Appian Club presents Music Theory
The term music theory intimidates people but learning the basics of music theory is easier than one thinks and it is very helpful. Understanding music theory before students start lessons on their chosen instruments definitely facilitates the process of learning the instrument. Pick up the basics of music theory and you can apply it immediately to...
Pirandello Lyceum recognizes I Migliori
On April 9, the Pirandello Lyceum held its annual "I Migliori in Mens et Gesta" awards ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in East Boston. For 31 years, the Pirandello has been recognizing the best in mind and deeds in the community. This year's awardees included high-tech entrepreneur Charles Centore, who has grown his own electronic components company...
Italian Consul General De Santis to Help Celebrate Columbus Day
Nicola De Santis, consul general of Italy in Boston, will be on hand in Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini's office Friday to help celebrate Columbus Day. De Santis will address a gathering in the mayor's office, from 9 to 10 a.m., before attending a ceremony raising the Italian flag outside City Hall. Fiorentini said the public is i...
Hartford's "Little Italy"
In the early 1900s, Hartford was a booming economic center. Italy, on the other hand, suffered both economically and socially. Hundreds of thousands of Italian men looked for unskilled work in other countries, with many eventually headed to the United States. Hartford's potential job opportunities attracted Italians and soon the city's number of im...
Buddy Cianci, forced to resign twice as mayor of Providence, RI, running again
Buddy Cianci, who was twice forced out as mayor of Providence, R.I., by criminal convictions, is running again this year. Cianci, formally known as Vincent A. Cianci Jr., was one of 10 candidates to file during a three-day nominating period that ended Wednesday. By the deadline, there were six Democrats, three independents, including...
Italian Immigration Battle Resonates Today
By Tim Panzarella Immigration is hot in presidential politics. On the left, Bernie Sanders denounces open borders as a right-wing conspiracy to pay migrants low wages at the expense of American workers. On the right, Donald Trump advocates deporting all undocumented workers. This debate is nothing new. It once resonated in Connect...
An altar boy walks the seven churches
By Rocco M. Pugliese The Town Plot neighborhood in Waterbury, from which I come, was overwhelmingly Italian-American and Catholic during the my childhood in the 1940s and '50s. To serve canned spaghetti was to invite derision; other ethnicities were aberrations, and a Protestant an oddity. The one Jew in the neighborhood was the best tippe...
Migliori in Mens et Gesta Awards 2015
On March 28, the Pirandello Lyceum held its annual I Migliori in Mens et Gesta Awards at East Boston's Hyatt Harborside Hotel. The event marked the 30th anniversary of the organization's annual gala. This year's honorees included Josephine Cuzzi, who served as executive director of the East Boston YMCA from 2006-2014, expanding the c...
Italian Heritage Month Begins
by Paul Tuthill Italian culture and the achievements of Italian-Americans are highlighted during the month of October. In Springfield, Massachusetts, where the mayor is the son of Italian immigrants, an Italian flag will fly over city hall this month. The Italian Cultural Center of western Massachusetts has several events, in...
Tales from the Toolbox: Italian settlers were important to New Britain
By Erv Dworkin October is Italian-American Heritage Month and today is Columbus Day, a good time to examine the influence this classic European culture has had on our city. These seekers of New World opportunities brought with them Old World artisanal skills, entrepreneurism and cultural traditions that would enrich the simmering melting pot of Am...
Review: Marisa Tomei, in Extremis, in ‘The Rose Tattoo’
Marisa Tomei, who stars in the Williamstown Theater Festival's buoyant new production of Tennessee Williams's "The Rose Tattoo," may at first blush appear to be literally a few sizes too small for the feisty, fiery central role of Serafina Delle Rose. In describing the character in the text, Williams uses the word "plump" not once, not twi...
10th Annual North End Holiday Shopping Stroll to be Held on Friday, December 2nd
Join the 10th Annual North End Holiday Shopping Stroll on Friday, December 2, 2016 from 6-11pm. The Holiday Stroll is a free event designed for the community to celebrate the arrival of the holiday season. Shoppers will have the chance to explore the narrow streets, trendy boutiques, wine stores, and specialty shops of Boston's little Italy. ...