Angelo J. Coletti, 90
Angelo J. Coletti, age 90, of East Falmouth and Quincy, died peacefully, Saturday, May 27, 2017 at the Bourne Manor Extended Care Facility in Bourne. Angelo was born in Quincy on April 10, 1927 to the late George and Antoinetta (Quintiliani) Coletti. He was raised in Quincy and was a graduate of Quincy High School, Class of 1945. He later graduated...
Carmine Guida Passes Away
Dr. Carmine A. Guida, of Stoneham, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 23, at the Bear Hill Nursing Home. He was 86 years of age. Born in Everett, Carmine was the son of the late Carmine D. Guida and Katherine (DiVenuti) Guida. Carmine was a loving son, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, and friend. He was very proud of his grandchild...
Anthony Fasano: 40 Days In Italy
Thursday June 22, 6 PM - I Am Books - 189 North St, Boston 02113. When people asked Anthony Fasano about his nationality, he always replied, “I’m Italian,” without understanding the depths of what that meant. After 35 years of saying this, and with the birth of his third child and the aging of his grandparents, he decided that vague response wasn’t...
Prince Thomas Of Savoy Celebrates 100 Years Of Italian Heritage
Thhere was a time in Avon when there was little to no Italian population. That began to change in 1905, when an explosion at the Ensign-Bickford Company factory in Avon caused some to leave the company and left a gap in employment. As Avon resident Aldo Vernesoni tells it, that explosion was responsible for the founding of Prince Thomas of Savoy, t...
A Lesser-Known Venus Visits The U.S. In New Botticelli Exhibit
The famous Renaissance painting of the goddess Venus, standing nude on a giant shell, has been appropriated, satirized and riffed on so many times — by everyone from Andy Warhol, to Lady Gaga, to The Simpsons — that it's easy to lose track of its origins. Now, a major traveling exhibition tells the story of Italian painter Sandro Botticelli, who pa...
Italian-American author releases latest pictorial book on immigrant life in America
An Italian-American New Haven author has done it again. He has just released his latest book on immigrant life in America, capturing the past, which is so important for the future. The book is entitled “From Italy to the North End.” Anthony Ricco traced his roots from Italy to the north end of Boston, where his relatives settled with others. A town...
John Gennari - Flavor and Soul
Wednesday May 24 6PM-8PM EDT - I Am Books, 189 North St, Boston 02113 In the United States, African American and Italian cultures have been intertwined for more than a hundred years. From as early as nineteenth-century African American opera star Thomas Bowers—“The Colored Mario”—all the way to hip-hop entrepreneur Puff Daddy dubbing himself “the B...
My Sinatra
WHAT: On Sunday, June 18th 2017, My Sinatra is coming to The Wilbur in downtown Boston’s historic theatre district. - WHEN: Sunday, June 18th 2017 – 2:00 PM COST: $32.00 – $65.00 - TICKETS: http://thewilbur.com/artist/my-sinatra/ CARY HOFFMAN will be starring in his special Father’s Day Sinatra show, My Sinatra. He is acknowledged as America’s bes...
Italian Club to host open house May 30
The New Hampshire Lakes Region Italian Cultural Club will host an open house to give Lakes Region residents an opportunity to get to know the club, its members and its activities over the past 12 years of its existence. The event will take place at the Weirs Community Center on Route 11B, adjacent to the fire house, on Tuesday, May 30. Italian appe...
The Gold Medal goes to the man with the golden tongue: Language teacher Alphonse D’Angelo will be honored by UNICO
Southington UNICO named Alphonse D’Angelo as the 2016 Gold Medal Award recipient, the club’s most prestigious honor that has been awarded annually to a town resident since 1945. He will be honored during the Gold Medal Award Dinner on Wednesday, May 17, at 6 p.m. at the Aqua Turf Club. Tickets are still available for the event. D’Angelo is a life-l...
Town Officials Approve Vote on Indigenous People's Day
Officials in a Vermont town have approved a public vote on celebrating Indigenous People's Day, instead of Columbus Day. The Valley News reports Hartford's Selectboard unanimously approved the vote, scheduled for Town Meeting Day in March 2018. Selectboard members were divided on the issue during a meeting last week, with one questioning the his...
Springfield UNICO raised $10,000 for Mt. Carmel Church
The Springfield Chapter of UNICO National, the largest Italian-American service organization in the United States, raised $10,000 for the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on Tuesday. The fundraiser was one of many the Springfield UNICO holds throughout the year to help local organizations. Former club president Frank Stirlacci started this fundraise...