Sister Cities Boston and Padova Join Forces for Second Edition of italianissimo!
Celebrating 30 years as sister cities, Boston and Padova came together on Friday, June 7, at the Boston Public Library for the second annual italianissimo! gala event. Raising funds for the promotion of Italian language and culture, as well as for the creation of a future Italian Cultural Center in Boston, the event was organized by the Italian Co...
Circolo Italian Presents “Le Dimore di Giorgio Vasari”
When: Monday, Feb. 23, 2015 — 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.Where: Center for International Studies, MIT — Building E40-496 (Muckley Building), 4th floor, 1 Amherst St., Cambridge MA On Feb. 23, Boston's Circolo Italiano will present a lecture by Liana De Girolami Cheney titled "Le Dimore di Giorgio Vasari" (The Homes of Giorgio Vasari). The seminar will...
Celebrate Dante’s Birthday at the Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge
LOCATION: Dante Alighieri Society, Italian Cultural Center, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139DATE: Friday, May 6, 2016 SCHEDULE: 6:00 PM – Dante Birthday Celebration, 6:30 PM – Light Refreshments, 7:00 PM – Showing of the Movie "Palio," known as "Rocky on Horseback"PARKING: In the Dante Alighieri Society Building lot, wi...
Town to hold annual Columbus Day parade
By Julia Perkins The town will celebrate Columbus Day with its annual parade Monday morning. The parade arrives at P.T. Barnum Square at 9 a.m. and includes residents dressed as Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella, who gave Columbus the money for his 1492 voyage that led him to the Bahamas. Participants will raise the It...
St. Mary of Carmen Society 78th Annual Festival
by Michael Lewis When: July 17-21Where: Pellegrini Park-Hawthorn Street, NewtonCommunity SupportSince 1935 the Society has provided financial support to families and organizations in need within the Newton community. The society supports the local veterans committee and annual Veterans Day Parade. We provide meals, transportation and food...
Gardner Museum exhibit features Italian masters
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's new exhibit features works by Michelangelo, Donatello and other Italian Renaissance masters. Many of the drawings and sculptures in the exhibit that opens Thursday have never before been on public display in the United States. Read more Source: http://www.seattlepi.com &...
There’s A New Documentary About the Italian Americans of the North End
By Madeline Bilis The North End has a lot more to show for itself than amazing cannolis, which is why the North End Historical Society decided to produce a documentary about the neighborhood's longtime residents: Italian Americans. After five years of working on Boston's North End: An Italian American Story, the new documentary is...
Mount Carmel fundraisers face tough challenge
by Mark Sullivan Our Lady of Mount Carmel's pastor has issued a message to parishioners committed to reopening the shuttered, crumbling church: If you want it repaired, you'll have to pay for it yourselves. "I made very clear to them the ball is in their court," said Monsignor F. Stephen Pedone. "They have their work cut out for them....
Italian Feast of Saints to be held Sept. 7 and 8 in Cambridge
The 86th annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian will take place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7 and 8, on Warren Street in East Cambridge. There will be food vendors, parades, amusement rides, games and live entertainment. There will also be a special healing service Sept. 7. Performers include local band, "The Reminisants," and "SeaBreeze,...
Italian festival to open Friday
The annual Italian Festival will take place on the grounds of the Amerigo Vespucci Lodge, 10 Christopher Columbus Ave., from 5 to 11 p.m. Friday. The festival will continue from 3 to 11 p.m. Saturday, and from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday. The Italian Festival, which has been held for more than 20 years, will feature authentic Italian food, mus...
Ciao, Johnny Shoes
"È finita la canzone," the song is over: it was the first quote by Johnny Shoes Cammarata that I ever put on television; many more followed. The year was 1998, and I — 31 and hungry for the spotlight — had just begun telling Italian and Italian American stories for RAI, the Italian national TV network I still work for today; Johnny, then i...
Votto Vines Unveils Imported Wine Incubator Program
Votto Vines Importing, a rapidly expanding wine importing and marketing company, has announced the launch of a new incubator program to formalize and streamline its processes for importing wines into the United States. The program will establish a standardized system for reviewing and evaluating wines not currently in the U.S. market, incl...