Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian - K-12. Application Deadline: June 28, 2013
The Coccia-Inserra Award honors a teacher of Italian at the K-12 level, and is generously donated by Coccia Foundation in the name and memory of its founder, Cav. Joseph Coccia, Jr., and by Mr. Lawrence R. Inserra, Jr. Founded in 1994 by Joseph and Elda Coccia, and now under the leadership of President Elisa Coccia, Coccia Foundation aggressively p...
Il nuovo Marconi Andrew Viterbi è venuto in Usa con un biglietto di sola andata
di Mario Platero "Il nuovo Marconi". Al secolo: Andrew Viterbi. Ma a differenza del Marconi originale, è sconosciuto ai più, sebbene sia l'inventore dell'algoritmo matematico che porta il suo nome e fa funzionare tutti i telefoni cellulari. Arrivato in America a 4 anni al seguito della sua famiglia ebrea in fuga dalle persecuzioni antisemi...
4 Reasons Il Palio Di Atlantic City Has Legs
A horse race known as Il Palio is held twice every year in Siena, Italy. It is an Italian tradition that dates back to 1656. An American version of the race has been proposed for Atlantic City Friday and Saturday October 11 and 12. But we believe the idea has four legs. I'll tell you why. Read more Source: http:...
Migranti: l'Italia multiculturale nella rassegna promossa dal Consolato a Philadelphia
"Migranti. Storie dall'Italia multiculturale di oggi": questo il titolo della rassegna promossa a Philadelphia dal Consolato generale d'Italia insieme con l'America-Italy Society of Philadelphia. Appuntamento venerdì prossimo, 20 settembre, alle 18 nella sede del Consolato generale con "La giusta distanza" di Carlo Mazzacurati. Il film –...
East Hanover Italian American Club and Long Shot Productions Honors James Gandolfini
by Jane Smith Hi There :) I am writing on behalf of Long Shot Productions, an independent film production company based out of East Hanover! I recently partnered with The East Hanover Italian American Club for their Columbus Day Parade with their tribute for James Gandolfini. The video we produced features James's family...
Sons of Italy members in Yardley wrap impoverished Native Americans in the warmth of kindness
Year after year Piazza Nuova Lodge member Barbara Lawless and her volunteer friends, Jennifer Gallagher and Lisa Baxter, pack clothing for shipment to impoverished American-Indian reservations. "We are happy doing God's work," said Lawless, who organizes the purchase, packing and mailing of the clothing to impoverished Native American fami...
Palazzo sul Potomac
A new edition of the "Palazzo sul Potomac" is now available. This English version, curated by Ambassador Gaetano Cortese, features the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC and chronicles diplomatic relations between Italy and the US. Sponsored by the National Italian American Foundation and dedicated to "2013 - Year of Italian Culture in the...
Nicholas J. Grillo, new owner of newly-named Levandoski-Grillo funeral home, Bloomfield
On May 1st, Nicholas J. Grillo of North Arlington became one of the youngest funeral home owners/directors in New Jersey when he took over the new Levandoski-Grillo Funeral Home in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Grillo brings to Levandoski-Grillo more than 10 years of experience as Funeral Director for Introcaso Angelo in Jersey City, and a youth...
Festa Italiana serving up spaghetti, bands and more
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church's Festa Italiana may have religious roots, but it is also one big celebration of food and music Friday through Sunday at Holy Cross Park in Williams Township. The annual event commemorates the Easton parish's patron, St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast falls on June 13. A favorite feature is the nightly e...
Ernest E. Rossi
Dr. Ernest E. Rossi, 86, passed away peacefully August 7, 2015. Ernie was born January 28, 1929 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Ambridge High School in 1946. After graduation he entered the U.S. Air Force and served 3 years in Greenland as a Radio Operator, reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant. Ernie was the first in his I...
Frank Sinatra 100th Birthday Celebration in Washington
October 28, 2015Wednesday 5:30 PMAmerican Trucking Associations Conference Center430 First Street SEWashington, District of Columbia Join us for a swingin' and minglin' reception to celebrate the 100th Birthday of Frank Sinatra, America's most extraordinary singer, actor, director, producer and all around spectacular entertainer who was born, yes,...
The special charms of a good Italian deli
Think of an Italian market, and what's the first image that comes to mind? A bustling, aromatic shop with huge wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese on the counter and small wedges of pecorino Romano in baskets. Shelves stocked with jars of imported capers, olive oils and plump white beans. And above it all, ropes of sausage and prosciutto hams, dan...