A future for the Italian American Club
Walpole’s Jean St. George remembers pieces of her childhood being spent at the Italian American Club. She recalls the times her grandfather and father spent hanging out at the club, and can name plenty of family members, including her son, who had become members. In fact, St. George even had her wedding reception at the Italian American Club. But s...
Italian festival at LaSalette
LaSalette Shrine, says Father Flavio Gillio, is a lot more than Christmas lights. There are, for instance, various pilgrimages and festivals for the region’s Catholic ethnic groups. The Park Street shrine has played host to Portuguese, Hispanic, Cambodian and Vietnamese events over the years. One more ethnicity can soon be added to that group. LaSa...
Town Rotary Club honors D'Agostino
Sabato "Tino" D'Agostino has been honored by the Arlington Rotary. "Congratulations, Mr. D! It is well deserved," wrote Principal Matt Janger on Tuesday, April 24. He provided the letter from the club: Dear Sabatino, It is with great pleasure that the Rotary Club of Arlington congratulates you as our 2018 recipient of our "Community Person of the Y...
Phantom Gourmet: Italian Food At Corfinio In Easton
Pasta made by hand, pizza from a wood fired oven, and a passion for authentic Italian cuisine on every plate. That’s what’s served at Corfinio. Located in Easton, Corfinio has quickly become one of the best Italian restaurants south of Boston, thanks in large part to not one, but two great chefs. Maximillian Calise is the Chef de Cuisine. “I come f...
Friends of the North End Spring Bocce Season Begins
The Friends Of The North End (FONE), began their 12th annual Spring Bocce season on Sunday, April 22. The season will continue every Sunday until May 27, followed by an award ceremony banquet where trophies will be given to the winning team. The Friends are carrying on a long time tradition of playing bocce at the North End Park, the same location...
L’Italia, oggi: dibattito a Boston con PIB E Dante Alighieri
L’associazione Professionisti Italiani a Boston e la Dante Alighieri del Massachusetts organizzano “The State of Italy, today”, domenica 29 aprile dalle 17.00 nella sede della Dante (41 Hampshire St – Cambridge). “Panoramica sulla situazione economica e politica del Bel Paese” il sottotitolo del dibattito aperto a chiunque “stia pensando di visitar...
Former police commissioner Robert di Grazia dies, 90
Former Boston police Commissioner Robert J. di Grazia died suddenly yesterday at his home office in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 90. Mr. di Grazia was a native of San Francisco, the son of immigrants from the Tuscany region of Italy. He was a graduate of Galileo High School in San Francisco and later graduated from Boston College with a bachelor’s degre...
Domenico Starnone at I AM Books - April 25
JOIN US at I AM Books - 189 North St., Boston MA 02113. One of Italy's most prominent writers, Domenico Starnone, will visit I AM Books at 12:30 p.m. on April 25 for a signing of his new novel. Trick is a gripping, wry, brilliantly devised drama, “an extremely playful literary composition,” as Jhumpa Lahiri describes it in her introduction, about a...
Seica Inc. moving headquarters to Haverhill
Italian technology equipment-maker Seica Inc. is moving its North American Headquarters to Ward Hill Business Park, bringing along 16 current employees and plans to hire more. "This is their new North American headquarters and their plans are to hire as they grow. And the type of jobs they are talking about are highly skilled, degreed positions and...
An Italian Restaurant From Woburn Will Expand to Boston’s North End
Woburn-based Italian restaurant Tre Monte is planning to expand to Boston’s North End, reports Boston Restaurant Talk, taking over the Limoncello 2 space at 76 Salem St. Tre Monte’s owner and chef, Antony Contarino, confirmed the news to Eater, as did a representative for Limoncello 2. Limoncello 2, which opened under a year ago, thanked its custom...
Anna Capuano marks 100 years of family, fun and fulfillment
One summer afternoon when she was young, Anna Capuano strolled along the Seaside Park boardwalk in Bridgeport with two friends. One friend had a pack of cigarettes, so the two others lit up and puffed away. They invited Capuano to do the same, but she refused. “All I had to do was smell that smoke, and I said, No thanks,” said Capuano. A lifelong d...
The Italian artisans who built Chestnut Hill
On Saturday, April 21, the Chestnut Hill Conservancy and Historical Society will give the first of three guided walking tours that highlight the Italian artisans who built Chestnut Hill. This first tour concerns the Germantown Avenue corridor in North Chestnut Hill and will concentrate on several institutional and commercial structures. These inclu...