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The Delaware Italian American Education Association was awarded a $3,000 grant to support the Italian Language Summer Camp from the UNICO Foundation Heritage and Culture Committee. This exceptional opportunity to experience the Italian language, food, music, art and more is provided each year to youngsters ages 4-14 from the Delaware, Pennsylvania...

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  I sopravvissuti del disastro dell'Andrea Doria del 1956 commemorano l'anniversario all'Italian American Museum di New York Lady Gaga domina le nomination degli MTV VMA 2025 con 12 candidature Richard DiLiberto riconfermato presidente della Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture La docuserie su Diana Taurasi: uno sguardo inedito alla...

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Delaware Governor Matt Meyer has reappointed Atty. Richard A. DiLiberto, Jr. chairman of the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture, for a three-year term, effective April 29. Mr. DiLiberto has served as chairman since being first appointed by Gov. Ruth Ann Minner in 2006 and has been reappointed by Gov. Jack Markell, Gov. John Carney...

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He's been called a Delaware treasure. Ray Firmani, a World War II veteran who served his country and community, died at 103. "He's going to be missed. I'm still getting my head around him not going to be around," said Mitch Topal, Firmani's friend and biographer. Firmani called Delaware home for nearly a century and was one of the state's longest l...

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The Rehoboth Area Chapter of UNICO recently held its 13th annual Brian Piccolo Scholarship program at St. Edmond Parish Hall. Each year a scholar-athlete of Italian heritage, who exemplifies courage, friendship, loyalty, teamwork, dedication, sense of humor and anti-bias, as modeled in the life and career of Brian Piccolo, is chosen for this honor....

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Motorcycle enthusiasts who want the return of Italian-American statues rallied on June 1 for a ride that included stops in Wilmington, Del., Media, Pa., and Port Deposit, Md. The purpose of their ride was to show their support for reinstating the statues of Christopher Columbus and Caesar Rodney in Wilmington. The Columbus statue once towered over...

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When Gina Perregrino was about 12 years old, Alexis I. du Pont High School music teacher Paul Parets asked her to sing a song for him. She chose Andrea Bocelli’s “Time to Say Goodbye” (in Italian) which left a lasting impression on Parets, an influential music educator in Delaware, and a friend of her family. “He insisted to my parents that I take...

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Argentinian-Italian conductor Michelle Di Russo has been named the sixth Music Director of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra. Currently Music Director Designate, she will begin her tenure in the 2025-26 concert season. In a statement, she said, “It is with great joy and deep gratitude that I step into the role of Music Director of the Delaware Sympho...

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“Cooking with the Calamari Sisters” makes its Delaware debut during a limited engagement at The Delaware Theatre Company from May 29 to June 22. Two over-the-top, larger-than-life Italian sisters from Brooklyn take audiences on a tour-de-force of show tunes, dancing, saucy humor, and of course cooking as they star in their very own fictional cable...

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Reconnecting with one’s roots is a profound journey that can unravel a tapestry of heritage and identity. We sat down with Jack Polidori, a commissioner from the Delaware Commission of Italian Heritage and Culture, to discuss the soul of Wilmington, Delaware, and uncovering stories of the Feast of St. Anthony, the unique Commissioner’s Night, and t...

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