Buddy 'Cake Boss' Valastro leads Jersey City Columbus Day Parade through Downtown
Jersey City's Downtown was awash in green, red and white for the fifth annual Columbus Day Parade today. Leading the celebration of Italian heritage Saturday was TLC star Buddy 'Cake Boss' Valastro, who was the parade's grand marshal. "I'm honored to be here," Valastro said, who was accompanied at the head of the parade by his son, Marco,...
Social Media & Communications Associate
POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Sons of Italy (OSIA), the largest and oldest national membership organization representing Italian-American men and women as well as Italophiles, seeks a full-time Social Media & Communications Associate to join its National Office team. The Associate will apply his/her efforts toward effective marketing of th...
A new spin on "La Traviata" for Virginia Opera
"La Traviata" is one of the world's most performed opera for a reason: With its memorable melodies and its heartbreaking love story, it will make you cry. Virginia Opera will stage a new spin on Giuseppe Verdi's tragic love story about a beautiful courtesan who falls in love and dies of tuberculosis. Performed in Italian with English subtit...
Parsippany Mayor Endorses Cesaro, Myers and Tedesco for Morris County Freeholder
The Morris First team is pleased to announce that Parsippany-Troy Hills Mayor James Barberio has endorsed its lineup of John Cesaro, Christine Myers, and Angelo Tedesco for Morris County Freeholder. Calling Cesaro, Myers, and Tedesco "great public servants" who will represent their constituents well, Mayor Barberio, head of the largest mun...
Cultural Presentation on Sardegna
Italian Cultural Foundation of South JerseyPhysical Address: 468 Wheat Road, Vineland, NJ 08360 October 8, 2015, Thursday at 7:00 pm: Cultural Presentation by Dr. DeMaio on the Island of SardegnaSardegna, the second largest island in the Mediterranean. Sardegna's history goes back centuries, and includes many structures and customs not see...
Pallone and Vitale Furious Over Vito Corleone Invocation in Sayreville
By Max Pizarro Or was it Ennio Morricone? In any event, Italian American lawmakers are fuming over mail pieces in Sayreville that invoke what they say are offensive ethnic stereotypes. U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone and state Senator Joe Vitale (D-19) said they want incumbent Mayor Kennedy O'Brien to cease and desist, and retract a mail...
Wilmington Friends of Italian Culture Presents A Program of Italian Music
When: Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 3:00 PM Where: Archmere Academy | The Patio, 3600 Philadelphia Pike, Claymont, DE 19703 Vince Marinelli (Clarinet) — Works by Finzi, Rota, Marcello, Mancini, and Paganinni. Charlie Rutan and Michela Musolino — Traditional Sicilian and Abruzesse selections on traditional instruments, sung in Sicilian.&nb...
In Little Italy, a showcase for exquisite dining
By Richard Gorelick I've never thought Aldo's gets the attention it deserves. Some of that has to do with the firm opinions Baltimoreans form about restaurants they've never been to, especially when those restaurants happen to be in Little Italy. Aldo's is not just a pretty good restaurant, all things considered. It's a great one, everyth...
Italian officers get keys to Nutley
by Hasime Kukay The Nutley Board of Commissioners on Tuesday presented township keys to three Italian police officers. Luca Lamberti, Giovanni Longo and Nicola Primavera, all from the Arma dei Carabinieri, marched in Sunday's Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day parade. "It's really an honor and privilege for them to serve for us,"...
Organize official White House celebrations to recognize and endorse Columbus Day and the Italian American community.
The Italian American Community petitions for an official U.S. Capitol luncheon and White House evening reception in annual recognition and endorsement of Columbus Day and the contributions of the 25 million Americans of Italian decent. With our holiday consistently under attack, we ask the White House to rededicate the Presidency to both the holida...
Eighth-graders celebrate Carnevale in Italian class
Donning colorful masks, some 200 eighth-grade pupils who are enrolled in the Italian language program at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School (MEMS) participated in the celebration of Carnevale on Jan. 29. As the students entered the classroom where they study Italian, they "ooh'd" and "ahh'd" over the decorations. The desks were rearra...
Celebrate Italian culture with UNICO
The Greater Ramsey Chapter of UNICO National invites area residents to attend its "Re-Discover Your Italian Heritage" event from 2-5 p.m. March 22 on the second floor of the Ramsey Ambulance Building, 41 N. Island Ave. Admission is free, but reservations are required, and space is limited. The deadline for making reservations is March 18. ...