Dinner Among Two Greats! AVS Hosts IAATO
Recently, the Executive Board of the Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch New Jersey hosted the Executive Board of the Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean (IAATO) New Jersey for a formal dinner at Johnny Piancone's Italian Restaurant in the City of Long Branch. The purpose of the dinner, according to AVS President Mr. Jos...
Honorees Selected for the Morris County Columbus Day Parade
The East Hanover Italian American Club will be hosting the Morris County Columbus Day Parade on Sunday, October 8th. Council President Frank DeMaio will be honored as 'Man of the Year'. East Hanover Middle School Principal Stacie Costello will be honored as 'Woman of the Year'. The full list of nominees is as follows: - Grand Marshal - Jack Ciatta...
The Hoboken Italian Festival is Back for 2023
From the St. Ann Italian Festival in Hoboken to La Festa Italiana in Jersey City, Hudson County has no shortage of happenings to celebrate Italian heritage. Another highly popular event that takes place later in the year is The Hoboken Italian Festival, which takes place on the waterfront on Sinatra Drive Promenade between Newark Street and 2nd Str...
W.Va. Italian Heritage Festival Prepares For Thousands Of Visitors
The 44th West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival is gearing up for a full line up of activities this Labor Day holiday weekend. Since 1979, the colorful three day street festival has celebrated Italian culture and heritage in the Mountain State. In preparation for the event, blocks of streets are closed off to traffic to accommodate the thousands o...
Efforts underway to bring back beloved St. Ann's Italian Festa in Raritan
Joe Cirillo has never attended the St. Ann's Italian Festa in Raritan, a fundraising feast of volunteer-made meatballs, breaded eggplant, sausage and peppers and pizza fritte. But the volunteer leading the efforts to bring back the Festa for its 115th running is determined to make 2024 his first trip. The free-admission, four-day Festa annually rai...
If you’re a proud Italian American, support your local markets
We are deep into summer and nearly everyone is lining up in the traffic desperate for a few days or even a few hours at the shore. This presents a very special opportunity for Liz and me to indulge in one of our favorite pastimes: Visiting the old family-owned Italian markets in the region. The first of these that comes to mind is Di Bruno Bros. on N...
Professor Carmine Vittoria Returns to Discuss Two New Books
AMHS is pleased to present Professor Carmine Vittoria as the speaker at our next luncheon program at Casa Italiana in DC on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. MHS members may recall that Professor Vittoria gave us a talk in June 2019, just after he had finished his took “Bitter Chicory and Sweet Espresso,” his own story of hardship and surviv...
The 2023 Ferragosto Picnic: Fun, Food, Friendship, & Bocce
The annual AMHS Ferragosto Picnic was celebrated on Sunday, August 13, at Fort Ward Park in Alexandria, Virginia, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Approximately 40 AMHS members, friends, and family came together to celebrate a day of fun, food, friendship, and bocce. As in years past, there was an abundance of food, from antipasti, grilled kielbasa, pasta sa...
Headliners announced for inaugural Maryland Italian Festival this fall
Headliners for the inaugural Maryland Italian Festival this fall will include Frankie Valli tribute act, Italian-American pop and rock performers, and other entertainers. From Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, the Society of Italian American Businessmen (SIAB) will host Maryland’s largest Italian festival at the Harford County Equestrian Center in Bel Air.
MARMO | Marble. Carving the Future @ Dupont Underground
The Italian Cultural Institute of Washington and Dupont Underground, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, present “Marmo | Marble. Carving the Future”, an exhibition promoted and organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in collaboration with Confindustria Marmomacchine, the Italian Association of Pro...
Rich tapestry of family history revealed one glimpse at a time
There was never any doubt that Linda Romanowski of Ardmore, Pa., would write a heritage memoir. The only mystery was the exact form it would take. That changed a few years ago when Romanowski was a graduate student at Rosemont College in Byrn Mawr, Pa., where she was pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. Her class had just watc...
IAP 290: Live and uncut from Pittsburgh, PA (Part 1)
Get ready for a throwback to the old “Italian American Power Hour” days, as you join four friends at the kitchen table for a breakneck conversation about something we all love… being Italian American! When Rossella, Pat, and John are brought together with some of their favorite out-of-town Paesani for the 46th Biennial National Convention of the It...