NE Vatican Patrons: Carlo Crivelli of Venice – November 21st
The New England Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums is pleased to inform you that Dr. Nathaniel Silver, Renaissance Art Expert and a Curator at the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, has graciously offered to lead a tour of the current exhibit at the Gardner: Ornament & Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice. The tour will commence at 10:3...
Volunteers bake thousands of cookies for St. Peter's Italian Bazaar
Thousands of cookies were made fresh Wednesday in Portland. Seven thousand cookies to be exact. Dozens of volunteers at St. Peter's parish hall baked and decorated the cookies to get ready for the 91st St. Peter's Italian Bazaar this weekend. They say they used about 83 dozen eggs and 150 pounds of flour to bake all those Italian...
Augusto Sorriso ha nominato Fucsia Nissoli Fitzgerald Coordinatrice del MAIE nel New England
In una nota diramata oggi, il coordinatore del MAIE USA, Augusto Sorriso, ha annunciato l'ingresso della nuova coordinatrice Fucsia Nissoli nella struttura del Movimento Associativo, definendola: "Una donna straordinaria, piena di idee e con grande capacità di aggregazione. Fucsia Nissoli è una donna molto apprezzata dalla collettività italoamerica...
9th Annual Sacco and Vanzetti March/Rally
Saturday, August 23rd, in Boston, the 87th anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will be remembered. Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and committed anarchists whose trial is regarded as one of the great miscarriages of justice in American history. Calling attention to the continued repression of immigrants a...
Italian Film 'Bricole Sur Mare' At Infinity
Infinity Music Hall & Bistro will be the site on Tuesday, Oct. 11, of a one-night-only screening of a film from Italy and musical performances by the film's star, as well as a second Italian performer and the newest incarnation of the classic vocal group The Platters. The event, which is part of a 12-city roadshow-style U.S. and Canadi...
Family Fun Workshop! Papier-mâché with Sicilian artist Pascal Gangi
Dante Alighieri Society of MA - 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge. Sunday, November 6, 2016, 1:30 - 4:30 pm In a relaxed fun setting, the experienced artist Pascal Gangi will guide kids of all ages, as well as adults, through the process of making puppets out of papier-mâché (French for "chewed paper"). No right or wrong! No pre...
Italian Cultural Center in Agawam presents Serviam awards
by Lu Feorino The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts presented the 2013 Serviam award recently at St. Anne's Country Club in Feeding Hills to a deacon, a legislator and a professor. Winners Joseph Garde, Angelo Puppolo and Rocco Mesiti have made significant contributions to the Italian-American community. Garde,...
South End's Coppa Offers Italian Food and a Local Feel
by Maggie Powers Tucked away off Shawmut Ave. in the South End, Coppa offers a neighborhood feel that is difficult to come by in most of Boston. Couple this fun atmosphere with some of the best Italian food in the city, and it is no surprise this tiny 11-table restaurant can sometimes have a multiple-hour wait. Since its opening in 2008,...
Portsmouth's cool new Italian spot, Tavola
A cool and classy, very Italian eatery opened in Portsmouth in October, and if it wasn't a bit off the beaten path we would have been there pronto. As it is, we arrived before the dead of summer set in, and we're quite happy that we did. Tavola is low-lit, comfortable and cozy, and it is unique: We can't think of anywhere else where TV sc...
FROM VENICE WITH LOVE: Italian pop artist Giada Valenti to perform benefit concert for Piazza Nuova Lodge
The Piazza Nuova Lodge No. 2665, Order Sons of Italy in America, will sponsor Concert 2014 "From Venice With Love" featuring Italian pop artist Giada Valenti. Valenti recently reached an agreement with PBS Television to perform a PBS special of this same show scheduled for airing in December on PBS New York and on National PBS in 2015. &n...
Gianfranco Zaccai: Taking Innovation to the Next Level
"Please, don't call it just a design firm," says Continuum founder Gianfranco Zaccai as we walk through open space offices, labs and workshops for prototype making, peppered with sleek displays showcasing never-seen-before products complete with an explanation of what they are. "They all do, you all do... journalists usually have a hard time graspi...
Tazza Cucina & Bar: Putting A Twist On Italian Cuisine
Tazza Cucina & Bar owner Rob Furnari is no stranger to Newtown. As a resident for nine years, he has enjoyed a number of restaurants in town, but felt that something was missing. "I love the area," said Mr Furnari. "I felt Newtown had great restaurants and fun bars, but not the combination of both. So, that was my goal: to keep it upbeat a...