Italian group wants Bridgeport to turn over Columbus statue
Over two years after Mayor Joe Ganim's abrupt decision to remove the Christopher Columbus statue from Seaside Park and stick it in storage, an Italian American organization has asked the monument be transferred to its custody. "That statue has been lying in a barn — in a barn — where horses once were," former state Rep. Christopher Caruso of th...
Review: Book describes long history of immigration in U.S. and reasons for it
In some ways, nothing has changed. Throughout the long story of immigration to North America, people always did, and still do, come primarily for one reason: economic opportunity. Massachusetts Bay may have been founded as a theocracy, and there have always been refugees from religious and political persecution, but most come to work, to buy homes,...
New market offers a taste of Italy in Milford
Danilo Mongillo has expanded his effort to bring an Italian flavor to the city. The owner and executive chef at Strega Restaurant has now opened Strega Italian Market, where he says the variety of available products are all imported from his native country. “This market will represent Italy from the north to the south,” said Mongillo, who hosted th...
Ritmi Siciliani - Live Sicilian Music
Thursday, September 29, 2022. 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT. I AM Books - 124 Salem Street - Boston, MA 02113. This is a ticketed event with limited seating. Please purchase your tickets here. Join I AM Books for an evening of traditional and modern Sicilian music with I Beddi! "Di folk in folk" is a performance with sounds, songs, lyrics and tales belongi...
Arrivederci, Pasta House: Fairhaven's Beloved Italian Restaurant Is Rebranding
There have been a lot of rumors floating around about one of the SouthCoast's most popular restaurants. We received news this week that one of those rumors is actually true. Mario Ribeiro, the owner of The Pasta House in Fairhaven, reached out to Fun 107 to tell us he has some big news. “We’re rebranding for the future,” Ribeiro confirmed. Starting...
Eataly’s First-Ever SeptemberFest: Sample From More Than 40 Italian Bites and Cocktails at the Prudential Center This Fall
Get ready, Boston: the biggest event of the season is coming. Gather your friends and family for Eataly’s first-ever SeptemberFest: a one-of-a-kind seasonal celebration dedicated to food, drink, and fun — the Italian way! Set for Friday, September 16 from 7-10 p.m., the brand-new SeptemberFest transports the best of Eataly’s unique Italian marketpl...
Libby’s Pastry Shop Turns 100
Libby’s Italian Pastry Shop celebrated 100 years of business grounded in the heart of New Haven’s Little Italy. City officials joined the pastry shop’s team, made up of generations of Italian-American heritage, at 135 Wooster St. Wednesday afternoon to recognize the centennial benchmark. “It’s one of those businesses that due to its reputation and...
NOIAW Presents: Love, Food, Sex, Family, and Ancient Civilizations, with Linda Cardillo
Thursday September 22, 2022 — 6:30 p.m. EST. I AM Books, 124 Salem St., Boston MA 02113. Register Here. NOIAW (National Organization of Italian American Women) and I AM Books invite you to a celebration of Italian culture, heritage, and history. Award-winning author Linda Cardillo returns to Salem Street (her home once upon a time and the setting f...
Celebrate Good Times, Come On! (North End Series, Part 3)
St. Anthony’s Feast in Boston’s North End culminated with an explosion of Italian pride. While the Feast itself came to Boston by way of Montefalcione, there is no denying that this Feast has Beantown written all over it. Following a Mass in Italian at the North End’s St. Leonard of Port Maurice Church, the statue of St. Anthony is brought to the s...
A Way to Say I Love You (North End Series, Part 2)
A streetside Mass provided one of the most moving moments of St. Anthony’s Feast in Boston for me this past weekend. The outdoor Mass in honor of St. Anthony is held the Saturday evening of St. Anthony’s Feast, where Via Di Santa Lucia and Via Di Sant’Antonio meet. This year’s Mass was presided over by Fr. Michael Della Penna, the pastor of the Nor...
Boston Celtics: Danilo Gallinari’s injury worse than originally thought
Earlier this week, it was reported that new Boston Celtics forward Danillo Gallinari tore his left meniscus while playing for Italy in a FIBA World Cup Qualifying game. He was originally reported to have a timetable to be back playing on the parquet floor by mid-November. On Friday, the Boston Celtics announced that Gallo’s injury was much worse. F...
Finding Montefalcione in the North End (Part 1)
It was a celebration not only of ties that bind, but of ties that could be created, then reinforced. This past weekend, Irpinia Stories had the chance to go on the road to Boston, MA, to participate in the North End’s Saint Anthony’s Feast, which is the largest of its kind in New England, as I have written in a previous post. The Feast was brought...