Riaperta la Capital Campaign di Filitalia International/ Nestico: diffondere lingua e cultura negli USA
La Capital Campaign di Filitalia International, attuata per sostenere il Museo della Storia dell'Immigrazione Italiana di Philadelphia, è stata riavviata ieri, 14 Gennaio, con una visita privata coordinata dal Fondatore e Presidente Emerito di Filitalia International, Pasquale Nestico. Durante l'evento, Nestico ha sottolineato che il Museo...
Pittsburgh's 30th Columbus Day parade draws big crowds under sunny skies
by Tom Fontaine Pittsburgh's 30th annual Columbus Day Parade drew an estimated 10,000 spectators and participants Saturday — a record total since the event moved to the city's Bloomfield neighborhood about 13 years ago. The parade stretches more than a mile through the city's Little Italy and celebrates Italian heritage and cultur...
Raw beauty defines Simboli's 'Steel Mill'
by Marylynne Pitz Pittsburgh's nightly light show of glowing red blast furnaces and smoky white clouds fired the creativity of many artists, including Raymond Simboli. The Italian immigrant painted "Steel Mill" in 1950, long after his father and many others had captured the city's industrial landscape on canvas. But this image has its o...
The marvelous Market
To the Editor: Well done, South Philly. While the Italian Festival has evolved with the rest of the ever-changing world, today it was like having a piece of the 1980s back. Growing up an Italian, in South Philly, you looked forward to the festival every year. You could flaunt who you were, where you came from. You easily knew...
A Washinghton, presso la NIAF, incontro con Laura Benedetti
Tema della serata un libro dell'aquilana, docente alla Georgetown University Il 13 settembre 2012, alle 18.30, avrà luogo a Washington presso la sede della National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), la più nota e prestigiosa associazione italo-americana, un incontro con Laura Benedetti, direttrice del dipartimento di italiano della Georgetown Un...
Giornata della Memoria con l’Ambasciata e i Consolati italiani negli Stati Uniti
L'Italia è stata tra i primi Paesi europei a istituire la "Giornata della Memoria" che si tiene in tutto il mondo ogni anno il 27 gennaio. In questo ambito, l'Ambasciata, i Consolati e gli Istituti di Cultura italiani negli Stati Uniti propongono un ampio ventaglio di eventi culturali per coltivare la memoria della Shoah nelle giovani generazioni e...
Beretta’s future in Maryland tied to state’s gun-control debate
On the production floor of Beretta USA sits a hulking new barrel-making machine ready to churn out the next object of obsession in America's love-hate relationship with guns: a civilian version of a machine gun designed for special operations forces and popularized in the video game Call of Duty. Beretta, the nearly 500-year-old family-owned compa...
Director of Italian Heritage Festival Tells Us What to Expect
by Ian Grimley The Clarksburg Italian Heritage Festival is set to get underway Friday. Some notable Main Stage performers include Carmelina, John Angotti, and former Journey lead vocalist Steve Augeri. But these are not the only entertainers scheduled to perform. The Showcase Stage, which is on the corner of 2nd and Main Streets in Clarksb...
Italian-born classical guitarist Flavio Sala starts his career anew in the United States
One night, the internationally acclaimed classical guitarist Flavio Sala headlined a performance by a symphony orchestra at Prokofiev Concert Hall of the Philharmonic Society of Russia. Three weeks later, he was playing at a barn in Carroll County as the opening act for a Baltimore bluegrass band. What happened in between still has fr...
IAP 28: From an Italian immigrant neighborhood to the White House, a conversation with Anita Bevacqua McBride
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Anita Bevacqua McBride. McBride served as assistant to President George W. Bush and chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush from 2005 to 2009, directing the staff's work on the wide variety of domestic and global initiatives in which Mrs. Bush was involved. She had primary resp...
4th Italian American Heritage Festival June 2
Mark the date on your calendars: Sunday, June 2 from 11:30 am to 6 p.m. It's the date of the Fourth Annual Italian American Heritage Festival in Rose Tree Park. Admission is free. The festival will celebrate Italian-American authors, artists, sports figures, automobiles, culture, heritage, food, entertainment and more. Two separate st...
Nutley woman joins New Jersey commission
by Hasime Kukaj Gov. Chris Christie recently appointed Nutley resident Eileen L. Poiani to the New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission. "I was very honored and humbled to be nominated as a commissioner," Poiani said. As a third generation Nutleyite, Poiani has served various committees, including the Acade...