Hazleton is filled with holiday cheer as the community came together for the Buon Natale Christmas Market at CAN DO Community Park. The event celebrated Italian heritage, community, and the meaning of Christmas. Hazelton’s Unico, the largest Italian American service organization in the U.S., hosted a Christmas village. President Donna Delehanty exp...

There was a special announcement on Sunday night at the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival’s Annual Christmas Gala. The festival’s board of trustees announced that they will be adding an additional $500 to their scholarship awards. Each year, the festival has awarded two local students a $1,000 scholarship, and now they will increas...

Cristina Fontanelli, award-winning singer/actor and PBS/-TV host for Andrea Bocelli will present her 21st-annual charitable concert/event "Christmas in Italy®" on Sunday, December 15 at 3 p.m. in Greenwich Village, New York City at the oldest Italian parish in the United States of America.The concert will take place at St. Anthony of Padua Church,...

The Italians take their holidays very seriously. We live in California, so winter isn’t really tangible; we pretend we’re freezing when it’s 60 degrees out. For food, the Italians always would prepare the Feast of the Seven Fishes. But since my grandma and dad are gone, we’ve shied away from a lot of the tradition; it’s a really heavy load to make...

Running a large, successful non-profit enterprise has its challenges, but Chicagoland Italian American Charitable Organization President Lou Scaramuzzo says his members make his job so much easier. “The membership is so cooperative and willing to do whatever it takes to help people,” Scaramuzzo says. “They are very giving people who do exceptional...

The 12th annual Summerville Italian Feast raised a record number of funds this year that all go directly back into the classrooms of Dorchester School District Two. The event and executive director for the Summerville Italian Feast, Jay Lombardo, said that the goal has always been to try and increase how much they are able to provide each year to s...

This year, the Rugiero Promise Foundation invites its sponsors to an exclusive opportunity to see “Where the Money Goes.” Although the annual Casino Royale gala is paused for 2024, we are excited to announce a special sponsor-only reception at Michigan Medicine’s North Campus Research Complex on November 6, 2024. This intimate event will allow our...

A resident of Westchester, in suburban Chicago, D’Ambrosio is the longtime president of the Italian American Executives of Transportation. He serves on the executive board of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans and on the board of directors for the Columbian Club of Chicago. He is a member of the Fr. August Feccia Charitable Foundation,...

Far from the traffic, the lights, and the noise of New York City, for one night, on the occasion of A Chance in Life‘s 79th Gala, Cipriani 25 Broadway’s great hall was set with the magic of Peter Pan’s Neverland. “It is the place where lost boys and girls find hope, love, and a supportive community like ours,” said Gabriele Delmonaco, President and...

An $11 million posthumous gift from a former Villanova University student will fund a senior citizen enrichment program, an endowed chair in Italian Studies and an expansion of the campus library. The money comes from the estate of the late Bernard John Lucci of Montgomery County. Lucci studied at Villanova through a Senior Citizen Personal Enrichm...