Italian Festival
by Roberto Bongo Our festival has been a source of good food and heritage in Danbury for over twenty years. This year's event will not only have the great authentic Italian food but rides for the children as well. Roberto Bongo explains, "We are proud of our heritage and show it through our preparation of our foods. We came to America to make a be...
Matteo Gallo Honored by Fisherman’s Club as Neighbor of the Year
The Fisherman's Feast is Boston's oldest Italian festival, which began in 1910 based on the devotion of Sciacca's fishermen to the Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help). These fishermen brought their traditions with them from Italy and their spirit continues for future generations. The society is predominantly made up of descendants of t...
Upcoming Speaking Engagements With Anthony V. Riccio, Author of "Farms, Factories and Families: Italian American Women of Connecticut"
Author Anthony V. Riccio will discuss his latest book Farms, Factories and Families: Italian American Women of Connecticut. For updates and additional speaking events please visit www.anthonyriccio.com MAY• May 3rd, Saturday at 2:00, Hagaman Library, East Haven• May 5th, Monday at 7:00, BACIO, Bridgeport Area Cultural Italian Organization,...
Thousands expected for North Haven Columbus Day Parade
The Columbus Day Parade sponsored by the Columbus Day Committee of Greater New Haven returns to North Haven on Sunday. The parade annually rotates through East Haven, New Haven, Hamden, West Haven, Branford and North Haven. Thousands across the state are expected to converge on North Haven to watch and take part in the festivities. ...
St. Anthony blesses North End with fest
by Brian Dowling The main event in St. Anthony's Feast is set for today, but revelers filled the streets of the North End last night to sample delicacies, dance and welcome a parade of Italian marching bands. It's the 96th year for what's now the largest Italian festival in New England, which was established by Catholic immigrants who ca...
Orantes: Ancient Statues from South Italy
The Worcester Art Museum has in its collection two Greek statues of the Orante type from Canosa, Magna Graecia, dating to the 3rd BCE. In addition, a third one from a private collection is on loan to the Museum. After a recent multi-year conservation, restoration and technical study campaign these half-life-sized statues, which have never...
Hartford's Columbus Day Parade Is Sunday
The Hartford Columbus Day parade is planned for Sunday at 10:30 a.m. beginning at D&D Plaza at Franklin Avenue and Adelaide Street. The parade will travel south on Franklin Avenue and conclude at Columbus Park. The Italian American Celebration and Parade Committee, which is behind the city's Columbus Day observances, said the parade will i...
Ornament and Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice
OCTOBER 22, 2015–JANUARY 25, 2016. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - 25 Evans Way, Boston MA, 02115. GO TO EXHIBITION WEBSITE. Ornament and Illusion is the first monographic exhibition dedicated to Renaissance painter Carlo Crivelli in the United States. The Gardner's newly conserved Saint George Slaying the Dragon is the touchstone...
Bust of former Springfield state Rep. Anthony Scibelli stolen from South End memorial
by Brian Steele The bust of former state Rep. Anthony M. Scibelli that stood outside the Mount Carmel Society social club was stolen over the weekend. The bronze likeness of one of the longest-serving lawmakers in American history, who died in 1998, was taken from outside the Italian-American club on Winthrop Street in the city's Sout...
Telling Vermont’s Italian story
When Mari Tomasi died of cancer in 1965, she still lived in the house where she was born at 63 Barre St. in Montpelier. The street is significant for a couple of reasons. First, it is named for the town she immortalized in much of her written work, and Montpelier's other great novelist, D.P. Thompson, in the 19th century also made his home on Barr...
New Hampshire Club News in Brief
Reprisal Chapter of DAR schedules March meeting The Reprisal Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the home of Pat McCabe, 118 Lempster St., Lempster. McCabe will present the program, "Continental Congress 101." The public is welcome. Read more Source: http://www.n...
Master of the City: How Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. Ruled New Haven
John DeStefano Jr. took over as mayor of New Haven in January 1994, assuming the helm of a city overwhelmed by economic woes and soaring crime rates. Blighted properties dotted the city like pox on skin. Escalating violence had spilled over from the dilapidated buildings on the edge of town into the downtown district. The Yale campus was...