Dante Alighieri Accepting Students for Summer Italian Language Classes
The Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge is now accepting student applications for its Italian classes Summer session. Classes 101, 102 and 103 (Level 1) will be held on Tuesday from June 11 to July 30, from 6:45 to 9:30 p.m. Read more Fonte: Bostoniano
Local Professors Win Prestigious Fellowships to Pen European History Books
by Elizabeth Rau Two University of Rhode Island professors have won highly competitive national fellowships in the humanities for their work on 18th-century Europe. Andrea Rusnock, professor of history, received an American Council for Learned Societies Fellowship, and Catherine Sama, professor of Italian, won a National Endowment...
Heritage, honor part of Columbus Day celebration at Italian American Citizens Club
Leo Feldman takes the cigar out of his mouth, sips from his vodka-and-orange juice and explains why he enjoys a seat of honor in the Italian American Citizens Club. "I'll be 91 in a few days and I've been sitting in the same seat for 65 years," he said.The Harbor Street club with its small patio and bocce courts is a shrine to Italian-American his...
Columbus Day Weekend Festival, 2015
The Federal Hill Commerce Association will be hosting its Annual Columbus Day Weekend Festival October 10th – 12th on Atwells Avenue located on historic Federal Hill in Providence Rhode Island. This three day Italian festival attracts visitors from all across southern New England bringing people together for great food and entertainment an...
Lawrence native named General Manager of Sicilian Football team
Lawrence Ma. native Alfred M. Zappala was named General Manager today of the Elephants Catania American football team in Catania, Sicily bringing decades of experience to one of the most storied franchises in the Italian Football Federation (IFL). The Elephants play in the Second Division of the IFL and he was brought in to help reorganize the...
Stamford bakery grew by adding a dash of family
Ugo DiMare enjoys baking and loves his family, but never dreamed of mixing the two. Running a bakery shop is so much work, DiMare thought. He did not want to burden his daughters. Despite his worries, they blended. "We used to sweat to make a $100," said one daughter, Maria DiMare-McGrath, 59. "My father felt it was a hard life, and he d...
USA - A Boston due eventi sull'Aquila e Franco Modigliani
Proseguono gli eventi legati all'Anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti. A Boston un seminario ha ripercorso la ricostruzione della citta' dell'Aquila, presentando non solo quanto sinora fatto nel capoluogo abruzzese, ma anche le difficolta' derivanti dall'intervenire su un centro storico di quelle dimensioni avendo l'obiettivo di preservarn...
The Art of Italian Cuisine Program and Menu - Spring 2014
Discover your inner chef and Italy's incredibly diverse culinary landscape to create your own three course masterpiece! Six classes introduce three thematic classes and the distinct and exciting cuisines of three Italian regions. Each class lasts 4 hours. You will cook in a newly equipped kitchen at the Dante Alighieri Society in Kendall Square, Ca...
Ecosystem/Exit Strategy: Two View Points for a Scientific Analysis in a Startup Execution
When: Thursday, September 18, 2014 – 6 to 9 p.m.Where: MIT Sloan, Room E62-276 – 100 Main St., Cambridge MAThe Italian Consulate General of Boston and Professionisti Italiani a Boston (PIB) will host the event "Ecosystem/exit strategy – two view points for a scientific analysis in a start-up execution." The debate will compare the Italian start-up...
Italians honoring Massachusetts WWII vet, fellow crewmembers
The daughter of a Massachusetts World War II veteran is in northern Italy this weekend to unveil a memorial at the spot where his bomber crashed 70 years ago. Silas Barrett of Norfolk and four other crewmembers bailed out of the B-25 Mitchell dubbed "Maybe" just before it crashed into a mountain near the village of Ronzo di Chienis after b...
Italian-American Civic Association honors seniors
Vita M. Messina, 97, remembered the days when she danced and danced all night at weddings at the Italian-American Civic Association as a young woman. On Sunday, she was one of 26 people over the age of 85 who were honored during the club’s first senior recognition at the Bellew Avenue club. At her age, the longtime member of the St. Anthon...
Gaspara Stampa: A Symposium and Concert Honoring the Poet and Her Time
Date: March 27, 2015Time: 7:30-9:00PMLocation: Gasson Hall 100Address: Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467Contact: Prof. Mattia Acetoso, 617-552-1741 This event celebrates the encounter of contemporary music and the Italian Renaissance, commemorating the life and works of Gaspara Stampa (1523-1554), the greatest wo...