When: Fri, December 2, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM ESTWhere: I AM Books, 189 North Street, Boston, MA 02113 The tradition of a troubadour singing and telling stories has been with us for eons. Whether it's griots in West Africa, bluesmen in Mississippi or Moroccan gnawa players, these traveling musicians inform and entertain with a mix of politic...
Pat L. '51 and Mark S. '88 Sinatro of West Hartford, Conn., will receive the Red O'Neill Award on Tuesday night when The UConn Club hosts its 62nd Annual Awards Ceremony at the Jorgensen Center For The Performing Arts on campus. The Red O'Neill Award is given annually by The UConn Club to a former Husky student-athlete who has mirrored the...
by Lou Carlozo Whether you grow up in the restaurant business or work at a food bank, your role and goal is to serve people so that a very basic need is met. And while many Italian Americans might take one path or the other into the world of food service, Catherine D'Amato knows both. When she was 8, her parents opened an Italian restaura...
By Anne-Gerard Flynn Several area women, including Anna Daniele, owner of La Fiorentina Pastry Shop, are featured in the recently published book, "Daughters, Dads and the Path through Grief: Tales from Italian America." The book is co-authored by Northampton resident Lorraine Mangione, who holds a doctorate in psychology and teaches a...
By Pam Mastriano The Italian Cultural Center of Western Mass, Inc. is sponsoring a tortellini making class on Saturday, March 5 at 1 p.m. an instructor, supplies and space will be provided for adults and children. Just bring an apron and take home what you make. Space is limited. Seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served ba...
Thursday, April 14 | 5:00pm | Harvard Law School |Boston College | 140 Commonwealth Avenue , Chestnut Hill. Artistic Wonders of Parma from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance. Boston College The Dept. Of Romance Languages & Literatures & The Office For International Programs present: A lecture in honor of the 20-year part...
Tuesday, August 23rd, is the 89th anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and committed anarchists whose trial is regarded as one of the great miscarriages of justice in American history. You are invited to a commemoration at: Encuentro59A Hamilton Place, BostonAugus...
Join Newpoli, Boston's own Italian Folk Music ensemble, for their annual Christmas concert MUSICA DI NATALE: A Traditional Italian Christmas at the YMCA Theatre. NEWPOLI will perform at the YMCA Theatre in Cambridge (MA) on Friday, December 12, 2014 at 8:00pm. Advance tickets: $13/16. Tickets at the door: $15/20. All ages. Advance tickets...
What does the future hold for Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church?That is the question Msgr. F. Stephen Pedone, pastor, and members of the parish are dealing with as the church building continues to show signs of damage. The church cornerstone was laid in 1927 and the church was completed in 1928. It fronts on Mulberry Street. In 1958 construction beg...
by Taryn Luna Late in 2012, Mario Batali first teased local foodies with a Tweet saying he would open a restaurant in Boston "very soon!" "Soon" turned out to be 2½ years. On Wednesday evening, the famed chef opens his first Boston business, Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca, at Fan Pier on the South Boston Waterfront. The large open space...
The North End seems to dominate local Italian dining, but believe it or not, tasty pastas aren't relegated to Paul Revere's old 'hood. You can get plenty of food from The Boot at outposts in other parts of town. If you don't want wait to in line at Giacomo's with your friends from out of town, take them to one of these 10 fine Italian restaurants a...
by Al Southwick The role of Italians in American life continues to fascinate. Worcester County history is especially rich in that chapter of the immigrant saga in America, as shown by the project in Fitchburg where the Italian Cultural Center at Fitchburg State University is assembling an archive - letters, ledgers, diaries, photographs, a...