The Historical Society of Pennsylvania announces its Albert M. Greenfield Fellowship in 20th-Century History for 2014-2015
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will award one Albert M. Greenfield Fellowship for research in 20th-century history. The fellowship supports one month of residency in Philadelphia during the 2014-2015 academic year. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, enriched by the holdings of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, holds more...
Italian Envoy Drops by CVC for Lunch
by Anna Giaritelli Italian-American members of Congress broke bread with Claudio Bisogniero, Italy's ambassador to the United States, on Thursday at a Capitol Visitor Center lunch. "For those of you who haven't met him, he speaks incredibly good English, better than many of my constituents and certainly better than Pascrell's constitu...
Joseph A. Mascetta
Former area principal was published authorJoseph A. Mascetta, 82, of Canonsburg, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 25, 2014, in Donnell House, Washington, surrounded by his loving family. He was born September 2, 1931, in Canonsburg, a son of the late Joseph and Amalia Ciavarra Mascetta Mr. Mascetta was a proud Italian-American who was a 1...
Gloucester County Italian Heritage Commission honors journalist/author George Anastasia
George Anastasia, who launched his career at this newspaper in 1969 when it was the Woodbury Daily Times and became an award-winning journalist at the Philadelphia Inquirer and author of eight books about organized crime, has been selected as 2014 Italian-American Citizen of the Year by the Gloucester County Italian Heritage Commission. Th...
New Jersey Association of Verismo to Celebrate Lucine Amara's 90th Birthday and Over 70 Years of Performing
Opera diva Lucine Amara, Artistic Director of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, celebrates a milestone on March 1: her 90th birthday and over 70 years performing on the stage. Ms. Amara debuted with the Metropolitan Opera in 1950 and sang off stage the Celestial Voice in Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo, and her career took off. Rave...
The Italian American Police Society's annual member picnic
Saturday - August 3, 2013Manor Park Swim Club - Laurel Place - Westfield, N.J. - 12 p.m. till 8 p.m.Anyone attending is requested to bring a door prize Volunteers Needed for Setup & Cleanup For tickets please call 1-800-IAPSNJ-1or contact anyone on the pool party committee:Pete Serrone 908-307-0185, Nick Incannella 908-380-9571,Vinnie...
W&L Alum Leads Sons of Italy Commission
Carlo Carlozzi Jr., a 1980 graduate of Washington and Lee, is the new president of the Sons of Italy's anti-defamation branch. Carl, a sales representative for Liberty Mutual Insurance, in Farmington, Conn., will be leading the Order of Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) Commission for Social Justice. The OSIA is the oldest and largest national organ...
Nutley-Belleville opinion: Christopher Columbus
In the late summer of 1983, two local men with much proud Italian blood running through their veins, decided it was about time that the Nutley and Belleville area had its own Columbus Day Parade. John V. Kelly, then president of Nutley Savings Bank and a state assemblyman, and Belleville businessman Vincent "Jimmy" Donadia each pledged $1,...
Where You Live: Writing about Yourself and Your Family: Workshop with Jospeh Bathanti
In Pittsburgh on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, from 1 - 4 p.m. learn the art of memoir writing "Where You Live: Writing about Yourself and Your Family," a workshop hosted by Italian American Collection Scholar-in-Residence Joseph Bathanti at the Heinz History Center. Participants will come away with a story - a memoir - about where they and the...
"The Italian Americans" Screening & Discussion Event - February 4, 2015 at 6:45 pm
Join The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs and WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capital, for a screening and discussion about The Italian Americans, a new film for PBS premiering nationally February 17 & 24, 9-11p — with special guest Ho...
A Second Before – A Discussion on Anti-Terrorism Opereations with Italian Prosecutor Stefano Dambruoso
US-Italian differences over the Milan kidnapping and "extraordinary rendition" of Egyptian terrorism suspect Abu Omar in 2003, and the subsequent conviction in Italian court of 22 CIA operatives (in absentia), should not obscure the fact that the US and Italy have a long history of cooperation against international security threats, from organized...
Newark: chiusura consolato. Gli italiani in Usa si ribellano
Gli italoamericani del New Jersey non hanno gradito la notizia della chiusura del consolato di Newark dal prossimo 28 febbraio. A confermarla venerdì alla Camera è stato lo stesso ministro degli Esteri, Emma Bonino. E gli esponenti della comunità sperano di poter approfittare della missione del primo ministro Enrico Letta e della stessa Bonino a Ne...