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For years I have heard members of my family talk with excitement about the annual Columbus Cup event that takes place at Bellewood CC, near Pottstown. Of course the day is filled with golf, bocce, Italian music and wine. But the highlight – judging by the rave reviews – always seems to be the food.   And atop the long list of "Old World" Ita...

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Spiked gelato (yes, you get carded), shakeratos, Nutella frappes, four different coffee blends, espressos, spiked espressos, several pastry cases, a charcuterie case, a wine bar, a cocktail bar, a coffee bar, a coffee roastery, a romantic table for two on a balcony, a dining room set up to look like a handsome library.   Oh, and pancetta gel...

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The Italian American Citizens League of Kennett Square donates $5,000 for the expansion of Kennett Area Community Services and the Kennett Food Cupboard.   Steve Pesce, President of the Italian American Citizens League presents Melanie Weiler, Executive Director with a check for $5,000 toward the renovation of the property at 138 West Cedar...

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We live in the golden age of Brussels sprouts. Momentum has been building for years—remember the startling majesty you experienced the first time you had a plateful of them sauteed in rendered bacon fat?—and we finally seem to have reached the apex of the curve.   In recent months, I've had amazing versions everywhere from Pub & Kitchen...

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October 8 | 2:30 pm - 8:00 pmEvent Hosts: Drexel University | Consulate General of Italy | Pi-Philly Italian Professionals in Philadelphia   Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi's law and a radio telegraph s...

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April 1, 2015, Wednesday 2:00 PMPhiladelphia Museum of Art - Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 26th StPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19130 Lino Tagliapietra in conversation with Elisabeth Agro, The Nancy M. McNeil Associate Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts In the late 1970s, noted Italian glass artist Lino...

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By Alicia Vitarelli   South Philadelphia will be beaming with Italian pride on Sunday for the city's annual Columbus Day Parade. In City Council chambers Friday an official proclamation declared this entire week as Christopher Columbus, Italian-American Heritage Week, and to celebrate this year's very special parade grand marshal, Frank...

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Local Sons of Italy Lodge celebratates century of community involvement LOCK HAVEN - As they say in Italian ... Salute! You may hear that word a lot today, the biggest day in 100 years at the Lock Haven Sons of Italy Lodge. One-hundred years ago today, The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania chartered the Loggia Giosue Carducci Lodge No. 146. And, lodg...

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By Marylynne Pitz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   Lino Tagliapietra, an internationally renowned glass artist from Italy, arrives at the Pittsburgh Glass Center on Monday for a one-week residency with his Seattle-based team. Examples of Mr. Tagliapietra's designs are on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albe...

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Did you know that a triumphal arch (copy of the Roman triumphal arch of Constantine) was built on Market Street to celebrate the victory in the Revolutionary War?   Learn why the writing on that arch truly designed Philadelphia as the Rome of America, when you take this tour, organized by Philadelphia Italian Tours.  

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