Holiday Concert with Michéal Castaldo and Marissa Famiglietti
The Mattatuck Museum celebrates the holiday season with a concert featuring renowned tenor Michéal Castaldo and guest soprano Marissa Famiglietti at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 20. Michéal Castaldo, a classical crossover tenor and light Italian opera singer, songwriter and composer, is an Italian-born Canadian who currently resides in New York. &...
Italian singers, meatball eating contest, ethnic foods planned for Southington’s Italian-American Festival
A meatball eating contest, ethnic food and a singing duo from Italy will draw crowds at this weekend's Italian-American Festival starting Friday. About 8,000 people attended last year's event, according to coordinator Joe LaPorte. He's hoping to draw an even bigger crowd this year with new features to the festival which has been an annual attr...
Lecture on Violence Against Women in RAI Films
Killing in the Name of Love: Representations of Violence against Women in RAI Films - Lecture by Flavia Laviosa Sunday, March 2, 2014, 7 pm - Dante Alighieri Society of MA - 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA 02139 - (617)876-5160 Since 2007, RAI 3 (Radiotelevisione Italiana) has broadcast Amore criminale (Criminal L...
The storied history of Barre’s Old Labor Hall
A grand reopening celebration for the Socialist Labor Party Hall in Barre was held on Sept. 2, 2000. The outpouring of help and enthusiasm from citizens from all walks of life who came to the celebration demonstrates how a modest building with a remarkable history galvanized a group of townspeople both young and old to take pride in the historic pr...
Festa della Liberazione: A panel discussion on Italy’s Liberation Day
When: Sunday, April 24, 2016 – 3:30 p.m.Where: I AM Books, 189 North Street, Boston MALight refreshments will be served Keynote TalkProfessor David Ward from Wellesley College– Professor Ward will go over the civil war experience, the collective memory of it, and the importance it has in today's Italian anthropological identity. R...
Giovanni DeCunto: Pioneering Expressionist
Giovanni DeCunto realized he could live with his art at the tender of age of 12, when the mother of one of his best friends bought a painting for $35. "I thought I had a million dollars!" he recounts. Hailing from Lawrence, Mass., where his grandparents moved from outside Naples, the 67-year-old artist has come a long way since the days of selling...
“Boston’s North End: An Italian American Story” Film Now Available on DVD
Produced by the North End Historical Society, Boston's North End: An Italian American Story is the first feature length, high definition film to chronicle the vibrant Italian American community that has called the North End of Boston home for well over 100 years. The documentary movie is based on historical records and interviews with Italian Ameri...
St. Joseph Society Steps up for St. Leonard’s Church
The North End-based Saint Joseph Society recently announced a $10,000 pledge to support the ongoing restoration of Saint Leonard Church on Hanover Street, in Boston's North End. "We thank the whole society and in a special way the donation committee for being so considerate toward our Parish," wrote Father Antonio Nardoianni in the parish bulletin...
Talk of the Times: Mayor greets Sicilian singers for museum tour
Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken was out and about Friday with a group of Sicilian singers and members of Gloucester's Italian-American community. Stops around the city including Caffe Sicilia — a picture of which was seen on her official Twitter account — and the Cape Ann museum. There, Museum Executive Director Ronda Faloon said, the mayor led...
La Miss Universo 2012 è italo-americana
Ha vent'anni, è americana, mora e naturalmente bellissima. Parliamo di Olivia Culpo, la nuova Miss Universo 2012 con sangue italiano.Terza di cinque figli, Olivia è nata a Rhode Island, da un padre italo-americano e una madre irlandese ma con antenati italiani, la giovane è stata incoronata a Las Vegas da 10 giudici che l'hanno scelta tra 89 concor...
'Italian Vibrations' At Provenance Center In New London
"Italian Vibrations," an exhibit of works by six New York City-based Italian immigrant artists, will be at Provenance Center, 165 State St. in New London, until Saturday, April 27.The show, which is being shown in New London before going to New York, is being presented in conjunction with the observance of the Year of Italian Culture in the United...
Social clubs help keep Hartford’s Italian community together
by Kent Pierce The Italian American Stars on Franklin Avenue is just one of the Italian social clubs you'll find around Hartford. One of many. "Sure, we have about 80 clubs in the greater Hartford area," according to florist John Tornatore. In any one of those clubs, you will hear the stories of how tough immigrants had it wh...