Author event - Laura Ventimiglia "A Letter to My Children"
When: Venerdì 31 marzo dalle ore 18:00 alle ore 20:00 EDT - Where: I Am Books, 189 North St, Boston 02113 An inspiring story unfolds in this dual language book of the rich history, culture, and ties that bind and define a family of Italian descent, written through the unique perspective of a letter to the author’s children. A masterful way to share...
Mount Carmel Preservation Society exploring next steps
The Mount Carmel Preservation Society has not given up after losing a Historical Commission vote last month, filing an appeal to a church merger that signals the Catholic Diocese of Worcester is moving on from the historic church and requesting input on a committee to determine next steps for the building. MPS President Mauro DePasquale told member...
The Boston Castrato - Book talk and signing
When: Giovedì 9 marzo dalle ore 19:00 alle ore 20:30 EST - Where: I Am Books, 189 North St, Boston 02113 Acclaimed novelist and playwright Colin Sargent from Maine will present a reading of the book and follow with a discussion/Q&A. The Boston Castrato captures 1920s Boston through the eye of a young Italian castrato seeking love. Raffi leaves more...
James Ring book presentation and signing
Friday, February 10th, 6 pm - I Am Books, 189 North St, Boston 02113. James Ring is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent who investigated the American La Cosa Nostra and the Sicilian Mafia in New England. Ring received the Department of Justice’s highest award as the architect of the first and only electronic interception of the La Cosa Nostra/M...
Artifacts from Oplontis on View for the First Time in US
The Smith College Museum of Art will host LEISURE & LUXURY IN THE AGE OF NERO: THE VILLAS OF OPLONTIS NEAR POMPEII, February 3 through August 13, 2017. Smith College Museum of Art - 20 Elm St, Northampton, MA ABOUT THE EXHIBITIONFeaturing works seen for the first time outside Italy, this groundbreaking exhibition centers on the ancient town of Oplo...
The Medici's Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th-Century Florence
When: Friday February 10 2017 12:00 AM. Where: The Davis Museum at Wellesley College 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA The Medici's Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th-Century Florence is the first exhibition in America devoted to the luminous and meticulously rendered paintings and drawings of Italian artist Carlo Dolci (1616-1687). It provides an unprecede...
Olga F. Carito
Olga F. (DiIanni) Carito of Watertown, Massachusetts and Boothbay Harbor, died Jan. 27, 2017 at age 88. Olga was the former owner and operator of the 1879 Seafarer Inn on Union Street from 1989 to 2005. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the Italian community of the North End. She entered elementary school only speaking Italian, but went on t...
Wilmington Sons of Italy celebrates 50 years
The Order Sons of Italy in America Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Lodge is celebrating their 50th anniversary later this spring. On March 25, the Wilmington Sons of Italy lodge is throwing a party to commemorate the occasion. The event will take place at the Wilmington-Tewksbury Elks and begin at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour and hors d’oeuvres. At 7...
A gambit that failed - Unnecessary end to Mount Carmel's temporary reprieve
In their zeal to save Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, the Mount Carmel Preservation Society appears to have driven its preservation efforts over a cliff. And it was all so unnecessary in the short term, casting aside a voluntary demolition reprieve offered by Bishop Robert J. McManus at least until January 2018 to study other options. The Mount Ca...
La "mappa" americana per sbloccare l'Italia
Vista dall'Italia l'America, nel senso comune degli Stati Uniti, è qualcosa che mette insieme il miraggio, la speranza, il progresso, ma che offre anche le ragioni di un certo senso di superiorità se mettiamo a confronto la nostra cultura, le nostre tradizioni, magari anche la nostra capacità di mangiare e vivere bene. L'America ha creato le basi...
Eva Respini Named Boston ICA’s Chief Curator
Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art recently appointed Eva Respini as its new chief curator. The daughter of an Italian father and Norwegian mother, Respini will be leaving her post as curator of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art to join the booming local cultural landscape. Read more Fonte: ...
Italian Immigrants Faced Wary Yankees
In the current debate on immigration policy, we see two opposing views toward new arrivals — some are welcoming, some want to seal the borders and keep them out. Were immigrants always treated with ambivalence, with one arm open? My study of an Italian religious community in Hartford suggests they were. I recently read dozens of articles f...