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EIGHTY-SEVEN years ago, Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in the state prison in Charlestown. The two men, self-avowed anarchists, had been convicted in the April 1920 robbery murder of two men at the Slater & Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree — paymaster Frederick A. Parmenter and his guard, Alessandro...

by Cori Urban   In anticipation of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16, members of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society will carry a statue of the Blessed Mother through the streets of the South End to their headquarters where they will provide a free brunch and music.   The procession will begin Sunday, July 12, after th...

The race for an open state Senate seat in Boston and three adjacent communities was sure to shake up the status quo, with no Italian-American son of East Boston in the race — the profile that has defined the district's senator for 40 years.   But voters did not seem hungry for too much change, as Joseph Boncore, an Italian-American son of ne...

It's love, Italian style, as the Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) presents two rarely performed one-act gems from the 19th century, Donizetti's Il Campanello and Mascagni's L'amico Fritz for its eleventh season. Three performances will presented, on July 20, 22 and 24, in a new location for the BMO, the Arsenal Center for the Arts, Mosesian Theater, in...

Due to an inclement weather forecast for Friday, Mayor Curt Balzano Leng, in coordination with Fire Chief David Berardesca and CERT Director David Lewis, has announced that "Festa Italiana" will now be integrated into the 2016 Fall Food Truck Festival.   The 2016 Fall Food Truck Festival will occur in Hamden Town Center Park on Oct. 14 from...

by James Pasto   According to Census figures, the foreign (and mainly Italian) born population of the North End in 1930 was 18,686 (67%) out of a total population of 27,818. In 1950, it was 4,779 (29.7%) out of a total of 16,064. However, in 1970, there were 6,303 (62%) people who listed "Italy" as their country of birth, out of a total pop...

34th Annual Sea Music FestivalJune 6th–9th, 2013 Mystic Seaport The Museum of America and the Sea75 Greenmanville AvenueMystic, Connecticut 06355(860) 572-5315   Read more   Fonte: Magna Grece    

by Phyllis Meras   Anita Botti of West Tisbury was honored last month by the Washington, D.C., chapter of the National Organization of Italian American Women as one of that organization's three Women of the Year. Ms. Botti recently retired from being chief of staff and principal deputy in former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's Office of...

swissnex Boston and the Consulate General of Italy in Boston are celebrating the Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo with two events during the Week of the Italian Language.   "Italian Language and Bilingualism" - Panel Discussion - 10/27 | 6PM | swissnex Boston "Italian Language and Bilingualism" will bring together 3 transatlantic l...

Joanna M. Leone, native Connecticut author of "Slices of Life Italian-American Stories" will be a special guest on WGCH 1490 AM radio on Friday, November 28th at 6:00pm.   " I am very excited about being on Bianca Tyler's radio show. We will discuss the special memories that warm people from Connecticut and the northeast have shared with me...

by Kent Pierce   Italian in Connecticut week continues in Waterbury. The mills drew them to Waterbury and they left their mark with the architecture.   The brass mills and other industries in Waterbury were the big draw decades ago. The mills may have closed, but many of those Italian families are still thriving, and the Italian influ...

by Matt Conti Opening Ceremonies at the 2016 St. Anthony's Feast was a spectacle for thousands of devotees of the patron saint. Always on the last weekend in August, the gold-adorned statue of San Antonio emerged to the faithful crowds on under the glory of confetti and streamers.   A blessing by Fr. Antonio of St. Leonard Church was follow...