They are some of the best cooks in the Ohio Valley and their specialty is Italian sausage. The Bellaire Sons of Italy lodge members have been spending long hours in the kitchen lately and it's all for their delicious sandwiches at the Italian Festival this weekend. Their lodge has hundreds of members, but it's always the same core group t...

Local residents can put on their dancing shoes for a line-dancing event at the historic War Memorial Building on Saturday. The event, sponsored by the Sons of Italy Christopher Columbus Lodge No. 216 of Brockton, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the War Memorial Building, 156 West Elm St. Lestyn of Lestyn dance studio will teach pa...

The Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge (OSIA), in collaboration with IAWA – The Italian American Writers Association, is hosting and launching a "Sagra Del Libro" (Italian-American Book Festival) on Friday, February 26, 2016 from 6 to 10 pmin the Lodge Hall at 113 Baxter Street in Manhattan's Little Italy. Admission is free to all.   All writers are...

Italian culture has had a long and influential impact on American culture. Musicians, actors and artists of all types have allowed us to experience sights and sounds of Italy, weaving into American culture to create the widely celebrated Italian-American subculture.   Out of the celebration and immense pride taken in this subculture have co...

By Christian Araos The Order Sons of Italy will host its annual Italian Feast starting Wednesday Aug. 26 at Michael J. Tully Park. The festival will open at 6 p.m. on the Aug. 26 and will run through Sunday Aug. 30. It will be open from 6-11 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 3-11 p.m. on Saturday and 3-10 p.m. on Sunday. There will be fire...

The Order Sons of Italy in America Lodge 2700 presented its 2015 Joseph Caldarone Memorial Scholarship to (from left) Marissa Politano of Tinley Park, who plans to major in medical lab science with a minor in music at Illinois State University; Victoria Schwieger of Chicago, who plans to major in engineering at Purdue University; Skylar Blasz of Ch...

By Sarah Rose The 13-year-old carrying a multicolored umbrella was about twice as tall as almost everyone at the event. He isn't naturally that tall, though. Nico Wilson of the Salida Circus was walking around on stilts. The circus was one of the attractions at the second annual Sons of Italy Royal Gorge Lodge 2866 Italian Festival, which w...

The Marlton New Jersey, Order of the Sons of Italy in America, Lodge #2315 recently held a successful series of Italian Language Classes this past March and April. The instructor for the classes was Robert Campana, a language teacher at Mainland Regional High School in Linwood.   Mr. Campana is a graduate of Montclair State University and ha...

The 3rd annual Annapolis Italian Festival will begin Saturday., June 25th at 11:00 am and run through 8:00 pm and continue on Sunday., June 26th from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. The event is held at the Knights of Columbus at 2590 Solomons Island Road in Edgewater–well really on the Annapolis side of the bridge!   It's a celebration of Mother Cabrin...

Through the Sons of Italy Foundation® (SIF), the Order Sons of Italy in America® (OSIA) has awarded nearly $59 million in scholarships to date. In past years, the SIF has offered 10 to 12 merit-based scholarships (National Leadership Grants), ranging from $4,000 to $25,000, in a nationwide competition. These figures and the number of scholarsh...