'I follow my heart, not my pockets' - Former Villarreal, Fiorentina star Giuseppe Rossi on turning down USMNT, return to New Jersey's soccer scene with USL
Giuseppe Rossi’s story is, on the surface, about soccer. But more than anything, it’s a story about home. Home is a complicated thing. Sometimes it’s where you’re born. Sometimes it’s something you find. Sometimes it’s something you earn. And sometimes, it’s more than one place pulling at you at once. They all matter. Some matter more at different...
14th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival
When: Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM - Where: Acrisure Stadium, Gate A, South Plaza, 100 Art Rooney Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212 The 14th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival will return to Acrisure Stadium, Gate A, South Plaza on Saturday, August 9. Support the History Center’s Italian American Program and sponsor a team of four in th...
World-renowned mosaic artist Danilo Bonazza has made New Jersey the unlikely epicenter of a luxury art renaissance
Danilo Bonazza has spent the last decade building Art & Mosaics into one of New Jersey’s most exclusive luxury services. His custom pool installations command prices that start at $200,000 and up with waiting lists that stretch across three continents. “People don’t understand what they’re buying until they see it,” Bonazza said during a recent int...
Community Comes Together for Italian Heritage Night at Somerset Patriots Game
The Parsippany Police Athletic League (PAL) and the Sons of Italy Lodge 2561 are teaming up for a night of family fun, community celebration, and baseball at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday, August 8th. The event, billed as Italian Heritage Night, will feature the Somerset Patriots taking on the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, with the game set to begin at 7:...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel procession in Shenandoah to enter 111th year
For many, it has been a sacred annual walk that has been part of their lives for decades. For others, it is an excursion they are still learning to appreciate. In Shenandoah PA, the 2025 annual procession with the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel through the northwestern part of the borough is about to enter its 111th year. The mere mention of th...
‘The View from Lake Como’ author meets and greets locals
Adriana Trigiani, a 21-time New York Times best-selling author, has set her new book, “The View From Lake Como,” in Monmouth County’s own Lake Como. Trigiani, who grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and based a trilogy of books on her hometown, often takes inspiration from the places she visits. The author came to Lake Como this week, speaking at th...
Annual Church Feast In Newark Will Celebrate Italian-American Culture
Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Newark will hold its 135th annual feast on the weekend of July 11 to July 13 in front of the church at 259 Oliver Street. The local event has been held in celebration of Italian-American religion and culture since 1890. Here’s what to expect this year, organizers said: “The feast kicks off Friday evening, July 11 with a hea...
Farewell to Dr. Joseph Giordano, the Italian American who save President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Italian American Joseph Giordano, former chief of surgery and director of the trauma center at George Washington University Hospital—who played a critical role in saving President Ronald Reagan’s life after he was shot in a 1981 assassination attempt—passed away on June 24, just two days after his 84th birthday. A vascular surgeon who had previousl...
Four Local Students Awarded Scholarships by Amerigo Vespucci Society
The Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch (NJ), the nation’s oldest Italian-American mutual aid society, awarded four academic scholarships during its most recent meeting, continuing its longstanding mission of supporting education and community engagement. The scholarships, to be applied toward the recipients’ upcoming Fall semester studie...
Italian Festival & Wine Tasting
What’s summer at the Jersey Shore without a great Italian Festival? Join us Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27 for our annual Italian Festival & Wine Tasting, sponsored by The Asbury Park Press. Enjoy mouth-watering Italian favorites from over a dozen of the area’s top restaurants, delis, and food trucks. Pair your favorite dish with a sampling...
Congressional Fellowship 2025 Applications Open
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Congressional Fellowship Program places outstanding Italian American college students and recent graduates in offices of members and associates of the Italian American Congressional Delegation (IACD) to educate and support the next generation of Italian American leadership. Apply today here.Upon accep...
Co-owner of restaurant voted ‘Man of the Year 2025’ by Italian American Society of Kenilworth
Nicola Cristofaro said he is very happy to be voted “Man of the Year 2025.” The Italian American Society of Kenilworth recently awarded this honor to the Roselle Park resident who came to America from Italy 39 years ago. “I do like the club, the Italian American community,” he said. “I consider myself Italian but very Americanized. The club is int...