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Born in Sicily and moving to Brooklyn with his family at the age of 10, Nunzio Cassara never forgot the taste of his native cuisine. "My grandmother and mother were great cooks and when I was 14 my parents opened an Italian-American restaurant, which I helped out at through high school," said the 52-year-old Cassara, who has resided in Jeffers...

Freeholder Alexander Mirabella, who led the founding of the annual Union County Columbus Day Celebration, is being honored by the Italian Tribune with the "Christopher Columbus Man of the Year Award," for his pride in his heritage and years of assisting others through his public service.   "It is presented to him with the deepest degree of p...

Throughout October, Italian-American heritage is honored and celebrated throughout New Jersey. This went into effect in 2009 when then-Gov. Jon Corzine signed the bill in Nutley declaring it so, outside of town hall before the annual Columbus Day Parade.   Besides the parade, various activities are held throughout Nutley and Belleville as we...

The Baltimore City Council will consider joining other cities across the country in renaming Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day. The shift from honoring the Italian explorer to honoring the people inhabiting the lands he explored has stirred debate. It's the age old question – what's in a name?   The Columbus Piazza near Little...

March 29 at 6:30 pm Artful Deception: Italian Master Forgers A Lecture by Marco Grassi, Painting Restorer, New York Italy is the land that has given birth to some of the world's greatest painters, sculptors and architects. This same creative genius was occasionally channeled toward imitation and deception. This illustrated talk will ex...

Bloomfield is referred to as Pittsburgh's Little Italy and According to a report in TribLive, a local civic group that nearly fizzled last year because of funding problems and infighting has reorganized and plans initiatives to improve Pittsburgh's "Little Italy."   Pittsburgh architectural historian, Franklin Toker, has said that Bloomfield...

Some pix from Sunday's (Sept. 22nd) 22nd Annual Feast in Honor of Maria SS. Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows) at Holy Family Church (28 Brookline Ave.) in Nutley, New Jersey. The Feast was organized by the Societa' Oriundi Castellani.   Read more    Fonte: Magna Grece    

L'ICE-Agenzia per la promozione all'estero e l'internazionalizzazione delle imprese italiane organizza a titolo gratuito, una partecipazione italiana con catalogoteca e meeting point in occasione di GREENBUILD INTERNATIONAL 2013, nell'ambito dell'Accordo di collaborazione pluriennale con il Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e de...

To kick off Preservation Williamsport's 15th annual Victorian Christmas, an Italian-American heritage dinner will be held at the Sons of Italy, 144 E. Fourth St. It will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and is open to the public. The theme for the 15-year milestone is the Italian heritage of Williamsport, so the kickoff at Sons of Italy is an appropria...

Mancano pochi giorni alla celebrazione del centenario della Holy Rosary Church, la Parrocchia Italiana di Washington. La celebrazione comincerà con la Messa Solenne concelebrata dal Cardinale Donald Wuerl Arcivescovo di Washington, dal Nunzio Apostolico Arcivescovo Carlo Maria Viganò, dall'Ordinario militare degli Stati Uniti, dal Vescovo Lo Verde...

Amy Grudier of Falls Church has received the Lido Civic Club Matching Scholarship from the National Italian American Foundation. Grudier attends Cedarville University and is majoring in nursing.   NIAF offers dozens of annual scholarships ranging in value from $2,000 to $10,000 each in the humanities, medicine, engineering, business, music,...

ATTENZIONE - A partire dall' 8 Luglio 2014, per la legge n. 66 24 aprile 2014 e le modifiche della Legge n. 89 del 23 giugno 2014 art. 5-bis, comma 1, tutte le domande per il riconoscimento della cittadinanza italiana jure sanguinis (per discendenza) e Jure Matrimonii (per la cittadina straniera il cui marito è un cittadino italiano sposato prima d...