La Festa Della Repubblica in Philadelphia
June 7, 2015, Sunday 11:00 AM - 7:00 PMEast Passyunk Avenue - 1601 E Passyunk AvenuePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19148Filitalia International & Foundation Presents La Festa Della Repubblica – Italian National Day, which will be held on Sunday, June 7, 2015. 11am-7pm Rain or Shine This wonderful event will be located in South...
Dante Alighieri's 750th Birthday Anniversary at the Library of Congress
Thursday, December 03, 2015 From 4:00 pm To 6:30 pm. Entrance : Free of Charge - RSVP Required - Please contact Lucia Wolf at 202-707-2256 or [email protected] to RSVP for this event. Library of Congress - James Madison Memorial Building - Mumford Room and West Dining Room, 6th Floor - 101 Independence Ave. SE - ...
Sparta UNICO to Hold Italian Heritage Afternoon of Fun
Sparta UNICO is sponsoring a Heritage event for area residents. On April 17 people in the county are invited to Hillside Park in Andover for fun, food and family. They will provide live Italian music, food tasting, demonstrations, Italian lessons and cultural information. Door prizes include a free DNA testing kit donated by Ancestry.com.&...
New Jersey e Italia, uno per l'altro
Il New Jersey da sempre è stato l'italiano d'America. La grande presenza di italo-americani è il motore principale, ma adesso si guarda ancora più in là, a un incremento dei rapporti commerciali tra Garden State e l'Italia. Lo ha sottolineato Maurizio Forte, presidente dell'Italian Trade Agency, l'Istituto per il Commercio Estero, l'ICE, di New Yor...
An Evening with Al Pacino at the Borgata in Atlantic City – June 4th
Al Pacino is one of the most acclaimed actors in film history. He is most famous for his roles in "The Godfather," "The Godfather II," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon," "Scarface," "Carlito's Way," "Heat" and "Scent of a Woman." He is a winner of an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe awards, the National Medal of Arts and the...
Dino's brings specialty Italian to Asbury
Growing up, Dino LaSasso would never bring peanut butter and jelly or flavorless cold cut sandwiches to school for lunch. His mother, Patricia Bender, a former restaurant owner and chef, would make her three children veal cutlet sandwiches for lunch instead. "I just assumed everybody had food like that," LaSasso said. After he was shocked...
Bryanna DeFazio: Being Regina Maria is 'Beyond a dream come true'
by Darlene J. Swiger People lined West Main Street in downtown Clarksburg Friday afternoon to watch the 38th annual West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival coronation. The ceremony officially kicks off the three-day festival held each Labor Day weekend. Friday's ceremony began with the introduction of the festival's princesses, Mi...
Mount Vernon's longtime Lincoln Lounge reopening
A longtime Mount Vernon restaurant that closed last year after 65 years and then reopened briefly is expected to reopen again Oct. 18. The Lincoln Lounge, also known as Solano's, operated for 65 years at 209 Stevens Ave. before closing May 2015. "We're going to continue the legacy and bring back what it was," said Federico Gugliemo, w...
Italian American Heritage Club presents scholarships
The 2012 Italian American Heritage Club of Hunterdon County presented its annual scholarships at a recent diner meeting held at the Copper Hill Country Club in Ringoes. Recipients and Club Officers (from left) are Anthony Nicaretta, Christopher DeSapio, Tess Pearson, Karlina Juelch, Foundation Treasurer James Christie, Scholarship Chairperson Donna...
Italy Ranks No. 1 on America’s 2013 Travel Wish List
NEW YORK, December 27, 2012 -- Fly.com™, the world's easiest-to-use airfare search engine, today announced the findings of its inaugural New Year Travel Resolutions Survey, which identifies America's most desired destinations for the new year. At the top of America's "wish list" is Italy, closely followed by Australia. They are joined in the top f...
A Stradivari in Philadelphia
The AIS and the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia invite you to A Stradivari in Philadelphia Matteo Fedeli plays the valuable Antonio Stradivari violin of 1726 "ex Adams Collection" Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 6:00pm at The Ethical Society Building in Ritternhouse Sq, Philadelphia This event is free and...
Pivot to a Trans-Atlantic Market
by Marta Dassù and Charles A. Kupchan Yes, the United States is pivoting to Asia, one of the reasons for the tête-à-tête last week between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. But behind the scenes, President Obama has actually been reorienting U.S. diplomacy toward Europe. At the outset of his second term, Obama unfurled a bold initiativ...