Mellace Siblings’ Pet Express Sets Standard for Quality
Pet Express owners Rob and John Mellace recently took part in a select group of retailers from across the country that were called by the American Kennel Club to form a Retail Advisory Committee. Along with their sister Lucia, the Mellace brothers founded Pet Express in 1995. "It was all Rob's fault," says John while smiling. The oldest of...
A Democrat to watch this year
With the New Year comes a new slate of officeholders whose careers warrant close attention and whose fates could have broader political implications. Put Gina Raimondo near the top of that list. She's the first woman to be elected governor of Rhode Island, and when she's inaugurated this week, she'll become, at 43, one of just two Democrat...
Group promotes Italian heritage at open house
PORTSMOUTH — A new association dedicated to promoting Italian-American heritage is hoping for a strong turnout at an open house Sunday, aimed at introducing the group to the public. The Italian-American Heritage Association of Greater Portsmouth will meet in the Levenson Room of the city library from 2 to 4 p.m. April 7. Membership is not...
Italian culture night at Boston Children’s Museum
The Program includes among other activities:1) Newpoli - Newpoli is a group of exceptionally talented musicians who specialize in Southern Italian Folk Music, mainly from the regions of Campania and Puglia.2) Pazzi Lazzi - A Boston based Commedia dell'Arte troupe3) Emmy Nominated Matt Roberts Charismatic Comedy Magic - Magician...
BU Artist in Residence Pierluigi Billone to Host Forums, Concerts
As part of its ongoing artist-in-residency program, Boston University’s Center for New Music will host Italian composer Pierluigi Billone for three weeks starting March 18, giving local audiences several chances to witness the maestro’s unique approach to music. "…his radical methods have led him to explore unchartered soundworlds and to d...
Wicked Good Italian Dialects
by Gina Fava A recent visit to my father's hometown of Abbadia San Salvatore in Siena gave me interesting insight into the concept of dialect. Family had taken me to a local restaurant, and the cousins who'd moved out of town ordered "una latina di Coca Cola" or a can of Coke. Those relatives who still resided in town similarly or...
We are launching the country's first Italian American bookstore
by Nicola Orichuia Dear readers, Life has a funny and mysterious way of taking us by the hand and pulling us towards projects we never dreamed of until recently. That is how I feel right now, as I announce this big step forward in our goal to give the local Italian and Italian American communities a voice and identity they can be...
They were proud to be veterans -- and Italian
They marched proudly in parades, stepping to the marching band's beat in the Cardillo-Campagnone Brothers Post No. 1's crisp dark-colored uniforms. They marked veterans' graves with flags for Memorial Day. They took every opportunity to extol the virtues of civic life and exercise them. They were the the first post in Massachuset...
Madaro Receives ABCD Community Hero Award
By John Lynds When Representative Adrian Madaro's father arrived in the U.S. from Venice, Italy in the late 1970's, he got his first opportunity of economic stability through Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) APAC site in East Boston. "My father, Jacopo, arrived here and he got his first job in America at the East B...
The Story of Connecticut's Italians
An 1868 article in the New Britain Record matter of factly reported "a few Italian musicians parading the city's streets." The newspaper's comments signaled the presence of a new immigrant culture, even though only 117 Italians lived in the state then and a mere 879 a decade later. Few could have anticipated the dramatic increases in Italian immigr...
WWI Centennial Film:"Torneranno i Prati" - November 4 at 4:30 pm
For the Centennial of the Great War, the Educational Office of the Italian Consulate in Boston and the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, are proud to present a screening of: "Torneranno i Prati" A film by acclaimed director Ermanno Olmi. Introduction by Prof. Spencer Di Scala When: Tuesday, November 4 at 4:30 pmWher...
Culture of the Gardens in the Italian Renaissance
Sunday, September 27 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | 900 Washington Street, WellesleyJoin us for a reception of the Princess Giorgiani Corsini and her lecture on the Palazzo Corsini al Prato. We are delighted to welcome Princess Giorgiana Corsini who will speak on the history and culture of gardens in the Renaissance. She brings rich understanding and hands...