Richard Aliberti: The North End’s Artistic Soul
The North End is a place full of history and — nowadays — restaurants, but upon closer examination it is also a neighborhood full of art and culture. Anyone who has ever glanced up to take in the bronze statues or plaques that adorn one of the country's finest Little Italies will have encountered the skillful hand of Richard Aliberti, an artist tha...
Phyllis M. (Barbato) Caristo, 99, of Woburn
Phyllis M (Barbato) Carista passed away at the Kaplan Family Hospice House late Sunday evening, August 28th, after a brief illness. The devoted wife of the late Carl J. Carista, she was ninety-nine years of age. Born in Boston, she was one of seven children born to Italian immigrants the late Luigi and Maria (Dell Isola) Barbato. Having mo...
Dinner celebrates Italian Heritage Month
By Joey Cresta A traditional homemade Italian dinner will help locals celebrate National Italian Heritage Month this weekend. The Italian-American Heritage Association, a greater Seacoast group founded earlier this year, is hosting the dinner, which will feature baked ziti, meatballs, salad, garlic bread, a variety of desserts and a beverage for...
Rinnovo COMITES/ domenica 9 incontro informativo a Boston
Per informare i connazionali sulle prossime elezioni del Comites, il Consolato generale e il Comites uscente di Boston hanno organizzato un incontro informativo domenica prossima, 9 novembre, alle dalle 15 presso il Ristorante Filippo (283 Causeway Street). Durante quest'incontro, alla presenza di rappresentanti eletti dalla comunità del N...
Monuments Man Deane Keller Celebrated at New Haven Museum
The leveling of the tomb of Jonah (think: whale) in Mosul, Iraq, last July, was a striking reminder of the fragility of our collective cultural inheritance. Have we nearly come full circle? In 1943, as Nazi Germany laid waste to much of Western Europe, Monuments Men—a handful of soldiers whose job it was to protect cultural heritage during wartime—...
Italian American group hosts spring carnival
A four-day celebration will be held in Hartford this month to celebrate Italian American culture. The Italian American Celebration and Parade Committee will host a four-day spring carnival beginning Thursday, April 16 at Columbus Park on Franklin Avenue in the Hartford's South End. The carnival ends April 19. The carnival will have food, ride...
All Invited to the Sons of Italy Auction
On June 9th, the local Order Sons of Italy in America Lodge #1734 will hold their annual action. The goal of this year's event will be to raise money for many local charities including college scholarships for WHS students, Alzheimer's research, Cooley's Anemia Foundation, Autism research, Casa Monte Cassino and Wakefield Public Schools Special Nee...
Italian Festival hopes to help heat Guilford homes
by Tim Rizzo The St. George Men's Group is back to host its second annual Italian Festival to raise money to benefit fuel assistance programs for town residents in need. The festival will take place Aug. 28 and 29 at the St. George Church grounds, featuring homemade Italian food, live music, a grape stomping contest and a bocce tournament.&nb...
'Romeo & Juliet' Backdrop Honors Italian Ancestors
The mausoleum that serves as the backdrop for Hartford Stage's current production of "Romeo & Juliet" is etched with dozens of Italian names. Who are these people? Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, who directed the show, reveals that "Colin McGurk, associate scene designer, got the names from a website called billiongraves.com....
More Italian than Irish eyes smiling in R.I.
On St. Patrick's Day, everybody is Irish, but the other 364 days a year, only 17.9 percent of Rhode Islanders claim Irish ancestry, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures. That makes the sons and daughters of Erin the second most numerous ethnic group following Italians, who count 18.4 percent of the Rhode Island population among their ex...
Dante Alighieri Society Elects New Board and resident
The Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts recently held elections to renew its board and choose a new president.The center's new president is Anthony Cassano, born in the small town of Torre Le Nocelle, in Campania. In 1961, at the age of 13, he immigrated to the United States, where many years later he would build a successful construction and...
Italian feast season ready to roll in Massachusetts
Now that the snow has finally all melted, the Boston area can start gearing up for Italian feast season once again! Boston's North End will once again feature the bulk of the celebrations, which will kick off June 7 with the Santa Maria di Anzano procession, followed by processions for St. Anthony of Padua (June 14), St. Padre Pio (June 28), M...