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...
78 borse di studio a sostegno dell’italiano saranno consegnate oggi all’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington
Stasera alle 18.00 presso l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington si terrà una cerimonia di consegna di 78 borse di studio a favore di studenti che hanno sostenuto l'esame "Advanced Placement" (AP) di italiano nel maggio 2013 e di insegnanti di italiano negli Stati Uniti. 28 borse sono state offerte da Eduitalia (consorzio che riunisce una sett...
Capitol dome renovation: Historic icon set for 2-year facelift
"To-night I have been wandering awhile in the Capitol, which is all lit up," wrote poet Walt Whitman in 1865. "The illuminated rotunda looks fine. I like to stand aside and look a long, long while, up at the dome; it comforts me somehow." It still comforts America. But while you'd never know it to look at it, the Capitol dome is slowly,...
Sinatra: An American Icon Symposium – May 9, 12 pm
The Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises are pleased to announce some of the major initiatives confirmed as part of this year's Sinatra 100 centennial celebration honoring one of the most cherished entertainment legends of all time, Frank Sinatra. An icon who forever epitomizes the American dream, Frank Sinatra continues to have an...
Columbus Day Ceremony in Washington, DC
The National Christopher Columbus Association, together with Italian-American organizations from the Washington, DC area, will be hosting a ceremony at the Columbus Memorial Statue in front of Union Station in Washington, DC on Monday, October 12, 2015. The United States Marine Band will begin the program at 10:45 am with patriotic marches – a...
Caldwell’s 102-Year-Old Toby Santoro Receives Special Recognition Award; Spango and Cocchiola Honored as ‘Stellas della Contea di Essex'
An Essex County Italian-American Heritage Month Celebration was held on Oct. 9, in the lobby of the Essex County Hall of Records. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. recognized Patty Spango, the newly appointed Essex County Deputy Superintendent of Elections/Deputy Commissioner of Registration, and Dr. Frank A. Cocchiola,...