The heart of Saint Padre Pio was presented in Boston's North End on Wednesday night, under heavy security, as thousands waited in line for a glimpse of the major relic at St. Leonard Church. This is the first time a relic of St. Pio of Pietrelcina has left Italy where the body of St. Pio is permanently exposed for veneration by millions of devotees...
by Lisa Cappuccio When: July 8, 2013 – July 19, 2013Times: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noonWhere: Eliot Innovation School — 16 Charter Street, Boston, MA C.A.S.IT. Inc. (Centro Attività Scolastiche Italiane), in cooperation with the Office of the Education Director of the Italian Consulate is proud to sponsor its first Full Immersion Italian Summer Camp fo...
Rafforzare e consolidare ulteriormente la già proficua collaborazione tra Italia e Stati Uniti, puntando su importanti dossier di carattere economico-industriale e socio-culturale. Sono questi i principali obiettivi della missione che il Ministro dello Sviluppo Economico,Flavio Zanonato, effettuerà negli Usa da venerdì 7 a lunedì 10 giugno.La prima...
by Maria Teresa Cometto We had a great fireside chat about Startups and innovative entrepreneurs, last night at the Dudley House at Harvard. The Harvard Italian Society and MITaly organized a presentation of "Tech and the City" that kicked-off the "Italian startup week" in the two campuses. It was the occasion for a very interesti...
By Ken Borsuk The traditional Columbus Day flag raising outside of Town Hall is set for 9 a.m. Monday in celebration of Italian heritage. Despite town offices being closed for the holiday, the Italian flag will be formally hoist and displayed outside Town Hall for the day. A reception will follow at the St. Lawrence Club, 86 Valley Ro...
by Matt Conti I Am Books, the country's first Italian American bookstore, opened this week in Boston's North End at 189 North Street across from the Paul Revere House. Owner Nicola Orichuia and partner Jim Pinzino want the bookstore to serve as a cultural hub for locals and visitors interested in diving into the rich world of Italian...
Rialto closed last month after more than two decades at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge's Harvard Square, and today the hotel announced what would take its place: Benedetto, an Italian restaurant from Michael Pagliarini, chef/owner of Giulia (which will remain open). Giulia opened in late 2012 between Cambridge's Porter and Harvard squares,...
By Mark Zaretsky This year's Columbus Day celebration is a two-fer. The Columbus Day Committee for the first time will honor a couple — Giuseppe "Pepe" DePalma and Teresa DePalma — as Italian-American of the Year Friday at the city's 18th annual Columbus Day celebration. The ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Main Str...
Anthony "Tony" Renzullo, a lifelong resident and proprietor of Carbone's Market, was celebrated Wednesday morning as the 2016 Italian Mayor of the Day. A small crowd of residents gathered in the Coe Memorial Park Civic Center to honor Renzullo, including Brian Mattiello, acting in his role as president of the Torrington chapter of UNICO Na...
Vincent A. Cianci Jr. fought the mob, and the mob won. But the young prosecutor's courtroom showdown against Raymond L.S. Patriarca, crime boss of the New England mafia, ignited his interest in something bigger in 1974: City Hall, and the power to run the entire capital city. To get there, Cianci was going to have some help from shado...
Customers have dined at the award-winning Tuscan Kitchen restaurant (recently featured on the Food Network) and have sampled and shopped their way through Tuscan Market, the newest artisanal marketplace in New England which opened October 2012.
On Saturday, Jan. 10, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will hold the final lecture in a series of collection conversations to complement the "Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors' Drawings from Renaissance Italy" exhibition. This half-hour gallery discussion, led by Carmen Bambach and Ramie Targoff, will explore one of the works...