Sponsorship Opportunity - New Italian Cookery TV Series on PBS 2016
Cookucina is a 6-part Italian Cookery Series, based in Le Marche, Italy, scheduled to be broadcast across the USA on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), for the first time in mid-2016. Find out more at www.cookucina.com/ The producers Tamsen Courtenay and Stephen Phelps have lived in Sarnano in the Le Marche region of Italy for many years a...
Anticipating the aura of Columbus Day
by Jo Ann Serpico This is it! It is 7:30 a.m. on October 12, 2015. As the buses depart from Casa Italia we cannot believe it is Columbus Day once again. Each year the love, the enthusiasm, and the excitement exceed the previous year. The treat of the parade being on State Street is the dominant thrill. We are on our way to the Shrine of Our Lady...
Linda LeMura: Italian of the Week
Linda LeMura was born in 1960 in Syracuse, New York. Her parents moved to New York from Catania, Sicily, and settled in an Italian neighborhood – called the North Side – in Syracuse. Linda's parents stressed the importance of education and family to their children. She took their guidance to heart, and she received an athletic scholarship for...
Una bella festa: The day of the Italians
by Paula Mitchell The recreated Italian Festival at the Kingston waterfront on Sunday showed plenty of potential and sent many people home with full bellies and a tune or two in their heads. Backed by the newly formed Ulster County Italian-American Foundation, the festival flexed its muscle as an up-and-comer among the region's many c...
Doing the family proud with Italian-American comfort food
By Ellen Bhang When you ask Rudy Maniscalco about the marinara at his new restaurant, he's proud to say it's his mother's recipe. "She loved to cook and to feed people," he says. "The first thing she would ask was 'Are you hungry?' " Step inside Sugo Cucina Italiana, on a lively stretch of Massachusetts Avenue in East Arlington, and...
The Way of St Francis: a glimpse back into the Italy of St Francis’ time following his 550km pilgrimage from Florence to Rome
The month-long walking route, as suggested by Sandy Brown, the author of the guidebook The Way of St Francis, is one of the world's greatest pilgrimages, passing through two States, Italy and Vatican city, three regions, Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio and three major religious historic hubs, Florence, Assisi and Rome. The itinerary connects important tr...
Imagined Places and Fragile Landscapes: Italian American Presepi in New York City
November 15 - 2 pm - Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, 310 Genesee St, Utica, New York 13502. Reception and book signing follows in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court. In New York and across the U.S., Italian Americans hold dear the cultural and religious traditions of their heritage, including the Nativity scene, or presepe...
Giovanni Meli: A Poet Remembered
by Gaetano Cipolla 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Giovanni Meli, Sicily's most celebrated poet, who died of pneumonia on December 20, 1815. Prof. Giovanni Ruffino, director of the Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, in collaboration with Sicily's three major universities organized a four-day conference in Palermo...
Sebastian Giovinco named MLS MVP, capping off remarkable debut season
by Neil Davidson Five goals came from free kicks and three from penalties. Twelve were scored from inside the penalty box with 10 from outside. Eighteen came from his right foot and four from his left. Newly crowned MVP Sebastian Giovinco treated Major League Soccer as his personal palette this season, conjuring up gorgeous goals from...
Remembering the author, poet and playwright Dan Fante
by Valerio Viale John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American fiction writer and screenwriter. He was born in Denver, Colorado, to his father, Nicola Fante – emigrated to the States from Torricella Peligna (small town in Abruzzo) – and his mother, Mary Capolungo. Upon dropping out of the University of Colorado in 1929, he mo...
The “Emigrant Nation” of Italians abroad
by Riccardo Liberatore "Emigration is a phenomenon of high importance and although at times it can be a sign of national illness it is almost always proof of the undeniable energy, the enterprising character, the organizational abilities and the expansive and invading force of a people..." These words were written in 1900 by Luigi...
My Favorites by Joe Favorito
Any football fan knows the amazing work that NFL Films has done over the years. From their behind-the-scenes access to their far-reaching musical scores, the Mt. Laurel New Jersey production arm of the NFL has won countless awards, yet is still constantly looking to innovate. This December they have created a new series called "The Timeline," which...