They Won’t Let Sacco and Vanzetti Die
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti have been arrested in time on the third floor of the Community Church of Boston. They are interred, not in a tomb — their bodies were cremated shortly after their executions — but in an archive, a testament to a radical tradition and the first Red Scare which sought to disrupt it. In the Church, their memory has...
Columbus statue removed from a Connecticut city in 2020 finally finds a home at a new museum
A Christopher Columbus statue removed in 2020 amid a climate of racial reckoning after the police killing of George Floyd has finally found a home in a new museum dedicated to preserving the history of New Haven, Connecticut. Mayor Justin Elicker and other officials on Friday announced an “art loan agreement” has been reached with the Lost in New H...
Students get a taste of Italy
This spring break, 23 students and four teachers embarked on a remarkable journey throughout southern Italy guided by Education First Student Travel Program. The group left on April 11 and returned April 20, making it an 8-day-long tour. Students learned about Italian culture, history, geography, and further enriched their knowledge of the language...
Untold Tales Of Yale’s Immigrant Artisans At New Haven Museum
Two Italian New Haveners, Francesco Coiro and Peter S. Saldibar, contributed some astonishing artistic vision and talent to Yale’s collegiate Gothic buildings in the 1920s and 1930s. Sadly, like many craftsmen of the era, they received no recognition during their lifetimes. The two artisans will finally get their due during a lunchtime webinar f...
2025 Italian American Alliance annual meeting with special guest speaker: Mark Onewolf Yancey
The Annual Meeting of the Italian American Alliance will be held on Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 6:30 P.M. at the Sons and Daughters of Italy Hall, 520 Pleasant Street, Watertown, MA. The Italian American Alliance continues to grow and build on its many achievements, thanks to our dedicated members. Our mission is to protect and share our Italian heri...
Rhode Island Vietnam veteran still serving decades later
It’s been 50 years since the Vietnam War, and Sergeant Major Daniel Evangelista will never forget what it was like.The East Providence native served in the U.S. Army’s 7th Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry, which deployed to Vietnam in October 1967. Evangelista told 12 News he and his two brothers followed in their father’s footsteps.“My dad was an Italia...
Want to add a name to Norwich’s Italian monument? Here’s how
A local monument honoring Italian immigrants is set to expand. According to a community announcement, the Italian Heritage Committee plans to add names to the monument located in front of Norwich Free Academy. Erected in 1992, the monument honors those who immigrated to the United States before 1940 and settled in Norwich. Currently, over 400 names...
Jay Piccirillo, Bridgeport’s Force Of Optimism, Owner Of Micalizzi’s Italian Ice, Passes Away At Age 54
Jay Piccirillo, Bridgeport’s force of optimism, owner of Micalizzi’s Italian ice brand, community powerhouse, father, friend to thousands, philanthropist to those who most needed it, died suddenly Friday morning. He had just celebrated his 54th birthday. Jay was on his home treadmill Friday when he collapsed, according to a family member. For Brid...
The life story of Francesca Alexander—the American artist in tune with Italy—is told in new book
Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, the professor of art at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, has succeeded in bringing the Florence-based American artist Francesca Alexander out of the shadow cast by her friendship with John Ruskin, the leading art historian of the Victorian era, who met Alexander on a trip to Tuscany in 1882 and became a friend and admir...
The North End Will Get a Historical Museum!
The North End Historical Society (NEHS) is thrilled to announce that the North End will have its own Historical Museum for the first time! “Establishing a Historical Museum has been a passionate vision and one of our long-term goals since our inception in 2010. It is essential in fulfilling our mission to help preserve and enhance the history and h...
Judge Frank Caprio named commencement speaker at his alma mater, Providence College
Retired Rhode Island Chief Judge Frank Caprio, who gained fame as a mild-mannered dispenser of justice on the internet, will be the commencement speaker at Providence College this year, the school announced Wednesday. Caprio, 88, served for 38 years in the Providence Municipal Court where his public profile rose from starring in the Emmy-nominate...
Dante Day 2025 in Boston
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 5:30pm. Burns Library - 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. In collaboration with the Romance Language and Literatures department, Burns Library will host programming and book display for the celebration of "Dante Day" ('Dantedì'), an annual commemoration of Italy's most celebrated poet and writer, Dante Alighier...