A trove of naturalization information
by Dan Niemiec I have written this column every month for the past 11 years and, in the process of researching for what to write, I learn how much I didn't know! I have been on a multi-month odyssey looking for petitions for naturalization, and I have found out yet more new information that should make life easier. Last month, I concluded...
Sant’Antonio di Afragola a New York
Questa che racconto è la storia della grande emigrazione, che ebbe il suo più importante movimento tra il 1876 e il 1915. Generata dalla diffusa povertà di vaste aree d'Italia, in cerca di un riscatto sociale, ebbe come destinazione le nazioni delle Americhe, in particolare l'Argentina, il Brasile e gli Stati Uniti, paesi che avevano grandi estensi...
Italian flavors: Aprutino Pescarese
WTI Magazine #66 2015 August, 21Author : MIPAAF Translation by: The first evidence of olive growing in Abruzzo date from the period of Roman domination, when the protectionist measures adopted by Rome favoured an expansion of olive-growing and the olive oil industry. Virgil speaks of olive trees in the Marsica, near Lake Fucino, whil...
Le donne dell’agricoltura rilanciano il più autentico “made in Italy”
di Ermanno Lucchini Lei accompagna il gregge chiamando le pecore per nome, lui le munge. Lei accarezza quelle tenere creature lanose, lui le tosa. Valeria ha una laurea in veterinaria in sospeso, Ovidio un sorriso assassino che ha impedito a quella studentessa impertinente di tornare a Teramo a discutere la sua ricerca sulla "peco...
Sardinians Teach the Secrets of Longevity
In the mountainous villages on the Italian island of Sardinia, there are 21 centenarians in a population of 10,000. Only about four in 10,000 Americans reach the 100-year mark. In addition, on Sardinia men live longer than any other place on earth. Clearly, the Sardinians could teach the world a thing or two about what it takes to live a long and h...
Special Presentation of "Carving a Niche for Himself; The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco & Mount Rushmore" at Casa Belvedere
Join Us For A Presentation of: "Carving a Niche for Himself; The Untold Story of Luigi Del Bianco & Mount Rushmore". Tues. Sept. 29th @ 7:00 PM. FEATURING Author, Douglas J. Gladstone, whose controversial book argues that the United States Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS) is chiseling Mount Rushmore's...
Cultural Presentation on Sardegna
Italian Cultural Foundation of South JerseyPhysical Address: 468 Wheat Road, Vineland, NJ 08360 October 8, 2015, Thursday at 7:00 pm: Cultural Presentation by Dr. DeMaio on the Island of SardegnaSardegna, the second largest island in the Mediterranean. Sardegna's history goes back centuries, and includes many structures and customs not see...
Columbus Day celebration fills Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
by Edd Cote Shrewsbury Street is usually full of people heading out to the cluster of restaurants and bars, but on Sunday it was also packed with people watching the popular Columbus Day Parade. Henry J. Camosse Jr., was the grand marshal of the 21st Columbus Day Parade in the city. Camosse is the president of local masonry manufactur...
Italia, un sogno per la vita
"L'Italia è un sogno che continua a presentarsi per il resto della vita", bastano poche parole e la poetessa russa Anna Achmatova, con l'abilità tipica del grande scrittore, restituisce perfettamente l'immagine dell'Italia vista con l'occhio dello straniero. Questo sentimento è emerso chiaramente ieri a Roma, quando in un'affollata sala della sede...
Pallone and Vitale Furious Over Vito Corleone Invocation in Sayreville
By Max Pizarro Or was it Ennio Morricone? In any event, Italian American lawmakers are fuming over mail pieces in Sayreville that invoke what they say are offensive ethnic stereotypes. U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone and state Senator Joe Vitale (D-19) said they want incumbent Mayor Kennedy O'Brien to cease and desist, and retract a mail...
Bringing Italian excellence global
The annual XII NOVA CONFERENCE takes place on November 21st-22nd, 2015 in New York city, in collaboration with the Columbia Business School and the Nova association. The theme of this year's conference is The Great Beauty: how excellence wins globally, with a focus on Italian excellence in the Fashion, Luxury and Food & Beverage industries. &n...
Carbone Dazzles
by Al Mancini A truly exceptional dining experience begins well before you take your first bite of food, and remains with you well after you've left the building, in the telling and re-telling about the meal. And while Aria's new Italian spot Carbone fails to fully deliver on two of its most hyped features, it nonetheless wowed me as one of the mo...