Talented Musician, Neapolitan Author, Both Featured at AMHS Program
Our final AMHS speaker program for 2023 started out with a real treat for the attendees — a surprise performance by AMHS music scholarship winner Giorgio Consolati. Afterwards, Professor Carmine Vittoria told us about his two most recent, very different books. The program, held at Casa Italiana on September 10, 2023, began with Giorgio’s introducti...
Cafe Basilico To Host Grand Opening Celebration In Hillsborough
Hillsborough couple Joe Trani and Kari LaSpisa will be hosting a grand opening celebration for Cafe Basilico in their hometown on Thursday. The grand opening will be held on Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a ribbon cutting with Mayor Shawn Lipani and Township officials at 10 a.m. at 378 South Branch Road in Hillsborough, NJ. During the celebratio...
Stellantis brand Fiat is getting into an unusual new venture
In a statement released on Oct. 25, the Italian carmaker is collaborating with regional real estate development, investment and property management company UNLMTD Real Estate for a unique development near the Hudson Waterfront in New Jersey. Dubbed the Fiat House, the namesake is not given to a large car with a Fiat badge, but rather a large, 300-...
Giants fans celebrate new quarterback’s name
The New York Giants dug deep into their quarterback depth chart Sunday and gave rise to an instant New York folk hero. Tommy DeVito, a 25-year-old rookie who played at Syracuse and Illinois, made his NFL debut after Tyrod Taylor suffered a rib injury in the first half against the New York Jets. (Taylor was starting in place of Daniel Jones, who’s s...
Scialfa, Orlando, Chase enter NJ Hall of Fame
Bruce Springsteen released his first two albums 50 years ago, in 1973 — a year in which the top-selling single happened to be Tony Orlando & Dawn’s “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree.” Every fan of popular music was aware of “Tie a Yellow Ribbon,” of course, and Springsteen had not yet broken through the mainstream. But anyone who was awar...
1000 Miglia Warm Up Returns to Middleburg
The 1000 Miglia, which has raced through Italy each year for almost 100 years, is holding its Warm Up U.S.A. rally training day and three-day race in and around Middleburg this week. The 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA provides top finishers from the U.S. race with an opportunity to compete in the Italian 1000 Miglia next year. The event has 25 entries i...
Philadelphia Eagles coach wears Italian flag on shirt and visor to honor Italian Americans
During an era in which mainstream society is being told to honor diversity, equity, and inclusion, it seems the only people who don’t benefit from this cultural revolution are those who are of European descent. For example, October is celebrated as Italian American Heritage and Culture Month and has been since 1989. Yet, as written previously, one...
100-year-old South Philly native still living adventurously
Joe Schiavo is ready for the next party. The South Philly native and World War II veteran who was known as “Joe the Butcher” at his former grocery store on Oregon Avenue, recently turned 100 years old. And he’s showing no signs of slowing down. His family and friends celebrated his incredible accomplishments and longevity during a birthday party in...
Italian-American radio in the Delaware Valley marks 10th anniversary
On Aug. 1, 2011, Philadelphia radio station WHAT abruptly ceased broadcasting. As the only station that still had an Italian-themed radio program, it meant the end of 81 years of Italian radio programs on the standard AM/FM radio bands. It seemed that this genre of radio programming was gone forever from the Delaware Valley, until November of 2013....
United Airlines, in 2024 more flights from Italy to the United States. Rome-Washington twice daily
United Airlines has announced an expansion of its seasonal services from Italy to the United States for 2024. For the summer of 2024, direct seasonal service between Rome and Washington, D.C. will increase from once to twice daily, while seasonal flights from Rome to Chicago and San Francisco, Milan to Chicago, as well as Naples to New York/Newark...
A Trattoria With Cacio e Pepe and Prosciutto Pizza Opens in the Palisades
When chef Claudio Pirollo was first looking to open a restaurant in the Palisades 15 years ago, his initial instinct was to do Italian. After all, he’d grown up in his Italian parents’ trattoria and market in Belgium. But at the time, the Italian restaurant scene in DC seemed saturated. Instead, the former personal chef to the Irish ambassador ende...
UNICO’S fall festival in Rehoboth will benefit area needy
The Rehoboth Area chapter of UNICO will hold its second annual festa d’autunno at 2 p.m. Nov. 12 in the St. Edmund Parish Hall on King Charles Avenue. This event will benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Society to support their programs of assistance for local residents in need. The program will include an Italian dinner with wine and other beverages,...