Succasunna woman fetes 100 years
Thanksgiving marks an extra special day for Succasunna resident Martha Rose Brucato, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Nov. 24. Brucato earlier marked her centennial at La Strada restaurant in Randolph on Oct. 22 with 50 family members and friends. At 100-years young, she is still very active. She reads the newspaper from cover to...
Gabriele Marrangoni al Gran Galà di beneficienza “Italian American Spirit” a Philadelphia
Si è fatto carico di una buona causa il ristoratore di Mosciano Sant'Angelo Gabriele Marrangoni, patron e "scièf" (come ama scherzosamente definirsi) della country house Borgo Spoltino: il 27 gennaio 2013 ha cucinato abruzzese per i 300 partecipanti al Galà Abruzzo & Molise organizzato dall'associazione Italian American Spirit a Philadelphia.La...
Hubert Opici is NJ's 'American Wine Legend'
As someone who learned to love wine by tasting the great Napa Valley cabernets that first came to market in the 1970s and 1980s, I've long felt a sense of gratitude to Hubert Opici. As head of American B.D., a wine wholesaler based in Glen Rock, Opici established the earliest pipeline connecting New Jersey to avant-garde winemakers on the...
Italian Festival Honors Veterans
Four local men were honored with the prestigious Legion of Honor award from The Chapel of Four Chaplains during a ceremony Saturday morning at the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival in Wheeling. Source: http://theintelligencer.net/
Hundreds march in Columbus Day Parade in Jersey City
By Jonathan Lin Hundreds of people have taken to Jersey City's streets this afternoon in celebration of Italian-American culture in the city's sixth annual Columbus Day Parade. The parade has set out from Dickinson High School and will make its way through Downtown Jersey City before concluding at City Hall. Leading it all wi...
CiaoDC Chats with Giada Valenti on Love, Health and her PBS Music Special, "From Venice with Love."
CIAODC.com (CDC): Ciao from Washington, DC Giada! It has been so long since we have chatted and graced with your beautiful voice here in the DMV (DC, Maryland and Virginia)! Last time we worked together was in 2011 at the Taste of Italy. A lot has happened since then. Share your journey with us. GIADA: It is first of all wonderful to be ba...
Sicily: Language, Art, and Culture @ University of Pennsylvania
The Center for Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania will host an important international conference to celebrate "Sicily: Language, Art, and Culture", 11-12 February 2016. Sicily, land of culture, art, cinema, literature; land of travellers and dreamers, of artists and thinkers; land of division and unity. Sicily presents the pecu...
Commissioner of Education and Consul General
On Monday, New Jersey Italian Heritage Commissioners met with New Jersey's Commissioner of Education David Hespe and Chief Academic Officer Kimberly Harrington to discuss how the NJ DOE can contribute to NJIHC's 2016 initiatives. Also in attendance were representatives from Ocean County Community College (OCC) and the Honorable Andrea Canepari, Con...
Senior Care Ministry of Princeton celebrates service with ‘A Taste of Italy’
The Senior Care Ministry of Princeton will be celebrating over 30 years of community service with A Taste of Italy fundraiser dinner and wine tasting at Tre Piani Restaurant, Thursday, Nov. 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. This year's event will honor Ray Wadsworth, Carol Olivieri and Dorothea's House. The Master of Ceremonies will be Tom Murray, one of Po...
Fucsia Nissoli: I miei impegni tra la Comunità italiana in USA
Il 15 ottobre scorso, mi sono recata a Washington D.C. per partecipare alla riunione di coordinamento consolare presso la sede dell'Ambasciata italiana. All'incontro, introdotto da S.E. l'Ambasciatore Varricchio, hanno preso parte, assieme a me, le rappresentanze della Comunità italiana in USA (dott.ssa Mangione, dott. Arcobelli, i Presidenti dei...
Showcasing New Jersey Artists
November 12 @ 2:30 pm - 7:30 pm. $15. Advanced Registration Required by Tuesday, November 8th! Zimmerli Art Museum - 71 Hamilton St. - New Brunswick, NJ 08901 The New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission (NJIHC) is proud to invite you to its 13th Annual Congress, "Showcasing New Jersey Artists," on Saturday, November 12th. The 2016 Co...
Medaglia postuma del Congresso USA al pittore Costantino Brumidi
Una medaglia postuma a Costantino Brumidi, il "Michelangelo degli Stati Uniti". Cerimonia ufficiale ieri a Capitol Hill, dove il Congresso Usa ha consegnato nelle mani dei parlamentari William Pascrell e Patrick Tiberi e dei Senatori Michael Enzi e Patrick Leavy una medaglia d'oro postuma per il pittore italiano naturalizzato statunitense, autore...