Italian-American Innovators: How their inventions make our daily life just a little bit nicer
The entire world is familiar with the accomplishments of the great Italian inventors, artists and explorers. The artistic contributions of Leonardo DaVinci to the art world, the genius of Guglielmo Marconi to science, and of the discovery of America through the explorations of Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo). But what of the less...
Italian American Heritage Club to meet Oct. 15 in Asbury
The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the Grand Colonial Restaurant on Rt. 173 in Asbury. The guest speaker will be Sam Faiello. Faiello is a Hunterdon County resident whose public relations firm was retained by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey to develop pub...
Rights(?)/Growth at the Kennedy Center - Millenium Stage
Italian dancer and choreographer Mimmo Miccolis and Austrian dancer Gloria Benedikt develop contemporary dance on the edge of artistic innovation and human need and base their work around issues of public concern, for which they strive to create artistic responses that inspire, thought provoke and emotionally touch audiences. RIGHTS(?) (Am...
Festa Italiana Bethlehem, a new local Italian festival, debuting in June
by Lynn Olanoff Musikfest. Celtic Classic. Festa Italiana? Yes, a new Italian festival called Festa Italiana Bethlehem is joining Bethlehem's hearty festival lineup this June, set for June 5 and 6 on Main Street. The event will feature both a wine and pasta trail along with authentic Italian vendors, said Lynn Collins Cunning...
U.S. Representative Tom Marino Speaks at NIAF-Frank J. Guarini Public Policy Forum
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) leadership, including President John M. Viola and the Foundation's Government Relations and Public Policy Committee Chair Mark Valente lll, welcomed Representative Tom Marino (Pa.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, who spoke at the first...
Exhibit sheds new light on classic Italian mosaics
By Blake Oetting As the new academic year begins, there will be countless opportunities to overstress, over think, and spend too much time with your head buried in work. Luckily enough, Swarthmore Libraries' first art installation of the year fits well into the beginning of the fall semester. Angela Lorenz, an artist based out of both Ital...
Learn fig trees - and molto other Italian-related topics - at Pandola Learning Center
NEW! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Growing Fig Trees. Saturday, February 27. 10:30a - 2 pm; $25 Want to grow a fig tree? Learn how to grow fig trees in ground or in a container, plus ways to care for them in the winter: pruning, propagation, transplanting, fertilization, and how to rejuvenate a freeze-damaged tree. To...
Officers of UNICO plan Rehoboth events
At a planning session held recently at Touch of Italy on Del. 1, newly elected officers of UNICO National-Rehoboth Area Chapter- gathered to set a calendar of meetings and events for the 2016-2017 season. Chapter meetings will be held on the third Thursday of each month from September to June, except for December. These meetings will be he...
Celebrating Italian Women Authors!
Domenica 17 marzo 201313.00 in EDT The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture in collaboration with Casa Italiana presents "Celebrating Italian Women Authors!" Join us for a day of celebrating our accomplishments as Italian American authors as well as enjoying great food, authentic Italian pastries and networking with like-minded peopl...
Two retired deputy fire chiefs are suing Passaic City for discrimination, claiming they were forced out
Two Italian-American deputy fire chiefs who retired last year in the face of a budget squeeze are suing the city of Passaic for alleged discrimination, claiming they were unlawfully forced out to make way for Hispanic officers. Michael Martocci and John Scangarello, who left the department after 27 years of service, say in court papers tha...
Little Italy, Big Festival at the Willingtown Square Gallery
The Historical Society will honor 130 years of Italian-American presence in Wilmington with an exhibit in Willingtown Square Gallery to kick off the new year. Little Italy, Big Festival will examine the vibrant history of Wilmington's west side, known as "The Hill" to early generations of Wilmington's Italiani. Early settlers, businesses, cultural...
Italian-American winners
The Italian-American Cultural & Heritage Society of Washington County recently announced its eight scholarship winners, bringing its total to 131 scholarships since the organization began awarding them in 1992. The scholarships are worth $3,000 each and are awarded through application of criteria that includes a one-page essay expressi...