Bocce courts under construction in Little Italy, Baltimore
Bravo, Little Italy is getting new bocce courts! These well-loved and popular courts on Stiles Street are being refurbished after having seen hundreds of bocce games and tournaments throughout the decades. How did this project evolve? The bocce courts were built in 1993 on behalf of the Little Italy Community Organization (LICO) for the community,...
The Italian Space Governance
Wednesday, May 8th, 2019, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven St NW - Washington, DC 20008. RSVP Here. During the second week of May, Washington DC will host the annual Satellite-2019 Expo. The presence of the international space community will be the occasion for highlighting to the participants the new Italian Space scenario. R...
The IABF is proud to welcome our "2019 IABF Executive" honoree, Natalie Spedaliere
It is with great pleasure to announce our first honoree for 2019. The IABF is proud to welcome our "2019 IABF Executive" honoree, Natalie Spedaliere. Natalie will be our first female honoree and has been a remarkable addition to the IABF family since joining the foundation. Her dedication to our mission has been extraordinary. Since coming to the I...
MTV finally deletes ‘Made in Staten Island’ from show lineup on site, months after pulling controversial program from air with no explanation
MTV may have finally decided to whack its controversial mob-based reality show, “Made in Staten Island.” The reality series only aired three episodes before the cable network mysteriously stopped showing it in February with no explanation. MTV never officially announced the cancellation, and kept the show on its list of series on MTV.com — until...
500 Years Later: The Iconic Life and Enduring Legacy of Leonardo da Vinci
May 2, 2019 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of the great Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci, who was both a master and innovator in the areas of painting, sculpting, architecture, science, engineering, music, mathematics, literature, anatomy, astronomy, architecture and invention. Because of his exceptional and so widely varied t...
Exhibition Opening of "Goombarooch Resignified": Works by John Avelluto
On view May 7–September 13, 2019. GALLERY HOURS: MONDAY–FRIDAY, 9AM–5PM. Exhibition Opening: Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 6pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10036 Visual artist John Avelluto revels in mash-ups of sounds, images, products, and ideas where Italy and the United States converge. H...
Anthony & Sons Bakery helps retailers with artisan needs
Anthony & Sons Bakery got its start in the 1960s when Anthony Dattolo, just a decade after emigrating from Sicily, embarked on a bakery career in Brooklyn. Not long after, he moved to New Jersey with his wife, Rosalia, to raise a family that included sons Baldo and Joseph, who joined forces with their father in 1984 to create Anthony & Sons Italian...
Amore Opera To Close Out Tenth Anniversary Season With Verdi's UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Amore Opera concludes its 2018-19 season at the Riverside Theatre at Riverside Church (91 Claremont Ave, New York, NY 10027) with a production of Giuseppe Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, sung in its original Italian; and with a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe, performed entirely by children. Excelling in its mission to discover and pres...
Leonardo’s spirit lives on in his hometown of Vinci, Italy
There are no more maps available. But it’s not a problem, says the woman at the front desk of our hotel. She takes out a piece of paper and rapidly sketches the almond-shaped town — just a couple of curved streets around the castle walls, with an “X” at the church and a dot at the museum ticket office. “I’m a descendant of Leonardo,” she jokes as s...
New Italian pizzeria opening this summer at Lake Deaton Plaza
A new Italian pizzeria is on track to open this summer at Lake Deaton Plaza in The Villages. Piesanos Stone Fired Pizza will be opening in August at 729 Kristine Way. There are currently three Piesanos Stone Fired Pizza locations in Gainesville and two more in Ocala. The restaurants specialize in a wide variety of gourmet specialty pizzas, includin...
A New Museum Explores 2,000 Years of Jewish Life in Italy
The epigraph etched in Latin on the ancient stone tablet was short and tender: “Claudia Aster, prisoner from Jerusalem.” Brought to Rome in chains after the quelling of the revolt in Jerusalem in 70 A.D., she was apparently the concubine of a Roman notable who wanted to give her a dignified burial and added an unusual element to the funerary stone....
Dante Society to honor members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Committee
A large group of men with a deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary will be honored next month at the Dante Society of Westerly's annual "Person of the Year" banquet. The 36-member Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast Committee was chosen to receive the award, the first time in its history that the Dante Society will present an entire committee with its...