"Storia e memorie" at Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center
The "Storia e memorie" group of 21 students and teachers from Friuli and Sardegna returned to Italy this weekend after an intensive three-week program at Georgetown University and Casa Italiana. The program was funded by the Italian Senate and managed by Fri.Sa.Li World in cooperation with the Embassy of Italy. A CISC team - Liz DiGregorio, Anna Is...
M.S.S. Lodge’s Feast of Madonna del Soccorso to be held August 13,14
The 118th celebration of the MSS Feast, held this year as a two-day event at Holy Saviour Church, will show yet again the very close connection of Norristown to the city of Sciacca in Sicily. The MSS Feast, which is highlighted on Sunday Aug. 14 by the traditional street procession through the east end of Norristown, with 25 people carrying a statu...
Italian American Association of Monmouth County Celebrates Ferragosto
Sunday August 14 2:00–6:00pm. St. Robert Bellarmine Church - 61 Georgia Road, Freehold, NJ. Every year, Italians celebrate the peak of summer and the start of vacation on August 15. A happy combination of ferie (holidays) and agosto (August), the national holiday presents the opportunity to escape the heat, but not before one last hurrah. Italians...
Dine, dance & delight in the fun at la Festa Italiana 2022 in Jersey City
Holy Rosary Church in Jersey City plans to cool down the August heat with a five-day splash of summer fun known as La Festa Italiana 2022. Starting Wednesday, Aug. 10, and running through Sunday, Aug. 14, from 5 pm-to-1l pm each night, the neighborhood surrounding Holy Rosary Church on 6th & Brunswick Streets will be a fun-filled block party of ven...
Sons of Italy sausage is back at Italian Heritage Festival
When the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival opens this weekend, one of its most popular booths will feature the Bellaire Sons of Italy sausage sandwiches. The link sausages are grilled to perfection and topped with caramelized onions and peppers, served on a soft bun. But the work that goes into the sausages starts weeks ahead, and...
Trenton legend ‘Bobby V’ Vitella dies at 88
A City of Trenton legend has passed. Bobby “Bobby V” Vitella, 88, an Italian beau brummell who deserved a reality television show based in Hollywood or Miami Beach as Maitre d for the stars, died on July 24. His passing ended connections to an era of Chambersburg flamboyance when the Italian section of Trenton delivered glitz, glamour and famous re...
Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival impacts Wheeling’s economy
It has been described as “the granddaddy of Italian Festivals” in all of America, and is certainly the biggest Italian Heritage Festival in West Virginia. In Wheeling, people are anxiously awaiting the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival, but what many do not realize is the amount of tourism this festival brings to the Friendly City....
Donatelli's Italian Food Center in Bloomfield to close its doors after 90 years
After 90 years, Donatelli's Italian Food Center will be closing its doors in Pittsburgh's Bloomfield neighborhood once the shelves are empty. Donatelli's grandfather opened the store on Liberty Avenue in 1932. Russell Donatelli had been running the business along with his father and brother, until they died recently. "The store itself was designed...
Little Italy portion of festival is coming back
It’s one of the tastiest traditions in the Ohio Valley. The Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival starts July 29. One special part of the festival that had gone away for a while will be back. Festival Board Member Bob Triveri says everybody asks him if Little Italy is coming back. This year, he’s happy to say yes. It won’t be in its fo...
The loss of 'a fixture': Ralph's Italian Restaurant restaurateur dies at 93
Ralph Dispigno Jr., the patriarch of a well-known, classic Philadelphia restaurant, has died at the age of 93. Ralph's Italian Restaurant shared the news of its owner's passing on social media earlier this week. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Ralph Dispigno Jr, or as we called him, Uncle Ralphie. Named after his father Ra...
Dinner Among Two Greats! IAATO Hosts AVS
Recently, the Executive Board of the Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean (IAATO) New Jersey hosted the Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch New Jersey's Executive Board for a dinner. The purpose of the invitation and gathering, according to IAATO President Mr. Lou Albruzzese was, "to break bread to thank the AVS board for...
Napolitano Wins "The Italy Run"
Long-distance runner Robert Napolitano, who starred at Red Bank Catholic High in New Jersey was victorious in the Italy Run by Ferrero, a 4 mile course in Central Park, New York this past weekend. Napolitano, an All-American at Columbia College, finished first out of a field of 5295 competitors. His winning time was a formidable 19minutes 38 second...