“Moving Out” Hits a Familiar Migration Theme
As a younger generation of Italians emigrates in search of better opportunities, an older generation of Italians who have lived abroad for many years look back nostalgically to return to their homeland. The views of these two faces of migration were well-encapsulated in the world-premiere performance of "Moving Out," a two-character theatrical/oper...
La Festa Italiana kicks off in Downtown Jersey City
by Corey McDonald The annual La Festa Italiana street fair returned to the neighborhood surrounding Holy Rosary Church last night, as music, games and Italian food kicked off the five-day extravaganza. The festival will continue throughout the week – running from 5 to 11 p.m. today and Friday, and 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday....
Larimer and Orphan
At the corner of Larimer Avenue and Orphan Street is a meadow turning to forest, where the foundations of demolished homes are softened by ivy and moss. This spot is only twenty years into a quiet ruination, but it feels ancient. Wherever I step, in the low grass, dozens of tiny crickets spring out, noiselessly, pale-gray. I can't find them when I...
La lezione degli italoamericani sui pregiudizi
La National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) è una fondazione, interamente sostenuta da finanziamenti privati, con una missione ben precisa: mantenere viva la conoscenza della cultura e della società italiana nei giovani di seconda, terza, quarta, quinta generazione che hanno origini nel Belpaese. Ha sede a Washington DC, città in cui fu fondata...
“NEXT STOP: ITALY”, POESIA E FOTOGRAFIA ITALIANE ALLA PHILLIPS COLLECTION DI WASHINGTON
Prossima fermata: l'Italia. Fotografia e poesia italiane sono in mostra alla Phillips Collection di Washington, prestigioso museo aperto nel 1921, primo dedicato all'arte moderna negli Stati Uniti. I visitatori che vi si recheranno fino al 28 aprile saranno accolti da Next Stop: Italy, mostra allestita in collaborazione con l'Ambasciata d'Italia a...
Little Italy plans to hire Private Security
Members of Baltimore City's "Little Italy Community Organization" plan to hire private security to patrol the neighborhood and they want businesses to help pay for it. This announcement follows another armed robbery over the weekend. Letters detailing the private security force are just beginning to be sent to business owners. It's hoped o...
Local business leader receives recognition
The Center for Italian & Italian-American Culture will be honoring the achievements of Italians who have made a contribution to our society through their work and/or community service on Friday, Nov. 22. The gala will be held at the elegant Villa located on Route 46 East in Mountain Lakes. Cocktail hour begins at 7 p.m. followed by a sumptuous...
Exhibition Opening, Strangers in a Strange Land: Italian-Language American Books
September 10 (Wednesday) 5:30 pmExhibition Opening, Strangers in a Strange Land: Italian-Language American BooksThis exhibition of more than 150 Italian-language books, pamphlets, magazines, posters and sheet music reflects the vibrant culture of Italians in America who continued to live in their native language, from the 1880s to 1944. Exhibition...
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel tradition continues in Bridgeton
A long-time Italian-American tradition, begun in 1914 in Bridgeton, will again take place on July 16 when the faithful will carry a statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel through the city streets to the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The statue is the original one that has been used since the earliest days when members of the local Mount Carmel C...
COMITES Philadelphia: Berardi fuori dal COMITES
Caos a Philadelphia, dove alla vigilia della seduta in cui verrà votata – il 5 novembre – la mozione di sfiducia contro il presidente Ferrigno, Carmine A. Berardi – indicato nella mozione come suo successore – annuncia oggi "mi hanno buttato fuori dal Comites. Purtroppo non sono piu un consigliere di comites". Come si evince dallo scambio di ema...
2016 La Famiglia Scholarship fundraising dinner
Tony Montcalmo, chair of the La Famiglia Scholarship Committee offers congratulations and thanks to all who supported "A Taste of Italy," Little Italy Lodge's 2016 La Famiglia Scholarship fundraising dinner. A record 180-plus guests enjoyed Little Italy's own Amedeo's home-cooked Italian extravaganza of specially selected foods and Italian wines wh...
BOCCACCIO IN WASHINGTON DC
BOCCACCIO IN WASHINGTON DC CONFERENCE DATES: OCTOBER 4 - 6, 2013 An international, interdisciplinary conference on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth, to be held at Georgetown University and the Italian Embassy. We invite proposals for papers or panels on Boccaccio's life, thoughts and works (in English or Italian). Abst...