Italian Heritage Month: A Family Working to Keep an Italian Heritage Alive
October, Italian Heritage Month in Massachusetts, is celebrated in different ways by different people. Many in Franklin have immigrant connections dating back to the early 20th and both remember and celebrate moments of survival and some of triumph. Paul DeBaggis, for instance, a former Selectman, recalls the time in the 1970s when the once-powerle...
Social groups helped immigrants adjust to New Haven's Wooster Square
The Wooster Square neighborhood, as it came to be identified as an enclave for Italian immigrants, found those of other ethnic origins leaving, and the original Yankee industrialists abandoned their stately homes in favor of other neighborhoods that were more protected against foreign intrusion. The diaspora-like influx of the primarily southern I...
At 50 years old, Riccardi's is still doing things the old southern Italian way
There's an apparent population on SouthCoast who share an unusual holiday custom."I can't believe how many people have lasagna for Thanksgiving," said Jean Riccardi, who runs Riccardi's Italian Restaurant and Buffet Catering alongside her husband, founder/owner Michael Riccardi. "It's so non-traditional but on Thanksgiving Eve we are always so busy...
Sons & Daughters of Italy holds first ever gala in Springfield, MA
The first ever Italian gala was held Saturday night hosted by the Springfield Son & Daughters of Italy. The Sons & Daughters of Italy celebrating its revitalization in the greater Springfield area, a rebirth thanks to an interest from younger generations in preserving Italian heritage and culture. The sold-out gala at the Sheraton featured dinner,...
From agriculture to politics, Italian-Americans make many contributions in Connecticut
October is Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month. In Connecticut, more than 584,000 Italian-Americans call the state home, according to World Population Review 2023. They make up 16-percent of the population, making Connecticut the state with the highest percentage of Italian-Americans in the country. Over the decades, Italian immigrants and...
Friends of Italian Americans donate rare antique fire truck to Portsmouth Fire Department
The Portsmouth Fire Department is now home to a rare fire engine that's more than 100 years old. A founding member of the local nonprofit Friends of Italian Americans, who also owns Bayberry Vintage Autos in Hampton, donated the 1920 American LaFrance engine. They donated it to mark the city's 400th year and to honor the vibrant history of Italians...
Nature’s Nanotechnology: The Wonders of Ancient Roman Glass
Ancient Roman glass fragments, transformed over centuries, are providing modern scientists with a glimpse into the past and potential future technological applications. These fragments, buried for millennia, underwent molecular changes that resulted in photonic crystals, which are now used in advanced technology. Researchers Omenetto and Guidetti,...
The North End: A Boston neighborhood guide
With its Italian flavor and massive summer festivals squeezed into narrow streets, the North End is often called a little slice of Europe in Boston. It's also one of the oldest parts of the city, filled with historic stops like Old North Church and the Paul Revere house. Then there are the restaurants: The North End is brimming with places to eat....
Springfield Sons of Italy Host First Annual Italian Gala
The Springfield chapter of the Sons & Daughters of Italy, St. Padre Pio #3013 will be hosting the first Annual Italian Gala at the Sheraton’s Grand Ballroom in Springfield on Saturday, October 28th 2023 at 6:00pm. The Gala will feature a five course Italian dinner, along with live music, dancing, and awards presentation. The black-tie optional affa...
Woburn Memorial High School Senior Awarded October Italian American Heritage Founders Scholarship by the Italian Heritage Month Committee
Woburn Memorial High School announces that senior Alexa Dhaliwal was awarded the October Italian-American Heritage (OIHM) Founders Scholarship by the Italian Heritage Month Committee. To kick off Italian-American Heritage Month, celebrated in October, the Italian-American Heritage Committee held a ceremony at the Massachusetts State House in Boston...
Joey Chiarenza and the SOS Band Coming to Quincy (MA)
Fresh off his appearance on America’s Got Talent as a solo act, Frank Sinatra tribute show artist, Joey Chiarenza will be teaming up with the 18-piece SOS Band to bring his show to the Sons of Italy in Quincy on October 28, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. The show is dubbed a Halloween Show with optional costumes and includes a complete Italian buf...
An Italian Bakery set up shop on a busy CT street in 2014. 9 years later, they’re keeping the cannolis, cakes and cookies rolling.
Turn the clock back 50 years and you would find Italian bakeries aplenty in Hartford. “There were probably eight or nine on the avenue,” said Jenny Beaurivage, co-owner of Giuseppina’s Italian bakery in South Windsor. “I always had a dream of one day opening up my own.” It was a dream that, for some time, she had to shelve. “Life happened, I had ki...