ITALIAN DINNER and RECEPTION "HONORING THE MONUMENTS MEN"
The National Council for the Promotion of Italian Language in American Schools(National COPILAS) invites you to attend a reception + dinner in honor of Mr. Robert EDSEL author of MONUMENTS MEN, SAVING ITALY, RESCUING DA VINCI. RECEPTION + ITALIAN DINNER - Honoring Mr. Edsel, author of The MONUMENTS MEN SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 20...
Mom Bloggers Are Cooking with Colavita and Hosting Valuable Product Giveaways
Colavita USA, the family-owned olive oil and Italian food brand, has teamed up with Wendy's Bloggers, a bridge for brands to connect with influential Mom Bloggers, to launch "Cooking With Colavita Review & Giveaway," an outreach initiative for a select group of Mom Bloggers. "We want to introduce Colavita to a new generation of Moms," said Ale...
Freeholder Vicari Meets with Toms River’s Italian “Sister City” Consul General
Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari (right) meets with Italian Consul General Andrea Canepari (center) during the diplomat's recent visit to Ocean County, where the Consul General announced a "sister city" agreement between the city of Matera, Italy and Toms River. The two officials also discussed the county's large population of Italian Americans...
Commission donates books to Cape Italian program
Nicholas Caggiano, commissioner of the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture, and Maria Teresa Morrison, representative of both the commission and UNICO, donated copies of a book on recovered Italian art to Cape Henlopen High School's Italian students and to the main CHHS library. The book is a catalog of art that was exhibit...
LIVE MUSIC WITH I-TALIANS in Washington
December 6, 2015 - Sunday 7:00 PM - Busboys and Poets, Brookland - 625 Monroe Street Northeast - Washington, District of Columbia 20017. Come enjoy Italy's rock, pop and folk music from the 1960s to this day! The i-Talians will perform songs by singers-songwriters (cantautori) including Vecchioni, Guccini, De Gregori, De An...
Fiola Mare Is the Best Restaurant in Washington
By Ann Limpert, Todd Kliman, Anna Spiegel and Cynthia Hacinli What's the #1 restaurant in Washington? According to our 2016 100 Very Best Restaurants list, it's Fiola Mare, Fabio and Maria Trabocchi's luxurious seafood palace on the Georgetown Waterfront. The full list—which is ranked from 1 to 100 and includes reviews, our favorite d...
Chazz Palminteri: A Bronx Tale Comes To BergenPAC On June 10
Bergen Performing Arts Center presents Chazz Palminteri: A Bronx Tale on Friday, June 10, 2016 at 8:00pm. Palminteri originally wrote the script for the stage and performed it as a one-man show in Los Angeles. It became the hottest property in Hollywood since Rocky. Tickets range from $39 to $79. One night Robert DeNiro walked in to see Pa...
Black Horse, Bridgeport churches combine forces for traditional feast
by Gary Puleo With the two Mount Carmels combining forces, some would say it's a match that could only have been made in heaven. The annual procession and street festival in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church's patron saint used to draw revelers from all over the area to the heart of Bridgeport every July for many decades until...
Henlopen City Oyster House owners named Delaware Restaurateurs of the Year
The Delaware Restaurant Association will host its 15th Annual Restaurant Industry Cornerstone Awards from 6 to 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7, at World Café Live at the Queen Theater in Wilmington. The event will feature fine food and drink tastings from Delaware's top restaurants, and live jazz from musician Joe Baione. DRA Chairman of the Board...
Italian Language and Culture Day 2013: "In cerca di... / In Search of...."
The Italian Teachers Association of New Jersey (ITANJ) and the Coccia Institute for the Italian Experience in America at Montclair State University joined forces on March 20th for their annual collaboration, Italian Language and Culture Day, showcasing the hard work and creativity of middle school and high school students of Italian in a competitio...
Old school Italian cuisine in Stroud Township
Pipolo's Italian Eatery on 1523 N. Ninth St. (Route 611) in Stroud Township, has brought the taste and attention of food preparing found in Italian homes, a recipe for creating strong family bonds, they believe. "What we have is a really unique concept here. We have built four businesses under one roof: an Italian deli, pastry shop, restau...
100 years later, DiPasquale's grocery keeps family food tradition going
Sometime in 1914, Luigi DiPasquale, who had left his home of Abruzzi, Italy, came to Baltimore and opened a corner store in Highlandtown. Ever the entrepreneur, he butchered and sold meats and also sold live goats tethered in the backyard. This week I spoke with his grandson, Joe DiPasquale, who continues the unbroken family tradition 100 years la...