1000 Miglia Warm Up USA 2024 Entries to the 2024 Edition Open
Entries open today for the 2024 edition of the 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA, the event organized by the Red Arrow for the past five years in the United States, between Middleburg and Washington DC. Scheduled 22-27 October, the event will confirm the winning format of the past years: after one-day training on Italian regularity racing techniques, held at...
Holsten’s is selling Tony Soprano’s booth, so get those onion rings ready
Ever wanted to own a piece of Tony Soprano’s world? Hope you’ve been saving up, because here’s your chance. Holsten’s Brookdale Confectionery in Bloomfield, famously the site of the series finale of “The Sopranos,” is selling Tony’s booth. The booth was the last place Tony Soprano and family (minus a tardy Meadow) were seen before the abrupt cut to...
Membership in AS Roma fan club costs $40 – plus your very heart and soul
The red and yellow décor in part of Massimo Musumeci’s house suggests that he is a fan of AS Roma. To know for sure, ask him about the time when severe weather called for an evacuation, and he immediately grabbed his most prized items: his collection of scarves and shirts in team colors. Or how he asked that a christening (and he was a godfather!)...
Hearing Voices: A Film by Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno
Join us on Saturday, March 23, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., for a free screening and discussion on the film Hearing Voices with award-winning filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno. The Nutley Public Library is pleased to welcome back prior ECLAP-funded artists, Emmy-nominated, award winning, and social justice filmmakers, Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno. The...
Star of Mother Cabrini Biopic Visits Sbarro Health Research Organization On Premier of Film
Cristiana Della’Anna, the actress who portrays Mother Cabrini in the upcoming biopic, Cabrini, visits with Sbarro Health Research Organization Founder and President Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD, and with Miguel Mostafá, Dean of the College of Science and Technology, at the Sbarro Institute for Cancer research at Temple University in Philadelphia on Fe...
Italy takes center stage in international cinema in Washington with the screening of “Io capitano” at the Motion Picture Association
On the evening of February 21st, the Embassy of Italy in Washington, in collaboration with the Department of State, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the Middleburg Film Festival, and Italian Screens, hosted an exclusive screening of the film Io capitano by director Matteo Garrone at the MPA headquarters. The film, produced by RaiCinema, Silver...
Vince Papale of Eagles fame now Living Legend
Former Philadelphia Eagles standout Vincent F. Papale received the Living Legend Award on Jan. 17 from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association in a ceremony in Cherry Hill, N.J. Papale, who turned 78 on Feb. 9, was joined by his wife Janet and their children Vinny and Gabriella at the ceremony that paid tribute to the athlete who inspired the f...
Nutley Commissioners Approve Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day & Italian Heritage Month Parade Committee Raffles
The Township of Nutley Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a permit for the Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day & Italian Heritage Month Parade Committee to hold raffles during the annual Pasta Dinner Fundraiser. The annual event will be held Sunday, March 3, 2024 at Nutley Parks and Recreation, 44 Park Ave. from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Organizers desc...
UNICO's 49th Annual Brian Piccolo Award
Unico chapters around the country are proud to be associated with perpetuating the name of Brian Piccolo. His personal battle has been an inspiration to countless people determined in achieving their goal. The Plainfields’ Chapter of UNICO National is pleased to announce we are accepting applications for the 49th Annual Brian Piccolo Award. UNICO...
Il Cinema Ritrovato ON TOUR
The fourth Mid-Atlantic edition of the restored film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour (Re-discovered Cinema on Tour) takes place from March 6 through March 10, 2024 across the DMV area, and it will culminate again with screenings at the National Gallery of Art. This year's collaborations extended to the Italian Cultural Institute of Washington,...
ITALIAN HERITAGE NIGHT: WIZARDS vs UTAH JAZZ at Capital One Arena
The Italian Heritage Night was a success! ICS ticket holders enjoyed exclusive pre- and post-game experiences during the Wizards vs Jazz basketball game at the Capital One Arena on January 25th. Children attending with their parents and/or grandparents not only relished the game but also had the unique opportunity to stand close to the players duri...
Full Stage Opera "Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti"
NJFO Fully Staged Opera Production "Lucia Di Lammermoor" by Donizetti . Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM. Renaissance Church, 639 Mountain Ave, Springfield, NJ, 07081. More info here. Brigadoon meets Macbeth in New Jersey Festival Orchestra's February 17th production of Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti's spellbinding tale of marriage, madness a...