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In occasione del 2013, Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti, la Capitale Usa celebrerà lo stile italiano con la mostra 60 anni di made in Italy, che sarà accessibile dal prossimo 15 novembre 2013 presso l'Arena Stage al Mead Center for American Theater.   Il progetto, che già grande successo ha riscosso a Roma e a Città del Messico,...

2013 is over. But "The year of Italian Culture," a public relations effort by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has not yet run its course.   The program brought a number of artistic treasures to the United States in 2013, including "Boxer at Rest," the superb ancient bronze figure exhibited at the Met this past Spring. And some exhib...

The Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch NJ, a mutual aid society founded in 1875, is pleased to announce its 121st Anniversary "Man of The Year" Dinner Dance. This year's event will begin at 6:30pm on Saturday, March 1st at BranchesRestaurant located in West Long Branch NJ. The AVS has the privilege of honoring Carlo Roberto Brancat...

Dear Friend,You are cordially invited to participate in this year's 16th Annual Columbus Day Golf Tournament to be held at the Mays Landing Golf and Country Club on Monday, October 13, 2014. Please join us for lunch at 11:30 a.m. with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start and a buffet dinner to follow. Please review the hole sponsorship opportunities and mak...

by Dara Bunjon   It has been over a year since Jesse Issa's Tonino's restaurant closed after a 25 year run located where Reisterstown Road ( route 140) veers off west to Westminister and Hanover Road begins on historic Reisterstown's Main Street byway. Tonino's was Mediterranean cuisine, lots of pastas and pizza – with a heavy slant to Itali...

Leaders in military, labor, medicine, public service, and athletics will be honored on May 21 in Washington, D.C. by the Sons of Italy Foundation® (SIF) at its 27th Annual NELA Gala. The SIF is the philanthropic arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America® (OSIA), the nation's largest and oldest organization for people of Italian heritage.   1...

Else DiGiacopo and Ron Villone, both members of the Pascack Valley High School Class of 2015, were each a recipient of the Brian Piccolo Sportsmanship Award from the Westwood chapter of UNICO. The Westwood chapter of UNICO recently awarded its Brian Piccolo Award to two members of the Pascack Valley High School Class of 2015, Else DiGiacopo an...

The National Italian American Foundation and nascent Italian American Congressional Staff Association are teaming up Thursday for a meet-and-greet featuring food, drink and just a touch of nostalgia.   The Wine-Off Tasting event is scheduled to take place in Rayburn 2168 from 6 to 8 p.m. and is open to all congressional staff.   Read...

FAIRFIELD, N.J., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The UNICO Foundation, which is affiliated with UNICO National, the largest Italian American service organization in America, has announced the establishment of several new annual scholarships specifically for nursing students. At the UNICO National Convention held last month, UNICO Foundation Presiden...

Dopo alcuni anni di declino e grazie all'impegno delle nostre rappresentanze diplomatiche negli Stati Uniti e dei molti italo americani che occupano posizioni di prestigio nella società americana, la lingua italiana è tornata tra le materie di insegnamento degli AP Examination, i corsi che permettono agli studenti delle superiori di ottenere cred...

Come join us for an great night at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.   There will be a round table focused on the great relationship that the City of Philadelphia has with Italians, and what this meant, means today and will mean in the future.   Many great guests will join us: -Dario Altieri, Director The Wistar Institute...

You can hear their passion for teaching the language, a Viva Italia! enthusiasm they hope to make infectious to those who sign up for the courses.For Italian language teachers Catherine D'Ascoli of Wilde Lake High School and Peter DiMarco of Hammond High School, the stream of students interested in the language has been, for the most part, unabated...