When calcio first came to the North End
Soccer via the World Cup is making the headlines this past month. Recently, in column for in the Clarion-Ledger, Ann Coulter helped it along when she linked the growing popularity of soccer to "moral decay" in the United States. I thought it was a funny column, a tongue-in-cheek stab at the definite media hype around this increasingly (albeit quadr...
Rappoli made the most of her natural abilities
Lauren Rappoli has always been an extremely gifted athlete. But what made her such an elite athlete is she took that God-given talents and worked absolutely relentlessly on becoming the best she could no matter the sport. Name it – softball, soccer or basketball, she can play. She proved that during her tremendous four years of athletics a...
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...
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...
Sicilian Tenors at the Bijou Theatre
When: Saturday, December 10th @ 8pm—10pm Where: Bijou Theatre Bridgeport, 275 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604 Purchase tickets online or call 203-258-8205 and ask for Jen. For more information, email info@bijoutheatre.org For more information visit www.siciliantenors.com Three marvelous tenor voices combine for...
Geno Auriemma calls men's college basketball game 'a joke'
Geno Auriemma isn't exactly known for being the friendliest or easiest guy to get along with in sports, especially in the realm of women's college basketball. Yet the UConn Huskies coach, who has won over 900 career games in NCAA women's basketball as a head coach and has around an .875 winning percentage, says that men's college basketball is...
Can Jimmy Garoppolo become the next great Italian-American QB?
By Michael Bergmann In the NFL, Some of the all-time greats have been Italian-American. Vince Lombardi, the namesake for the NFL's Super Bowl trophy, Joe Montana, who won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers, Dan Marino, who led the Miami Dolphins to the playoffs 10 times in his 17 year career, and Vinny Testaverde, a Heisman...
Malden Musings: The Bocce Ball Dream Team
By Peter Levine Congratulations to the 2016 Italian American Citizen's Club Bocce Ball champs, the unpretentiously named, "Dream Team!" Led by Paul "The Hitter" Doyle the DT defeated the resilient "Team Postmen" in a five-match set, three games to two. It was a battle for the ages as the fifth and deciding game was a narrow 11-10 victory for the D...
Coach Peter Capodilupo will be missed at Newton North
It's all connected. Family. School. Community. Football. This is why folks around here gather on Thanksgiving morning to watch the local high school football team playing against a rival we've been playing against since some time back in the Reagan administration, or perhaps the (Teddy) Roosevelt administration. This is why folks in the Newton co...
UNICO to induct five into Baseball and Softball Hall of Fame
UNICO of Pittsfield, a non-profit Italian-American service organization, will induct five Berkshire County athletes into the UNICO Berkshire County Baseball and Softball Hall of Fame on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Berkshire Hills Country Club. Those to be inducted include Randy Driscoll, a four-year member of the Lee High School baseball team...
Italian Teens Compete In Local Sailing Competition
by Carla Balzano From July 14-18, two Italian teen sailors from Scuola Vela Mascalzone Latino will compete against three well-known Boston-area sailing centers. The teens were honored to accept this invitation and will receive credit from the school for competing. The event starts at the MIT Sailing Center, and ends with a ceremon...
New England Contemporary Italian Film Festival 2014
The New England Contemporary Italian Film Festival is back! Organized by the Italian Consulate in Boston and several academic institutions, the festival highlights some of Italy's most recent cinematographic successes. For details on the various screenings, please use the contact information provided under the institution's name. Rea...