It's On Your Mark, Set, Go at the Italian Heritage Festival 5K
It was ready, set, go Saturday morning at the 15th Annual Italian Heritage Festival 5K. Even the rain couldn't hold back the determined runners. Registration was at 7 in the morning, with the race kicking off at 8:30 a.m. The starting line was at Byard-Mercer Pharmacy on Main Street. The course went throughout Glen Elk. All in all, the cou...
Bristol Riverside Theatre stages 'Cooking With the Calamari Sisters'
In her 1987 bestseller "Beloved," Toni Morrison described one of the benefits of having a sister as "sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings, more thrilling than understanding could ever be." That's pretty much the plot of "Cooking with the Calamari Sisters," a comic extravaganza playing through S...
Dante’s Inferno: Influence, Adaptation, and Appropriation
NEH Seminar – June 22 to July 10, 2015 – Charlottesville, VA This NEH seminar offers high school teachers the opportunity to study Dante's poem closely and to consider its cultural legacy. The seminar will do so through a close reading of the poem, followed by a consideration of literary and artistic works that draw inspiration from it, adapt it,...
HOT CHEF: Michael Angelo’s in Fairfield lives up to this epic name - and reputation
Let’s face it: this chef’s name, Michael Angelo, has a lot to live up to, but Foodies: he does it with flying colors. Instead of painting or sculpting in marble, like the famous artist Michaelangelo , this Jersey born Michael Angelo is creating works of edible art, and let me tell you: book a reservation for his spot in Fairfield now. Mich...
Un "ponte luminoso" tra Molfetta e Hoboken
Al via il crowdfunding per la realizzazione del progetto "Illuminiamo la tradizione". Un ponte immaginario che unirà, per sempre, Molfetta ad Hoboken, nel New Jersey. Con milioni di lampadine colorate che andranno a comporre le luminarie che, partendo da Molfetta, raggiungeranno l'altra parte del mondo, dopo aver attraversato l'Oceano. E la realizz...
UNICO club honors Amanda Castellano
Amanda Castellano was selected as Miss 2015 Hillsborough UNICO by the Italian-American service and heritage group. She was selected based on criteria of academics, community service, arts and music, sports and an Italian heritage. Ms. Castellano, 19, is a sophomore at West Chester (Pa.) University, majoring in communications with an intern...
New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Names Lucy Arner Music Director and Principal Conductor
The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera announces Lucy Arner has been named Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Verismo Opera Orchestra. Verismo Opera, a nonprofit opera company based in Fort Lee, New Jersey, selected Ms. Arner after a search was undertaken earlier this fall. She succeeds Maestro Anthony Morss, who is retirin...
Union Historical Society to host Peterstown authors on March 20
At 2:30 p.m., on Sunday, March 20, the Union Township Historical Society will host a presentation given by Joe and Tina Renna, co-authors of "The Peterstown Book: Cent'Anni (The 100-Year History of an Italian-American Neighborhood)." The event will take place at the Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, 888 Stuyvesant Ave., Union. People...
Lots to love about Amore on Spring Street
Amore means "love" in Italian and that's the name and the goal of Spring Street's newest bakery and cafe. Owned by Sal and Joanne Martino, the couple is bringing Sussex County a taste of the homeland with fresh, homemade baked goods and light cuisine. Sal Martino's parents own Vincenzo Martino's Market and Restaurant in Hackensack, a...
Bocce brings scholarship dollars for students
By Olena Goncharova Robert Zitelli has managed to find a way to combine a favorite sport with a good cause. Last weekend, the organization he started — Athletes of Action — held its fourth bocce tournament in McKees Rocks to raise money to provide scholarships for graduating seniors from Montour and Sto-Rox high schools. Over the past s...
Zozo's Italian Restaurant and Bar Opening In River Vale
A new restaurant will open soon where Vale Bar & Bar used to be. Zozo's Restaurant will offer Italian food and a selection of offerings from the bar to compliment the food, Boozyburbs.com reported. The inside of the restaurant will not change and should remain the same as when Vale Bar & Grill was there when it opens in about...
Buona Pasqua
March is such a busy month and has 3 of my favorite holidays in it; St. Joseph's day, Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. For a foodie like me, these wonderful holidays all together can only mean one thing- more time at the gym so I can eat all of the delicious dishes that come with each of these holidays. I get most excited to make the Italian Ham Pie...