John Fazio, Fisher Foods and Fazio’s grocery store co-owner, dies at 99
During the 1960s and 1970s, the name Fazio’s was synonymous with grocery shopping in Northeast Ohio. The opening of a new store in Northeast Ohio was greeted with newspaper articles extolling the European flavors in Fazio’s bakery departments, gourmet specialties from around the world and large produce department. At the height of his grocery store...
Tammany Scene: Society holds dinner celebrating Italian heritage
Members of the American Society of Italian Heritage celebrated the Festa di San Giuseppe, or Feast of St. Joseph, during a recent dinner at Benedict’s Plantation in Mandeville. President Frank Simoncioni welcomed the group and led in prayer, and members enjoyed a buffet-style feast including a variety of meatless, Sicilian-style dishes. Many wore r...
New Mexico Legislature Approves Indigenous People's Day Bill
A proposal to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day won final approval Friday in the state Legislature following a lengthy and sometimes emotional debate. The Senate voted 22-15 to approve the bill pushed by Native American activists. Numerous cities nationwide, including Albuquerque, have moved to shift the October holiday's focus f...
The Italians are coming with St. Joseph's Day parades, flowers and lots of pasta
Like the Irish, Italians around the city will toast their heritage with celebrations unfolding over the next several days. Highlights include folk dancing, an enormous communal bowl of pasta and a mobile St. Joseph's Altar rolling through the French Quarter. The events are hosted by the Italian American St. Joseph Society, and they’re free and open...
St. Joseph's Altars are plentiful in the Baton Rouge area
The food and the fig cookies will flow when area Catholic churches and organizations host St. Joseph's Altars over the next few weeks. While St. Joseph's Day is March 19, most altars will be open the weekend before. On Sunday, March 17, a St. Joseph's Altar will be open from noon to 4 p.m. at Cypress Springs Mercedarian Prayer Center, 17560 George...
List of local St. Joseph altars for 2019
The following parishes, schools and entities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans will host St. Joseph Altars for the feast of St. Joseph on March 19. The tradition, which is Sicilian and Roman Catholic in origin but is carried on locally by Italian-Americans and people of all nationalities and faiths, includes baking cookies and cakes and preparing f...
Challenging what you thought you knew about Sicilian New Orleans
Thursday, March 21, 2019. 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM CDT. American Italian Cultural Center, 537 S. Peters St., New Orleans, LA 70130 In this talk, Dr. Justin Nystrom of Loyola University New Orleans will share some of the bigger surprises that came out of the research for his recent book, Creole Italian. This work documents the important role that Sicilian...
Lecture: Michelangelo and the Popes
Thursday, March 14, 2019. 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM CDT. American Italian Cultural Center, 537 S. Peters St., New Orleans, LA 70130. All Michelangelo wanted to be was a sculptor, but Pope Julius II had other ideas, as did Pope Leo X, Pope Clement VII, and Pope Paul III. A long line of Popes with an eye for talent commissioned Michelangelo, often against hi...
Things you didn't know about Alto Adige: My travel diaries
Thursday, March 7, 2019. 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST. Location: The Italian Cultural & Community Center - 1101 Milford St, Houston, TX 77006. $10 ICCC Members | $15 Non-members. Get tickets here Draped across the high Alps, where Italy, Austria and Switzerland collide and their cultures blur, Italy’s northernmost region is a major draw for holiday-makers...
Little Italy descendants and friends establish new non-profit museum
In 2018, the descendants, residents, and friends of Little Italy, a historic community nestled in northwest Pulaski County in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains, founded a new 501(c)(3) non-profit organization called the “Little Italy Arkansas Heritage Society” whose mission is to preserve the history of Little Italy, Arkansas, celebrate its I...
Arcobelli (CGIE) : Buon lavoro al nuovo Console Onorario a Dallas Richard Gussoni
“Durante la visita a Dallas nel mese di Dicembre del Console Generale Ciattaglia, eravamo stati informati dell'imminente nomina del Sig. Richard Gussoni con le funzioni di Console Onorario ed al quale oggi desidero a nome mio e della collettività Italiana che rappresento di fare gli Auguri di un buon e proficuo lavoro.” E’ il messaggio di benvenuto...
Istituzione di un Consolato Onorario d'Italia a Dallas
Si rende noto che con decreto del Ministero degli Affari Esteri è stato istituito un Consolato Onorario d’Italia con giurisdizione nella città di Dallas. A capo dell’ufficio onorario è stato nominato il Sig. Richard Nicholas Gussoni che potrà esercitare le funzioni esclusivamente indicate nel seguente decreto di delimitazioni di funzioni: Decreto n...