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C'è un po' di talento made in Italy nell'innovazione tecnologica statunitense. Giuseppe Grauso, Ettore Arione e Matteo Santinato lavorano nel sito varesino Whirlpool di Cassinetta di Biandronno, fisici i primi due, ingegnere il terzo, e fanno parte del team globale "connettività" della multinazionale, quello che ha realizzato la prima suite di elet...

Each year, it takes hundreds of volunteers to organize the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival.Volunteer Steve Pishner said there are different "levels and intensities" of volunteering. "There are some who volunteer just for the weekend of the festival and there are some who volunteer year round," he said. Although volunteers may work as...

You can impugn Sonny Buttafuoco all you want, and I know this will piss off Bri (whom I love), but the guy is a true-green Eagles fan. His only crime against Philadelphia is he tells it like it is... When we suck, Sonny tells us we suck.   Yeah, I know, he can be abrasive at times, and I don't like how he makes fun of my favorite Pennsylvani...

The Italian Cultural Center MARCO POLO has the pleasure of inviting you ON SATURDAY MAY 31 to a special open-house and pre-enrollment event at the new school site in ROXBOROUGH, Philadelphia. You will learn more about classes, talk with teachers and listen to other parents experiences. Further, there will be a light refreshments for all.  

The Italian American Club will hold its tenth annual Columbus Day Parade on Sunday. A celebration of local Italian-American culture, this year's parade begins at 2 p.m. on Ridgedale Avenue in East Hanover and is dedicated to all who have served in the U.S. armed forces.   Leading the parade is the Color Guard of Picatinny Arsenal and th...

Sono quattro le liste ammesse alle prossime elezioni del Comites di Philadelphia. Il Comitato elettorale del Consolato generale ha infatti dato via libera alle liste Forza Italia (16 candidati); Insieme per gli italiani (15 candidati); Uniti per un futuro migliore (14 candidati); Innovitalia (14 candidati). Di seguito il nome di tutti i candidati....

"Giada is five years old. She lives in Utica, New York. Her mom was born there, but her dad was born in Italy." So begins the new, illustrated book that, according to award-winning author Michael Sedge, will put young children on the path to learning Italian.   "I have lived in Italy many years and have grandkids both there and the United St...

The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, presents a documentary selection, from the four part television series "Great Conversations in Music", featuring some of the world's most renowned artists in candid and revealing discussions, with the participation of Marta Istomin and Anne McLean (Senior Producer, Libra...

The house on Albion Place in Atlantic City is surrounded by cops. Upstairs, downstairs, outside on the street. All having a great time, as I am on this summer-like March evening.   "There's no place like this,'' says one policeman inside Chef Vola's, a stop on our epic search for N.J.'s best Italian restaurant. Chef Vola's is one of our...

Gen. Claudio Graziano, Chief of the Defense Staff of Italy, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during an Armed Forces Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony with Maj. Gen. Bradley A Becker, U.S. Army Military District of Washington commanding General, to honor America's fallen at Arlington National Cemetery March 31, 2016.   The Un...

To make it to 100 years is an im­press­ive feat on its own, in life and in busi­ness. A cen­tury of ser­vice to a com­munity in any dis­cip­line re­quires at least a few things: a pi­on­eer­ing and awe-in­spir­ing first gen­er­a­tion; a product that dec­ades of South Phil­adelphi­ans clam­or for; and suc­cess­ful gen­er­a­tion­al sup­port – chil­dr...

Marty Tomarelli still remembers the good times at the Dante Literary Society — the 12-team bowling league, the summer clambakes and dressing as a mummy at the club's annual Halloween party. "We all had a hell of a time," the 87-year-old said.   The 82-year-old Scranton club is coming to an end in September. The members of the organizati...