Un piccolo grande eroe nascosto. Gino Masi da Mola di Bari a Brooklyn
"Gli italiani che hanno fatto l'America" è un argomento che da decenni produce articoli e pubblicazioni in quantità considerevole, che generalmente si soffermano a parlare di personaggi più o meno famosi e che hanno avuto una vita avventurosa. La GRANDE STORIA invece, nei suoi archivi silenziosi e segreti, ha immagazzinato nel tempo innumerevoli p...
Book Presentation: L'AMORE INVOLONTARIO - OCTOBER 07, 2014 (06:00 PM )
The day Riccardo receives a phone call, his sister - Irene - is only a bothersome thought, a memory angrily chased away. He has never forgiven her for writing about him in the novel that made her famous. Now, Irene is in a coma and Riccardo finds himself having to spend time by her side. It is the story of a man's transformation, a tale of...
Italy-Based Magneti Marelli Opens Its Manufacturing Facility In Independence Township, Michigan
Italy-based Magneti Marelli Holding USA officially opened its 100,000 square foot exhaust system manufacturing plant located in Independence Township, Michigan. The plant located in suburban Detroit is the first Michigan manufacturing facility for Magneti Marelli, whose North American headquarters is in nearby Auburn Hills. Employing 75 pe...
Other Cities Changed The Name, But Philadelphians Celebrate Columbus Day With Parade
While two American cities, Minneapolis and Seattle, have decided to remove Christopher Columbus' name from the holiday, Philadelphia is sticking with tradition, and there was a parade in South Philadelphia Sunday to celebrate. Spectators lined South Broad Street as they do every year to hear sting bands play traditional Italian music and to celebr...
Italian Wine Week 2015 - VINO 2015
Nel quadro delle iniziative in favore del vino italiano sui mercati internazionali abbiamo il piacere di comunicare che è prevista la realizzazione della 4^ edizione del progetto Italian Wine Week 2015 – VINO 2015 (IWW). L'iniziativa prevede un programma articolato di azioni a favore del vino italiano con l'obiettivo di consolidare e ampliare l'of...
Forum of Italian American Educators
Dear Friends: As the president of FIAME, I welcome you back from the summer days to a new school year. You will find attached the 2012–2013 membership renewal form and dates for upcoming events that may be of interest to you. Please mark your calendars with these dates. The tax exempt membership dues remain at twenty dollars ($20.00) for...
Cooks of Italian descent share heritage through food
There's a saying in the Little Balkans area of Southeast Kansas that if your family name ends in a vowel, you likely belong to a family of immigrant coal miner descent. Mengarelli. Maransani. Stefanoni. They were among the thousands of Italians who came to the area after the first underground coal mines opened in the late 1800s. Read...
Intervista a Vittorio Capotorto tra i vincitori del Premio Pugliesi nel Mondo
Il 12 dicembre, nel bel teatro Traetta di Bitonto in provincia di Bari, verranno consegnati i premi "Pugliesi Nel Mondo", a cura dell'omonima Associazione. E accanto a personalità prestigiose quali Michele Mirabella e il Maestro Riccardo Muti, ci sarà il noto regista e docente universitario Vittorio Capotorto, che i nostri lettori ben conoscono per...
La lingua italiana nel mondo, opportunità e sprechi di una grande risorsa
La VOCE di New York ha intervistato Luca Serianni, professore ordinario di Storia della lingua italiana all'università "La Sapienza" di Roma . Serianni ha condotto indagini sulla storia linguistica italiana dal Medioevo a oggi, e sulla diffusione dell'italiano nel mondo. Socio dell'Accademia della Crusca e dell'Accademia dei Lincei, nel 20...
J.P. Mascaro & Sons celebrates 50 years in business
By Gary Puleo Collecting trash will probably never be a glamorous business, but few companies have made it as widely charismatic as J.P. Mascaro & Sons. It wasn't always that way, of course. The multimillion-dollar jobs, impressive headquarters on Audubon Road, acres of prime real estate and the inexhaustible philanthropy the com...
Sister Cities in Our Own Backyards
by Catherine Accardi Who says the world is shrinking? Just about everyone! However, a tape measured placed precisely at the equator would reveal that no actual shrinkage has occurred over the past thousand years. So, why is it that most of us "feel" in closer proximity to our colleagues across the globe? More than likely it is bec...
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...