Local Italian American History: From Agnone to Hubbard Township - Part 1
Filippo Carosella, Filippo Marcovecchio and Alfonso Saulino along with wife Angela Maria, lived in Agnone. Of these, Filippo Carosella and Filippo Marcovecchio were contadini, or farmers, while Alfonso Saulino was a shoemaker. For all of them, as for many in southern Italy, and especially in Agnone, the 1870s were very difficult years. But despite...
Squisito Pizza & Pasta Supports Old Ellicott City After Historic Flood
On May 27, 2018, Ellicott City, Maryland was hit with record rainfall and Main Street was once again washed away just two years after another devastating flood. In light of this historic flood, Squisito Pizza & Pasta of Ellicott City is making every effort to support familes affected and volunteers helping with clean up efforts through fundraisers...
The White House celebrates with the Embassy of Italy to the United States of America Italy’s Republic Day (1st June 2018)
The Ambassador of Italy in the USA, Armando Varricchio, was received at the White House together with officials from the Embassy and International Financial Institutions to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the foundation of the Republic. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and formerMayor of New York and current attorney of President Trump, Rudy Giuli...
Festa Italia celebrates Italian culture
The Italian spirit is on full display in Fitchburg this weekend at the annual Festa Italia. It's hosted by the Italian Workmen's Club. People enjoyed cultural exhibits and traditional Italian foods. The money raised at the festival will go to local high school students who are heading to college. "A significant portion of the profits that we make...
Memphis: the 29th Annual Italian Festival
After 29th years the Italian Festival in Memphis continues to draw crowds. The East Memphis event offered live music, Italian food, and games Saturday. People ate in Luigi’s Café which included meals from several local restaurants. Local 24 spoke with a cook whose team has competed in the gravy competition for 20 years. “Just the family atmosphere....
Ciancia is looking for event hosts and door volunteers
Ciancia IS a non-profit organization based on volunteering. We need receptionists at our events at the Ciancia desk. There, you get a chance to talk to new attendees about our club and to recruit new members. All our volunteers get great benefits throughout the year. This is also a unique chance for you to practice basic Italian. Please, contact...
Message from the Ambassador of Italy in Washington, Armando Varricchio, on the occasion of the Italian National Day, 2018
Dear fellow Italians, dear Italian-American friends, as we celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the foundation of the Republic we remember the choice of freedom made by Italian women and men on June 2, 1946. A choice that has allowed our country to join the path of democracy and progress in the transatlantic and European framework. This year is also t...
A Well-Crafted Muffaletta Is the Perfect Sandwich
Wherever you’re going this summer—plane, train, automobile, beach, campsite, whatever—you’re going to need to bring some substantive travel snacks with you. And while pizza-flavored gas-station snacks are always a worthy choice, the smartest move you can make is a DIY Italian sub. Specifically, a muffaletta: New Orleans’ favorite deli sandwich is o...
Maria Terrone and Marisa Frasca - An evening of poetry
Saturday June 9, 6PM to 8PM EDT. I Am Books - 189 North St, Boston 02113 Marisa Frasca is a bilingual poet, translator, book reviewer and the author of Via Incanto: Poems from the Darkroom. Her work has been widely published in literary journals and anthologies. Maria Terrone, poetry editor of the journal Italian Americana, is the author of the poe...
Brooklyn Cyclones Italian Heritage Night
Join the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team for their Italian Cultural Night on Sunday, July 8 at 4 p.m. for their game against Yankees Staten Island! The event will include food from local Italian restaurants and vendors, a “Best Sauce” Contest and a “Nonna of the Game” Contest, a cannoli-eating competition, and Italian music and enterta...
Little Italy of the Bronx, a trip to Arthur Avenue
Through a dreary door and up a flight of stairs in an old brick apartment building is Philip Marino’s Arthur Avenue office. It’s situated dead center in the Little Italy of the Bronx on a block that boasts culinary institutions like Full Moon Pizza, open since 1976, and Teitel Brothers Grocery, open since 1915. If you weren’t looking for Marino, t...
La cultura dell'emigrazione Italoamericana: Michela Valmori all'IIC di Chicago
Quando i migranti eravamo (siamo?) noi. Si intitola “The Culture of Italian American Emigration – When We Were the Immigrants” la conferenza che la ricercatrice Fulbright dell'università di Bologna, Michela Valmori, terrà martedì prossimo, 5 giugno, all'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago, su uno dei temi più attuali del momento, l'immigrazione...