Get ready for all things Italian to take over Havertown later this month, as the 2nd Annual HaverTalian Festival is set for Oct. 12. The festival will take place from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12 in the main lot of Cardinal John Foley School. The festival will be held rain or shine. Attendees will be able to enjoy food, music, family fun, cr...

When Katie Parla drops by DiAnoia’s Eatery next week, she will be stirring up conversations about classic foods from the Italian South as well as those that are disappearing and lost ones that are being revived. The author and cognizer of all things Roman is coming to town to celebrate the release of her cookbook, “Food of the Italian South: Recipe...

Free Professional Development for preK to AP TEACHERS OF ITALIAN Saturday October 19 - 9:00 – 15:30Saturday January 11 - 9:00 – 15:30Saturday March 28 - 9:00 – 15:30Organized by the America-Italy Society of PhiladelphiaCourse Supervisor Patrizia Calanchini Monti, Director of Education Office, Consulate General of Italy in PhiladelphiaWith the help...

The La Familia Restaurant takes its name seriously. Not only does the restaurant pride itself on homemade fare in a welcoming place, but the business is family-owned and family members, with years of culinary expertise, can be found in the kitchen cooking up Italian and Portuguese favorites, creating desserts for the pastry case and in the dining r...

When I arrived at the Waterfall Room in South Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon and saw the black-and-white film of my own house towering over me on the projector screen, I knew I was in the right place. The Cammaratas, the family who grew up in the Mifflin Street rowhouse my wife and I bought two years ago, had invited me to their extended family r...

Friday, October 11, 5:00-7:00 PM. University of Pennsylvania Amado Recital Hall at the Irvine Auditorium, 3401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA. Are you interested in marketing and social networks communication? Come hear from experts in academia and industry and representatives of Italian brands that have successfully transitioned across the ocean...

The day before Bon Appetit published the story that changed Joe Beddia’s life, the bespectacled Philly pizzaiolo happened to be in New York. Andrew Knowlton—at the time, the magazine’s restaurant editor—invited him over to the BA offices. “I walked out of the elevator, and he handed me the magazine,” Beddia says. I t was the July 2015 issue; the co...

Il Volo, the popular international opera crossover trio who started as teens, will undertake a tour to mark its 10th anniversary that will stop at Wind Creek Event Center in Bethlehem, it was announced Friday. The male vocal group of tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto and baritone Gianluca Ginoble will perform at 7 p.m. Feb. 11. Ticket...

Un lungo viaggio nell'America profonda alla ricerca dei discendenti di minatori, contadini e pescatori, emigrati più di un secolo fa per dare vita a comunità italiane in ogni angolo dell'enorme nazione che si aprì davanti ai loro occhi dopo lo sbarco a Ellis Island. Si intitola “Italian American Country” il progetto ideato e curato da Paolo Battagl...

“Last time I checked, wine goes great with cheese,” says Bill Mignucci Jr. of Di Bruno Bros., the gourmet grocery chain that started out as a cheese shop in Philadelphia’s historic Italian Market. That original cheese shop still stands, and just a couple doors down Mignucci and crew are opening the market’s only bottle shop. Set at the corner of Ni...