My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish & I'm in Therapy! at the Regent
The international hit comedy MY MOTHER'S ITALIAN, MY FATHER'S JEWISH & I'M IN THERAPY!, featuring Peter J. Fogel, comes to the Regent Theatre for a 5-week engagement, April 17 – May 19. Described as "One part lasagna, one part kreplach, and two parts Prozac," you don't have to be Jewish or Italian to love this show. All you need is to...
Coro Dante Fall Rehearsals on Mondays at 7pm
Would you like to sing with the Coro Dante? The Coro Dante, the all-Italian repertoire chorus of the Dante Alighieri Society, is accepting new members. Rehearsals have just begun for their Christmas program. The Coro Dante is a non-audition four-part (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) chorus directed by Kevin Galiè, JD, MM, with about 60 members. A...
Avon UNICO Citizen of the Year Named
by Tim Jensen The Avon Chapter of UNICO is honored to announce that the 2015 Avon UNICO Citizen of the Year Award recipient is William (Bill) J. Newman, Past Commander of the Gildo T. Consolini VFW Post #3272. UNICO will present its 18th annual award at Avon Day, Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 1:00 p.m., on the grounds between Pine G...
Now It's the North End Losing Its Ethnic Something-Something
Earlier this week it was the news that Chinatown is losing its "China," with all the attendant hand-wringing over what it means not only for affected residents but for Boston as a whole. Fast forward a few days and it's the North End losing its Italian-ness. Per NorthEndWaterfront: "The Order Sons of Italy, Massachusetts Grand Lodge (OSIAM...
Whisk to Open an Italian Restaurant in Boston's North End
It looks like a pop-up restaurant that features a chef's tasting menu is going to be changing over to a permanent dining spot. According to a Twitter post from the place, Whisk is planning to continue its pop-up spot on Hanover Street in the North End through the end of the year, at which point it will look to open a "modern Italian restau...
OPTX Rhode Island's Diamante honored with Verrazzano Man of the Year award
by Pete Fontaine The Honorable John O. Pastore, 1963; Honorable Christopher Del Sesto, 1970; Honorable Albert E. DeRobbio, 1990; and Lt. Gen. Reginald A. Centracchio, 2006. Those are some of the names on a list of 52 legendary Rhode Islanders who have been honored with the Verrazzano Day Observance Committee's prestigious "Man of the Year...
Italian-American couple dies minutes apart
An Italian-American couple, who fell in love in Rome during World War II, died within an hour of each other in Stamford, Connecticut. Guiseppe and Livia Fortuna were married for 69 years, had four kids and moved to a house in Stamford's Cove neighborhood in the early 1960s. They raised their four children in the United States, and stayed in th...
Celebrating Slow Food in the North End
by James Pasto The "Slow Food Movement" was founded in 1986 as an alternative to fast foods and with the goal to preserve and promote regional cuisines. Now an international movement, it was founded in Italy (of course) where it grew out of a protest against the building of a McDonalds near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Its "Manifest...
The Italian American Victory Club is here to stay
by Alex Cornacchia On a recent summer night, a few kids were shooting hoops just outside the Italian American Victory Club (IAVC). Dozens of people lined the court, chatting and drinking beer, yet not a single person was watching the basketball game. Instead, all eyes were on a court about 50 feet away, where the night's real acti...
Museo Egizio: ricerca e museologia
Aperitivo Scientifico - S&T Colloquium - Evento trimestrale. Lunedi 16 novembre - 18:30 - Dante Alighieri Society - 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge Ma. Museo Egizio: ricerca e museologia - Christian Greco, Direttore del Museo Egizio di Torino. Christian Greco è un egittologo, docente universitario del corso "Egyptian fun...
Full Scholarships Available for Intensive Language Study at the Middlebury Summer Language Schools
Full Scholarships Available for Intensive Language Study at the Middlebury Summer Language Schools – The Kathryn Davis Fellows for Peace will cover the cost of one summer of language study (tuition, room, and board)—from the beginner to graduate level—in Italian. The deadline has been extended to January 24, 2016. See the website for applicati...
Fate of cash-strapped, crumbling Mount Carmel Church appears sealed
"Gravity and a lot of prayer." That's all that's holding the facade of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church from crumbling into Mulberry Street, says Nino Giamei, a member of the parish transition committee mulling the future of the historic church. At a parish roundtable Sunday, members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Ann Parish continued to discuss t...