Celebrating a Hundred Years of Devotion to Santa Agrippina di Mineo in Boston, Mass. (Part 1)
By Giovanni di Napoli I returned to Boston, Massachusetts last weekend for the highly anticipated 100th Anniversary of the Feast of Santa Agrippina di Mineo. Part of me was a little sad that I was going to miss the Feast of Saint Rocco in Glen Cove and the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Bergen Beach, but you only get one opportunity...
Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts in Springfield welcomes new members
Members don't have to be Italian to join the Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts. The Springfield-based organization is open to new members who appreciate Italian culture and are looking for Italian learning and social opportunities. The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts, located on Margaret Street in Sprin...
Observance of Columbus Day Showcased the Best
Columbus Day festivities in Revere were a big hit from the moment the pre-holiday breakfast started Sunday at the Revere High cafeteria to the time the final marcher completed the parade route Monday afternoon. Mayor Dan Rizzo and the parade and breakfast committees gave this city a celebration to remember honoring Italian explorer Christopher...
Consalvo Wants To Continue Menino Legacy Of Urban Mechanic
With just a week to go to the preliminary election, when the crowded field will be winnowed from 12 to two candidates, we're going to continue WBUR's series of conversations with the candidates. Today, an Italian-American from Hyde Park. City Councilor Rob Consalvo, who came into our studios yesterday, told us he wants to carry on the lega...
Carla Panciera to read from new collection in Mystic
by Betty J. Cotter Carla Panciera grew up in Westerly, where her father's dairy farm and her Italian-American heritage would provide rich fodder for her future writing. Her new short story collection, "Bewildered," won the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction and has just been released by the University of Massachusetts Press. She will read...
Boston Community’s Rising Star Giovanni Abbadessa
"You have to look five years ahead." Giovanni Abbadessa repeats this motto as a mantra and seems to apply it to the many tasks and roles he juggles in his busy, intense, on-the-verge-of-overbooked daily life. His phone rings, beeps or vibrates relentlessly during the two hours we spend in the gorgeous, elegantly and somewhat minimally furnishe...
I Am Books —An Italian American Cultural Hub
by Nicola Orichuia Time flies when you're having a good time, right? Well, we've been working like crazy on the bookstore and it's been fun and exhausting! Since Oct. 5, when we finally set foot inside our space at 189 North Street in Boston's North End, we have been drilling holes, mounting shelves, receiving orders and doing a million other...
Judge grants parishioners 90 days for hail Mary effort to save Scituate church
By Charlotte Wilder Judge Raymond Brassard of Norfolk Superior Court granted parishioners of St. Frances X Cabrini Church in Scituate a chance to file their case with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The filing with the highest court in America will be the last battle in an 11-year fight to stop the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston from closi...
'The Godfather' to play at Maritime Aquarium
By Jeff Eydt Winfield Street Italian Deli will be giving Norwalk an offer it can't refuse when they hold a viewing of The Godfather at the Maritime Aquarium's IMAX theater, located at 10 N. Water St., on March 19. Proceeds will be going to the Maritime Aquarium and the Italian-American Police Society of Southern Connecticut. "The Italian-...
Film screening: The Venice Ghetto, 500 Years of Life
When: Thursday, May 12, 2016 – 5:30 pm – 7:05 pmWhere: Museum of Fine Arts Boston – Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium (Auditorium 161), 465 Huntington Ave., Boston MA The Venice Ghetto, 500 Years of Life by Emanuela Giordano (Italy/France, 2015, 54 min.). Italian & French with English subtitles. The rich story of the Jews of Veni...
Festa Italia! Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Center of Western MA, Inc.
Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 8th for this year's Festa Italia! A Taste of Italy, Food and Wine! We invite you to join us for our fifth annual Festa Italia! A Taste of Italy, Food and Wine! It will be held at The Cedars Banquet Hall, a fitting venue to showcase our Italian food, wine and heritage, with plenty of room and ample parking....
'Rustic Italian' fare coming to Bresca space
By Susan Axelrod Damian Sansonetti and his wife, Ilma Lopez, are opening a "rustic Italian" restaurant in the space formerly occupied by Bresca at 111 Middle St. next month. Sansonetti, who left his post as executive chef at Bar Boulud in New York City to come to Portland last September, owns Blue Rooster Food Co. in the Old Port, which h...