The Italian Renaissance - October 14 | 10:00 am - October 19 | 5:00 pm
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, in support of Ciao Philadelphia, will offer an Italian highlights tour from the permanent collection. From October 14 through 19, visitors will be afforded the rare opportunity to have access to the "Florence, Cradle of Renaissance" gallery with a guided tour of The Italian Renaissance. For more details about the gal...
MONDO ITALIANO - Invitation to "The Wonders of the Pantheon"
Join MONDO ITALIANO for an amazing journey into the heart of Rome as we explore the wonders of Pantheon, a magnificent temple dedicated to all gods. In this lecture, we will not only delve into some of the fascinating architecture of this temple but we will also look into the interesting history behind its construction as well as important mileston...
St. Anthony Italian Family Feast Returns For A 15th Year
The Church of the Assumption's annual St. Anthony Italian Family Feast returns for its 15th year with four days of faith, fun, food, family, and friends. The festival will be filled with all new and different rides from a new company, games, amusements, homemade cooking, an Italian-style café, food venders, a beer & wine garden, entertainment,...
Mostly Opera to feature Italian theme
by Johs McAuliffe Mostly Opera's back this month, with strong Italian flavor. On Saturday, Oct. 10, the Scranton opera company will present "Viva Italia!," featuring Italian songs from the operatic canon as well as other genres, at downtown Scranton's Hilton Scranton and Conference Center. Cocktails begin at 6 p.m. with cash...
Debutta a Washington DC, USA, la Dante Alighieri Legacy Association celebrando il 750mo anniversario della nascita del Sommo poeta con una ceremonia al Meridian Hill Park
Debutta a Washington DC, USA, la Dante Alighieri Legacy Association celebrando il 750mo anniversario della nascita del Sommo poeta con una ceremonia al Meridian Hill Park, dove viene deposta una corona di fiori ai piedi del monumento eretto nella capitale. L'imponente statua (104,4 pollici per 45,6 su un piedistallo di granito 77 pollici per 50) e...
Norristown lawyer honored at Sons of Italy convention in King of Prussia
You usually can't get a loftier recognition in any field than being honored with an accolade that pretty much says it all. As the Gold Medal Award co-honoree at the 52nd Biennial Convention of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania's Sons of Italy, which was held this week in King of Prussia, Francis Recchuiti was aware of a certain irony as he a...
Italian American Festival Begins This Week in Freehold
by Adam Hochron The Freehold Raceway Mall will transform into a little bit of Italy over the next few nights as the Italian American Festival comes to town. From 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday there will be rides, food, music and other entertainment in the parking lot near Dick's Sporting Goods. For $20 on Wednesday nigh...
Italy's envoy in Philly pushes to improve business ties
For all Philadelphia's claims of being an "international city," the last of its once-grand corps of European diplomats almost pulled out last year. World diplomacy is shifting to the vast cities of Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Aging nations need to make new trade ties in those places. Canada shut its Philly consulate in 2012. Italy was rea...
Italian Contributions to Knowledge
Italian history seems animated by the desire to cross the borders of the peninsula and to establish Italianness within a global horizon, bringing it face to face with other societies and different local realities. From Marco Polo's adventurous voyage to the heroic era of geographic discoveries, from Galileo's cosmic exploration to the dias...
The 2014 NJIIAHC Congress: "Achievements of National Italian American Organizations"
November 8 (Saturday) 8:30 am - 12:30 pmThe 2014 NJIIAHC Congress: "Achievements of National Italian American Organizations" Several national Italian American organizations will be presenting their major achievements in preserving and promoting the Italian and Italian American Heritage.The New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commissio...
2015 Italian Heritage Festival; 11 am – 4 pm, September 19th, the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn
Back for a sixth year celebrating rich, colorful, Italian culture, is the annual Festival that honors the Feast of St. Gennaro, as celebrated by the Italian-American Club of Hilton Head (IACHH). Saturday, September 19th from 11am to 4pm, join the fun outdoors at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn. Offering something to please everyone, the...
Momentum builds for Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade
The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee will host its Honoree Dinner Gala at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Nanina's in the Park in Belleville. For tickets, call Barbara Freda at 973-650-3849 or Melissa Matturro at 973-661-9234. The awardees being honored in this year's parade are as follows: Vincent Micco, Grand Marshal; Me...