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February 25, 2017 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm. Sheraton Society Hill - 1 Dock St. Philadelphia, PA. Cost: $200. Contact: IABCN 215-625-3535 [email protected] The winter months can sometimes feel dreary, that’s why IABCN (Italy-America Business Council & Network) is bringing you something to melt away the winter blues! We invite you to join us this February 2...

NIAF member Karen Haid will be hosting two presentations of her book, “Calabria: The Other Italy,” at Italian cultural centers. The first will take place on Friday, February 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Westchester Italian Cultural Center in Tuckahoe, N.Y. This book presentation will also include a culinary demonstration and tasting of traditional Calab...

Hanover Park Regional High School Superintendent Carol Grossi has been named Italian American Educator of the Year by the Italian American Police Society of New Jersey. She will join East Hanover Mayor Joseph Pannullo, who has has been named Man of the Year, and others at the society’s annual benefit gala dinner dance on Saturday, March 25 to acce...

February 20 @ 6:00 pm - Beck Rooms - 400 South Orange Ave Walsh Library South Orange NJ. RSVP: Visit Organizer’s Website for latest details and RSVP Instructionshttps://www.shu.edu/alberto-institute/upcoming-events.cfm Join author Bill Dal Cerro for a discussion of his book, which explores how Italian artists drew strength from the musical traditio...

The Clark UNICO Chapter held its annual Kickoff dinner at Bistro 1051, Wednesday, January 25th. The annual meeting/dinner updates all members of the upcoming events for the year, swearing in of new members, review of next year's Italian feast and a guest speaker. This year's guest speaker was Dr. Frank DeFrank, Unico Nationals 2nd Vice President. D...

In the face of controversy during recent years of what many people consider to be major atrocities against Native Americans surrounding Columbus Day, a state and national holiday that reveres Christopher Columbus as a national hero who discovered America, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders has declared its support for a state Senate resol...

Italian culture is embedded into the daily lives of Philadelphians, whether they know it or not. “We are now in Center City, which is a translation of centro cittá,” said Andrea Canepari from his office that overlooks Independence Hall, Washington Square and the bustling intersection of 6th and Walnut streets. “It’s an Italian and European concept....

"You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” The previous quote, stated by Giuseppe Verdi, a renowned opera composer, exemplifies how much of an international treasure the country of Italy is. From the long canals of Venice to the white sand beaches of Sicily to the ancient architecture of Rome, the splendors of Italy are abundant all over the...

The upstairs galleries of the Muscarelle Museum echo with emptiness, the rich red walls bare and the space scattered with hollow glass cases. Not for long. In a matter of weeks, the elevator doors will start to empty thousands of people into galleries containing 26 works by Italian painter Sandro Botticelli and his colleagues. Once inside, gazing u...

Prepare to have your heart touched, troubled, and transformed in a way that only great opera can do and join us on Saturday March 4th at 7:00pm at the Presbyterian Church in Westfield and March 5th at Drew University in Madison, when the New Jersey Festival Orchestra offers a full presentation of Verdi’s La Traviata, sung in Italian with supertitle...

Pomp and ceremony reigned at the Montclair Township Council’s first regular meeting of 2017.  The January 24 session began with a celebration of the beginning of the “sister city” relationship between Montclair and Aquilonia, Italy, the resolution for which having been passed unanimously by the council as its first order of business for the night. ...

Mayor Joseph Pannullo has been named Man of the Year by the Italian-American Police Society of New Jersey. Joining him at the society’s annual benefit gala dinner dance on March 25 to accept the honor will be Hanover Park Regional High School Superintendent Carol Grossi who was named Italian-American Educator of the Year. “It’s an incredible hono...