Italian Heritage Festival in Downtown Baltimore
The two day Italian Heritage FestivaI featured delicious Italian food and desserts, vino and Italian/domestic beer, booths packed with game wheels, local vendors, used books at Stiles and Exeter Streets in Downtown Baltimore. The event also had an indoor sit-down pasta dinner, indoor Bingo in the Little Italy Lodge, roving costumers, live stage mus...
Nutley Board of Commissioners Honor Columbus Day Parade
Nutley Board of Commissioners honor the Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month Parade dignitaries during the Tuesday, Sept. 21 public meeting. The BOC presented resolutions honoring the 2021 the Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month Parade honorees. Parade dignitaries are Grand Marshal— Anthony J. Pope, Esq.; Lifetime Achieveme...
Columbus Day Celebration in Morris County
Although there will be no Morris County Columbus Day Parade this year, the East Hanover Italian American Club will reinforce their commitment to promote Italian pride, heritage and culture by hosting a wreath-laying ceremony at the Townsquare Park on Ridgedale Ave at the Columbus Statue. The event begins at 11 am on Sunday, October 10th. The guest...
Residents share polarized views on future of Pittsburgh's Columbus Day Parade
About 30 community members joined a virtual community meeting on Sept. 29 to discuss Pittsburgh's Columbus Day Parade that is scheduled for Sat., Oct. 9, in the Bloomfield neighborhood. At the meetings hosted by the Bloomfield Development Corporation, four people were given the chance to address the group, and they shared opinions strongly for and...
Pride for the Red, White and Green at Smithville Italian Festival
Amore for everything Italian was in the air at Historic Smithville Saturday for the annual Italian Festival. Organized by the Knights of Columbus, Villa Maria Council #6432, the event not only celebrates the rich Italian culture and heritage in the region but also raises money for the K of C charities and scholarships. The smell of sausage and pep...
As of September 20th 2021 The Honorable Cristiana Mele has been appointed as the Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia
Cristiana Mele is a career diplomat, with more than 20 years of experience. In her last assignment in Rome, she has been the Chair of the G20 Thematic Group on Food Security during the Italian Presidency of G20. She was also the focal point for the Food Security, Agriculture and Nutrition at the Directorate General for Development Cooperation from...
Children’s Italian Festival At The Library
The Verona Public Library will hold the “Festa Dei Bambini,” a children’s Italian festival, this Saturday, October 2, from 10 a.m. to noon. The even is meant for children in preschool through elementary school, and their families. There will be arts and crafts, including making Venetian masks, tambourines, a mosaic Italian Flag, and mural painting....
Columbus Day Parade Returns To Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh’s Columbus Day Parade is coming back this year. Scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, organizers say over 100 bands, floats, organizations and businesses will take part. Steelers great Franco Harris will serve as the grand marshal. It’ll start near West Penn Hospital and head down Liberty Avenue through Bloomfield. The 30-year trad...
L’Ardente, “stylish contemporary Italian restaurant” opening in Capitol Crossing October 5th
Today, chef David Deshaies and Restaurateur Eric Eden announce an October 5 opening for L’Ardente, their stylish contemporary Italian restaurant located at 200 Massachusetts Ave. NW in Capitol Crossing, the ultra-modern green development in downtown D.C.’s East End neighborhood. The 9,000 square foot space will be the first operational restaurant...
Italian-Americans celebrate roots with heritage festival
Although geography tends not to be the most scintillation of subjects, plenty of the folks attending the Washington Italian Heritage Festival on Saturday spent quite a bit of time looking at map. “This is the most popular thing, I think, of the whole festival,” Tina Calabro said before thinking twice and adding, “Besides the food.” The South Straba...
Activists call Rockaway school board 'anti-Italian' over Columbus Day calendar decision
School board officials were criticized on Tuesday after a motion to reinstate Columbus Day on the school calendar did not pass. More than 20 residents and local Italian American activists attended the Rockaway Township Board of Education meeting and spoke in support of the motion. Board members renamed the day Indigenous Peoples' Day after a board...
Little Italy Set To Debut A New Mural Celebrating Italian Culture And A Few Local Icons
Every September for the past few years Little Italy has hosted the world-famous Madonnari Arts Festival. COVID put the kibosh on that in 2020 and organizers feel it’s still not safe enough to gather. But they’re celebrating art and Italian culture by commissioning a mural–a mural so stunning you have to see it for yourself. “Carlos is an internatio...