Upcoming events for March 2019 at the Italian Cultural Center of Western Mass, Inc
Friday Night at the Italian Cinema returns to the Italian Cultural Center of Western Mass, Inc. The first spring movie of 2019 of our Friday Night at the Italian Cinema is “La Dolce Vita” by Director Federico Fellini. It will be shown on Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Italian Cultural Center located at 56 Margaret Street, Springfield at 6:30 pm. “La...
Bill would rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
Maine lawmakers are set to consider trading the Columbus Day holiday for a tribute to Native Americans. The Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee is set to hold a hearing on the bill Monday. Democratic Rep. Benjamin Collings of Portland sponsored the bill that renames the state holiday celebrated on the second Monday in October to Indi...
Botticelli: Heroines + Heroes
February 14 - May 19, 2019. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Hostetter Gallery. 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115. Legendary painter Sandro Botticelli transformed ancient stories of lust, betrayal, and violence into Renaissance parables. In 1894, Isabella Stewart Gardner bought the Story of Lucretia, bringing the first Botticelli to America. Heroines...
Italian American Writers Association – Literary Reading and Open Mic in Boston
Saturday February 23 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM. I AM BOOKS - 189 NORTH STREET - BOSTON, MA 02113. The Italian American Writers Association in Boston presents “A literary reading and open mic,” beginning at 6 p.m. (sign ups at 5:45). The evening will be hosted by Jennifer Martelli. Featured authors: Joey Nicoletti is the author of three poetry collections,...
Teresa Andreoli, Stafford's Culinary Matriarch, Passes Away
Teresa Andreoli, an Italian immigrant who became the iconic matriarch of the Stafford dining scene as the chef and operator of the Arizona restaurant on Main Street, passed away this week. She was 92. She was born on Dec. 1, 1926, in Pergola, Italy. She began to learn about food while helping her parents in their butcher shop. She endured World War...
‘American Pickers’ episode filmed in Derby to air Monday
More than a century of Italian family history will be on display Monday night during an episode of “American Pickers” filmed last summer in a former downtown market. The show follows “pickers” Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz as they scour properties across the country to find valuable antiques in places like junkyards, garages, barns and basements — the...
Former North End bathhouse captures an era — it should be preserved
The magnificent Italian Renaissance Nazzaro Center (the former North Bennett Street bathhouse) was designed by the extraordinarily talented and prolific Charles D. MaGinnis, who specialized in Catholic churches and institutions and had apprenticed under Boston’s last official city architect, Edmund March Wheelwright. The effort to designate it a Bo...
Ralph Papitto, philanthropist, entrepreneur, dies at 92
Ralph R. Papitto — philanthropist, corporate executive and former chairman of the board of trustees of Roger Williams University — died Friday at the age of 92, according to a spokesman for his family's foundation. Papitto was the founder of Nortek, Glass-Tile Industries, AFC Cable Systems and the Read to Succeed Program for South Providence studen...
ONE VOICE Defends Columbus on Radio - Denounces Notre Dame President
Andre’ DiMino, Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition Communications Director, will be on The Gene Valicenti Show, Tuesday 1/22 at about 8:20 AM East discussing Rev. John Jenkins, Notre Dame President’s decision to remove venerable Columbus art murals from the University. “What a complete disgrace,” stated DiMino. “And it is unbelievable that he wou...
Donald J. Croatti, 84, of Southborough
Donald J. Croatti, 84, of Southborough, died Jan. 11, 2019 at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick after a battle with cancer. He was the devoted husband of Mary Ann (Alberti) Croatti for the past 64 years. Don was a graduate of Framingham High School, class of ’52, and earned a bachelor’s degree at his beloved Boston College in 1960. He was also a fou...
Big Frank
When I was a kid I thought it was pretty cool that we had a bunch of cousins who lived in Rhode Island. They were all from my paternal grandmother’s side of the family and when we would drive north to see them or they would come to Philly to visit, there was always fun to be had. My earliest recollections, of our visits to the Warwick area, come...
Inauguration marks Mazzarella’s silver anniversary as Leominster mayor
Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella reached a milestone at Monday night’s inauguration ceremony. Once Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito swore him (plus city councilors and School Committee members) into office, Mazzarella wrapped up his 25th year leading the city. “Twenty-five years of an open door policy,” he said in his State of the City address. “Twenty-five y...