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Restaurant furniture supplier and local, lively Italian restaurant collaborate to bring a more refined dining experience to Falls Church, VA residents.   Leading restaurant furniture manufacturer and distributor Affordable Seating recently helped Falls Church, Virginia restaurant and Argia's revitalize its interior design with new restaurant...

by Christopher Robbins   Leonardo. Michelangelo. Titian. Rodin. Some of the western world's greatest artistic talents were Italian, so this Jersey Shore borough's mixture of a Columbus Day festival with an arts fair makes perfect sense. On an otherwise dreary Saturday afternoon, laughter and smiles brightened up Spring Lake's business d...

Celebrity chef, author and television star Mario Batali will be featured guest at the annual "An Evening of Wine and Roses" fundraiser benefitting Newton Medical Center.   Batali will appear on Thursday, May 29 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Centenary College's David and Carol Lackland Center in Hackettstown.   Read more   Source:&n...

WHO: Simonetta Lein, Global Ambassador of The WishWall Foundation; 1st District Councilman Mark F Squilla. WHAT: The WishWall Philadelphia. WHERE: 9th St. Italian Market- Montrose Piazza Corner of Montrose and 9th St. Philadelphia, PA 19147 WHEN: September 26th & 27th 11am to 6pm daily   In celebration of Pope Francis' upcoming Apostolic...

by Chuck Darrow   Of course Deana Martin is a singer. How could she not be, considering who showed her the showbiz ropes? On the one hand, there was Frank Sinatra. On the other, there was her dad, Dean Martin. The lessons they imparted will surely be on display Saturday as Martin performs with her band at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Th...

Embassy of Italy, Auditorium - 3000 Whitehaven Street, NW - Washington, DC 20008 Tuesday, November 24, 2015 from 6:30 pm To 8:00 pm Organized by : Ambasciata d'Italia / Istituto Italiano di Cultura Entrance : Free of Charge - RSVP RequiredPlease click on "Make a Reservation" by November 24, 2015 at 2 PM The Embassy of Italy and the It...

The 52nd Annual Villa Rosa Festival is on Sunday, September 11, 11-6 p.m. on the grounds of Villa Rosa Nursing Home in Mitchellville, Maryland. This annual event has been a tradition for our local Italian Community since its inception. I learned the meaning of being Italian at the Villa Rosa Festival. I have been attending the festival with my fami...

Each year, it takes hundreds of volunteers to organize the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival.Volunteer Steve Pishner said there are different "levels and intensities" of volunteering. "There are some who volunteer just for the weekend of the festival and there are some who volunteer year round," he said. Although volunteers may work as...

You can impugn Sonny Buttafuoco all you want, and I know this will piss off Bri (whom I love), but the guy is a true-green Eagles fan. His only crime against Philadelphia is he tells it like it is... When we suck, Sonny tells us we suck.   Yeah, I know, he can be abrasive at times, and I don't like how he makes fun of my favorite Pennsylvani...

The Italian American Club will hold its tenth annual Columbus Day Parade on Sunday. A celebration of local Italian-American culture, this year's parade begins at 2 p.m. on Ridgedale Avenue in East Hanover and is dedicated to all who have served in the U.S. armed forces.   Leading the parade is the Color Guard of Picatinny Arsenal and th...

Sono quattro le liste ammesse alle prossime elezioni del Comites di Philadelphia. Il Comitato elettorale del Consolato generale ha infatti dato via libera alle liste Forza Italia (16 candidati); Insieme per gli italiani (15 candidati); Uniti per un futuro migliore (14 candidati); Innovitalia (14 candidati). Di seguito il nome di tutti i candidati....

"Giada is five years old. She lives in Utica, New York. Her mom was born there, but her dad was born in Italy." So begins the new, illustrated book that, according to award-winning author Michael Sedge, will put young children on the path to learning Italian.   "I have lived in Italy many years and have grandkids both there and the United St...