The Abruzzo Molise Heritage Society (AMHS) is pleased to announce our next general Society meeting program for Sunday, July 26, 2015, in Casa Italiana (595 ½ 3rd Street NE, Washington DC) at 1:00 pm.   Join the Abruzzo Molise Heritage Society (AMHS) to hear Andreas Sandre, Press and Public Affairs Officer, Embassy of Italy, and author of "Di...

By Nicolina Villani   It was St. Ambrose who said, "Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy." Our beloved Pope Francis, for whom mercy is a central element of his personal and spiritual experience, has declared the upcoming year, "The Year of Mercy".   Starting on December 8, 2015 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception), the c...

Robert De Niro's manager, Danilo Mattei, is currently in Abruzzo researching various locations for a film, which will definitely be showing in our region, and which, amongst others, will star De Niro, the Hollywood legend, who actually has roots via his great-grandparents to Ferrazzano (Campobasso).   The idea came about after a meeting with...

Dear Friends,I am thrilled to announce that on October 23, 2013, to celebrate the colorful Fall Season, I will be hosting a Dinner/Demo at one of my favorite restaurants owned and operated by a great Chef: Chef Rocco Sacramone, originally from Orsogna, a small town in Abruzzo. But wait, I'm not just hosting! The dinner will be a four course meal d...

di Domenico Logozzo   La cultura negli ultimi anni ha subito tagli troppo pesanti. Penalizzata ingiustamente. E' una risorsa importante, da valorizzare e non da affossare. Chi opera nel settore con passione e competenza si scontra non di rado con l'insensibilità di chi ha il potere di concedere i finanziamenti indispensabili, ma bada più all...

When: Sunday, April 14, 2013 — 4 p.m. Where: Orsogna Plaza, 316 Main St., Everett MA [map] Join the Federazione Associazioni Italiane e Italo Americane New England in celebrating music and food from four Italian regions during its "Pomeriggio Regionale."   Read more   Fonte: Bostoniano  

Dal numero di dicembre del "Messaggero di sant'Antonio", edizione per l'estero Un grande talento per la musica e un grande amore per la promozione dell'Italia negli Stati Uniti. Oltre all'affetto per la sua terra e per le tradizioni. Sono questi i confini che delimitano il percorso umano e professionale di Daniela Puglielli, vera «istituzione» nel...

By Antonio Denti and Valentina Consiglio   Eight people were found alive on Friday two days after being buried under a massive avalanche that hit a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy, a Civil Protection official said. Titti Postiglione told reporters that two of the survivors had already been pulled clear of the snow and debris whic...

June 9, 2015 - Tuesday 5:30 PM (on various days)St Anthony of Padua - 901 N. Dupont Street - Wilmington, Delaware 19805The St. Anthony's Italian Festival returns on Sunday, June 7 and continues through Sunday, June 14. The 2015 Festival theme is Abruzzo, a region to which many in Delaware's Italian-American community trace their ance...

  WTI Magazine #82    2016 August 19Author : folclore.it      Translation by:   On August 28 and 29 of every year, L'Aquila (Abruzzo) renews the solemn rite of the Perdonanza (Forgiveness), the perpetual plenary indulgence that Celestine V, on the same evening of his coronation as pope, granted to all the faithful of Christ. Before ascending to...