Italian Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero’s welcome address on the occasion of Italian Armed Forces Day
WASHINGTON (November 5, 2012) Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,Welcome to the Embassy of Italy. My special greetings go to: The Secretary of the Army,The Hon. John McHugh, The Vice Chief of the Army, General Lloyd Austin, The Principal Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, The Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence...
NIAF Photo Contest!
Last chance this month to show your Italianità! in NIAF's first-ever Photo Contest! The topic is the Italian spirit or essence! Italianità in other words! Submissions may be poignant, breathtaking, humorous, provocative, heartbreaking. They may be portraits, travel photos, spontaneous moments, family celebrations, ancestors, culinary image...
Le colonne sonore italiane rivivono a Washington grazie ai Cameristi di Roma
By Stefania Spatti Da Nino Rota a Ennio Morricone, da Nicola Piovani ad Armando Trovajoli. Le grandi colonne sonore italiane sono state protagoniste del concerto Italian Great Movie Classics, ospitato ieri sera dall'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington. A rievocare davanti a un folto pubblico la magia del cinema segnato dalle note dei...
Alla National Gallery of Art di Washington, reportage fotografico su documenti, uomini e oggetti salvati da iniziativa NGA in Europa
Cultura italiana nel mondo in primo piano in questa nota dedicata, non ad un artista ma ad un gruppo di studiosi che convinsero il Presidente degli Stati Uniti ad inviare in Europa con le truppe americane anche esperti d'arte che aiutarono a mettere in salvo od a recuperare opere d'arte che i tedeschi consideravano bottino di guerra. Un'op...
Bloomfield's Little Italy Days draws mix of old and new
By Rosa Colucci Little Italy Days started in 2002 with a mission to celebrate Bloomfield's Italian heritage. Event planner Sal Richetti was involved from the start. As owner of Big Day Entertainment and a Bloomfield native, he booked the entertainment for the festival. That all changed three years ago. "The festival was going to fold and so I volu...
EHIAC Selects Michéal Castaldo as Grand Marshall of the 2015 Columbus Day Parade
The East Hanover Italian American Club (EHIAC) announces Michéal Castaldo as the Grand Marshall for the 2015 Columbus Day Parade, which will be held in East Hanover, New Jersey, on Sunday, October 11. Castaldo is also being honored as the EHIAC Music Achievement Award Recipient for his outstanding performances, arranging and composing tale...
Local History: Dante statue on U of S campus has storied history
by Erin L. Nissley When the Dante Social Club's 82-year history comes to a close next month, it won't take with it Scranton's only link to the medieval Italian poet best known for an epic poem that took readers on a tour of Heaven, Purgatory and Hell. Tucked away in a quiet corner of the University of Scranton's campus near the Sc...
Building influence, Italy-Philly-D.C.
Joseph Del Raso, the Pepper Hamilton partner who chairs the National Italian American Foundation -- NIAF -- had to send out for an extra tuxedo shirt Wednesday night so he could go to the Union League dinner honoring Philadelphia Energy chief Phil Rinaldi. It's been that busy and formal a week for Italian American leaders, what with Italia...
UNICO Rehoboth Beach presents Opera at the Beach
UNICO Rehoboth Beach Chapter presented Opera at the Beach Oct. 22 at St. Edmond Church, featuring Andrea Arena, mezzo soprano; and Dante Fiore, tenor. Arena has been recognized for her extraordinary talents through her ability to bring polished classical style and rich soulful emotion to the operatic stage. A native Delawarean, and a gradu...
La scomparsa di Joseph Coccia. Morto a 83 anni uno dei più importanti italoamericani del New Jersey
La comunità italiana del New Jersey ha subito una grave perdita. S'è spento giovedì scorso, 3 gennaio, all'età di 83 anni, il cav. Joseph Coccia, fondatore della "Coccia Foundation", della quale il 17 settembre scorso aveva nominato presidente la figlia Elisa nel corso della "Grand Cocktail Reception", nell'11.o Annual Italian Studies Golf Classic...
Our Naked Lives: Essays From Gay Italian American Men
by Michael Carosone On May 1, 2013, my new book was available to the public. It was published by Bordighera Press and is a collection of 15 personal essays from 15 Gay Italian American men. It is a continuation of my work on giving voices to marginalized peoples, groups, and communities. The theme that stitches all of the essays together t...
W.Va. Italian Heritage Festival announces this year’s honorees
by Ashlie Walter CLARKSBURG —A basketball coach, a lawyer, a McDonald's franchisee and a councilwoman are among this year's West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival honorees.Joe Retton is the Italian-American Man of the Year, Sharon Flanery is the Italian-American Woman of the Year, John Ebert is the Honorary Italian Man of the Year and Marga...