Nutley-Belleville parade committee plans Taste of Italy Dinner
The Annual Taste of Italy Dinner hosted by the Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month Parade Committee will be held from 2 – 5 p.m. Sunday, April 26 at the Nutley Parks and Recreation Building, 44 Park Ave., Nutley. There will be buffet-style serving of signature dishes from over 25 different local Italian restaurants. B...
Annual Columbus Day Flag Raising Scheduled for October 9 at the Courthouse
This year's Columbus Day Flag Raising event will feature Paula Maida Mooney, an Italian American author from Summit, as the keynote speaker/guest of honor, Friday, October 9, at 1 p.m. on the steps of the historic Union County Courthouse. Maida Mooney, who also works with HomeTowne Television, a local community TV media and production comp...
Review: ‘Go down, Moses,’ Romeo Castellucci’s Mostly Wordless Story of Abandonment
If theater to you is sustenance, if you are the sort of person who savors the daring and the visionary, then head to New Jersey, where the Italian avant-garde director Romeo Castellucci and his company, Societas Raffaello Sanzio, are offering a thrilling repast at Montclair State University — but only through Sunday. The production, "Go do...
Constantine Brumidi: The Greek-Italian ‘Michelangelo’ of America
Greek Italian artist Constantine Brumidi was one of the most influential artists that ever worked at the Capitol building in Washington. Brumidi was born in Rome, but his father was a Greek from Filiatra in the province of Messinia, Greece, while his mother was Italian. He showed his talent for fresco painting at an early age and painted in se...
Teaching Italian Cultural Conference
The Department of Italian at Georgetown University together with the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. invites you to a conference titled Teaching Italian Culture. The one-day conference will take place on October 19th 2013 during the Italian Language Week as part of a series of events celebrating the Year of Ita...
Italiane all'Estero - A Washington conferito premio Noiaw “Three Wise Women” alle Italo Americane Anita Botti, Carol Acinapura Trawick e Laura Benedetti
"Grande soddisfazione nella comunità abruzzese negli States per il prestigioso riconoscimento "Three Wise Women" che l'Organizzazione Nazionale Donne Italo Americane (NOIAW) ha conferito il 15 gennaio scorso ad Anita Botti, Carol Acinapura Trawick e all'aquilana Laura Benedetti, nel corso dell'Epifania Celebration, un evento molto partecipato tenut...
Italian American Veterans plans memorial day services
Italian American Veterans of Luzerne County, Post 1, Wilkes-Barre, will hold annual Memorial Day services at the Italian Independent Cemetery, Stites Street, West Wyoming, at 11 a.m. Sunday. Featured speaker will be Debra Wilgus. Operations Specialist 1st Class William Uggiano, USN, Retired, will be master of ceremonies. Welcome will be by...
Union County Columbus Day Flag Raising is Oct. 10 at Courthouse in Elizabeth
Union County Freeholder Chairman Christopher Hudak announced the county's sixth annual Columbus Day Flag Raising event is set for Friday, Oct. 10, at 1 p.m., on the steps of the historic Union County Courthouse. The keynote speaker/guest of honor is Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06) who has represented central New Jersey in Congress si...
Federico Agostini, violinist and Enrico Elisi, pianist - January 18, 2015 at 3:30PM
A concert by Federico Agostini, violinist, and Enrico Elisi, pianist. Agostini is world-renowned as a recitalist, chamber musician, and concertmaster (1979-2002) of the legendary Italian string ensemble I Musici Italiani and Enrico Elisi is the winner of nine first prizes in international competitions in Italy, Portugal and the United States. &nbs...
Ferragosto Picnic with The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society: August 16, 2015
Sunday, August 16, 2015; 12:30pm to 5:00pmVilla Rosa Home, 3800 Lottsford Vista Road, Mitchellville, MD The Abruzzo and Molise Heritage Society's (AMHS) invites the Italian-American community to its annual Ferragosto (a two-thousand-year old tradition) picnic on the grounds of the Villa Rosa Nursing Home in Mitchellville, MD. A few highli...
Guido Gozzano: Memory and Innovation
The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will celebrate the poetry of Guido Gozzano (1883-1916) with an international conference to be held in Philadelphia October 29-30, 2015. Center for Italian Studies - 549 Williams Hall, 255 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 Is Gozzano the last poet of the Nineteenth Centur...
Scenes from the Feast: Clark UNICO Italian-American Fun
It was a record-breaking opening night for the Clark UNICO Italian-American feast on Friday, but stormy weather kept the crowd small on Saturday. UNICO President Ralph Bernardo said it was an unprecedented crowd on Friday. People came out in droves, and long lines formed for food and rides. The game tables were full, with much laughter and...