An artist from the Italian West Coast in PHILADELPHIA
From March 3-13 the menu at Gran Caffe L'Aquila in Philadelphia will be inspired by recipes of Nenne Sanguineti Poggi (from her autobiography, What Color To Paint Oneself?), realized with ingredients from exceptional Italian products. On March 3rd at 6:00 p.m. the Consul General of Italy Cristiana Mele will open the event sharing the values of "Be...
Italian Fest Approved To Return To Main St. In August
A popular event will return to the streets of downtown Butler this summer. Thursday night Butler City Council approved an agreement to bring the Butler Italian Festival back for a 5th year. The festival will run from 5 p.m. on Friday, August 26th through 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 28th on Butler’s Main Street, which will be closed from Cunningham to...
Ciao, Forino! Belleville and Italian town reestablish sister city ties
Belleville and Forino, an Italian town of 5,376 residents about 500 miles south of Rome, have reestablished their sister city ties. The resolution to adopt Forino as a sister city was approved at the Feb. 8 Belleville Township Council meeting. Forging ties with Forino can create “great benefits to all residents from the cultural exchange with other...
Columbus Day to be Added Back to Westfield School Calendar, Super Says
The Westfield Public School District superintendent said the district mistakenly did not name Columbus Day on the school calendar for the coming year and will be returning it to the calendar. “The absence of Columbus Day listed by name on the 2022-2023 calendar was an inadvertent omission when the document was reformatted for the coming school year...
M. Joseph ‘Joe’ Sperato Jr., a popular soccer coach, athlete and longtime athletics facilities supervisor, dies
M. Joseph “Joe” Sperato Jr., a popular all-around athlete who had been an assistant soccer coach at the Community College of Baltimore County Essex and was an athletics facilities supervisor also enjoyed coaching neighborhood kids in soccer, died in his sleep Monday at his Highlandtown home. He was 62. “Joe was everyone’s friend,” said the Re...
Pittsburgh's Little Italy: Memories of the Italian American Community of Larimer
Presentation: "Pittsburgh's Little Italy: Memories of the Italian American Community of Larimer". Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 7 p.m.. Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Learn about the voices captured in the History Center's Italian American Collection documenting Pittsburgh's Larimer neighborhood. Melissa E. Marinaro,...
‘Italian Legacy in Philadelphia’ an impressive compendium
When Andrea Canepari was a student at University of Pennsylvania Law School studying for his Master of Laws degree, and later representing Italy as the Italian consul general from 2013 to 2017, he found himself a keen observer of the rich culture surrounding him. One social constant he observed was that while the Italian influence in Philadelphia w...
The Italian Diaspora Archive Resource Map Project
The Italian Diaspora Archive Resource Map Working Group has worked over the last year and a half to evaluate the presence, accessibility, and visibility of archival resources in the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia tri-state area. Our goal has been to move in incremental steps toward the creation of an accessible, searchable digital resource t...
IAP 219: Love is Blind with Special Guest Tony Cancelosi
“Vision” can mean different things to different people, but for this week’s guest, his life’s work has been inspired by a vision of sharing his Italian family’s inspiring love with the visually impaired. This week, we’re sitting down with Tony Cancelosi, the chief executive officer of Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind in Washington, D.C. Since 1900...
Exhibit by Italian artist Paolo Pivi coming to Warhol Museum
An exhibit by the Italian multimedia artist Paola Pivi is coming to the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh starting April 22. Pivi is known for her provocative eccentricity, and her work has been exhibited at museums and institutions in Tokyo, London, Paris and New York. Pivi’s output is marked by odd encounters and whimsical moments, whether it’s an...
Delaware Italian American Foundation Annual Meeting and Fundraiser
Thursday, February 24, 2022. 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST. Executive Banquet & Conference Center - 205 Executive Drive - Newark, DE 19702. Delaware Italian American Foundation invites you to our annual meeting and fundraiser. Ceremonies begin at 6:30pm. Our Honorees into the Order of Merit are: Michael A. Begatto Sr., Claire DeMatteis, Italo Carrieri-Russ...
What a Boxed Columbus Statue Reveals
One of the most interesting public sculptures in Philadelphia right now is a 22-feet-tall, wooden box in the middle of a public park. The box actually covers a marble statue of Christopher Columbus that has been in place for nearly 150 years. Originally erected in 1876, the monument shows Columbus standing next to a globe showing a map of the Ameri...