75 Years Ago: Patriotic doc began journey to Omaha Beach
75 years ago, Angelo Maietta left Winchester to join the army and enter the war. At age 37 he was on the older side of recruits and had a family, but he was needed and he knew it. The son of Italian immigrants, himself born in Boston, Maietta both loved his Italian heritage and was a true blue patriotic American to his very core. He also had a thir...
Gravy, chance of meatballs forecast for Wildwood Italian Festival Sept. 29-30
The Sons of Italy will serve up a heaping helping of Olde World Italy at the 13th annual Italian Festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30 in Fox Park on Ocean Avenue across from the Wildwoods Convention Center. The free two-day festival celebrates Italian culture and heritage with crafts, food, children's games, contests and continuous live entert...
R.I.P. Alberto Romilo Comini
Alberto Romolo Comini, 76, died on September 12 surrounded by his wife and best friend, Kathleen Giuffra Comini, and by his three treasured children. Born in 1940 in Imperia, Italy, the oldest of three children of Gesualdo and Iris Comini, Mr. Comini lived the years of his youth in Rome. In 1960, he boarded a boat to New York City to start his life...
The Italian influence on the American Constitution
Today the US District Court Western District of Pennsylvania and the Honorary Consulate of Italy in Pittsburgh presented an event on the Italian influence on the American Constitution, focused on the role of Cesare Beccaria, Gaetano Filangieri and Filippo Mazzei, with the participation of a delegation of judges and professors from Italy. The event...
Give credit where it’s due for the Lincoln Memorial
I was appalled by the gross distortion of facts in “A mural for memorial men” [Metro, Sept. 2]. The article about a mural recently installed near Union Station paid tribute to the African American men who “carved the marble from mountains in northwestern Georgia” and “built the 120-ton statue” of Abraham Lincoln in his iconic memorial, noting that...
Nissoli (FI) al Consolato Onorario di Clifton (New Jersey)
Ieri, Fucsia FitzGerald Nissoli, coordinatrice Forza Italia Nord e Centro America, si è recata in visita al Consolato onorario di Clifton, in New Jersey, dove ha scambiato punti di vista con il Console onorario e i cittadini italiani presenti sulle problematiche inerenti la comunità italiana della zona. In particolare, Nissoli ha evidenziato “l’ott...
Washington National Opera’s Aida Will Be Simulcast in Nationals Park
The Washington National Opera production of Verdi's Aida, which is currently playing the Kennedy Center Opera House through September 23, will be simulcast free at Washington, D.C.'s Nationals Park. The live opera simulcast, as part of the company's Opera in the Outfield series, is scheduled to begin at 7 PM September 23 (the final performance). Ga...
Looking for Italian teachers in MD, DC, VA and other positions
The Italian Language Program is looking for Italian teachers for Bethesda, MD, D.C. and Virginia locations. We are also looking for assistants, interns, university students or high school students in need of SSL hours, who want to experience teaching or marketing/communication/event related jobs.Please find details on our webpage http://www.italian...
Peak Performances to Present Emma Dante's THE SISTERS MACALUSO
Peak Performances will introduce American audiences to The Sisters Macaluso (La sorelle Macaluso), from Sicilian theatrical innovator Emma Dante. The institution has dedicated this season to works by women creators, and The Sisters Macaluso is not only a wild work of physical theatre by a vital and prolific female visionary, but also one that focus...
Main Line Banter: Spotlight on Frankie’s Fellini Café owner, plus local shortcuts
There are dozens of Italian restaurants along the Main Line. Some label themselves as trattorias. Others prefer to be known as ristorantes. Still others brand as cucinas. Many opt to market just as a restaurant, and use a proper name as a prefix or suffix. There are even a few that cook up fictitious names that “just sound Italian.” Case in point i...
Susan LangSapora to speak at Italian American Heritage Club Meeting
The Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at The Farm House at The Grand Colonial on Rt. 173 in Hampton, at 6:45 p.m. The guest speaker will be Susan LangSapora, one of two registered dieticians and nutritionists at Flemington Shop-Rite. LangSapora provides free nutrition educ...
The Course of Empires: American-Italian Cultural Relations, 1770-1980
Info: Thursday, October 19, 6–8 p.m. at Keynote at the Embassy of Italy and Friday, October 20, 9:30 a.m.–6 p.m. at Symposium in McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian American Art Museum This international conference will examine the persistent fascination of American and Italian artists with the cultural achievements of ancient Rome and the Renaissance....