Documentary and book presentation
Italy, post-World War II, June 4, 1947, Casanova Straffora-a rural village in the province of Pavia. A 7 year-old Angela Volpini meets Mother Mary for the first time while she is playing on the hill with her friends. The beautiful Lady tells Angela that she is "coming to teach the way to be happy in this world." This documentary describes...
USA: consegna del 200° AW139 prodotto a Philadelphia
AgustaWestland ha annunciato che lo stabilimento di Philadelphia ha consegnato il duecentesimo elicottero AW139, vero e proprio prodotto d'eccellenza della famiglia di elicotteri Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland, configurato in questo caso per i Vigili del Fuoco di Yokohama, in Giappone, cui era già stato consegnata una prima unità. L'AW139 è l...
TTIP Town Hall Invitation
Please join the GACC Philadelphia, the Bertelsmann Foundation, the IACCGP and other international business organizations of the Philadelphia region for aTTIP Town Hall: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and Its Impact on Philadelphia. A panel discussion featuring: Katherine KalutkiewiczAssociate Chief Negotiato...
Pitman's Venice Italian Eatery serves Thanksgiving dinners to community
On Thanksgiving morning, while most are preparing a meal for their families and loved ones, Ron Zold and his team at the Venice Italian Eatery were preparing to serve and deliver more than 2,800 home-cooked Thanksgiving dinners for the community. For the sixth year, Ron Zold and the staff at Venice Italian Eatery have had the goal of givin...
Joseph Cicippio honored in Washington, DC, with Guglielmo Marconi Award
The American Foundation for Saint George Hospital recently honored Norristown native Joseph Cicippio at a gala held at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC. According to program notes from the dinner and reception, Cicippio, president of Technical Specialties, Inc., has had an illustrious career, which included serving on the Boar...
Italian Republic Day
Join the Hon. Consul General of Italy Francesco L. Legaluppi to celebrate the 69th Italian Republic Day @ the Little Italy Lodge. Little Italy Lodge - 905E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202. It will be a family day of celebration for the entire community with food, music, activities for kids and much fun! MAY, 31 2015 11:00 AM- 3:00 PMRon. Consulate G...
Famous Carluccio’s Italian market and restaurant opens in Old Town, first in the U.S.
by Rachel Nania When Antonio Carluccio was walking from the stoop of his hotel in Old Town Alexandria to meet the trolley that would take him down to the final block of King Street, he was stopped by a police officer. "You're Antonio Carluccio, aren't you?" the officer asked the 78-year-old man. It was somewhat of a celebrity...
Italians of Norristown set to celebrate Marian feast
The M.S.S. Lodge of Norristown will celebrate the feast of their patroness, Maria Santissima del Soccorso di Sciacca, on Sunday, Aug. 16 in air-conditioned Saviour Hall (formerly Monsignor Delia Hall), at Holy Savior Parish in Norristown. The celebration, a 111-year-old tradition this year, was brought to the Borough of Norristown at the t...
Missione del funzionario itinerante a Clifton, New Jersey
Si informa la comunita' italiana residente nelle Contee del New Jersey di competenza del Consolato Generale di New York (Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, Warren, Essex, Middlesex, Monmouth, Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset) che il giorno 25 maggio 2016, sara' effettuata una missione itinerante per la rilevazione dei dati biometrici ai fin...
Orchestra Performs Italian Music at Free Concert at Madison Public Library Aug. 17
by Cameron Luttrell The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players will perform a free concert in the Chase Room auditorium at the Madison Public Library on Aug. 17. The event is called a "Una Festa Musicale Italiana." The orchestra will play a variety of Italian music of all different styles, such as traditional, baroque, classica...
Italy’s coastal cuisine
There are a lot of new restaurants opening up in D.C. these days and many are focused on Italian cuisine.It's a no-brainer, in some ways, because Italy offers a wide array of options, from the northeastern part of the country near Austria and Hungary, where dishes can include sauerkraut and spicy sausages, to the wild boar dishes of Sardinia, to po...
From Italy, with love: the pizza
By John E. McIntyre Spaghetti and lasagna are all very well, but pizza is plainly the major Italian donation to the American diet. Susan Fillion celebrates both the pizza and its Italian origins in the slender but delightful Pizza in Pienza (David Godine, $17.95). The Pienza of the title is a little town in Tuscany which Ms. Fillion, a Baltimore...