Italian-Americans facing a slow death
An outspoken and controversial demographics expert told me that Italian-Americans are a dying group. There's nothing you can do because they're not reproducing,' he said to me. 'Italian-Americans are no longer interested in their culture, they're leaving their neighbourhoods and Hispanics are coming in and taking over. I think Italian culture in A...
Virginia’s Millionaire Winegrowers
By Roger Morris For those of us who were writing about wine at the time, it was a surprising, even humorous-sounding, development. The Italians were coming to Virginia to make wine. The year was 1976, and we had already been shocked once that season. Napa Valley (with some help from Sonoma grapes) had just won both red and white categories of...
First Fundraiser for History of Italian Immigration Museum!
Dear Friends of the Italian-American Community and Filitalia International, Please forward the attached invitation to all of your relationships who are passionate about Italian Culture! The first fundraiser for the History of Italian Immigration Museumwill be Thursday April 10th, 6-10pm at the Pyramid Club and $100 donation.
A Philadelphia la raccolta fondi di Filitalia per il “Museo della storia dell`immigrazione italiana”
Si è svolto lo scorso 10 aprile a Philadelphia il primo fundraising di Filitalia International and Foundation per raccogliere fondi per il "Museo della Storia dell'Immigrazione Italiana". L'evento ha avuto luogo al prestigioso Pyramid Club, dove i circa 200 invitati intervenuti si sono trovati di fronte ad una veduta spettacolare della città dell'a...
Don't miss Saturday's Italian event!
With this event, the Center for Italian Studies and ISSNAF celebrate Italian achievement and contributions to knowledge in the United States and Canada. Program Location: Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall - 249 S. 36th Street 2pm The Value of Italian Experience for Success in North America Participants: Vincenzo Berghella, Professor - Di...
Italian Genealogy Research topic of Genealogical Society of West Fields Feb. 12 meeting
Italian Genealogy Research will be the topic when The Genealogical Society of the West Fields welcomes Anthony Festa at their meeting on Feb. 12, at the Westfield Memorial Library at 1 p.m. Festa will outline basic Italian research in a three-part presentation. He will explore strategies for determining the home village in Italy from which...
Italian Music Festival @Widener
Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 3:00 PM in Alumni Auditorium at Widener University.Sponsored by Associazione Regionale Abruzzese Delco, Associazione Regionale Abruzzese of Delaware Valley, XII October Lodge #486 Order of the Sons & Daughters of Italy in America. In Conjunction With Widener University & il Consolato Genera...
The Bishop's House
by Nando Amabile My mother's father, Antonio Scola, left Montecorice, Salerno in 1881, a seventeen year old seeking his fortune as a silk dyer in Paterson, New Jersey. Blessed with an unerring eye for color and a strong work ethic, he early on became the boss dyer at one of Paterson's major silk mills, a position he held for fourteen years...
Artist seeks current and past photos of Little Italy
Little Italy's Neighborhood Lights resident artist, Joe Reisel , seeks current and vintage photos of all things Little Italy to incorporate into a slideshow for Little Italy's art installation for the upcoming event, Light City Baltimore 2016. Help Little Italy tell its story of each decade! If you possess original photos of Little Italy in general...
The Passion of Stracci: Pier Paolo Pasolini’s La Ricotta
In this presentation, I will analyze the Passion of Stracci, the poor film extra in Pier Paolo Pasolini's La ricotta. I will focus on his characteristics as homo sacer and point out the visual dynamics of his Passion, in contrast to his counterpart, the cynical director of a mannerist movie on the Crucifixion who observes his death as the subprolet...
Dinner Dance
The 2014 AIAC Annual Dinner Gala is upon us once again! The annual black-tie event has been the premier AIAC Charitable Event for years with upwards of 1100 people in attendance each year, and 2014 stands to be no different. From the upscale VIP DaVinci Gaming Reception, to the spectacular entertainment, to the silent auction, there truly is someth...
Columbus' travels continue on the way to Marquette Park
by Bob Kalinowski When Zelino Vici opened his barber shop in Nanticoke, the United States president was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, baseball legend Babe Ruth was about to embark on the final year of his Hall of Fame career and canned beer was just hitting the market. Vici charged 25 cents for haircuts and competed against dozens of...