Italian Festa hits 45th anniversary; dinner raises thousands of dollars for community
The Italian Festa has a long tradition in Hagerstown, drawing hundreds of people every year for steaming plates of pasta and sauce in an event that helps the community. Volunteers came together again Sunday at the Ramada Plaza in Hagerstown to offer the meal, which organizers estimated would net about $6,000 for causes supported by the Antietam Exc...
Viva Fabio! The Italian chef, restaurateur, and self-proclaimed cilantro-phobe has grabbed America by the meatballs.
Fabio Viviani admits that he didn’t enter the culinary world at age 11 in his native Florence, Italy, because he was especially passionate about cooking. “I just found a job in a bakery, baking pies, making bread. I took it to make a little money for myself and to help the family,” he says. “If I would have found a plumbing job, I would have been a...
Sons of Italy fete honors exemplary young scholars
A couple of facsimile divas, a piano, 432 well-entertained and -fed guests, one outstanding citizen and, most importantly, 19 students of Italian descent awarded more than $26,000 in scholarships and gifts. Held Saturday at the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center, the 19th annual Sons of Italy Lodge 2738 Scholarship and Citizen of the Year...
Meet the 2018 Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Dignitaries
Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade Committee held a meet and greet at Franklin Steakhouse on Monday, Feb. 12 with the honorees for the 36th annual parade to be held in October. This year’s Grand Marshal is André DiMino, communications director of One Voice Coalition and past-president of Unico National. One Voice is a coalition of Italian Americ...
Voto estero, alle elezioni 2018 in Nord e Centro America è boom di donne
Il voto all’estero, in Nord e Centro America, si tinge di rosa. Alle elezioni del 4 marzo, infatti, sono tre donne ad aver ottenuto il maggior numero di voti e ad entrare in Parlamento. Per la Camera, riconfermate Fucsia Nissoli candidata per il centrodestra con 6534 voti, e Francesca La Marca (PD), che ne ha ottenuti 8368. Al Senato, invece, tocch...
La festa della donna e la mimosa - March 8, 2018
The 8th of March is International Women’s Day, a festival which will be celebrated around the world. Here in Italy this very popular festival is called La Festa della Donna. In 1946 the Unione Donna Italiana (Italian Woman Union), whilst preparing for the celebrations of the 8th of March, decided to choose an object to symbolize the event. The cho...
Five Stars victory marks end of Italy's second Republic
Sunday’s Italian election produced two winners, or no winner, depending on how you look at it. The populist Five Star Movement, led by 31-year-old Luigi di Maio, was the undisputed winner of the popular vote. With 32%, it swept aside the Democratic Party (PD), which failed to reach 19%.The other big winner was the right-wing La Lega (the League). A...
Colorado lawmakers asked to end Columbus Day ... again
The political tug of war over the Columbus Day holiday resumed this week in the General Assembly when a House committee narrowly approved a bill to establish an Election Day holiday for state workers instead. House Bill 1231 is the latest offering in the ongoing battle between the Italian-American community and groups who argue that honoring Columb...
Record 60 mn foreign tourists in 2017 - Franceschini
A record 60 million foreign tourists visited Italy last year, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said Thursday. According to ISTAT data, he said, arrivals in Italian tourist facilities rose by 5.5 million (4.5%) to a new record high of 122.3 million. The rise was 60% due to foreign tourism which registered 2,964,951 arrivals more, up 5.2%, accordi...
St. Joseph Table Dinner Hosted by the St. Joseph Society of Lodi, New Jersey
When: Saturday, March 17th (6pm) - Where: Parish gymnasium, 40 Spring Street, Lodi, New Jersey 07644 - Costs: $25 per person This weekend—March 3rd & 4th—the St. Joseph Society of Lodi, New Jersey will be selling tickets for their upcoming St. Joseph Table Dinner on Saturday, March 17th. Be sure to get your tickets! Tickets cost $25 per person and...
A Food Lover's Weekend in... Parma
While there are many foodie destinations in this world, there are far fewer that are so deeply rooted in food culture that their name is better known as something to eat than somewhere to go. But don’t just stick to consuming its products via your local deli counter – the city that gives us Parma ham and Parmesan cheese has more than these two wond...
Roma, scavi metro Amba Aradam: scoperta la domus del centurione. Forse era caserma servizi segreti imperatore
Uno spettacolo, uno splendore di mosaici bianchi e a figure nere, geometrie, alberi, un satiro e un amorino che lottano o danzano sotto un tralcio d'uva, un uccello su un ramo e perfino un'antica fontana. Dalla terra dove si sta scavando la fermata della metropolitana di Amba Aradam, sotto viale Ipponio, spuntano nuove meraviglie: altri due edifici...