IL Volo delights a sold-out Atlantic City crowd
IL Volo, the popular Italian trio, recently performed their music at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City. The sold-out concert brought hundreds of screaming fans who gave numerous standing ovations to the group that puts their own twist on classic operatic songs. Founded in 2009, the group consists of baritone Gianluca Ginoble along...
Ciao, baby! Our guide to the Italian Festival
by Ken Mammarella St. Anthony of Padua's 42nd annual Italian Festival brings a Renaissance theme – and food and drink, music, expressions of faith, rides, games, handicrafts and more food and drink – to Wilmington, Sunday through June 19. The festival, which boasts the third biggest crowds of any Delaware event – 73,000, after Fir...
Gabriele D’Annunzio: local tailor is ‘well suited’ to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
by Peg DeGrassa Filitalia International will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Gabriele D'Annunzio of D & B Tailors in Newtown Square on September 25 at the Overbrook Country Club. No one seems to be more "well suited" to receive the prestigious award than D'Annunzio, who is celebrating his fiftieth year in the custom clothier bu...
How to make escarole: A New Jersey Italian-American staple!
Many Northern or Central New Jersey Italian-Americans can trace their roots to the province of Naples and the surrounding area. This would explain why I didn't grow up eating this very "New Jersey Italian" dish. My grandparents were from regions further south. However over the years many people growing up in Italian households in New Jersey we...
Community invited to enjoy four days of Italian festival
The Italian American Association of Monmouth County will present its annual festival at Freehold Raceway, Park Avenue (Route 33), Freehold, July 11- 14. The festival hours are 6-11 p.m. each night. Italian food, games, rides, crafters and entertainment are on the agenda. Italian novelties and a collection of children's books translated into Italia...
Se le aziende italiane preferiscono il New Jersey
Campanello d'allarme: almeno quattro piccole e medie imprese del Nord iniziano il trasferimento in uno Stato Usa che offre facilitazioni fiscali.Almeno quattro piccole e medie aziende italiane stanno pianificando il trasferimento in New Jersey. La notizia filtra da una ambienti finanziari di Manhattan che hanno registrato la novità con un misto di...
Italian American Heritage Club meets June 11 in Hampton
Entertainer, Carmen Jon to perform at the Italian American Heritage Club meeting on Tuesday, June 11, at the Grand Colonial Restaurant on Rt. 173 in Hampton. The club will present several scholarships to local high school graduates at this meeting and all will be entertained by Carmen Jon a well known singer/entertainer. Carmen, also know...
Arcobelli (Ctim Usa): "Vogliono smantellare i consolati per le pressioni corporative dei sindacati".
By Francesco de Palo "Vogliono smantellare i Consolati per le pressioni corporative dei sindacati confederali". È l'allarme lanciato dal coordinatore Ctim Nord America, Vincenzo Arcobelli, che ragiona sulle discrepanze esistenti in virtù di una possibile spending review e sui rischi di isolamento per gli italiani all'estero. Arcobelli, che è anche...
Liberty Science Center Names Fabiano Caruana, Highest Rated American Chess Player Ever and Third Highest Rated Player in History, as LSC Visiting Grandmaster
Liberty Science Center announced today the appointment of Fabiano Caruana, the number two ranked chess player in the world for most of 2015 and the strongest American chess player in history, to the position of LSC Visiting Grandmaster and Chess Works! Ambassador. Born in Miami and raised in Brooklyn, Caruana joins Liberty Science Center at a part...
Shore restaurant named N.J.'s best Italian restaurant
It's officlal. Cafe 2825 in Atlantic City is N.J.'s best Italian restaurant. The restaurant, at 2825 Atlantic Ave., topped nine other finalists in our N.J.'s best Italian restaurant showdown. Cafe 2825, with its cozy, 52-seat dining room and compact bar, was one of the smallest restaurants of the 40 we visited in our semifinal round....
Giuseppe Cataldo: Pioneer Missionary and the Last of the Black Robes
By Rita Cipalla In 1881, a stash of silver dollars, 936 of them to be exact, bought 320 acres of land overlooking the Spokane River in eastern Washington. At the time of the sale, the property was described as "the old piece of gravel near the falls." Six years later, Gonzaga College opened its doors to a small group of boys and a sli...
Scotch Plains Italian-American Club wins rewards
The Scotch Plains Italian-American Club won some rewards after being honored as the 2016 Organization of the Year at this year's Mayor's Gala. At the monthly meeting of the club, Ralph Checchio, chairman of the Scotch Plains/ Fanwood Memorial Day Parade Committee, presented a check to Joe Bruno in the amount of $750 for taking 1st place in...