A New Map: The Poetry of Migrant Writers in Italy
On Dec. 7, ParoLab, the book club of Italians in DC, will host a presentation of "A New Map: The Poetry of Migrant Writers in Italy" co-edited by Italian-French poet and critic Mia Lecomte. Italophone Argentinian poet Candelaria Romero and Lecomte will read from their poetry collections, Georgetown University professor of Italian Nicoletta Pireddu...
Italian American One Voice Coalition Hosts “in Defense of our Heritage” Event at Seton Hall University on April 21st, 1:30 P.M.
Free Event Open To Those Interested In Defending Italian Heritage Against Negative Barrage Of Stereotyping In Media And Popular Culture March 7, 2013For immediate releaseContact: Sebastian D'EliaCommunications DirectorItalian American ONE VOICE Coalition908-770-3662 www.iaovc.org Are you an Italian American who is sick and tired o...
Trigiani's 'Big Stone Gap' to be filmed in Virginia town
By Bill Lohmann Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that best-selling Virginia author Adriana Trigiani will return to her hometown of Big Stone Gap to shoot the film version of her 2000 novel about the mountain town in Southwest Virginia. Filming is scheduled to begin this fall. Virginia Film Office Director Andy Edmunds said his...
Leonardo da Vinci and the idea of beauty
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2015 - Sunday, April 05, 2015 Venue: Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA Organized by: Muscarelle Museum of Art Organized by the Muscarelle Museum of Art, this unprecedented selection of more than twenty-five masterpiece drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo from Italian museums is the first e...
West Essex Chapter of Unico National presented Athletic Awards to West Essex High School Seniors
by Allison Freeman The West Essex Chapter of Unico National presented Athletic Awards to West Essex High School seniors Monica Onorata and Joe Egan, both from Fairfield. West Essex High School Softball Coach Andrea Mondadori said that Onorata is a four-year varsity starter for softball and a four-year varsity cross country runner. "M...
L’On. Francesca La Marca è intervenuta alla prima riunione di coordinamento consolare negli USA dopo il rinnovo dei Comites
L'On. Francesca La Marca ha partecipato sabato 17 ottobre a Washington alla prima riunione di coordinamento consolare negli USA tra i COMITES, i parlamentari della ripartizione, i rappresentanti del CGIE e i Direttori degli Istituti di cultura. Ha presieduto l'incontro l'Ambasciatore d'Italia Claudio Bisogniero, presenti anche il consigliere econom...
Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino Honored As UNICO 'Citizen Of The Year'
The Hackensack chapter of UNICO National, the largest Italian-American service organization in the United States honored Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino as its Citizen of the Year at a ceremony held on Sunday - March 17, 2016. The event was held at the Brick House Restaurant in Wyckoff, New Jersey. Saudino, who is running for re...
Digital Diplomacy at Italian Embassy in Washington
Digital diplomacy was the topic of discussion at the Italian Embassy in Washington this evening. This was the third event hosted by Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, who has been bringing experts together to discuss and analyze how global interconnectivity and the real-time information cycle are transforming the way citizens and government interact....
Descendants of Jefferson neighbor reunite in Albemarle
By K. Burnell Evans About 240 years ago, Antonio Giannini and his wife and daughter left Fibbialla, Italy, for Virginia at the behest of Florentine merchant Philip Mazzei, a friend of Thomas Jefferson's. Part of a cadre of skilled workers Mazzei employed at Colle, his farm adjoining Monticello, Giannini planned to return home after five y...
Spring 2014 Law Enforcement Career Development Workshop Applications Available
The NJ Police Community Affairs Officers Association is pleased to announce that they will continue to sponsor the Law Enforcement Career Development Workshop Course in the Spring 2014 semester. We are thankful to the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders for co-sponsoring this important program through the Department of Law & Publ...
Blessed are the cheesesteakers
Dave Arellano may have regaled visitors to the opening night of the 2014 St. Ann's Italian Festival with a rendition of "New York, New York," but there were no "little town blues" on display. Despite the threat of ominous clouds, Hoboken residents and out-of-towners from Jersey City, North Bergen, and beyond came out in scores to kick off...
‘Old Italian boy’ to marshal St. Patrick’s Day Parade
An Irishman by marriage has been named the grand marshal of the 2015 Morris County St. Patrick's Day Parade in Morristown. The St. Patrick's Day Parade of Morris County announced Tuesday that former Madison resident Al DeBenedictis has been selected to lead Morris County's best-known and biggest parade of the year. Read more &nbs...