Fig Fest 2019: Praising the ficus with a new Fig King
Fig growers and fans of the ficus collected at the National Lighthouse Museum on Sunday for the ninth annual Fig Fest. It is held each year, rain or shine, on Sept. 15. And this year was the first at the St. George venue. “The waterfront is where this festival should be. It’s a very Staten Island location for a homegrown thing -- with a view of the...
InSights & InPerson with Paolo Battaglia
Monday, September 30, 2019. 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM MDT. History Colorado Center, 1200 North Broadway, Denver, CO 80203. You are invited to join us for the first History Colorado InSights & InPerson Series event. This program offers participants the opportunity to hear in person from individuals making history matter. Monthly, historians present insi...
Out & About: Opera Roanoke's “Pagliacci”
Friday September 20, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday September 22, 2:30 p.m. Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, 541 Luck Ave. S.W., Roanoke VA. Before Pennywise, there was “Pagliacci.” OK, so Stephen King’s mega-selling horror book and movie franchise “It” and Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 operatic masterpiece don’t actually have much...
Cane Rosso veterans open new Italian restaurant in downtown Dallas
The pizza is landing in downtown Dallas: Partenope Ristorante, the Southern Italian restaurant going into the historic Titche-Goettinger Building at 1900 Main St. at the northeast corner of St. Paul Street, has arrived. According to a release, it will open September 23. Partenope comes from Dino Santonicola, the master pizzaioli born and raised in...
Marco Bagnoli Book Presentation
Join us at Magazzino Italian Art (2700 U.S. 9, Cold Spring, NY 10516) on Saturday, September 28, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00pm for a special evening celebrating the work of Italian artist Marco Bagnoli. The event will including readings by Bagnoli, translated into English by poet Sara Fruner, interspersed with live jazz music by the John Arrucci Trio and...
NIAF Supports the Life and Works of Mother Cabrini
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) supports the life and works of Saint and Sister Francesca Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini. America’s first ordained saint, Mother Cabrini was summoned by the Pope to help the flood of Italian immigrants pouring into America in 1889. While in New York City, she opened 67 social service age...
St. Anthony’s Italian Heritage Festival brings taste of Italy to South Jersey
It was a day of celebration, culture, music and great food as Glassboro presented its annual St. Anthony’s Italian Heritage Festival on Saturday along Rowan Boulevard. The festival featured Italian food, a beer garden, cultural presentations, live music and carnival games. Special events included a homemade wine competition and a cannoli eating con...
Il Gei ricorda il suo presidente Lucio Caputo con intervento Amb. Varricchio
Alla presenza dell’ambasciatore d’Italia negli Stati Uniti Armando Varricchio il GEI (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani) ha celebrato lunedì la memoria di Lucio Caputo, per oltre 25 anni, presidente dell’organizzazione, scomparso nel giugno scorso. Alla Colazione per ricordare Lucio Caputo hanno partecipato la moglie Luisa il figlio Giorgio e un folto grup...
Dante Alighieri Society celebrating Italian culture during new event
A taste of Italy is coming to Riverviews Artspace this weekend when the Dante Alighieri Society of Virginia, a group of local enthusiasts of Italian culture, hosts the event “Viva L’Italia.” Set to run from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, the free event will feature a variety of activities designed to celebrate Italian culture, including a cash bar with Italia...
IAP 108: “’A Festa ‘e tutte ‘e feste’” A behind the scenes look at the Feast of San Gennaro in New York's Little Italy
It’s mid-September in The Big Apple, and the air is filled with the smell of sausage and peppers and fresh frying zeppole, because ‘a festa ‘e tutte ‘e feste’—’The Festival of All Festivals’ has arrived! For eleven days each September, thousands descend on Mulberry Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy for the Feast of San Gennaro, and this week, Ross...
Vic DiBitetto Returns To Newton Theatre For Two Shows
His pace is frenetic. He holds no hostages. He says what you are thinking but are afraid to say out loud. The bottom line is this: Wear adult diapers if you are going to see Vic DiBitetto perform live. He will return to The Newton Theatre for shows on Friday, March 6th, 2020 at 8:00pm and Saturday, March 7th, 2020 at 8:00pm. Vic has created many v...
Archaic head found in Paestum temple
A late-archaic stone head has been found in the Temple of Athena at the ancient Greek site of Paestum near Salerno, archaeologists said Thursday. It appears to have been made out of the same material that some of the decorative elements of the temple were made out of, they said. Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian...