St. Mary of Carmen Society 78th Annual Festival
by Michael Lewis When: July 17-21Where: Pellegrini Park-Hawthorn Street, NewtonCommunity SupportSince 1935 the Society has provided financial support to families and organizations in need within the Newton community. The society supports the local veterans committee and annual Veterans Day Parade. We provide meals, transportation and food...
Announcing the 110th Annual La Festa Italiana, Jersey City, New Jersey
The Novena in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption begins on August 6th at 7:00 PM in Holy Rosary Church and continues to August 14th. The Assumption Feast Day Mass is on Thursday, August 15th at 11:00 AM, followed by a street procession. The Saint Rocco Feast Day Mass is on Friday, August 16th at 11:00 AM, followed by a street procession....
Il coraggio di restare accettando la possibilità di sbagliare
By Natascia Lorusso Tra broker insistenti e uomini che non sanno ascoltare, Andrea Vitali, originaria di Fano, ci racconta la storia della sua avventura newyorchese, iniziata con una borsa di studio e tanta voglia di esplorare. "Non partite dal presupposto che chi vive a New York 'è fortunato e/o da invidiare'. Quelli che ci sono finiti per puro...
"Little Nonna's" is tradition with a twist
Italian-American food grew out of Italian but takes advantage of ingredients and techniques most common here. So when prominent Center City restaurateurs Valerie Safran and Marcie Turney turned their attention to Italian-American, they crafted a menu that would be at home in South Philly but with uptown touches.The two made their mark prev...
Dichiarazione dell'Ambasciatore Designato John Phillips
Aeroporto di Fiumicino, 13 Settembre 2013 (TRADUZIONE DALL'INGLESE) Buongiorno! Siamo davvero felici di essere arrivati in Italia, la terra dei miei antenati. Sono orgoglioso di essere il nuovo Ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti in Italia. Ora passo all'inglese. Negli ultimi quarant'anni, io e mia moglie Linda Douglass abbiamo visi...
Il Ministro Giovannini da oggi in missione negli USA
Il ministro del Lavoro, Enrico Giovannini, è in missione negli Stati Uniti da oggi al 25 settembre in occasione della 68ª Assemblea Generale dell'ONU, che si apre a New York con la Riunione Onu di alto livello su disabilità e sviluppo "The way forward: a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond". Domani il ministro si recher...
Salt Lake City to celebrate Italian-American Heritage Month
October is Italian-American Heritage Month in Utah and the mayor's office, in partnership with the Salt Lake City Public Library, will celebrate and showcase 2013 as the Year of Italian Culture. At 7 p.m. each Tuesday evening in October, the public is invited to visit the Salt Lake Main Library to learn more about Italy and Italian heritage, and e...
Cuccinelli has drawn deep lines between what he believes is right and wrong
By Marc Fisher Gonzaga, the Jesuit high school in a scruffy part of Washington's inner city, is where Ken Cuccinelli II says he became the man he is. The Republican candidate for governor of Virginia emerged in part in John Hoffman's social justice class in 1986, when the teacher pressed the boys to look beyond the facts of poverty and inequality...
Ristorante Giorgia, Italian village fare in the heart of Rumson
By Teresa Politano Let the big-name American celebrity chefs - the Mario Batalis, the Michael Whites, the Gabrielle Hamiltons - seek the authentic, ancient and rustic foods of Italy by traveling to remote villages to extract secrets from grandmothers. Chef Francesco Panucci was born in one of those villages, grew up with those secrets, and fondly...
Italian Cities Vie for Culture Capital Status
After six years of planning, and countless brainstorming sessions with citizens and institutions, Ravenna was ready on Thursday to face the panel of experts called on to decide which Italian city will be the European Capital of Culture in 2019. Over the course of the past week, delegations from 21 Italian cities were called to Rome to try...
Beppe Gambetta lends an Italian accent to American folk music
Considering that he hails from the land of Enrico Caruso and Giuseppe Verde, Beppe Gambetta speaks with authority when it comes to American folk music. Gambetta, a native of Genoa, Italy, reels off a long list of American musicians who have influenced him. For example, he can point out the distinctive flat-picking styles of Doc Watson comp...
Convegno Azzurri 2014
L'8 Febbraio 2014, alle ore 15, presso l'auditorium della Mapei (1144 E. Newport Center Drive, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442) in occasione della convention annuale della associazione degli Azzurri U.S.A. si svolgera' un dibattito politico. L'obiettivo principale sarà quello di discutere il ruolo degli italiani all'estero e dei loro rappresenta...