by Michele Durgin   The Santa Famiglia Mixed Lodge #2834 of Lynn recently held its annual School Coloring and Drawing Contest to commemorate the voyages of Christopher Columbus. This chapter of the Sons of Italy began in 1917 and its 45 members meet monthly at Holy Family Church in Lynn.   The organization has been sponsoring thi...

When: Friday, March 15, 2013  Where: 7 p.m. at Dante Alighieri Society — 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge MA 10 p.m. at Lilypad — 1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA Berklee graduate and Messina-native Cettina Donato will be back in Boston to present her latest album "Crescendo."   Read more     Fonte: Bostoniano  

di Beatrice Bondi L'Eni e il MITEI (Massachussetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative) hanno annunciato la nascita di Eni-MIT Energy Society lo scorso 7 giugno presso la Boston Public Library, in occasione di Italianissimo, iniziativa dedicata al gusto, allo stile e alla cultura italiana. L'Energy Society rappresenta un punto di incontro a...

by Charlie Breitrose   A new Italian deli will open soon on Moody Street, which will serve breakfast, lunch and have a store, too.   Moody's Delicatessen & Provisions is the brainchild of Joshua Smith, who has worked at Tico, Sweet Caroline's and Battery Park, according to a piece on Boston Eater. The restaurant will also serve we...

Liverpool Football Club has announced that the team will return to Boston as part of the club's 2014 preseason tour in July. The Reds will play Serie A (Italian first division) club AS Roma at Fenway Park on Wednesday, July 23 — 30 years after the two teams met in the final of the 1984 European Cup final in Rome.   That game was famously won...

In una cerimonia svoltasi nella spendida cornice della mostra di Caravaggio al Museo di Belle Arti di Boston, sono stati consegnati dal Console Pastorelli gli "Achievement Awards" 2014.   I premiati sono: Ron della Chiesa (Art, Culture & Entertainment); Vlado Dukcevich (Business); Tino D'Agostino (Education); Carlo Brugnara (Science &...

by Stefano Salimbeni As Colombina, the servant of the rich and stingy Venetian merchant Pantalone, Chiara Durazzini is extremely convincing as she delivers on stage the blend of grace and cunning embodied by the most famous female figure of Commedia dell'Arte — the theatrical representation of human mores, vices and virtues invented in Italy in th...

Dal 25 agosto scorso, Nicola De Santis è il nuovo Console Generale d'Itali a Boston, competente per il Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island e Vermont. De Santis succede a Giuseppe Pastorelli, destinato a Toronto. Salernitano, classe 1969, De Santis si è laureato in Giurisprudenza all'Università di Salerno.   In carriera dip...

The Italian-American Cultural Organization will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 4 at Grove Manor Estates, 160 Grove St., Braintree. The guest speaker will be Paul Pecci. He will talk about his Italian heritage and its influence on his professional and artistic life. Pecci is the president and CEO of Braintree Cooperative Bank and a professional artist wit...

When: Sunday, April 14, 2013 — 4 p.m. Where: Orsogna Plaza, 316 Main St., Everett MA [map] Join the Federazione Associazioni Italiane e Italo Americane New England in celebrating music and food from four Italian regions during its "Pomeriggio Regionale."   Read more   Fonte: Bostoniano