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The Sons of Italy recently held its Annual Christmas Party and collected $1,000 to be donated to Peter Hebberd.   Accepting the check from Sons of Italy President Joseph Jannarone, Jr., are Kathy Williams-Buttari, Jennifer Fedo Transition Coordinators and Parsippany High School Principal Denis Mulroony.   Read more   Source:&nb...

Some delizioso news for fans of pepperoni, tortellini and cannolis, Now That's Italian Specialty Market & Deli opened Nov. 29 at 127 S. Third St. (Route 309) in Coopersburg, next to Burger King.   The 12-seat eatery, which occupies the former Balloons by Paulette space, sells a variety of gourmet salads and hot and cold sandwiches, inclu...

Rizzuto's Wood-fired Pizza Kitchen & Bar in Bethel, CT is thrilled to be celebrating their 10-Year Anniversary, according to a press release from the business.   Owner Bill Rizzuto opened this neighborhood Italian restaurant and gathering place in December of 2004, transitioning from accomplished hotelier with such hospitality industry g...

Tired of winter? Need some laughs to get rid of the blues? Seven Angels Theatre has the cure with Bada Bing Italian Comedy Night on Saturday, January 31 at 8 PM.   Four fantastically funny New York City comedians will take the stage including some favorite regulars. Performing will be Rich Francese, Fran Capo , Bob Luparello with Rob Falcone...

San Antonio shooting guard Marco Belinelli will defend his title in the Three-Point Contest during the NBA's All-Star festivities in Brooklyn next week.   The Italian will try to become the first repeat winner of the event since Jason Kapono in 2007-08, but will face a talented field that includes Golden State's sharp-shooting duo of Stephen...

by Irene Marcuzzi   My name is Irene Marcuzzi and in collaboration with the organization "Friuli nel Mondo" I am trying to reach out to any Italian born in Friuli Venezia Giulia that lives in Michigan or in the surrounding area. Friuli nel Mondo was created in 1953, to assist Friulians in foreign countries and to coordinate the activities o...

There is a new wave of Immigration from Italy to the US. Are young people immigrating for the same reasons that their grandparents did?   How is this different from the turn of the century? Are the trades different or the same? Take this journey with Michele Petruzziello (photographer).   Read more   Source: http://www.iic...

It’s generally agreed that the most popular Italian-American in Hollywood were from the seventies and the eighties. That’s because they were often first generation from immigrant parents and the link to their roots still very well regarded in their life.   Younger generations often have it in the name but sometime they have lost touch with m...

Places like Castel del Monte in the province of L’Aquila – with steep alleys and cylindrical towers, crystallized almost a millennium ago – are irresistible for creative types with fantastic stories set in Italy’s Middle Ages.   Indeed, the small municipality inside Gran Sasso National Park has welcomed a number of cinema troupes, becoming t...

Francesco Rosi was one of Italy's most acclaimed and influential film-makers from the 1950s to the '90s.  Committed to portraying social issues, he continued the post-war neo-realist style, often examining corruption and criminality in his movies. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.   "Hands O...

by Filomena Fuduli Sorrentino   Come ho scritto in altri articoli, i modi di dire usati nelle conversazioni degli italiani sono parecchi. Le espressioni e i proverbi fanno parte del nostro patrimonio linguistico e culturale, le quali, tramandate da una generazione all'altra, rappresentano il mezzo di comunicazione fra diversi livelli social-...

by Mireya Navarro   An elderly woman whose pending eviction from her apartment in Manhattan's Little Italy by the Italian American Museum was denounced by housing advocates has until June 30 to leave under an agreement between the two parties. The woman, Adele Sarno, 85, the daughter of Italian immigrants, went to Housing Court last mon...