Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex on the Flight of Birds on display at Smithsonian in Washington, DC
Leonardo da Vinci created masterpieces of art and sculpture. Equally remarkable, his aggregate achievements in engineering, mathematics, anatomy, geology, physics, music, military technology, aeronautics, and a wide range of other fields, not only stood without peer in his own time, but were strikingly prescient for the distant future. He...
2 Giugno a Philadelphia: Filitalia International & Foundation inaugura il Museo della Storia dell’immigrazione italiana (HIIM)
Un giorno da ricordare. Così Rosetta Miriello, Presidente di Filitalia International, definisce lo scorso 1° giugno, quando a Phialdelphia, la Filitalia International & Foundation ha celebrato sia la Festa della Repubblica che l'apertura ufficiale del Museo della Storia dell'immigrazione italiana (HIIM). All'evento, scrive Miriello "ha...
Passyunk Avenue: A place to celebrate Italian culture and heritage
by Peg DeGrassa From one week to the next, we really never know how things will play out, and sometimes certain events and functions, to which we aren't looking forward, end up being the highlights of our week. And so it went last week when I promised my friend I would go check out the new Italian Immigration Museum down on Passyu...
Italian street music band to perform at Jersey City Christmas celebration on Dec. 14
Local community members will have the chance to enjoy some Italian-style Christmas entertainment at Jersey City's Casa Colombo during its seventh Annual Christmas Concert and Sing Along celebration. Sunday's celebration, scheduled to start at 4 p.m., will feature Michael Aromondo and his Metropolitan Festival Band, an Italian street musica...
Italian American Association Dinner is April 24
The Italian American Association will hold its April Dinner Meeting on Friday, April 24 at Genetti Hotel and Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre. Arrival time is 6 p.m. with dinner being served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person. There will be music by Danny Argo & Friends until 10:15 p.m. For reservations or membership, call Louise...
Not about the book sales
The common question people ask me during these months of book presentations, signings, and book talks of Baltimore's Little Italy is: "How many books did you sell?" And my standard answer is that the sales don't matter. I'm not paying attention to the numbers ... I'm more interested in the reactions. It is much more meaningful how the bo...
Essex celebrates Italian-American heritage
by Mark Romano Patty Spango, the newly appointed Essex County deputy superintendent of elections/deputy commissioner of registration, and Frank A. Cocchiola Jr., a retired educator and administrator, were recognized as "Stellas della Contea di Essex" (Stars of Essex County) at the Essex County Italian-American Heritage Month observance hel...
Frank Giordano receives Philadelphia Music Alliance Award Platinum Award
For the first time in more than two decades, the Philadelphia Music Alliance (PMA) hosted a stellar evening gala to celebrate its newest group of inductees on the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame. It was held at The Fillmore Philadelphia on October 26, 2015. At the induction ceremony that took place during the day on the Avenue of the Arts...
“Moving Out” Hits a Familiar Migration Theme
As a younger generation of Italians emigrates in search of better opportunities, an older generation of Italians who have lived abroad for many years look back nostalgically to return to their homeland. The views of these two faces of migration were well-encapsulated in the world-premiere performance of "Moving Out," a two-character theatrical/oper...
La Festa Italiana kicks off in Downtown Jersey City
by Corey McDonald The annual La Festa Italiana street fair returned to the neighborhood surrounding Holy Rosary Church last night, as music, games and Italian food kicked off the five-day extravaganza. The festival will continue throughout the week – running from 5 to 11 p.m. today and Friday, and 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday....
Larimer and Orphan
At the corner of Larimer Avenue and Orphan Street is a meadow turning to forest, where the foundations of demolished homes are softened by ivy and moss. This spot is only twenty years into a quiet ruination, but it feels ancient. Wherever I step, in the low grass, dozens of tiny crickets spring out, noiselessly, pale-gray. I can't find them when I...
La lezione degli italoamericani sui pregiudizi
La National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) è una fondazione, interamente sostenuta da finanziamenti privati, con una missione ben precisa: mantenere viva la conoscenza della cultura e della società italiana nei giovani di seconda, terza, quarta, quinta generazione che hanno origini nel Belpaese. Ha sede a Washington DC, città in cui fu fondata...