This campaign is seeking funds to complete a documentary in progress about the history of the Italian North End. We have already received close to $30,000 in funding, including $10,000 grant from the James and Percival Baxter Trust Fund, and a $10,000 donation from Paul Scapicchio.   By contributing to this campaign, you will be helping to d...

Jeff Malloy grew up in New Jersey and made his culinary reputation with his restaurant Carmen Trattoria in Boston's North End. But it was a combination of love and business that brought him back to New Jersey, where he and partner Melissa Virgilio opened Il Forno Café & Trattoria in West Windsor last October.   After the couple rekindled...

by Sarah Platanitis    The Italian Cultural Center of Western Mass will offer a limoncello-making class on Saturday, June 20, from noon - 2 p.m. at their location at 56 Margaret Street in Springfield.    Learn to make the delicious Italian lemon liqueur from an instructor that will guide the class through a hands-on demonstr...

Mary Fiumara of Boston's North End, famous for her "Anthony! Anthony!" part in the original Prince Pasta commercial, passed away at age 88 on Tuesday, February 2nd. The TV classic first aired in 1969 with Anthony Martignetti. Playing Anthony's mother, Mary Fiumara shouted out a window on Powers Court. The official obituary is shown below with servi...

Si chiama Emanuele Ceccarelli lo studente del liceo Galvani di Bologna unico italiano ammesso per il prossimo anno accademico al prestigioso Massachusetts Institute of Technology, una delle più importanti università al mondo.

The Dante Alighieri Society in Cambridge is now accepting student applications for its Italian classes Summer session. Classes 101, 102 and 103 (Level 1) will be held on Tuesday from June 11 to July 30, from 6:45 to 9:30 p.m.   Read more     Fonte: Bostoniano  

Leo Feldman takes the cigar out of his mouth, sips from his vodka-and-orange juice and explains why he enjoys a seat of honor in the Italian American Citizens Club. "I'll be 91 in a few days and I've been sitting in the same seat for 65 years," he said.The Harbor Street club with its small patio and bocce courts is a shrine to Italian-American his...

Proseguono gli eventi legati all'Anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti. A Boston un seminario ha ripercorso la ricostruzione della citta' dell'Aquila, presentando non solo quanto sinora fatto nel capoluogo abruzzese, ma anche le difficolta' derivanti dall'intervenire su un centro storico di quelle dimensioni avendo l'obiettivo di preservarn...

di Tiziana Rinaldi Castro   Instancabile, dopo il tour de force della 63esima edizione del Festival di Sanremo, di cui è stato il direttore musicale, e la colonna musicale dell'ultimo film di Gabriele Salvatores, Educazione Siberiana, per il quale ha vinto il Ciak D'Oro, il maestro Mauro Pagani è ora a New York con una delegazione dell'Orche...

Discover your inner chef and Italy's incredibly diverse culinary landscape to create your own three course masterpiece! Six classes introduce three thematic classes and the distinct and exciting cuisines of three Italian regions. Each class lasts 4 hours. You will cook in a newly equipped kitchen at the Dante Alighieri Society in Kendall Square, Ca...