Former West Caldwell Councilman Dominick J. Aiello Honored By Essex County Freeholders
Former West Caldwell Councilman Dominick J. Aiello was honored by the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders during its Italian Heritage Month Celebration held at the Hall of Records on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The event was co-sponsored by Freeholders Leonard Luciano of West Caldwell (District 4) and Brendan Gill of Montclair (District 5), wh...
Sottotitoli, scelte artistiche e opportunità professionali tra lingue e linguaggi: una giornata di studi alla Montclair University
Ottima conoscenza delle lingue straniere, consapevolezza del contesto culturale, sensibilità estetica e capacità tecnologiche ad hoc sono elementi che fanno del sottotitolaggio e il sopratitolaggio un possibile settore professionale ideale per gli studenti di Art and Humanities con specializzazione in lingua straniera. Questo uno dei temi principa...
Eat Italian and laugh at Ludwig at Possum Point Players dinner theatre
The weather might be forbidding and frosty, but the warm tastes of sunny Italy wait for dinner theatre guests at Possum Hall. The table is set and dinner is served the weekends of Jan. 30 and 31 and Feb. 1, 6, 7 and 8. The show, Ken Ludwig's "Leading Ladies," is light comedy, full of laughs and as enjoyable as dessert. Read more...
Italian teacher needed in Prince William County, Virginia
An Italian teacher for levels I, II, and III is needed at Potomac High School in Prince William County, Virginia. Please contact Mr. Michael Wright, Principal at 703-441-4200 or wrightma@pwcs.edu. Candidates may also contact Carol Bass, Supervisor for World Languages in Prince William County at bassc@pwcs.edu. The program is fairly n...
Alfredo's is a little slice of heaven in Bally
by Jennifer Hetrick People are known to drive from afar just to sit down and enjoy entrees at Alfredo's Ristorante & Pizzeria Inc. in Bally. Antonio Nuzzolese is the chef, who moved to the U.S. with his family from Naples, Italy in 1987 at the age of 6. His father, Alfredo, opened the restaurant just five years later. Ant...
Scholars recognized at annual local Sons of Italy in America dinner
By Bill Archer Mercer County Circuit Court Judge Omar Aboulhosn probably got the reaction he expected from the audience on Sunday afternoon when he held up a life-size photo taken from his high school graduation 30 years ago. "Yes, I had hair back then," Aboulhosn said in response to a female's observation. "I graduated first in my class ... Alph...
115-year-old Italian restaurant franchising for the 1st time
by Kenneth Hilario Philadelphia's oldest Italian restaurant will be franchising for the first time in its 115-year-old history. Ralph's Italian Restaurant will be franchising its brand, led by Ryan Rubino, the great-great-grandson of Francesco and Catherine Dispigno, who first opened the restaurant in South Philadelphia. The...
N.J.'s best Italian restaurant finals: Where the tiramisu is to die for
I told Salvatore Scarlata, chef/owner of Vidalia Restaurant, a small, casual restaurant in Lawrenceville, just how serious the competition in our N.J.'s best Italian restaurant showdown has become. "The guy at the last place played the piano for us,'' I explained to him, in a reference to Filippo Russo, chef/owner of da Filippo in Somervil...
Tony Pasquale uomo dell'anno
La Federazione delle Associazioni Italoamericane del New Jersey (Federation of Italian-American Societies) ha tenuto il suo 83mo gala sabato 23 aprile presso l'Hanover Monor di East Hanover. Alla manifestazione, diretta dal presidente Pasquale Meola con la collaborazione dei dirigenti Edie Peters Liguori e Michael Grillo, hanno partecipato olt...
Premio speciale del Lido Civic Club di Washington DC ad Angelo Puglisi
Angelo Puglisi, un membro del Lido Civic Club, ha ricevuto una targa dal Presidente Brian Della Rocca. Angelo non è il membro più vecchio del Club, però è il primo nella storia del Club, fondato nel 1929, a raggiungere sessanta anni di associazione. La targa gli è stata presentata alla riunione mensile di maggio. Tanti membri hanno parlato del con...
Italian Saxophone Quartet
The Italian Cultural Institute in Washington, in collaboration with Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, presents a concert of the Italian Saxophone Quartet. The Italian Saxophone Quartet was founded in 1982 by four saxophone soloists, close friends determined to join together to perform chamber music for saxophone at the very h...
Italian-American group blasts Spike Lee over 'Django Unchained' Tweet
Calling Spike Lee "the most anti-Italian director of all time," a N.J.-based national Italian-American anti-defamation organization has inducted the award-winning film director to its "Hall of Shame." Andre DiMino, president of the Italian American ONE VOICE Coalition, details in a release today Lee's "notorious track record of vile and negative p...