Photos of Guardiese immigrants sought for art exhibit
by Sarah Scinto The Scranton Chapter of UNICO National is looking for contributions to an upcoming First Friday art exhibit. The chapter, in conjunction with Pro Loco "I Longobardi" of Guardia dei Lombardi, Italy, hopes to find vintage photographs of Guardiese immigrants or their descendants who settled in Northeast Pennsylvania. &nb...
Italian-American Club thanks East Hanover for Columbus Day parade
On behalf of the East Hanover Italian American Club, the Executive Board and myself, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to the residents of East Hanover Township. Without your support and generosity, we would not be able to continue the Annual Morris County Columbus Day Celebration, a great tradition of Italian culture and heritage. We...
Mangia Hoboken! The Hoboken Food & Culture Tour - January 17, 2015 at 2:00 pm
Hoboken Tours celebrates the sixth year of Mangia Hoboken! The Hoboken Food & Culture Tour. "We offer a weekly walking tour that offers residents and visitors a behind-the-scenes look at the world class food establishments that highlight Hoboken's Italian heritage." said Tour Director, Avi Ohring, "The tour focuses on smaller family ow...
Fierro Family Italian American Cultural Association of Virginia
In 1996, the Fierro family of Richmond and the Italian American Cultural Association of Virginia established a scholarship for a Virginia Commonwealth University student of Italian descent. Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students on the Monroe Park Campus of VCU, of Italian descent, have demonstrated financial need (as determined by the...
Bishop Thomas Donato dies; Bayonne pastor was vicar of Hudson County
Bishop Thomas Donato, a Jersey City native and pastor of St. Henry's Church in Bayonne, died tonight, parishioners are posting on the church's Facebook page. Donato, who would have turned 75 in October, was being treated for pancreatic cancer at Toms River Memorial Hospital, friends said. According to his biography on the Archdiocese...
Maravigilioso Boccaccio dei Fratelli Taviani alla National Gallery of Art di Washington
Domenica 20 dicembre alle 2:00 pomeridiane alla National Gallery of Art. East Building Auditorium verrà proiettato il film "Maraviglioso Boccaccio" (2015) di Paolo e Vittorio Taviani. "Interpretato con grazia da attori giovani e nomi noti, "Maraviglioso Boccaccio" è un manifesto di civiltà a barriera di ogni forma di barbarie", ha detto della pelli...
New Jersey Wine School Brings the Italian Wine Scholar Study & Certification Program to Jersey City, NJ, USA
New Jersey Wine School is thrilled to announce the launch of this new wine course and offer you the opportunity to master Italian wines while obtaining a specialized wine certification. The Italian Wine Scholar Study and Certification program provides up-to-date, extensive and precise information on the diverse wines and wine regions of It...
Fundraiser benefits Boys and Girls Clubs of Gloucester County
Former New Jersey Secretary of State Daniel Dalton, who coordinated the launch of the Boys and Girls Club of Glassboro in 2003, was a founding director, and has been a staunch supporter of the county's three locations ever since, will be toasted and roasted by the Boys and Girls Club of Gloucester County (BGCGC) at its largest fund-raising event Oc...
Perriello resurfaces… and wants to be governor
Former congressman Tom Perriello announced his surprise candidacy for governor of Virginia Thursday, upsetting the plans of many leading Virginia Democrats. In a hastily arranged speech at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center in downtown Charlottesville, Perriello spoke of how his father first arrived in Virginia. "He...
Love, Smoke, and Memory: Italo Svevo’s Diario per la fidanzata
The Center for Italian StudiesThe Italian Division at the University of PennsylvaniaPresent Love, Smoke, and Memory:Italo Svevo's Diario per la fidanzata a Salvatori Lecture byNorman Rusin University of PennsylvaniaWednesday March 13, 2013 at 6pmCherpack, 543 Williams Hall255 S. 36th Street Light refreshments wil...
A Ban on Many Italian Pork Products Will Be Relaxed
The United States Department of Agriculture will relax a decades-long ban on the importation of many Italian cured-pork meat products from some regions of Italy starting May 28, including sought-after staples such as salami. On Friday, the department's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services announced that an in-country assessment had determin...
Support Italians & Italians-descents in USA and evereywhere
"Italia I was Born Here "it's an international tour based o the film "18 IUS SOLI" by Italian filmmaker Fred Kuwornu which shows the new generation of Italians born an raised in Italy whose parents are originally African, Asian, Latin American countries. You can support the Change and Italian's heritage month buying this Tee. Thank you in adva...