Spring Rehearsals for Coro Dante
Coro Dante Prove per la Primavera 2014/ Coro Dante Spring Rehearsals 2014i Lunedi' alla Dante alle 18:45 - Mondays at the Dante 6:45 PM In Onda, Sulle Onde, In Montagna - On the Air, On the Waves, In the Mountains Fun and Beautiful 4-part Choral Arrangements of Italian Folk and Contemporary Pop songs ! Ti piacerebbe c...
Bees in Italy Presentation at Pembroke Community Center
When: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 — 7 p.m.Where: Pembroke Community Center — 128 Center St., Pembroke, MA, 02359 Photographer Renee Ricciardi has been working on a photographic series titled "Bees in Italy" where she has been traveling to farms throughout Italy documenting honeybees, their keepers, and the organic lives they share. Read mor...
Backlash over Indigenous People's Day prompts vote for Italian Heritage Day
A week after replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day, Cambridge City Council acknowledged concerns of the local Italian-American community by naming Oct. 1 Italian Heritage Day. According to Councilor Tim Toomey, in the course of last week's vote, the council failed to recognize the contributions of Italian-Americans over the founding...
Feast of Three Saints in Lawrence Celebrates 90th Anniversary
In Lawrence, Labor Day weekend is much more than a holiday. In fact, for the past 90 years it has represented one of the region's most important and successful traditions: The Feast of the Three Saints. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the feast, started in 1923 by a half dozen paesani immigrated to the area from the Sicilian town o...
Brass City Italians thrive even after mills close
The brass mills and factories drew Italian immigrants to Waterbury by the thousands. Even though those industries have left the city, many of those Italian have families continue to thrive in other occupations. For example, there's Nardelli's Grinder Shoppe. Everybody in the Waterbury area knows, if you leave a tip in the jar at the regist...
Sons of Italy branch to celebrate 50th year
by Robert Storace The Order Sons of Italy in America's New Britain branch will hold its 50th anniversary Christmas dinner — filled with food, entertainment and socializing — Monday evening. The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. at the Angelo Tomasso Sr. Lodge at the New Britain Events Center, 430 Farmington Ave. Alderman Carlo Carlozzi...
Young Women and Men in Renaissance Italy
When: Friday, April 19, 2013 — 7 p.m. Where: Dante Alighieri Society — 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge MA [map] Join Matteo Casini at the Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge to find out what historians have discovered on youth in Italy during one of the most fascinating periods in history. Read more Fonte: Bostoniano
UNICO seeking new members
The Oakville-Watertown Chapter of UNICO is inviting residents of Oakville, Watertown and surrounding towns to consider membership in the organization. UNICO, meaning "unique" in Italian, is an Italian-American civic organization whose aim is to promote and enhance the image of Italian-Americans, Italian heritage/culture, to provide high sc...
St. Leonard’s Pastor Padre Antonio Nardoianni
St. Leonard is wrapped in scaffolding to the point of not looking much like a church anymore. Even the sounds (including some of the language used by the workers) are not very church-like. As I wait for Padre Antonio Nardoianni, pastor of what is basically the only fully functional church left in Boston's historical Italian neighborhood, I...
Celebrate Columbus Day with parades across Rhode Island
You don't have to be Italian to celebrate Columbus Day. Parades and festivals are being held from Westerly to Woonsocket, and everyone's invited. Providence's Federal Hill, the city's Italian stronghold, kicks off its annual Columbus Day Festival on Saturday, Oct. 11, at noon in DePasquale Square, with the popular Columbus Day parade stepping off...
Vincent D’Errico, 78, of Shrewsbury
Vincent "Jim" D'Errico loved life and all his family and friends in it. He died peacefully Sunday, April 3, 2016 with family gathered around him. He was 78. Vincent Thomas D'Errico, lovingly known to many as "Jim," was born Nov. 21, 1937 in Worcester, a son of Italian immigrants Matteo and Isabel (Piccinino) D'Errico. He graduated from Major Howar...
Carnevale with the Vaudo Clan — In person, this time
Last year I wrote about the Vaudo clan's annual pre-Lenten Carnevale meal – a daylong event attended by over 60 people spanning five generations. This year I had the honor of participating in the meal at the invitation of Tommy and Rita Damigella. Held at their lovely home in Topsfield, Massachusetts, the gathering was an experience of a l...