Minister of Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, Prime Minister Enrico Letta: Keep the Consulate General of Italy open in Philadelphia.Mantenete aperta la sede consolare di Philadelfia
The Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia might close down as a consequence of budget cuts planned by the Italian Government. Closing the Consulate would be a significant loss for both the local Italian community and the Country itself. Traditionally a historic site of Italian immigration and home to a large Italian-American community...
Italian American Association gives scholarships
by Francesca Cocchi The Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean awarded a total of nearly $27,000 in scholarships to 14 high school students June 11. This year the IAATO awarded scholarships in four categories with two additional donations from the families of deceased IAATO members Gavin J. Siciliano and Jerry Tesoriero...
Miss Italia raccontata dallo zio d'America
Prendete un qualunque circolo di un paese della Sicilia, Ribera, per esempio, in provincia di Agrigento, e trasportatelo pari pari negli Stati Uniti, ad Elizabeth, nel New Jersey: ecco quello che si presenta agli occhi di Clarissa Marchese, Miss Italia in carica, che è proprio di quel posto, durante il suo viaggio alla scoperta delle comunità itali...
SOUTH PHILLY: Business Association Honors Persons Of Year
Last Thursday, Mar. 12, Galdo's Entertainment & Catering Complex at 20th & Moyamensing Avenue was bustling with dignitaries, family, friends and colleagues of 2nd Dist. Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, State Rep. Maria Donatucci and businessman Jay Agnes. The South Philadelphia Business Association honored each of them as Person of the...
Baltimore Easter Egg roll. Pasquetta!
APRIL 6, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. CENTER PLAZA (Downtown Baltimore). A day of fun, games, food and music! Join us on Center Plaza (One Charles Center - Downtown Baltimore) for Sack Races, Wheelbarrow Races, Three Legged Races. Easter Egg Roll at Noon. Lunch is free for kids if previously registered online. Regi...
Where we worship: St. Nicholas of Tolentine
St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish has something that no other church in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has: a weekly Sunday Mass conducted in Italian. The 8 a.m. Mass helps some congregants connect with their Italian heritage, said the Rev. Nicholas F. Martorano, pastor of St. Nicholas since 1984. "They like the tradition. They want t...
The “Bridge Book Award” opens the series of events for the Week of the Italian Language in the World
On Monday October 19, 2015, at 6:30 pm, with the Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Claudio Bisogniero, in attendance, the Embassy of Italy in Washington will host the award ceremony for the Italian winners of the first edition of The Bridge Book Award. The Bridge prize represents the ideal "bridge" joining Italian and American culture...
Woodbridge Township salutes Italian Americans
by Laurie McCabe State Sen. Joseph F. Vitale and The Knights of Columbus Colonia Council #6571 conducted a flag-raising ceremony on Oct. 11 in observance of Columbus Day. Special guests included U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Assemblyman Craig Coughlin, Mayor John E. McCormac and members of the Woodbridge Township Council and Board of Education....
Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora
Date: March 24. Time: 7:00 pm. Cost: $7 - $10. Website: http://www.ciiacofnj.org/ The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture (CIIAC) - 411 Pompton Avenue, Suite 5 - Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 United States The Center for Italian & Italian American Culture (CIIAC) will hos...
NJIHC 13th Annual Congress
On Saturday, November 12th, The New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (NJIHC) hosted its 13th Annual Congress: "Showcasing New Jersey Artists" at Rutgers' Zimmerli Art Museum. Italophiles and art aficionados from across the state, gathered to learn more about several of New Jersey's most gifted Italian and Italian American visual artists:...
D'Angelo's Meats is said to be closing after 106 years in the Italian Market
by Michael Klein Amid the stalls and shops of the Italian Market, word has been spreading of the impending retirement of Sonny D'Angelo, whose grandfather opened the family butcher shop on Ninth Street just south of Christian Street in 1910. When D'Angelo, 67, hangs up his apron at the end of the month after a half-century of work, D'...
L'Aquila, il Gran caffè negli Usa il sogno americano a Philadelphia
Alla scoperta dell'America e alla sua conquista, più come una family Groove aquilana che come emigranti in fuga. Partire è un po' morire, «chi è felice non si muove» (Thomas Mann), è vero, ma Michele Morelli e Stefano Biasini del Gran caffè dell'Aquila non scappano, piuttosto inseguono un sogno americano, un american dream, in cerca di un'altra pos...