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When: Monday, March 4, 2013 — 7:00 p.m.Where: Grove Manor, Braintree MA.The Italian-American Cultural Organization of the South Shore (IACO) will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, March 4.Owner of Fratelli's Bakery John Malone will demonstrate and host the evening event.   Read more     Fonte: Bostoniano  

On September 14, the Vermont Historical Society offers a Second Saturday Gallery Talk at the Vermont History Center at 60 Washington Street at 2:00 pm.   Middlebury College Professor Ilaria Brancoli-Busdraghi will present a short talk about the heritage and history of Italian-American stoneworkers in Vermont.   Read more   Sour...

"Politica della Ricerca Biomedica: Modelli Americani e Italiani": è il tema della sesta conferenza organizzata dall'associazione Professionisti Italiani a Boston (Pib), in partnership con il Consolato Generale d'Italia, nell'ambito Del comparto biomedico. L'evento si terrà il 28 ottobre all'American Academy of Arts and Sciences a Cambridge.  ...

Lo scopo dei programmi della Fondazione Giovanni Armenise-Harvard e' quello di sostenere la ricerca di promettenti giovani scienziati, di contribuire alla creazione di nuove aree di ricerca nel settore delle scienze biologiche in Italia e di rafforzare e sviluppare i rapporti di collaborazione tra gli scienziati italiani e la Harvard...

When you think of Italian your mind might automatically go to Boston’s North End, but the Phantom Gourmet shows us that you can find high quality Italian cuisine all over Greater Boston.   Rosetti in Lynn is a beautiful and comfortable Italian restaurant offering a wide range of dining options. Tosca in Hingham is one of the region’s most st...

by Nicola Orichuia   Nicola De Santis has been Boston's Consul General of Italy for little less than a year, but he already has set the wheels in motion to follow in his predecessors' footsteps. After taking office at the end of last summer, De Santis quickly moved to improve the Consulate's services, with a particular focus on reducing wai...

by NOIAW   Journalist and Educator, Rita will be honored at our Rhode Island Region Epiphany on January 10, 2016. Buy tickets here.   THE GIFT OF ITALIANWhen my grandparents talked of "the old country" they referred to their village in Italy. Yet, when I asked them to explain the differences, I realized that they brought "the old...

The North End is a place full of history and — nowadays — restaurants, but upon closer examination it is also a neighborhood full of art and culture. Anyone who has ever glanced up to take in the bronze statues or plaques that adorn one of the country's finest Little Italies will have encountered the skillful hand of Richard Aliberti, an artist tha...

Phyllis M (Barbato) Carista passed away at the Kaplan Family Hospice House late Sunday evening, August 28th, after a brief illness. The devoted wife of the late Carl J. Carista, she was ninety-nine years of age.   Born in Boston, she was one of seven children born to Italian immigrants the late Luigi and Maria (Dell Isola) Barbato. Having mo...

By Joey Cresta A traditional homemade Italian dinner will help locals celebrate National Italian Heritage Month this weekend. The Italian-American Heritage Association, a greater Seacoast group founded earlier this year, is hosting the dinner, which will feature baked ziti, meatballs, salad, garlic bread, a variety of desserts and a beverage for...

Growing up in her native Tione, a small Alpine town in the Italian province of Trento, Francesca Gino dreamed of becoming an engineer.   The idea of building houses fascinated her, and she wanted to do it for a living. "But my then-boyfriend was already enrolled in a college engineering course and according to his mother, having two engineer...

The New England Contemporary Italian Film Festival is back! Organized by the Italian Consulate in Boston and several academic institutions, the festival highlights some of Italy's most recent cinematographic successes. For details on the various screenings, please use the contact information provided under the institution's name.   Rea...