Volunteers & Donations Needed for La Festa Italiana!
Able, willing & trust-worthy Volunteers are the backbone of La Festa's success!! NEEDED: Set-Up/Clean-Up.. Keep the street clean, garbage under control and help take down everything on the Monday after La Festa (August 18th).Game Barkers – Run a game trailer.Hourly 50/50 – Walk through La Festa crowd selling Hourly 50/50 Raffles. Comp...
Leonardo and the Reinvention of Anatomy - October 23 | 6:30 pm - 9:00 p | $10
When Vesalius started his life journey five hundred years ago, Leonardo Da Vinci's own journey into the human body was symbolically coming to an end. Denounced by a German collaborator for necromancy, he would eventually be barred by the Church from even entering the Ospedale di Santo Spirito under accusations of "heresy and cynical dissection of c...
Avviso di assunzione di impiegato a contratto temporaneo da adibire ai servizi di collaboratore amministrativo
E' indetta la selezione per l'assunzione presso l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington di un impiegato con contratto temporaneo (della durata di sei mesi) da adibire ai servizi di Collaboratore amministrativo. Possono candidarsi coloro che siano in possesso dei seguenti requisiti alla data del presente avviso: abbiano compiuto il 18° anno di e...
Local opera productions blend comedy, tragedy
Behind beautiful music sometimes lurks the shadow of violence. Something horrible awaits the audience in the final scene of many operas. And at least one composer, the Renaissance’s Carlo Gesualdo, was a murderer. Two concerts this weekend touch upon this aspect of music. And while they may cause an occasional shudder, they should ultimately leav...
Il gala della FederSicilia. Riconoscimenti al console Quintavalle e a Tony Luna
La Federazione Siciliana del New Jersey ha celebrato il suo 19.o gala annuale al "Venetian Restaurant" di Garfield festeggiando per la prestigiosa ricorrenza la dott.ssa Natalia Quintavalle, console generale d'Italia a New York con estensione al New Jersey, e Anthony "Tony" Luna, ex sindaco di Lodi e oggi manager del municipio della città. ...
Talk with Dr. Cynthia Gueli, Author of Lipstick Brigade
September 10 (Thursday) 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Sponsored by National Organization of Italian American Women. NIAF building in Washington, DC. Contact: 212-642-2003. Talk with Dr. Cynthia Gueli, Author of Lipstick Brigade. Greater Washington DC Region of NOIAW. A presentation by author Dr. Cynthia Gueli of her recent book,...
Rocco R. Bene; headed S. Phila. real estate board
by Walter F. Naedele Philip Buffone started playing Pop Warner football when he was 13. Rocco R. Bene was 14 and on the same South Philadelphia team. "He has been my best friend for 65 years," Buffone said from his home in The Villages, Fla., where Mr. Bene bought a house down the street four years ago. They played for the fo...
Italy in Facts and Figures
The Italian Embassy in Washington DC recently published some interesting facts and figures about Italy, many of which are relatively unknown. Did you know, for example, that Italy has the most UNESCO World Heritage sites of any country in the world? And beyond the physical places, such as the Residenze Reali dei Savoia of Turin pictured below, Ital...
New Italian festival in Bethlehem
Growing up, Vito Spinelli would go to his grandmother's house, and she would make a simple but delicious Sicilian-style pizza. "Food is such a big part of Italian culture," says Spinelli, owner of Brick Pizzeria Restaurant & Bar in Bethlehem. He now makes that pie, which he calls Grandma Pie, at his downtown Bethlehem restaurant....
From cannoli to ravioli, Italian American Heritage Festival in Delco celebrates all-things Italian!
Maybe it was all the prayers to Saint Anthony going on near the Saint Anthony di Padova Society's booth. Or maybe it was just a stroke of pure Italian luck. Looming overcast skies with threats of impending rain seemed to pass as the afternoon wore on Sunday, causing the sun to shine on hundreds of people and dozens upon dozens of vendors a...
Lido Civic Club’s Past President’s Night – D.C.
The Lido Civic Club will host its annual Past President's Night on Jan. 12, 2013, at the Capitol Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. In addition to honoring its past presidents, this year it will be honoring Al Grasso, president and chief executive officer of the Mitre Corporation. NIAF is a proud longtime sponsor of the Lido Civic Club, an Italian Am...
Gina Pravlochak: Pittsburgh’s Italian Beauty Queen
Ciao Pittsburgh recently had the pleasure of speaking with Pittsburgh's best makeup artist, Gina Pravlochak, 40, a third generation Italian who grew up in McKees Rocks. Most of her family is from Calabria and a little town in Italy called L'Aquila, east of Rome. Gina's maternal grandparents opened a small Italian grocery store in McKees Rocks call...