New Jersey. Festa dell'Inter Club Facchetti
In un tripudio di neroazzurro, l'Inter Club Facchetti del NJ ha festeggiato il suo quinto anno d'attività ed il 105 anniversario dell'Inter al Westmount Country Club di Woodland Park alla presenza di oltre 400 entusiasti tifosi neroazzurri. Ospiti d'eccezione dall'Italia sono stati l'ambasciatore Inter Campus Francesco Toldo, l'ex amministratore d...
Washington National Opera, Virginia Opera launch new seasons
The Washington National Opera (WNO) and the Virginia Opera both spring into action this month as their 2013-2014 seasons get underway. WNO is first out the gate, opening its season at the Kennedy Center Opera House this coming Sunday afternoon with a matinee performance of Richard Wagner's epic love story, "Tristan und Isolde." The company wi...
Cesare Marino, antropologo di professione, nativo americano d'adozione
Cesare Marino è un antropologo del notissimo Smithsonian Institution di Washington DC e uno dei più grandi esperti della cultura dei nativi americani. So che leggendo queste mie parole Cesare penserà immediatamente che il titolo di esperto non descrive al meglio la sua relazione con la cultura indiana. Infatti, Cesare è molto più di espert...
Embassy exhibition probes complexities of contemporary Italian art
Unanswered Prayers, a new exhibition at the Italian Embassy, examines the complexities of contemporary Italian art through photography. The exhibition presented by Ilaria Niccolini Productions features the work of Milan-born artist Anna Paola Pizzocaro. For Unanswered Prayers, Pizzocaro has designed a storyboard with each picture intended to stan...
Little Italy residents on 1979 audio
From 1978 through 1981, the Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project recorded and collected oral histories from longtime residents of seven Baltimore neighborhoods: Highlandtown, Hampden, Park Heights, Little Italy, South/OldWest/East Baltimore; and Port of Baltimore workers. To name just a few interviewees: Schiavo, Vaccarino, Poggi, Mancu...
Job position as Assistant Professor of Italian and Film Studies
The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (SLLC) at the University of Maryland in College Park invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Italian and Film Studies beginning in Fall 2015. The area of specialization should be Italian Cinema with a strong interest in global and tr...
Bill of Fare: Il Forno brings cachet of Boston's North End to West Windsor
Jeff Malloy grew up in New Jersey and made his culinary reputation with his restaurant Carmen Trattoria in Boston's North End. But it was a combination of love and business that brought him back to New Jersey, where he and partner Melissa Virgilio opened Il Forno Café & Trattoria in West Windsor last October. After the couple rekindled...
Italian family fights to repatriate US rail victim
Giuseppe Piras, 40, was killed after an Amtrak train travelling from Washington to New York derailed in Philadelphia on May 12th. The Italian was killed along with seven others, and was one of the last victims to be pulled from the wreckage. Over 200 people were injured, 11 of them critically. Piras, who is from the town of Ittiri on...
Today at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio
Today at the White House the new Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Armando Varricchio, presented his credentials to the President of the United States, Barack Obama.At the end of the Ceremony Ambassador Varricchio remarked: "Today I have presented to President Obama the credentials with which President Mattarella appoints me Ambassador in W...
Nutley-Belleville's Taste of Italy is Sunday
The Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month Parade Committee's Annual Taste of Italy Dinner will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Nutley Parks and Recreation Building, 44 Park Ave.The event begins with open seating and a buffet-style serving of signature dishes from more than 25 Italian restaurants. It's an Italian Food...
Twenty University students receive travel grants to Italy through the National Italian American Foundation
Twenty college students from across the nation will participate in the Ambassador Peter F. Secchia Voyage of Discovery Program, an all-expenses-paid educational and cultural initiative that sends Italian American students to Italy. Sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), the tour will visit Italy's Piemonte region, NIAF's 2016...
Pizzeria Mannino's in Pitman to feature Italian brick oven, aged dough
When Vito Mannino decided to expand his presence in Pitman with a new pizza shop, he didn't have to look more than a block from his Mannio's Cucina Italiana restaurant on South Broadway. "Pitman is a little destination town," said Mannino. "When we saw the chance to open the pizzeria down the street from the restaurant, we took it and I th...