Indigenous People’s Day will officially replace Columbus Day on the district’s school calendar after the School Committee voted Tuesday to make the change. It follows a City Council decision in June 2016 to change the second Monday in October to a holiday celebrating the natives, many argue, who were doomed to oppression and enslavement after Chris...

Friday, September 8 - Sunday, September 10 - Warren Street, Cambridge, MA. Featuring free live entertainment, food, parades, rides, games, and more! This years free live entertainment includes performances from world-famous groups, such as Expose, Martha Wash, Jimmy Osmond, and The Drifters! Here are some highlights of this year's Feast Friday, Sep...

The 91st annual Italian Feast of Sts. Cosmas and Damian will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. Sept. 8, 1 to 11 p.m. Sept. 9 and 1 to 10 p.m. Sept. 10 on Warren and Porter streets in Cambridge. The event will feature a food festival; parades; amusement rides and carnival games; meatball and cannoli eating contests at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9-10; “Monsters, Inc.”...

Dante Bellucci, executive chef and co-owner of Tartufo in Newton Centre, grew up with seafood in his blood. His hometown Pescara lies in Abruzzese on Italy’s Adriatic Coast and is famous for both seafood and its handmade pasta. It’s no wonder Bellucci found his calling as a chef or that the Tartufo menu is so heavily influenced by fresh seafood. “I...

A pasta-filled restaurant is now open in Cambridge, and some familiar faces are on the opening team. Pammy’s officially debuted in the former Indian Castle space at 928 Massachusetts Ave. Monday evening, under the purview of husband-and-wife team Chris and Pam Willis, according to Boston Magazine. Chris serves as the restaurant’s chef, overseeing t...

Chef Michael Pagliarini is at his most comfortable at a long wooden table, rolling and cutting fresh pasta for another busy dinner service at Benedetto, his highly acclaimed new restaurant at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square. “Benedetto is a regional Italian restaurant. We’re inspired by all the great traditions and history of Italian regional c...

Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, Inc. presents: Passione Napoletana. Neapolitan song concert with Giovanni Formisano (tenor) and Leonardo Ciampa (piano) Sunday, June 11, 2017. 6:00 - 8:00 pm Join us to enjoy Neapolitan classics, such as A Vucchella, Core n'grato, Tu ca nun chiagne and many more favorites from the classic Neapolitan reperto...

Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, Inc. presents: Tino D'Agostino Band. I Luoghi e la Musica - Places & Music. Thursday, June 8, 2017. 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Born in Italy, Tino D'Agostino graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Salerno Conservatory. From 1986 to 1995 he performed in the Vicenza Symphonic Orchestra, Verdi Philharmonic, Willy Frank Jazz...

WHEN: May 27, 2017 @ 10:30 am – 10:45 am - WHERE: Scuola Italiana del Sabato PIB, Cambridge, MA - COST: Free - Informazioni: https://www.piboston.org/about-pib/contact-info La Scuola Italiana del Sabato – PIB per bambini di Boston e del New England organizza una open house sabato 20 maggio dalle 10:30 alle 11:30. Per registrarsi all’Open House riem...

Italian Family History Day. Saturday, May 20, 2017. 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, Inc., 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Featuring keynote speaker, Mary Tedesco,co-host of Genealogy Roadshow Knowing our ancestors is essential to knowing ourselves. As Italian-Americans, we each inherit a rich personal family h...