Torrington’s winning Memorial Day essay
“America - Land of the Free, Home of The Brave,” means something to each individual who lives in America. To me, this statement hits closer to home, because of the long history of veterans in my family. My family’s journey started in Italy and ends in America. As immigrants, America was a place to be free and was considered a land of opportunity. M...
20th Anniversary Celebration of Italiano Per Piacere and Festa della Repubblica
You are cordially invited to the 20th Annivesary celebration of Club Italiano Per Piacere, on Wednesday, June 5th at Pan D'Olive Restaurant (1603 McCausland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117). Italiano Per Piacere is the only Italian speaking club in the Midwest. On this occasion the Italian Community will also celebrate the Festa della Repubblica with Vice...
Florence Memorial Day Ceremony: Monday, May 27, 2019
Every year, Americans around the world pause on the fourth Monday in May to remember all those who have fallen while serving in the U.S. military. This day of remembrance was formally known as Decoration Day, as it grew from the longstanding tradition of adorning with flags and flowers the graves of those who died in battle. These observances gai...
Rocco Commisso, Cosmos Owner, Is Said to Be Close to Buying Italy’s Fiorentina
Rocco B. Commisso, the billionaire founder and chairman of the cable provider Mediacom, is expected to complete a deal to purchase the Italian soccer club A.C.F. Fiorentina in the coming days. Commisso, who was born in Italy but moved to the United States when he was 12, is also the chairman of the New York Cosmos, and has been investigating the po...
Why we honor Saint Anthony with an annual festival (since June 13, 1904)
The news stories report that Sunday February 7, 1904, was a brutally cold and windy day. In Baltimore, a single spark was destined to change the face of the city forever. That spark ignited a blaze in the warehouse of the John W. Hurst Company at German (now Redwood) and Sharp Streets. Shortly after 11 AM, the building was engulfed in flames. By no...
Mercer County honors Sheriff's Officer of the Year - Vito Vacirca III
Mercer County Sheriff Jack Kemler announced the Officer of the Year for 2019 along with special awards for distinguished officers. The Sheriff’s Office annually honors its sworn officers, investigators, detectives, and dispatchers who have excelled in making Mercer County viable and its streets and courthouses safe. This year’s Sheriff Officer of t...
Rocky star Stallone says he never expected to make it in movies
Action movie superstar Sylvester Stallone told cinemagoers in Cannes on Friday that he never expected to make it in the film industry due to an accident at birth that caused him to slur his words - now one of his more celebrated trademarks. The U.S. actor, 72, rocketed to fame in 1976 with his Oscar-winning boxing movie "Rocky" and went on to becom...
2019 Giornata Nazionale dello Sport in Detroit
Join us on June 2 for the 2019 Giornata Nazionale dello Sport! The first Sunday of June, the Italian National Day of Sport is celebrated in Italy and all over the world. The Detroit City FC is joining the Consulate of Italy in Detroit in celebrating the event! A youth soccer exhibition with Italian-American children will take place at halftime of t...
I Madonnari Italian chalk festival expecting thousands even with passing rain
Carefully crafting on their hands and knees, artists are making images appear on the asphalt in front of the historic Santa Barbara Mission for the annual I MadonnariStreet Painting Festival. Featured Artist Sharyn Chan sat in the centerpiece location leaning into her work and saying, "this is the first chalk festival in the nation. It's the moth...
Opera singers prepare like Olympic athletes for 'Tosca' in Washington
On the eve of every performance, Riccardo Massi goes silent, not uttering a single word all day. It's part of the Italian tenor's strict regimen to preserve his instrument -- his vocal cords. "I experimented a lot, and I saw this is the best thing to do," said Massi, the male lead in Puccini's beloved "Tosca" through Saturday at the Kennedy Center...
St. Ubaldo Day a boost for Jessup businesses
As runners race through the streets carrying 400-pound statues for St. Ubaldo Day’s Race of the Saints today, crowds race into local businesses. The annual event that draws massive crowds to Jessup every year has proven to be a boon for businesses in the town, notably those along the race route on Church Street. With banners representing the famili...
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Exhibition in California
From April 13th, 2019 to January 11th, 2020. Cathedral Cultural Center (2nd floor) on the Christ Cathedral Campus, 13280 Chapman Avenue, Garden Grove, Ca 92840. Hours of operation: Monday – Friday: 10am-5pm. Saturday – Sunday: 10am-5pm. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition recreates the awe and wonder of arguably one of mankind’s greatest...