Maine town will consider renaming Columbus Day, but not until after Columbus Day
A Newcastle selectman has suggested that the town formally recognize the second Monday in October, Columbus Day, by some other name. Joel Lind brought the topic up for discussion during the Newcastle Board of Selectmen’s meeting on Monday, after reading an article about the Portland City Council’s resolution to recognize the day as Indigenous Peopl...
Noah Webster House to host Italian-American poetry reading
On Sunday at 2 p.m. the public is invited to hear poets Dennis Barone, David Cappella, Maria Sassi, Tom Nicotera, Geri Radacsi, Tony Fusco and Maria Frank as they lead an afternoon of poetry at the Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society. Dennis Barone served as the second Poet Laureate of West Hartford. He is the author of seven book...
Italian-American Of The Year Named In West Haven
The West Haven Columbus Day Committee will honor its “prima italiana” at the city’s 19th annual Columbus Day Celebration. Grace Iannucci Hendricks, the granddaughter of immigrant grandparents from the Campania capital of Naples, Italy, will receive the committee’s Italian-American of the Year award Oct. 6 at City Hall. Accompanied by Italian music,...
SOA to host screening of “Boston’s North End”
The Wakefield Sons (and Daughters) of Italy will host a free screening of “Boston’s North End: An Italian American Story” at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Beebe Library, 345 Main St., Wakefield, to celebrate Italian Heritage Month. Following the film will be a Q&A with the producer, Boston University professor James Pasto; light refreshments will be served....
Renowned Italian Musician Ludovico Einaudi Performs Chart-Topping Compositions
Cross Current Music presents one of the globe's most prodigious and prolific musicians - Ludovico Einaudi - on Tuesday, October 10 at 8pm at The Orpheum Theatre. As part of his 'Essential Einaudi' North American Tour, the Italian pianist and composer will be joined on stage by an ensemble of five fellow musicians for an exquisite evening of music d...
Big reunion coming up for a big Italian immigrant family
When members of Westerly’s extended Urso family gather next month for their first large-scale family reunion in four decades, they’ll pay tribute to the two people who made it all possible — their ancestors Natale Urso and Mariantonia Algiere. Natale, a farmer, was born in Acri, Italy, in December 1864. He was the youngest of Santo Urso and Santa A...
West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night
For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on Tuesday, October 3 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Honoree presentations will be fol...
Columbus Day weekend in R.I. features food, parades, festivals
Providence’s Federal Hill holds its annual festival over three days. So maybe other people “discovered” America before he did. It doesn’t matter. In Rhode Island, Columbus Day is still a time for festivals, parades and celebrations. And here’s a few of them: In Providence, Federal Hill holds its Columbus Day Festival Oct. 7-9, with Atwells Avenue c...
Dina Casavecchia, 101, mother of Joyce Ligi, has died
Dina (Torcellini) Casavecchia, 101, of Ridgefield, wife of the late John Casavecchia and mother of Joyce Casavecchia Ligi, died on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Casavecchia was born in North Salem, NY, March 14, 1916, a daughter of the late Antonio and Emelia (Casavecchia) Torcellini. She attended North Salem schools. A resident of...
166 Friends of the North End Celebrate 45th Annual Reunion
On Saturday, the 16th, the Friends of the North End celebrated its 45th annual reunion. 166 boyhood friends from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Maryland and California assembled at the Sons of Italy Hall in Winchester to relive growing up in their cherished neighborhood. As has been their custom since the...
Author Talk: Samuele Pardini, "In the Name of the Mother"
Friday September 29, 6 PM EDT. I Am Books - 189 North St, Boston 02113. "In the Name of the Mother" examines the investment of black male writers and intellectuals in Italian immigrants and Italian Americans and the response of Italian American writers and artists to American blackness in the 20th century. Samuele Pardini links the African American...
Durham votes to dump Christopher Columbus Day title
After much debate, the town will be the first in New Hampshire to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day. Durham Town Administrator Todd Selig said the decision followed hours of discussion and debate between the Council and the public, with the council designating the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day in Durham. Selig said seven membe...