E' stato presentato nei giorni scorsi, in occasione dell'intitolazione di una piazza di Renazzo a coloro che sono emigrati a Plymouth (USA), il volume "Nulla osta per il mondo" risultato di uno studio approfondito sull'emigrazione da Renazzo, frazione del Comune di Cento (FE), verso gli Stati Uniti che è stato svolto dagli studiosi Gian Paolo Borgh...

Celebrity chef Mario Batali's planned Fort Point restaurant is definitely not happening.After a recent vague tweet last weekend by Batali, the acclaimed chef posted a more detailed update online Monday night.   "B&B Hospitality Group is saddened to announce that the project called Babbo Pizzeria and Enoteca originally slated for a fourth...

When: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 — 9:30 p.m.Where: Atwoods Tavern — 877 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA Susan Cattaneo has been a songwriting professor at Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music for 13 years. She's written songs covered by numerous artists in Nashville, and her tunes helped launch the careers of Jillian Cardanelli and Erica Nic...

When: Saturday, April 25, 2015 – 12:30 p.m.Where: Shalin Liu Performance Center – 37 Main St, Rockport, MA – 978-546-7391 Opera's most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar, who sets the action across two time periods but in the same Sicilian village. Marcelo Álvarez rises to the challenge of pla...

by Carla Balzano   The Order Sons of Italy in America hosted The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts' 101st State Convention from June 11 to June 14. This year, the annual convention took place at the Resort and Conference Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Many attended the event, including the organization's newly elected officers.   Among...

The La Scala Chamber Orchestra (Cameristi della Scala) will perform at MIT Kresge Auditorium on Monday, October 7, 2013, at 7 p.m. as the kick-off of their U.S. tour.In celebration of Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday, I Cameristi della Scala perform a program of fantasies from Verdi's operas. In the 1800s, these musical pieces were made popular in t...

Tri-Town and South County Community Action Agency CEO Joseph DeSantis formally received the 2015 Man of the Year Award from the Verrazzano Day Observance Committee during a banquet held in his honor at Venus de Milo in Swansea, Mass., on May 16.   Nearly 300 guests attended the 54th annual event, which also included presentations of proclama...

By Ray Lamont   It is, first and foremost, a religious celebration, with an outdoor Mass and processions paying tribute to the patron saint of fishermen.   It is also very much a family celebration, with many Gloucester natives returning to the city of their roots for last full week of June to reconnect with family and friends.  ...

Since the cornerstone was laid in 1927, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at 28 Mulberry St. has been serving the community; in particular, it has served as a home base, of sorts, for the Italian community. As decades have passed, the church has suffered a number of woes, including potentially serious structural issues that need to be addressed.  ...

The recognition of excellence in education was the first order of business at a recent Milford School Committee meeting. The Senator Louis P. Bertonazzi Foundation presented the annual "Outstanding Teacher Award" for 2015. Teachers nominated from each school were each presented a plaque and the winning nominee received an inscribed book plaque...