The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily to Brooklyn
Tuesday, July 11 — Author Talk: Anthony LoFrisco — The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily to Brooklyn, 7-8:30 p.m. The LoFrisco Family Cookbook: How Josie Brought Sicily To Brooklyn by Anthony LoFrisco, is part cookbook, part memoir. The author, son of Sicilian immigrants in the early 1900s, shares not only his mother's time-tested...
Mario Ciampa Passes Away
Mario Ciampa, 83, beloved husband of Lucille (Galante) Ciampa, passed away on Sunday, June 25th, at Winchester Hospital following a brief illness. He died peacefully, surrounded by family and loved ones. Born in Sulmona, Italy, he is the son of the late John and Angela (Valeri) Ciampa. Mario grew up in Sulmona, a historic city nestled in the mounta...
101st Carmel Feast draws hundreds
Hundreds poured Saturday into the lot behind St. Anthony’s Church off Arsenal Street to check out the annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, marking its 101st year. For Dexter resident Susan Naso and her husband, Mark, going to the Italian festival is all part of the early summer routine. They’ve attended every year for the last 17 years. What k...
'It's all about family': Visitors return to hold on to Fiesta tradition
Seeing the Mother of Grace statue carried down the main aisle toward the St. Peter’s Fiesta altar, Phyllis Moore, 90, shouted one of the first among dozens of “Viva” chants that reverberated Sunday across Gloucester’s downtown. It was 9:30 a.m. — a half-hour prior to Fiesta’s annual outdoor Mass, let alone the noon procession. But the spirit of cel...
Italian Cars Parade Through West Hartford for Annual Concorso Ferrari & Friends
Sunday’s warm and sunny weather was perfect for showing off an incredible collection of autos and supporting Connecticut Children’s Medical Center at the 17th Annual Concorso Ferrari & Friends in West Hartford Center. Visitors flocked to West Hartford Center on Sunday, June 25, 2017, in order to get an up-close-and-personal look at more than 200 hi...
From the community Italian American Committee announces scholarship winners
The Italian American Celebration Honoring Christopher Columbus Committee (I.A.C.) will award scholarships to 14 area students this month. The recipients were selected by a Scholarship Committee, which was headed by Professor Dario Del Puppo of Trinity College, Hartford. Eight $1,000 scholarships and six $500 scholarships will be presented June 22 a...
Columbus Day parade fundraiser to be held in West Haven
The Columbus Day Committee of Greater New Haven will hold a fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. June 28 at the Cielo Banquet Ballroom, 85 Chase Lane, to raise money for the 2017 Columbus Day parade in West Haven. The benefit will include a buffet of Italian foods donated by city restaurants, along with beer, wine, soda, coffee and dessert. It will also inc...
Il San Vito Premieres for Moderns
Concerto Romano gave the modern day premiere of Il San Vito by Bernardo Pasquini last Wednesday afternoon at Emmanuel Church in Boston under the umbrella of the Boston Early Music Festival. Renowned in his day as a virtuoso keyboard player, Pasquini (1637-1710) was the most important Italian composer of keyboard music between Frescobaldi and Domeni...
Italian American Citizens Club, 7 Blaney Avenue, Peabody, MA
The winners this year were Danae Winter of Peabody , with Vice President and Chairman of the Scholarship committee Diane Newton . Danae will be attending Gordan College on her journey to be a Veterinarian. Also, pictured is our second recipient Ashley Royer of Peabody, who will be attending Emmanuel College on her journey to be a elementary School...
Proceed to St. Andrew the Apostle Society’s Festa in New Haven June 22-25
Time for Festa, the 117th actually, and you know the food is great. Starting with a simple march June 22 at 6 p.m., the St. Andrew the Apostle Society and the Amalfitani-Italian Community of New Haven are celebrating their heritage and traditions with a processions, a Mass and a festival running through Sunday evening. The Thursday procession is a...
117th Anniversary St. Andrew’s Italian Festa Preview
It’s a celebration 117 years in the making, the St. Andrew the Apostle Society in New Haven is hosting their annual Italian Festa this week to celebrate their heritage and tradition. This morning, Stephen Stellato and Anne Candela stopped by our kitchen to give us a cooking preview and tell us more about the great event. Events kick off Thursday, J...
Italian American Civic Order elects officers
The Italian American Civic Order recently held its new election of officers. Lou DiMauro was elected president. Sal Ciccarello was elected vice president; and Fred Terrasi will continue as secretary, as will Jack Mayors as treasurer. The house committee is headed by Frank Augeri and the new Sargent at Arms is Joe Formica. The Board of Directors el...