Western Mass Italian Cultural Center Sponsoring Fourth Annual Golf Tournament
by Carla Balzano On July 18, 2015, The Italian Cultural Center of Western Mass is sponsoring its fourth annual golf tournament. It will take place at St. Anne Country Club, 781 Shoemaker Lane, Feeding Hills, MA. The tournament will start promptly at 1:00 PM. Players pay a fee of $100.00, which includes play, cart, lunch, on-course...
Sons of Italy branch to celebrate 50th year
by Robert Storace The Order Sons of Italy in America's New Britain branch will hold its 50th anniversary Christmas dinner — filled with food, entertainment and socializing — Monday evening. The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. at the Angelo Tomasso Sr. Lodge at the New Britain Events Center, 430 Farmington Ave. Alderman Carlo Carlozzi...
Young Women and Men in Renaissance Italy
When: Friday, April 19, 2013 — 7 p.m. Where: Dante Alighieri Society — 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge MA [map] Join Matteo Casini at the Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge to find out what historians have discovered on youth in Italy during one of the most fascinating periods in history. Read more Fonte: Bostoniano
UNICO seeking new members
The Oakville-Watertown Chapter of UNICO is inviting residents of Oakville, Watertown and surrounding towns to consider membership in the organization. UNICO, meaning "unique" in Italian, is an Italian-American civic organization whose aim is to promote and enhance the image of Italian-Americans, Italian heritage/culture, to provide high sc...
St. Leonard’s Pastor Padre Antonio Nardoianni
St. Leonard is wrapped in scaffolding to the point of not looking much like a church anymore. Even the sounds (including some of the language used by the workers) are not very church-like. As I wait for Padre Antonio Nardoianni, pastor of what is basically the only fully functional church left in Boston's historical Italian neighborhood, I...
Celebrate Columbus Day with parades across Rhode Island
You don't have to be Italian to celebrate Columbus Day. Parades and festivals are being held from Westerly to Woonsocket, and everyone's invited. Providence's Federal Hill, the city's Italian stronghold, kicks off its annual Columbus Day Festival on Saturday, Oct. 11, at noon in DePasquale Square, with the popular Columbus Day parade stepping off...
2015 South Italy Folk Dance Lab
This January 22nd, 24th and 29th, put on your dancing shoes and join Ornella Luorio at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a fun and lively evening of southern Italian folk music and dancing. Learn the dances of Campania, Calabria and Puglia, and become a great dancer of tammurriate, pizziche and tarantelle. Read more &...
Rilling visits Winfield Street Italian Deli
by Jeff Eydt Under the new ownership of Breno Donatti, Winfield Street Italian Deli is still going strong as sales are up 35 percent from last year. "We are doing much better than I thought," said Donatti. "You take a risk when a deli like Winfield's gets a new owner and tries new things on the menu." Winfields started in Nor...
Vincent D’Errico, 78, of Shrewsbury
Vincent "Jim" D'Errico loved life and all his family and friends in it. He died peacefully Sunday, April 3, 2016 with family gathered around him. He was 78. Vincent Thomas D'Errico, lovingly known to many as "Jim," was born Nov. 21, 1937 in Worcester, a son of Italian immigrants Matteo and Isabel (Piccinino) D'Errico. He graduated from Major Howar...
A taste of Tuscany near Boston
by Rose Y. Colòn If you happen to live in the Boston area and want a taste of Tuscany there's no need to leave the country. Just swing by Tuscan Market, an artisan Italian marketplace located less than an hour drive north of the city. The 10,000-square foot shop offers gourmet items from Tuscany and other Italian regions like Pugl...
Colloquium on Dialects in Italian Literature and Culture, 1500-1800 at Dartmouth College
Italian dialects, or regional vernaculars, have played a significant role in the development of the Italian literary tradition since its origins. In the words of Gianfranco Contini, "Italian literature is the only major national literature whose dialect production viscerally and inseparably forms a corpus with the rest of its patrimony."
There's a New Italian Brunch in Fort Point This Morning
Attention Fort Point patrons! There's a new brunch in town this holiday season. The artisanal pizzeria, which focuses on authentic wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, is launching their Italian brunch this Sunday, December 21. And trust us – there's more to love than the pizza, itself, at this new brunch. Here are the deets: When Pastoral's brun...