Italian Festival set for this weekend
This year's Italian Festival will be held a week earlier than usual — this Saturday and Sunday on May 14-15. Italian Festival Committee member Bobby Lenardo said volunteers decided to move this year's festival up a week to avoid conflicting with McAlester High School activities scheduled at the site the following week. Those organizin...
American Society of Italian Heritage welcomes Honorary Italian Consulate Arnaldo Partesotti
By Missie Arata Noel The American Society of Italian Heritage, north shore chapter, recently held its summer luncheon at Benedict's Plantation in Covington. The group was honored to present the Honorary Italian Consulate Arnaldo Partesotti and his wife, Brune, as special guests. The local chapter is led by President John Tortorice...
Italian Festivals of New Mexico presents LARGE check to UNM Children’s Hospital
Each year Italian Festivals of New Mexico produces the NM Italian Film & Culture Festival to raise funds for the state's only hospital dedicated to the care and treatment of newborns, infants and children. The 2014 week-long celebration of Italian cinema and culture resulted in a donation of $26,000. It was presented to the Hospital du...
Italian ambassador makes Oklahoma connection
By Mack Burke Italian ambassador to the Americas Claudio Bisogniero became the first Italian ambassador to visit Oklahoma. Along side Consul General Elena Sgarbi, Bisogniero spoke Wednesday afternoon at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art on the strong diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Italy and a future that he hopes will include a transatl...
Italian Lecture Series: 'Italians in Jazz'
WHEN: Thursday, June 23, 2016 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (CDT) -WHERE: American Italian Cultural Center - 537 South Peters Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States As a part of the American Italian Cultural Center's bi-monthly lecture series, music historian Dr. Jack Stewart will deliver a lecture exploring the contributions Italians have...
Native American groups urge city leaders to scrap Columbus Day
By Brooke A. Lewis A local group of Native Americans on Tuesday asked the City Council to stop celebrating Columbus Day and instead mark Indigenous Peoples' Day on the federal holiday named for the Italian explorer. Christopher Columbus "did not discover us," Anna Edwards, a member of the Ohkay Owingeh tribe, told council members at t...
Tradition fuels one of Arkansas’ grapest festivals
Those passing through Tontitown in late July will be met with the aroma of homemade pasta, spaghetti sauce and tradition wafting from the kitchen in the parish hall of St. Joseph Church in preparation for the historic Grape Festival. Steeped in Italian heritage, the festival began as a picnic of thanksgiving for immigrant families who had...
Italian Club of Dallas: General Membership Meeting
The ICD General Membership meeting this Sunday, November 22 kicks off with a Thank-you Lunch for our Members consisting of pasta with meat sauce, salad, bread and dessert. Please contact Melissa at mlpartin1@yahoo.com to let us know if you are attending so we have enough food for all. We will be holding our new Board Member elections and nomin...
Representative Parker passes legislation that designates June 2nd as Italian Heritage Day
Austin, TX - Representative Tan Parker announced the successful passage of House Concurrent Resolution 144 which designates June 2nd as Italian Heritage Day in Texas. The resolution was sponsored by Senator John Carona in the Texas Senate and was unanimously passed by both legislative bodies. The 2nd of June of each year is the anniversary of the...
Lead singer of the Top Cats a grand marshal for Irish-Italian parade in Metairie
The annual Irish-Italian parade will roll through Metairie March 22, marking its 33rd year of celebrating both Irish and Italian heritage and culture. The parade begins at noon at Houma Boulevard and Veterans Memorial Boulevard, and it will follow the traditional Metairie Carnival parade route with a couple of minor changes. The parade wil...
Schepis Museum: Italian Renaissance in Columbia
Think Louisiana is all French? Well think again. The Schepis Museum in Caldwell Parish is a piece of Italian heritage in the quaint town of Columbia. Built in 1916, the Italian Renaissance-style palazzo has been home to a variety of retail businesses over the years but was converted into a museum in 1993. Now the Schepis Museum currently o...
Nun who stood up to Billy the Kid moves toward sainthood
by Russell Contreras An Italian-born nun who challenged Billy the Kid, calmed angry mobs and helped open hospitals and schools in New Mexico territory took a step Friday toward possible sainthood with documents about her purported good deeds being sent to Rome. In a public Albuquerque ceremony, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe formally closed...