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Il giorno 7 maggio 2014, presso OUSD AT&L (Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) - con sede in Mark Center, Alexandria, VA (USA) – si è svolto il 6th Bilateral Declaration of Principles (DoP) Plenary Meeting.   DoP è un'intesa bilaterale di cooperazione Italia-USA, firmata dai Ministri della...

Maria Mazziotti Gillan is a recipient of the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from AWP, the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers, and the 2008 American Book Award for her book, All That Lies Between Us (Guernica Editions). She is the founder /executive director of the Po...

Twelve members of The Italian Club of Centennial High School in Howard County were among the ravioli makers October 18th in Saint Leo's School Hall. The Club, with 25 members, participates in philanthropic activities and other events such as restaurant night, parties where they cook Italian food, and Italian movie night.   The group particip...

In 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and riots ensued all over the country. A year later these riots had largely diminished, but tensions over their cause -- in part, systemic segregation and disenfranchisement -- were still high.   When such boils over in Brooklyn, the Italian-American family of young Joe Montaperto uproots to th...

Goodfella's, an award-winning brick oven-baked pizza and family-style Italian-American food restaurant, is coming to the Livingston Mall food court this December. Besides its award-winning pizza, Goodfella's menu includes everything from soups, salads, heros, wraps and Italian hot-pressed paninis to pastas, entrées and brick oven rolls. For de...

The Westwood Regional School District's World Language Department recently announced that Italian language teacher Anthony Genovese was awarded a $4,500 grant from the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE).   The IACE partnered with the Edizioni Farinelli publishing company to provide Italian educational resources for the receiving...

by Mark Di Ionno   First, filmmaker John Maggio had to dispose of the M-word, because it's the first thing that came up when he was trying to raise money to produce "The Italian-Americans," a two-part, four-hour documentary PBS will unveil this month.   "It took longer to raise the money than to actually make the film," Maggio said be...

June 9, 2015 - Tuesday 5:30 PM (on various days)St Anthony of Padua - 901 N. Dupont Street - Wilmington, Delaware 19805The St. Anthony's Italian Festival returns on Sunday, June 7 and continues through Sunday, June 14. The 2015 Festival theme is Abruzzo, a region to which many in Delaware's Italian-American community trace their ance...

By Stephen Green While Tex-Mex is easily the most uniquely Texan food and barbecue is a ubiquitous Texas staple, five family-owned Italian joints have made their stay in Montgomery County. Luigi's serves southern Italian food cooked to order, according to owner Marko Rezart. He says this allows people to easily switch ingredients or orders an...

Members of Corona D'Italia Lodge No. 807 held their monthly meeting Feb. 3 at Pizza Joe's, 128 Spring Ave., Ellwood City. The session began with a pizza luncheon hosted by Clemmy Sirimarco, president, and served by trustee Pudue LaCava, member Jackie Court and sentinel Lois DiFrischia. The business session followed with financial reports...

Now that summer has officially arrived, families throughout the Mid-Atlantic U.S. will be heading to the New Jersey shoreline. Beachtime vacations are incomplete without indulgent delights like cannoli, cupcakes, cookies and other baked goods. Thankfully, one true Philadelphia classic is open along the coast, so families and friends can enjoy the I...

Il Presidente di "Insieme per gli italiani", Melo Cicala, ha partecipato lunedì scorso al pranzo organizzato dall'ambasciatore d'Italia a Washington Claudio Bisogniero in onore della delegazione italiana capitanata dal vice presidente della Camera dei deputati, Antonio Leone. I Presidenti delle Camere dei paesi appartenenti al G8 si sono recati in...