Melito Irpino Boston Association’s Annual Christmas and Immaculate Conception Dinner
When: Sunday, December 7, 2014 – 1 p.m.Where: Club Italia — 175 Maplewood St., Malden MA The Melito Irpino Boston Association will hold its annual Christmas and Immaculate Conception dinner on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, at the Club Italia headquarters in Malden. A full dinner will be served at the event. Tickets are $45 per person (free for children u...
Cantando lode a Dio nella lingua del cuore. La messa in italiano ora ha anche il coro
C'è chi arriva a New York sospinto dal vento del cambiamento o del sogno americano o ancora da quell'idea di libertà che questo paese promette e spesso garantisce. C'è chi arriva e parte in fretta, chi non ha nemmeno il tempo di respirarla questa metropoli che è già di ritorno. Tra le architetture mastodontiche che ti conducono verso il cielo, ci...
Performing Arts: Italian Christmas
By Patrick D. McCoy It's no mystery that the Renaissance inspired great works of art, especially in the music realm. As a part of their holiday programming, The Folger Consort used the historical prominence of this period to create a meaningful theme for their annual Christmas concert. "A Renaissance Christmas" was both a vocal and instrumental fe...
Dining Out: Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar
The Shops at Willow Lawn are turning into a mini-dining hub with such spots as American Tap Room, Zoës Kitchen, Travinia Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar, Duck Donuts and, soon, Family Meal. Travinia, which opened in August, serves "contemporary American Italian cuisine," and the Willow Lawn restaurant is one of 13 locations across the Carolinas, Fl...
Italian Language and Culture Thriving at La Scuola Italiana di Portland
by Kerry-Lynne Demarinis At the corner of NW 14th and Quimby stands Friendly House, the home of "La Scuola Italiana di Portland's preschool". Parents and preschoolers open the door and are instantly inside an Italian classroom; Italian children's music is playing softly in the background, papers with finger-paint handprints hang on the wa...
Premio Pietro Conti "SCRIVERE LE MIGRAZIONI": Pubblicato il bando di concorso della IX° Edizione
Il premio biennale, ideato dalla Filef e promosso dalla Regione Umbria in collaborazione con l'Isuc, è giunto alla nona edizione. Nei circa 20 anni di vita è diventato una sorta di "osservatorio in diretta" dell'evoluzione dell'emigrazione e dell'immigrazione. In questi anni ha raccolto centinaia di testimonianze, nelle sezioni Narrativa e...
2015 Methuen Sons of Italy elections
Elections for the Lodge Officers and the Community Center Trustees will be held on Tuesday March 10, 2015 before the General Membership Meeting. Nominations for the Officers are due by Tuesday February 10, 2015 at the General Membership Meeting. The ballots for the officers of the Lodge as well as the CCT Trustees are below. These trustee...
The sunny NYC Italian eatery Lady Gaga loves
On a recent night on a desolate, far-west strip of the Meatpacking District, it's cold and dark — but inside Santina, it's summer on the Italian coast. Squint, and you could be on a cruise-ship deck: A squad of servers in bright teal, orange and purple polo shirts, white pants and Rod Laver sneakers roam the new, 100-seat restaurant with cheery ef...
Acclaimed Staten Island pastry chef pens book about his Italian roots, shares recipes
Born in the Sicilian town Ventimiglia, Biagio Settepani hoped for a career in journalism. Now, 55 years later, the master pastry chef who owns the Pasticceria Brunos of Dongan Hills and West Brighton claims four successful bakeries in his lifetime along with a solid set of culinary honors and international accolades. Read more &n...
Il visto H-1B e i segreti per ottenerlo
1 Aprile. Questa è la data segnata sul taccuino di molti italiani che vivono in America. Il motivo non è un ludico pesce d’aprile in quanto l’italiano che vive negli States (e soprattutto a New York) non ha tempo per scherzare nonostante l’indole rimanga perennemente burlona. No, il 1 aprile di ogni anno United States Citizenship and Immig...
Parma Food Producers Worry About Impact of Imitations
Food producers in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy are worried that cheap imitations of their famous Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and Prosciutto di Parma ham from other parts of the world could ruin the reputation of their refined products. The original Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese is made from raw cow's milk according to an 800-yea...
Opera Ithaca presents a dream: 'Il Sogno'
Opera Ithaca will present "Il Sogno," a contemporary opera of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," this weekend at the Lehman Alternative Community School Theatre. Written by American composer Kristin Hevner Wyatt while living in a convent in Italy, "Il Sogno" (pronounced "eel so-nyo," Italian for "The Dream") is a contemporary Italian o...