Sorelle Brings Italian-Inspired Dishes to Abington on April 4
A southern suburb of Boston will soon have a new restaurant to call its own, thanks to a chef with years of experience in kitchens all across New England. Sorelle officially opens its doors in Abington on Tuesday, April 4, with executive chef and owner Andrea Schnell at the helm. Schnell’s prior resume includes The Winsor House in Duxbury and Squar...
Sun, April 9 - Accordion Concert with Luca Piovesan
Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, Inc. presents: "Accordion Concert with Luca Piovesan". A Musical Trip from Europe to America Through the Centuries. Sunday, April 9, 2017 6:00 - 7:30 pmLuca Piovesan is an outstanding accordionist based in Venice and is very active in the contemporary repertoire. His principal teachers were Elio Boschello a...
Enel Green Power North America Inaugurates New Headquarters
Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGP-NA) recently cut the ribbon at its new North American headquarters in Andover, Mass. EGP-NA, part of the renewable energies division of the Italy-based Enel Group, owns and operates renewable energy projects in North America. The company first entered the U.S. market in 2000 when it acquired 300 MW of hydro...
Participate in Italian immigration discussion & artistic talent sought
Dante Alighieri Society is looking for 4 individuals to join a panel discussion on Sunday, June 4, 2017 on the subject of Italian immigration to the U.S. If you came from Italy within the last 10 years, or between 10 and 25 years ago, and have an interesting personal story to share with the audience, we want to hear from you. Those interested in sh...
NFL agent, author to speak at Endicott College
Salem native and motivational speaker Sean Stellato will speak in the Wax Academic Center Auditorium at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at Endicott College, 376 Hale St., Beverly. Stellato was a quarterback during his time at Salem High School and is currently a National Football League sports agent, entrepreneur and author of "No Backing Down." His boo...
L’abruzzese Nicholas Casciano divenne un influente personalità dell’intero Stato del Connecticut
Nicola “Nicholas” Casciano nacque a Popoli, in via delle grazie, il 15 aprile del 1885 da Gennaro e Concetta entrambi “contadini” (all’atto di registrazione fu presente l’allora Sindaco Ciro Mancini). Sin da piccolo conobbe il duro lavoro dei campi. Andò a scuola quel tanto che bastò per saper leggere e scrivere. Ma era di intelligenza vivace e sog...
Northern Italian restaurant comes to Morrisville
Steven Lecchi, chef/owner of Ornella’s Northern Italian Restaurant — which opened on Brooklyn Street in Morrisville two weeks ago — has an impressive resume. In 1993, Lecchi graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. After that, he was the private chef for Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony for four years, spent years cooking...
Celebrating Poetry Month with the Italian American Writers Association
When: Saturday, April 22, 2017 – 6 p.m. - Where: I AM Books, 189 North St., Boston, MA 02113 On April 22, several poets and authors (including Queens Poet Laureate Maria Lisella) will celebrate National Poetry Month along with I AM Books during this special event in collaboration with the Italian American Writers Association.
Order Sons of Italy in America announces March meeting
The Order Sons of Italy in America, Quattro Eroi Lodge No. 1414, will hold its March meeting at 11:30 a.m. March 26 at the Franklin Cable TV station, 23 Hutchinson St. The business part of the meeting will be followed by a special presentation on the lives and accomplishments of Italians in Franklin by historian and newspaper columnist James Johns...
Francesca Montillo - "The Lazy Italian"
Thursday, April 6. 6-8 PM. I Am Books - 189 North St, Boston 02113 Francesca Montillo is a native Italian and culinary instructor living in Boston, though she travels back to Italy on a regular basis. She is the founder and owner of Lazy Italian Culinary Adventures, which offers culinary adventure weeks to Italy as well as private cooking classes a...
Italian American Alliance created in Cambridge
The Italian American Alliance recently was created to serve as a lobbying and advocacy group for Italians in Cambridge. The group was created in response to the Cambridge City Council's decision to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. "We very much look forward to confronting those individuals as well as the cooperating organizations t...
For Many In RI, St. Joseph's Day Means Zeppole
Italian-American enclaves around the country celebrated St. Joseph’s day Sunday. This holiday comes with its own culinary tradition – a luscious pastry called a zeppole. In the kitchen at La Salle Bakery in Providence Rhode Island – a state where zeppole are famous -- a team of bakers furiously prepare. They know lines will be forming to snap up th...