Annual St. Ann's Italian Festa celebrates Its 110th year
The St. Ann's 110th Italian Festa, a favorite parish, family and neighborhood tradition, will begin Wednesday, June 24, in Raritan Borough. The festival features fun rides and games, Italian food favorites and nightly entertainment to raise funds for the Parish and children who attend St. Ann's School, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary...
Locals grab up tickets for Italian POW commemoration
By Vicky Taylor The community's response to the Italian Heritage Event planned later this month to commemorate and remember contributions of Italian prisoners who worked at Letterkenny Army Depot during World War II has been so positive that tickets to the centerpiece luncheon and program are almost sold out already. David Sciaman...
Eighth Annual John Marzano Half Ball Tournament
Returning in 2016 to the S. 9th Street Italian Market Festival where it was created in 2009, the John Marzano Half Ball Tournament marks its eighth anniversary with a lineup of the city's best players at the city's favorite street game. Play begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 21st. Players will enjoy the competition when they're not sampling th...
Una torinese tra i sei giovani “cervelli” italiani premiati a Washington
C'è anche una torinese tra i giovani scienziati italiani che si fanno onore all'estero. Si tratta di Silvia Balbo, premiata da ISSNAF, la fondazione che riunisce 4mila scienziati italiani che lavorano in Nord America: è uno dei sei talenti che si sono aggiudicati gli ISSNAF Awards, consegnati ieri all'ambasciata italiana a Washington. Nata a...
Italian heritage website tracks ethnic contributions to Ellwood City
A new Italian heritage website, with roots in Ellwood City, is available. Local residents are invited to visit eciahf.org and share their family stories with the community. The website is the creation of the Ellwood City Italian American Heritage Foundation. It was created to preserve the memory of the Italian immigrants who came to Ellwo...
It’s Time to Portray Italian Americans Differently
The survival of most media organizations is to obtain that exclusive interview or story. Publishers and editors attempt to separate their media group from the rest, in order to get the exclusive rights to a story even if this implies "by any means necessary." As a consequence, just look at the much anticipated Sports Illustrated "swimsuit edition"...
28 scholarship for study in Italy
REGISTER FOR THE AP ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE EXAMINATION AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DRAWING OF 28 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDY IN ITALY WITH EDUITALIA On the occasion of the celebration of 2013 as the Year of the Italian Culture in the United States, Eduitalia, an Association of qualified Schools and Universities that offer courses for fo...
Restituiti all'Italia otto preziosi volumi
Si è tenuta oggi presso l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington, in collaborazione con il Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale dei Carabinieri e l'Ufficio di Collegamento Interpol, la cerimonia di consegna di otto volumi antichi che si ritiene appartengano all'Università di Napoli. Tali volumi erano entrati recentemente in possesso della Fondazio...
In Chambersburg, once Trenton's Little Italy, immigrant history repeats
By Lari Robling The bridge bearing the neon sign "Trenton Makes the World Takes" is a reminder of the time when New Jersey's capital city manufactured everything from toilets to pottery to wire cable. Trenton no longer makes a lot of what the world takes, and in no place is this more evident than the Chambersburg district. The primarily Italian n...
Verdi 200
The Friends of The Philadelphia City Institute Library and The America-Italy Society of Philadelphia present Verdi 200 at the Free Library on Rittenhouse Square. Verdi opera films screened from 10 AM to 5 PM Saturday, October 12, 2013. Read more Source: http://www.aisphila.org
Giada De Laurentiis writes new series for kids
by Richard Gawel She trained at the elite Cordon Bleu in Paris. She worked at Wolfgang Puck's famous Spago restaurant in Los Angeles. She's the star of "Giada at Home," "Everyday Italian," and "Food Network Star" on TV. She's a mom with deep culinary roots now sharing those traditions with her own daughter. And, Giada De Laurentiis is the...
New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Reschedules Verismo Opera Chorus Auditions to February 5
By Mel Fabrikant The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera has rescheduled the last date to audition for the Verismo Opera Chorus to February 5, 2014. Due to inclement weather conditions, the auditions scheduled for January 22 were cancelled. Auditions for the chorus will begin at 6:30 p.m. and be held at 44 Armory Street in Englewood, New Jerse...