Springfield's Cioffi’s is Raffling a Pizza Making Lesson for Up to 5 People to Help Holden
Cioffi’s Fine Italian Food & Imported Products is holding a raffle to win a “Whole Family Pizza Making Experience". The cost of a raffle ticket is $15 and all the proceeds will be donated to the Dup15q Alliance. From the Facebook pages of Holden's mom, Lauren Weissberg and Anthony Cioffi, “February 28th is Rare Disease Awareness Day. In honor of t...
Pietro Distravolo Advances Italian Studies in Reading PA
Professor Pietro DiStravolo remembers the first time he stepped onto Alvernia’s campus. “The atmosphere was beautiful and peaceful, and the approach — the friendship and love that the sisters gave their students — was so special,” he recalls. “I decided (if the sisters would keep me) it would be my place for life.” They decided to keep him, and DiS...
Romeo e Giulietta ( Romeo & Juliet ) by Franco Zeffirelli
When: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 8:15 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 - Organized by : IIC Washington - In collaboration with : Franco Zeffirelli Foundation - Entrance : Free - Director: Franco Zeffirelli Italy, 1968, 133 min - Film in Italian with English subtitles On the occasion of th...
Gallucio's Italian Restaurant Partners with Salvation Army to Fight Hunger
Gallucio's Italian Restaurant, which has been named Delaware's Best Italian Eatery & "Irish-Style" Pub, has teamed up with the Salvation Army for Souper Bowl. The event takes place on Saturday, February 3, at Gallucio's, 1709 Lovering Ave., Wilmington, DE. "The Salvation Army began this event here four years ago with the notion that having finished...
Scotch Plains Weighing Options to Honor Hometown Hero Pat DiNizio
The Township of Scotch Plains is looking at several different ways to honor native son Pat DiNizio, the local music legend who rose to fame with his band, The Smithereens, during the 1980s. DiNizio, who died unexpectedly on Dec. 12, was proud of his roots in the community and was a 2015 inductee into the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Hall of Fa...
Eagles assistant John DeFilippo born to be a coach
As with most NFL coaches John DeFilippo’s road to Super Bowl LII began on a bus. The coach’s life is a peripatetic one. If you don’t like to pack and unpack choose another profession. DeFilippo was well aware of this long before he first boarded a bus in Harrisonburg, Va., in the spring of 2000, riding for seven hours to the Bronx to study film of...
Intervista a Deonna Purrazzo, la wrestler italo-americana si racconta
Il wrestling è anche donna e regala emozioni a tantissimi fan. Da Jefferson nel New Jersey arriva l’italo-americana Deonna Purrazzo che ha voluto raccontarci la sua carriera tra Impact Wrestling, WWE e ROH in cui ha difeso con orgoglio anche le sue origini italiane. Ciao Deonna, raccontaci come vanno le cose sul Pianeta Purrazzo. Proprio adesso mi...
Kennedy Center’s classical season offers focus on Italy, Noseda
On Tuesday, the Kennedy Center, which has been experimenting with the rollout of its season announcements for the past couple of years, announced, without a news conference or fanfare, the 2018-2019 seasons of its classical music constituents: the National Symphony Orchestra, the Washington National Opera and the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts. The...
Evelyn Di Tosto, Maryland education department official who certified teachers
Evelyn Di Tosto, a retired Maryland Department of Education official who ran the state’s certification program for teachers, died of a stroke Jan. 23 at the J. W. Ruby Memorial Medical Center in Morgantown, W. Va. She was 86 and lived in North Baltimore. Born in Richwood, W. Va., she was the daughter of Carlo Di Tosto, a tailor and his wife, Cather...
Squisito Pizza & Pasta is Coming Soon to Queenstown Premium Outlets with New Franchisee
Martin Hernandez, franchisee with Squisito Franchise Enterprises, is opening his first Squisito Pizza & Pasta in Queenstown, Maryland later this year. Squisito Pizza & Pasta is a fast casual, authentic Italian restaurant originating in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and expanding across the Eastern Seaboard. Hernandez has been a part of the Squisito...
Che cosa sono le nuvole? (What are clouds?) by Pier Paolo Pasolini
When: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 7:30 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy - Organized by : Italian Cultural Institute - Entrance : Free Join us on February 6th for a rare screening of Che cosa sono le nuvole? (What are clouds?), one of the six shorts featured in Capriccio all’italiana, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and starring Ninetto...
Popular 'Top Chef' contestant opening Pike Creek eatery
He's funny, oozes suave, flirty, Italian charm and he can cook. And he's opening a 140- to 160-seat restaurant later this year in Pike Creek. Fabio Viviani, one of the most memorable contestants to appear on the Bravo TV series "Top Chef," now in its 15th season, is an owner of the coming-soon Chuck Lager's Tavern. The rustic-style restaurant is sc...