"Archeology of the Future" Italian artist Fabrizio Plessi presents his installation
An imposing installation by renown Italian artist Fabrizio Plessi was unveiled today before a large audience at the Embassy of Italy in Washington. It will be on display through October. The installation travelled from Rome where it was exhibited amongst the contemporary art pieces of the art collection of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “...
National Air & Space Museum Highlight Tour Featuring Italian-Made Aircraft
October 7 (Saturday) 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. National Air & Space Museum Highlight Tour Featuring Italian-Made Aircraft. Join Greater Washington, DC, Region NOIAW members and friends for a docent-led highlights tour at the National Air & Space Museum - 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC. Admission: free for members; $5 for non-members. Contac...
Wildwood Italian Festival draws large crowd Saturday
The smell of hot Italian sausage wafted through the air Saturday afternoon at Fox Park. A band performed Bobby Rydel’s “Wildwood Days” as locals and out-of-towners gorged on pizza and cheese-steaks for the second and final day of the Wildwood Olde Time Italian Festival. The event has taken place in Wildwood for more than 20 years, though the pas...
Italian-American Cultural Month 2017
Dear friends, tomorrow, October 1st, marks the beginning of Italian-American Heritage Month in New Jersey. This year, more than ever, I urge you to join myself and our fellow OSIA members in celebrating our Italian-American history. In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Two Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue. This is the rhyme I was taught in public school as...
Vice Mayor discovers family among Italian dignitaries
When Martinez Vice Mayor Debbie McKillop was invited to meet a delegation from Pittsburg’s sister city, Isola Delle Femmine, in the Palermo district of Sicily, she thought she simply would be representing Martinez, whose most famous native son, Joe DiMaggio, traced his ancestry to that Italian city. What she found instead were family ties of her ow...
Albert Innaurato, Playwright Who Lit Up Broadway in ’70s, Dies at 70
Albert Innaurato, a playwright who enjoyed spectacular success for a time in the late 1970s, including having a play run on Broadway for more than four years, has died in Philadelphia. He was 70. His cousin Stephen Paesani said Mr. Innaurato was found dead in his bed on Tuesday, and had probably been dead for two days. The cause was not clear, Mr....
Columbus Day Party being held in Garwood on Oct. 15
The Garwood Knights of Columbus will be having a Columbus Day Party on Oct. 15 from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. at their council hall, 37 South Ave, Garwood. The Italian Dinner menu will be Cheese Ravioli in Pink Cream Sauce,Chicken Marsala, Eggplant Parmesan, Flounder Francaise, Salad, Apple Crisp dessert, coffee, Draft beer, wine and soda. The Knights of...
Top Billing: Italian festival returns to Annapolis
If pasta, calamari, cannoli and zeppole sound like a good time to you, Annapolis will be the place to be Sunday. The Festa Di Santa Madre Cabrini, otherwise know as the annual Annapolis Italian Festival, returns to 10 a.m. to 5 pm in Annapolis. The event is put on by the Annapolis Sons of Italy at the lodge at 620 Ridgely Ave. and is held in honor...
Frammenti
When:Wednesday, October 11, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 - Organized by : Embassy of Italy, IIC Washington, In collaboration with: Pratt Institute, Ivy University - Entrance : Free The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, with the Pratt Institute and Ivy Univ...
Pirandello: A Double Feature Screening
When:Wednesday, October 04, 2017 From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm - Where: Embassy of Italy, 3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 - Total runtime: 110 minutes - Screenings in Italian with English subtitles REGISTRATION & PHOTO ID REQUIRED - DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES PRIOR EVENT START-TIME To mark the 150th birth of Luigi Pirandello, the Italian Cultu...
Wildwood Italian Festival
The sights, sounds and delicious smells of old-world Italy will waft through the air at the Sons of Italy’s annual Olde Time Italian Festival, to be held in Wildwood Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29 and 30. The 13th annual event, held inside Fox Park, features an Olde World Italian Market with Italian craft and food vendors to peruse. Get an early st...
Italian Festival in Smithville
Italian music and the aroma of meatballs, pasta and red sauce will greet you at the annual Smithville Italian Festival, held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. Hosted by the Knights of Columbus Villa Marie Council # 6342 of Absecon and Galloway, the day includes performances by Jim Craine and the Atlantic City All Star Band, who will be joined b...