Amerigo Vespucci Society: join us in celebrating our 121st anniversary
The Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch NJ, a mutual aid society founded in 1875, is pleased to announce its 121st Anniversary "Man of The Year" Dinner Dance. This year's event will begin at 6:30pm on Saturday, March 1st at BranchesRestaurant located in West Long Branch NJ. The AVS has the privilege of honoring Carlo Roberto Brancat...
16th Annual Columbus Day & Tom Cetrone Memorial Golf Tournament
Dear Friend,You are cordially invited to participate in this year's 16th Annual Columbus Day Golf Tournament to be held at the Mays Landing Golf and Country Club on Monday, October 13, 2014. Please join us for lunch at 11:30 a.m. with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start and a buffet dinner to follow. Please review the hole sponsorship opportunities and mak...
Sons of Italy Foundation to honor General Raymond Odierno, among others, at 27th NELA Gala gala
Leaders in military, labor, medicine, public service, and athletics will be honored on May 21 in Washington, D.C. by the Sons of Italy Foundation® (SIF) at its 27th Annual NELA Gala. The SIF is the philanthropic arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America® (OSIA), the nation's largest and oldest organization for people of Italian heritage. 1...
Westwood UNICO presents Brian Piccolo Sportsmanship Awards
Else DiGiacopo and Ron Villone, both members of the Pascack Valley High School Class of 2015, were each a recipient of the Brian Piccolo Sportsmanship Award from the Westwood chapter of UNICO. The Westwood chapter of UNICO recently awarded its Brian Piccolo Award to two members of the Pascack Valley High School Class of 2015, Else DiGiacopo an...
House Aide Excited to Welcome Everyone to Italo-American Club
The National Italian American Foundation and nascent Italian American Congressional Staff Association are teaming up Thursday for a meet-and-greet featuring food, drink and just a touch of nostalgia. The Wine-Off Tasting event is scheduled to take place in Rayburn 2168 from 6 to 8 p.m. and is open to all congressional staff. Read...
Speciale Anno della Cultura: l’America torna a parlare italiano
Dopo alcuni anni di declino e grazie all'impegno delle nostre rappresentanze diplomatiche negli Stati Uniti e dei molti italo americani che occupano posizioni di prestigio nella società americana, la lingua italiana è tornata tra le materie di insegnamento degli AP Examination, i corsi che permettono agli studenti delle superiori di ottenere cred...
Italian language instruction taking hold in Howard County schools
You can hear their passion for teaching the language, a Viva Italia! enthusiasm they hope to make infectious to those who sign up for the courses.For Italian language teachers Catherine D'Ascoli of Wilde Lake High School and Peter DiMarco of Hammond High School, the stream of students interested in the language has been, for the most part, unabated...
Discrimination Against Italian Americans Persists
Don't sweat the small stuff... It's a freaking commercial? Not too long ago a proud Italian American commented on an Italian commercial that appeared to be stereotypic. And went on to state, "I do not sweat the small stuff... It's a freaking commercial!" If it were just one commercial I would whole heartedly agree. we may try to defend ne...
Announcing the 110th Annual La Festa Italiana, Jersey City, New Jersey
The Novena in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption begins on August 6th at 7:00 PM in Holy Rosary Church and continues to August 14th. The Assumption Feast Day Mass is on Thursday, August 15th at 11:00 AM, followed by a street procession. The Saint Rocco Feast Day Mass is on Friday, August 16th at 11:00 AM, followed by a street procession....
Cuccinelli has drawn deep lines between what he believes is right and wrong
By Marc Fisher Gonzaga, the Jesuit high school in a scruffy part of Washington's inner city, is where Ken Cuccinelli II says he became the man he is. The Republican candidate for governor of Virginia emerged in part in John Hoffman's social justice class in 1986, when the teacher pressed the boys to look beyond the facts of poverty and inequality...
La Festa Italiana 2014 Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City, the Oldest Italian Parish in New Jersey, Prepares for 111th Annual Street Festival
Delicious Italian food, lively dance music and traditional delicacies like fresh hot zeppoles, rice balls and lemony Limoncello are just some of the fun treats ahead as Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City prepares for its 111th annual La Festa Italiana, an Old World Italian feast honoring the veneration of Maria SS. Dell'Assunta & San Rocco. &nb...
Chelsea Boyles to reign as WVIHF's Regina Maria XXXVII
As an Italian-American growing up in Shinnston, Chelsea Boyles gathers with her family every Sunday for big pasta dinners and on Christmas Eve for the Feast of the Seven Fishes. And every year, she has attended the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival, where she admired the event's queen, Regina Maria, especially the first one, Mary Frances...