Alan Karpas and Martha Ackermann Named UNICO’S 2014 'Citizens of the Year'
Alan Karpas and Martha Ackermann have been named Livingston UNICO's 2014 Citizens of the Year for their dedication to the community through volunteerism. They will be honored at UNICO's Awards Brunch on Sunday, March 9 at 10 a.m. at the Hanover Manor. For 59 years, UNICO, America's largest Italian American service organization, has been re...
Explore the World of Italian American Artisans in Men of the Cloth
Men of the Cloth is an inspiring portrait of three Italian master tailors who confront the decline of the apprentice system in the twilight of their career. The film features U.S. tailors Nino Corvato and Joe Centofanti (who both work as traditional custom tailors) and Checchino Fonticoli, who spends his entire career at Brioni, the luxury...
Tour Italian cities with Knights of Columbus in November
Knights of Columbus Star of the Sea Council 7297 is offering La Bella Italia, a tour of some of the most beautiful cities of Italy, leaving Saturday, Oct. 31, and returning Thursday, Nov. 12. Deposits are due April 10. The tour goes from Venice to Bologna, Padua, Florence, Siena, Assisi, and Rome. The trip includes 11 nights in first-class...
Pete Ciarrocchi Set to Co-Host Philadelphia's 2016 Columbus Day Parade
Pete Ciarrocchi, the man behind Philadelphia's iconic restaurants, Chickie's & Pete's, is pleased to announce that he will be co-hosting the city's annual Columbus Day parade and festival this Sunday, October 9th. Action News' Alicia Vitarelli and Michael DiPilla, the high-profile computer engineer and Italian-American cultural advocate, will c...
Cesare Marino, antropologo di professione, nativo americano d'adozione
Cesare Marino è un antropologo del notissimo Smithsonian Institution di Washington DC e uno dei più grandi esperti della cultura dei nativi americani. So che leggendo queste mie parole Cesare penserà immediatamente che il titolo di esperto non descrive al meglio la sua relazione con la cultura indiana. Infatti, Cesare è molto più di espert...
Embassy exhibition probes complexities of contemporary Italian art
Unanswered Prayers, a new exhibition at the Italian Embassy, examines the complexities of contemporary Italian art through photography. The exhibition presented by Ilaria Niccolini Productions features the work of Milan-born artist Anna Paola Pizzocaro. For Unanswered Prayers, Pizzocaro has designed a storyboard with each picture intended to stan...
Little Italy residents on 1979 audio
From 1978 through 1981, the Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project recorded and collected oral histories from longtime residents of seven Baltimore neighborhoods: Highlandtown, Hampden, Park Heights, Little Italy, South/OldWest/East Baltimore; and Port of Baltimore workers. To name just a few interviewees: Schiavo, Vaccarino, Poggi, Mancu...
Italian family fights to repatriate US rail victim
Giuseppe Piras, 40, was killed after an Amtrak train travelling from Washington to New York derailed in Philadelphia on May 12th. The Italian was killed along with seven others, and was one of the last victims to be pulled from the wreckage. Over 200 people were injured, 11 of them critically. Piras, who is from the town of Ittiri on...
Today at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio
Today at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio, presented his credentials to the President of the United States, Barack Obama.At the end of the Ceremony Ambassador Varricchio remarked: "Today I have presented to President Obama the credentials with which President Mattarella appoints me Ambassador in W...
Nutley-Belleville's Taste of Italy is Sunday
The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month Parade Committee's Annual Taste of Italy Dinner will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Nutley Parks and Recreation Building, 44 Park Ave.The event begins with open seating and a buffet-style serving of signature dishes from more than 25 Italian restaurants. It's an Italian Food...
Easton exhibit explores Antonio Salemme's renewal in Lehigh Valley
By Tim Higgins Right now there's a great story being told at the Sigal Museum in Easton — the story of an artist whose career spanned almost the entire 20th century. It's the story of Antonio Salemme, the Italian-born American artist who was the toast of New York's art world from the 1920s to the 1950s and internationally known as one of the fore...
Italian Heritage Festival Bocce Tournament Returns To Shinnston
By Alex Hines The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival is still a few weeks away, but events leading up to the festival were already underway, including in Shinnston Saturday morning, where the organization held its annual bocce tournament. The yearly event is unique in that it provides an opportunity for everyone in a family to enjoy a...