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Join the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF) on Thursday, May 22, 2014, for the 26th Annual National Education & Leadership Awards (NELA) Gala.   The signature Washington event returns to the National Building Museum to honor Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, LTG Flora Darpino and Harry Lombardo. In addition to these outstanding headline honorees, th...

The South 9th Street Italian Market – the oldest continuously operated outdoor market in the country – is celebrating its centennial this year with a series of foodie festivities to be held over the next few months. The market has been a staple of culture and community in the City of Brotherly Love since it began operation, and not much has changed...

Sabato 9 maggio l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington aprirà le sue porte in occasione di EU Open House, la manifestazione che celebra la giornata dell'Europa grazie ad eventi organizzati da tutte le ambasciate UE. "Uno stile di vita sano, l'Italian lifestyle: il tema di quest'anno è ispirato a Expo Milano", spiega l'Ambasciatore Claudio Bisogniero....

Hanno preso il largo le luminarie che da Molfetta raggiungeranno Hoboken, nel New Jersey per illuminare l'89esima edizione dell'Hoboken Italian festival - The Feast of Madonna dei Martiri, la festa gemella, in onore della patrona di Molfetta, a cui partecipano, oltre ai molfettesi, tutti gli italiani, di prima, seconda e terza generazione, che risi...

When: Thurs­day, June 2 at 7 pm. Where: The Cen­ter for Ital­ian & Ital­ian Amer­i­can Culture, 411 Pomp­ton Avenue, lower level, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 Pay­ment & reg­is­tra­tion required in advance! Light refresh­ments will be served! Costs: Mem­bers — $8.00 Non-members — $10.00 - Call 973.571.1995 to reg­is­ter or e-mail...

L'associazione degli industriali apprezza la proposta della Commissione per il Commercio internazionale degli Stati Uniti, che ipotizza di arrivare ad uno standard riconosciuto dalla FDA per verificare le caratteristiche degli oli. Un'idea che Assitol promuove da tempo Bene l'ipotesi di individuare parametri standard per garantire la qualità dell'...

Operatic arias, risotto and a crowd of 200 greeted journalist Maria Bartiromo last night at the Italian Embassy,where she was awarded the 2014 Urbino Press Award. Bartiromo, an anchor and global markets editor for Fox News, is the first finance reporter to receive the prize, given annually to journalists who have made significant contributions in...

If you love art by the Wyeth family — N.C., his son Andrew and grandson Jamie — then a day in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, is a must. Tour the places they lived, worked and were inspired, and enjoy three generations of their art at the Brandywine River Museum.   A day-long tour package includes a simple lunch of soup and half-sandwich in the m...

The America-Italy Society (AIS) of Philadelphia is offering a paid internship for a summer archival, research, and writing project on its history and mission. The intern will select historical documents, do research on the web, and prepare information to publish on the AIS website (http://www.aisphila.org/site/), which will be fully renovated. &nb...

The Italian-style church was established in 1913 to serve the more than 3,000 Italians in this "Little Italy" neighborhood who came here to help build the nation's capital as stone carvers, masons and other trades. Located at 595 Third Street, N.W., Holy Rosary Church's exterior includes a bell tower, Christopher Columbus statue and four marbl...

In advance of the the 13th Annual Columbus Day Commemoration, members of Trenton Council Knights of Columbus, The New Jersey Italian American Heritage Commission, and community volunteers braved the weather and rain on Sat., Oct. 4 to clean Columbus Park around the statue.   This group included the following: Matt Tydryszewski, Don Povio, v...

Since Il Pizzaiolo opened a second location in Downtown’s Market Square in 2013, it has drawn throngs of diners looking for the same high-quality Italian ingredients and dishes that has made its flagship location in Mt. Lebanon so popular. But you’ll no longer find the restaurant’s founder and chef, Ron Molinaro, at the Downtown spot.   Inst...