Springfield Chapter of UNICO National awards 2016 scholarships
The Springfield Chapter of UNICO National awarded annual scholarships to five recent high school graduates last month at Storrowton Tavern. Anthony Fimognari Jr., who graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School, won the $1,500 Brian Piccolo Scholarship Award. The award is given to a senior student-athlete who has exhibited excellence on...
TerraSole Brings Italy to Ridgefield
TerraSole is more than a restaurant; it's a food and social experience. Located just off of Ridgefield's picturesque Main Street on Big Shop Lane, if you've never been to Italy, dining at TerraSole is truly the next best thing. The space has the ability to transport you to the calm aromatic feel that is European inspired. The food will ul...
Three Days of Italian Opera at Rockport Festival
Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi's most beloved heroine in Willy Decker's stunning production, first seen at the Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium. Conductor: Fabio Luisi; Production: Willy Decker; Natalie Dessay, Matthew...
Comparing Start-Up Culture and Models at MIT
On Sept. 18, MIT's Sloan School of Management was the stage for a unique seminar comparing startup environments and strategies in Italy and the United States. Organized by the Italian Consulate General in Boston and Professionisti Italiani a Boston, the event was moderated by Corriere della Sera journalist Maria Teresa Cometto and saw numerous loca...
They were proud to be veterans -- and Italian
They marched proudly in parades, stepping to the marching band's beat in the Cardillo-Campagnone Brothers Post No. 1's crisp dark-colored uniforms. They marked veterans' graves with flags for Memorial Day. They took every opportunity to extol the virtues of civic life and exercise them. They were the the first post in Massachuset...
Friends, family remember Middletown’s Chris Vecchitto and his Italian ice
Chris Vecchitto, 90, is widely remembered for his friendly smile and his famously tasty Italian ices. Vecchitto died Feb. 27 at Middlesex Hospital Hospice Unit after his health quickly declined in the wake of a January fall at home, his wife said. A Middletown native, Vecchito was one of 11 children born to Italian immigrants Gaetano and G...
Italiano guida gli ex di Harvard
Fuga o collocamento di cervelli? Questo giornale non ha dubbi, fra i due termini, nell'interesse del Paese (e non "contro"), vince "collocamento": è auspicabile, utile e nel lungo termine è al servizio dell'Italia. Questa riflessione, e un'altra, legata alla quasi inesistenza da noi delle associazioni ex allievi, mi si è posta come quesito...
Madaro Receives ABCD Community Hero Award
By John Lynds When Representative Adrian Madaro's father arrived in the U.S. from Venice, Italy in the late 1970's, he got his first opportunity of economic stability through Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) APAC site in East Boston. "My father, Jacopo, arrived here and he got his first job in America at the East B...
The Story of Connecticut's Italians
An 1868 article in the New Britain Record matter of factly reported "a few Italian musicians parading the city's streets." The newspaper's comments signaled the presence of a new immigrant culture, even though only 117 Italians lived in the state then and a mere 879 a decade later. Few could have anticipated the dramatic increases in Italian immigr...
WWI Centennial Film:"Torneranno i Prati" - November 4 at 4:30 pm
For the Centennial of the Great War, the Educational Office of the Italian Consulate in Boston and the Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, are proud to present a screening of: "Torneranno i Prati" A film by acclaimed director Ermanno Olmi. Introduction by Prof. Spencer Di Scala When: Tuesday, November 4 at 4:30 pmWher...
Brick + Wood: Fairfield's Latest Pizza Addition
by Elizabeth Keyser Connecticut is the pizza state, and these days even restaurants that don't specialize in pizza are serving it. The mozzarella bar has been raised. The talk today is of 1,000 degree ovens and 60-second bakes. That's the talk at Brick + Wood, the newest addition to Fairfield County's burgeoning pizza scene. The f...
Culture of the Gardens in the Italian Renaissance
Sunday, September 27 | 5:00pm-7:00pm | 900 Washington Street, WellesleyJoin us for a reception of the Princess Giorgiani Corsini and her lecture on the Palazzo Corsini al Prato. We are delighted to welcome Princess Giorgiana Corsini who will speak on the history and culture of gardens in the Renaissance. She brings rich understanding and hands...