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...
Leechburg native confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Italy
By Debra Duncan Before assuming duties as the new U.S. ambassador to Italy, John R. Phillips will make a stop in his hometown of Leechburg. Friends and family will gather Sept. 1 to give him a proper send-off at the Marconi Club, where Mr. Phillips' grandparents -- Italian immigrants -- and his family often gathered. Read more S...
Italia in pole per la missione Cygnus
Continua la grande tradizione dei moduli pressurizzati "made in Italy", realizzati nello stabilimento torinese di Thales Alenia Space. Dopo l'Mplm, le componenti dei moduli della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale, i cargo europei Atv, adesso tocca ai moduli del cargo spaziale "privato" statunitense Cygnus. Il 17 settembre, infatti, dalla ba...
A wreath for Columbus and three crowns for three beauties
The Columbus Day Committee of Atlantic City along with the Bonnie Blue Foundation annually honors Christopher Columbus and celebrates Italian heritage. The Christopher Columbus Commemorative Celebration 2013 runs Thursday Oct. 10 through Monday, Oct 14. A big component of the weekend is the Miss Columbus Day-Miss Atlantic County pageants, being hel...
Dreaming of museum of Italian culture in Philadelphia
By Jeff Gammage Michael DiPilla has a dream that's as big as the Colosseum and as alluring as the Mona Lisa: to build a national museum of Italian culture in Philadelphia. Not because the city has the largest number of Italians - that would be New York. But because Philadelphia and Italians go together like, well, pasta and gravy, and hav...
San Gennaro Festival brings taste of Italy to the Jersey Shore
When it comes to cultural celebrations, the borough – host of the state's biggest St. Patrick's Day parade every year – is no stranger to honoring Irish heritage. For the past three years, however, the borough's Main Street has been blocked off for one weekend in September as Belmar and St. Rose Parish celebrate the Italian culture and mor...
AMHS Luncheon: "Bersaglieri" The Unique Italian Army Infantry Unit
Join the Abruzzo Molise Heritage Society (AMHS) for a fascinating presentation by Col. Rodolfo Scanga, Military Attache, Embassy of Italy. He will tell us the story behind the amazing high-mobility light infantry unit of the Italian Army. The Bersaglieri are known for their distinctive wide-brimmed plumed hats ("vaira") and black gloves, and for t...
‘Don Giovanni’ at University of Maryland’s Maryland Opera Studio
by Sam Hall Interesting fact –Lorenzo da Ponte , librettist for Don Giovanni, was the first professor of Italian literature at Columbia University in New York City; he was also the first ethnically Jewish member of the faculty, and the first to be a Catholic priest. Before that, he worked at various points in his life as grocer, among oth...
Italy in the White House: A Conversation on Historical Perspectives in Washington
March 2, 2016. Wednesday 9:00 AM - White House Historical Association - 748 Jackson Place NorthwestWashington, District of Columbia Long before the emergence of the United States and Italy as nations, close connections between our two peoples influenced political philosophy, architecture, culture, and more. Over time, these...
Mary Ann Pessolano Mattone, NOIAW Board Member, Honored by OSIA
We are proud to announce that NOIAW Board member and Secretary, Mary Ann Pessolano Mattone, will be honored at the Sons of Italy Foundation's 28th Annual National Education and Leadership Awards on May 26, 2016 in Washington, D.C. A philanthropist and community leader, Mrs. Mattone will receive a National Education and Leadership Award, as will he...