MITaly Celebrates Italian Women in Science
The Italian students association at MIT, MITaly, recently organized an event to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of Italian women in science and technology. The event was in collaboration with GWAMIT (the graduate women association at MIT) and the Harvard Italian Society. Held on July 17 at the MIT Stata Center, the event featured talks by...
The new app of the educational office
For the last couple of weeks it has been available for free download the new APP for iPhone and android users launched by the Scholastic Office at the Consulate General of Italy in Boston. A new "tool" to strengthen the community formed by the many Italian language teachers and all the folks interested in our language. A flexible and "mode...
Building Sister Cities across the globe
by Louis J. Spremulli Sunday, March 22, 2015 Mayor Pasquale Ciruolo from Panni, Foggia, Italy and Mayor Joseph Polisena from the Town of Johnston communicated by Skype in regards to the Sister City Program they are working on through the Pannese Society of Providence. The Pannese Society had a special meeting set for this date. We had...
Andreoli to play for Team America
Erika Andreoli is gearing up for her junior year at Naugatuck High School and is hard at work preparing for the start of the Greyhounds' volleyball season. But if she seems a little distracted, who can blame her? Andreoli recently was selected to play softball for Team America next summer when the team travels to Greece and Italy for a nin...
NEMPAC Children’s Choir to Sing at Italian Night with Landmarks Orchestra, August 5th
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is very excited for their Children's Choir debut with the Landmarks Orchestra next Wednesday evening at the Hatch Shell! Italian Night is scheduled for next Wednesday, August 5th at 7:00 p.m. This is NEMPAC's first program in partnership with the Landmarks Orchestra. The NEMPAC Chil...
Stamford celebrates its Italian Heritage
by Justin Papp Lower Fairfield County is a place whose Italian roots run deep. The 1880s brought nearly four million Italians to America, according to figures from the Library of Congress. From Milan to Palermo and everywhere in between, Italian men and women sought to escape a stagnant economy, failing agriculture and a threatening p...
Italian American Historical Society of CT’s Distinguished Service Award Dinner
The Italian American Historical Society of CT's Distinguished Service Award Dinner will be on May 1, 2016 at Anthony's Oceanview Restaurant, 450 Lighthouse Road, New Haven. Cocktail hour begins at 1:00 p.m. and dinner at 2:00 p.m. This year's honorees are the well-known singers Nina Pane Sanseverino, (daughter of legendary Neapolitan singer Giusepp...
Festa della Repubblica at Christopher Columbus Park
When: Sunday, June 5, 2016 – 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.Where: Christopher Columbus Park at Long Wharf, Boston MA The annual Festa Nazionale della Repubblica Italiana and "Piazza Italia" is scheduled for Sunday June 5, 2016, at Christopher Columbus Park on Atlantic Avenue in the North End of Boston. The event starts at 10 a.m. and runs through the afte...
Conversation with: Armand Regalbuti
By Suzanne McLaughlin At 84, Armand Regalbuti, the former principal of Kosciusko Junior High School in Enfield, remains on the go. He golfs, remains friends with many of his former students, and, being the son of Italian immigrants, has traveled to Italy some 55 times. Recently, he raised $7,500 for the victims of the Aug. 24 earthquake v...
Landmark Sons of Italy building for sale
By Mike LaBella There's always been a bit of the old country at the Sons of Italy hall in downtown Haverhill. From members getting together to make Venetian masks for Italian-style carnivals to hosting pasta dinners to sustaining the only drum and bugle corps in America that is still associated with a Sons of Italy lodge, this is...
Consolato Generale d'Italia a Boston: Messaggio di inizio anno del Console Generale
Cari Connazionali, desidero innanzitutto farVi i migliori auguri per un 2014 pieno di gioia e L'anno che si e' appena chiuso e' stato eccezionale, grazie all'iniziativa "2013, Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti". Ben trentacinque le manifestazioni organizzate a Boston, Providence ed altre località del New England, in cui si e' d...
Manchester chapter of UNICO national begins partnership with Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
by Teresa Riccio On Friday, July 24, members of the Manchester chapter of UNICO National presented Connecticut Children's Medical Center with the proceeds of their 2015 golf tournament. Club President Peter Miller and Tournament Chair Jay Smith presented Dr. Christine Finck a donation of $6,000, which will purchase two Angel Eyes NICU...