Ramsey tips its hat to Italy with a bocce tournament
by Michael Olohan The Greater Ramsey UNICO, an Italian-American community organization, hosted its first boccie ball tutorial and tournament, drawing about 22 competitors and raising about $1,000 on Oct. 20. The group plans to make it an annual event, said Peter Reganato, chapter director. Joseph Verdone, a borough councilman and...
The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
by Carmela Malerba The 139th Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival, sponsored by the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society, took place on July 16. In addition to several statues of Mary, the procession included statues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saints Joseph, John the Baptist, Ann, Jude, Lucy, Anthony the Abbot, Rocco, Anthony of Padua, Rita...
Festa Italiana di Vandergrift to get full Louis Prima Jr. treatment
By R.A. Monti Louis Prima Jr. has to settle a bit of unfinished business at this year's Festa Italiana di Vander– grift. "When we last played there (in 2011), we were on the stage for about two songs and then the skies opened up," says Prima, who will headline this year's installment of the festival Aug. 17. "We didn't get to put...
Rosanna Imbriano Named the 2014 Christopher Columbus Woman of the Year
Rosanna Imbriano, founder and executive director of Sempre Avanti, Inc., has been named the 2014 Christopher Columbus Woman of the Year by The Italian Tribune Columbus Day Committee. This prestigious award is being presented to Imbriano for her success in both her work and personal life. Through hard work and determination, she demonstrates an unyi...
Italian man will make pizza in your driveway
by Shari Puterman Chaz Eicke, 42, loves a good slice of pizza. Coming from an Italian background, it's no surprise that he takes this signature New Jersey food pretty seriously. "That's where I got the cooking bug," he says of his ethnic upbringing. Eicke, a physical therapist at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawk...
Ciao Philadelphia: a letter from Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia Andrea Canepari
by Andrea Canepari Greater Philadelphia boasts one of the largest, and most accomplished, Italian-American communities in the United States. The birthplace of the United States of America, Philadelphia is a city deeply connected to Italian values and the Italian way of life, exemplified by the rich universities, museums, art centers and ne...
Pandola learning center offers Italian-related classes; Celebrates 20th anniversary
An exciting lineup of spring classes will begin March 10 & 12 at Pandola Learning Center on Stiles Street. Something for everyone ... learn to cook! Speak Italian! Take painting! Make jewelry! Make your own limoncello! And MUCH more. Since 1996, the Rev. Oreste Pandola Learning Center (named in honor of its founder, a previous pastor)...
St. Anthony Italian Feast returns to Roselle Park on June 9
The Church of the Assumption's annual St. Anthony Italian Family Feast returns for its 16th year! Once again it will be four days of faith, fun, family and friends, packed full of delicious homemade cooking, an Italian style Café, food venders, a beer & wine garden, non-stop entertainment and music (your favorite performers are returning!), amu...
Italian People's Bakery a Chambersburg mainstay after 80 years
Pasquale Gervasio made it to America by stowing away on a boat from Italy, eating only lemons for two weeks. In 1936, he opened an Italian bakery in Trenton with a single brick oven, and over the years its grown from one bakery to a seven-location business that create fresh bread and baked goods that are standouts in a community filled with sp...
At 106, woman's upbeat nature inspires residents
Connie Caserta shrugs her shoulders if you ask about reaching 106, just six years younger than the oldest man in the world. "It's me. I just take life as it comes," she said. "People are happy for me." A resident at ManorCare Health Services on Yamato Road, she defies assumptions. On the red carpet the week before at their fashion sho...
Rossini headlines 2017 OperaDelaware festival
In celebration of the 225th anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's birth, OperaDelaware will hold a spring festival featuring the Italian composer's popular setting of "Cinderella" and his rarely-performed tragedy "Semiramide." The 2017 festival runs April 29, April 30, May 6 and May 7, with afternoon and evening performances of "Semiramide" and "...
Countdown to the UNICO Feast, Clark’s Family-Fun-Packed Columbus Day Weekend Event
The lights, the sights, the sounds and the smells: Clark UNICO is counting down the days until the 10th annual Italian-American Feast begins on Friday, Oct. 7. The three-day festival and carnival features rides, games, food, music and family fun for all. "We are very excited to hold the 10th Annual UNICO Italian American Feast," Clark UNIC...