President of Columbus Day Committee Announces East Haven Parade Kickoff Party
by Rachel Ettlinger Paul Criscuolo, president of the Columbus Day Committee of Greater New Haven, has announced this year's Columbus Day Parade Kickoff Party will be held on Sunday, July 12. Hosted by the East Haven Italian-American Club at the club's facility, — located on 509 Laurel Street in East Haven — the event, which will f...
Mike Piazza Interested In Buying Parma, Saving Bankrupt Italian Soccer Team
by Marcus Kwesi O'Mard Former Major League Baseball star Mike Piazza could join Italian soccer's brigade of new, foreign owners and bring an element of stardust to struggling club Parma FC. Piazza told Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport on Wednesday he's considering buying Parma, according to Football Italia. Parma currentl...
An Italian love story: Alfa Romeo makes return to U.S. with stunning, thrilling sports car
The exotic 4C is Alfa Romeo's first car to sell as it re-enters the U.S. market this year. It's made from carbon fiber, has wild Italian styling and is designed for purists who want supercar thrills at an attainable price. Yet here I sit in the 4C, Alfa's first car to hit American shores since 1995, and I find my soul stirred with passion. &n...
Frist Center dazzles with ‘Italian Style’
by Sara Estes From Gucci to Versace, designs by the world's foremost clothing designers are currently on view at The Frist Center for the Visual Arts in the first major survey of post-war Italian fashion, "Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945." Curated by Sonnet Stanfill of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, the exhibition aims to...
‘Chick Wit’ team promises to get personal at library – 14 July, 6.30 pm
By Nancy Burns-Fusaro Attention all mothers and daughters: people who like to laugh and cry at the same time; book lovers, book club members, dog lovers, and any others who appreciate good reads and funny, loving, smart women. Be at the Westerly Library on Tuesday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m., to hear bestselling author Lisa Scottoline a...
Abbruzzese is named ‘AARP Woman of Year’ in Fontana
The Fontana AARP Chapter 555 has taken the summer off, but one lady's work is never done. Fontana AARP's senior member, Ellie Abbruzzese, continues to arrange trips for AARP members and guests. For her year-round dedication to this task, she has been named the "Woman of the Year" by Fontana AARP. One major function of the Fontana AARP is to p...
Award-winning Italian restaurant coming to Chelmsford
Andiamo Restaurant + Bar prides itself on offering affordable Italian dishes made with high-quality ingredients. The restaurant is the latest to join the lineup of businesses at Chelmsford Town Center on Boston Road, the former Stop & Shop plaza developed by Winstanley Enterprises LLC. Read more Source: http://ww...
Italian Little Italies: Brisighella, in the hills amid fog and broom
WTI Magazine #66 2015 August, 21Author : I borghi più belli d'Italia Translation by: The village is set against a chalky hill dominated by three selenite cliffs, upon which the Fortress, the Clock Tower, and the Sanctuary of Monticino stand. On the other side it was defended by two concentric lines of walls which can still be seen in...
Cambridge to host 89th Italian Feast of Saints Sept. 12 and 13
The streets of East Cambridge and East Somerville will come alive for the 89th annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12 and 13, on Warren Street in East Cambridge. There will be a food festival, parades, amusement rides, meatball and cannoli eating contests, "Frozen" and "Monsters Inc." movie characters, ca...
Aspetta primavera, Bandini e gli italo-americani di John Fante
di Eleonora Dragotto John Fante nasce nel 1909 nella fredda Denver, in Colorado, primo di quattro figli; suo padre, Nicola Fante, è un muratore di origine abruzzese, mentre la madre, casalinga cattolicissima, ha genitori lucani. Se la sua infanzia non è tra le più serene, altrettanto si può dire della sua vita adulta e della sua tormentata...
Il Neorealismo di Vittorio De Sica Conquista San Francisco - Intervista a Lino Capolicchio
di Roberto Natalini C'e' un'epoca d'oro nella storia del cinema italiano la quale non sembra mai tramontare. Questa considerazione e' quantomai attuale negli Stati Uniti dove si guarda ancora con grande ammirazione ai capolavori del cinema neorealista del secondo dopoguerra. Tra i protagonisti di questa fase, considerata come il Rinas...
Italian Heritage Month: Boston Molasses Flood Lecture/Slideshow in Boston
North End Branch of the Boston Public Library - 25 Parmenter Street - Boston, MA 02113Wednesday, October 7, 2015, 6:30 – 7:30pm The Great Molasses Flood of 1919, Boston's version of Pompeii, surely ranks as one of the city's worst disasters. Though the disaster was blamed at first on Italian anarchists, it was in fact the tank co...