2016 Pasta Night another Huge Success
More than 1,000 homemade meatballs were made from scratch along with specialty ravioli, stuffed shells, penne, spaghetti, sausage, antipasto, salad and desert were served to more than 400 attendees. Thank you to the committee chairmen Jerry Onnembo and Joseph Rutigliano for making this event possible and to the many people that generously...
Sea Isle City to Hold 2016 Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival, Oct. 8
Mayor Leonard Desiderio and his family will host Sea Isle City's 2016 Columbus Day Parade Oct. 8, at 2:00 p.m. The annual honoring of Christopher Columbus and all Italian-Americans will begin in front of the Sea Isle City Italian-American Club, located next to the Sea Isle Bridge. The parade will run east along JFK Boulevard to Landis Avenue and th...
Michelangelo at The National Gallery
Inaugurating "2013—The Year of Italian Culture" in the United States, the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., will unveil the only presentation in the United States of the "David-Apollo" by Michelangelo, on loan from Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. The "David-Apollo," last seen in Washington in 1949, will be on public view in th...
Tutti a Hoboken per il dinner dance
Nuovo direttivo dell'Hoboken Italian Festival, edizione 2013. Il nuovo presidente della Società Madonna dei Martiri di Hoboken è John Sciancalepore, il presidente della festa HOBOKEN ITALIAN FESTIVAL è Paul De Sario. La presentazione del direttivo è avvenuta nel corso dello scintillante Dinner Dance nella prestigiosa location del Macaluso. Tra gli...
Andreotti e l'America: piu' facile il rapporto personale che quello politico
Una volta Giulio Andreotti venne a New York nel 1991 solo per partecipare a un convegno di latinisti. Il convegno si teneva all'Hotel Plaza e Andreotti che era allora Presidente del consiglio dedicò la sua tre giorni esclusivamente a un confronto scientifico con latinisti americani. Un'altra volta andò a Disneyland. Spessissimo...
The Tiber, the Arno, and the Gran Canal: A Celebration of Italian Choral Music – May 2, 8 pm
CoroAllegro takes you on a journey through Italy as we celebrate the art of choral music, brought to us by the country's most esteemed composers. The centerpiece of the concert features the Missa Papae Marcelli (Pope Marcellus Mass) by Italian master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and also includes works by Gioacchino Rossini, Claudio Monteverdi,...