L’Ambasciatore Bisogniero consegna a James H. Billington l'onorificenza di Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine del Merito
Nel corso di una cerimonia svoltasi presso l'Ambasciata d'Italia a Washington, l'Ambasciatore Claudio Bisogniero ha consegnato a James H. Billington, bibliotecario del Congresso, l'onorificenza di Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine del Merito della Repubblica Italiana conferitagli dal Presidente della Repubblica Giorgio Napolitano. L'alto ricono...
Freeholders Celebrate Italian-American Heritage Month
By Paul Milo The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders celebrated Italian Heritage Month during earlier this month at the Hall of Records. The event was hosted by District 4 Freeholder Leonard Luciano of West Caldwell and District 5 Freeholder Brendan Gill of Montclair. During the celebration of Italian culture and heritage, the board also hono...
Columbus Day Commemoration set for Oct. 14 in Trenton
By Carlos Avila The Parish Community of Our Lady of Angeles and the New Jersey Italian and Italian-American Heritage Commission in partnership with the Ocean County Columbus Day Parade Committee and Knights of Columbus, are sponsoring the 12 Annual Columbus Day Commemoration. The event will take place on Monday, Oct. 14 at Columbus Park in Trenton...
Bethlehem councilman seeking Italian festival to bring people downtown
by Lynn Olanoff Bethlehem Councilman Bryan Callahan is seeking to establish a city Italian festival to bring more shoppers to Main Street. Main Street merchants have been hard hit by this snowy winter and are seeking more events to bring people downtown, Callahan said. The Feast of San Gennaro is a big Italian event in September and C...
Glassboro to hold annual Italian Festival
St. Anthony Society's annual Italian Festival will celebrate the region's Italian Heritage this month on Rowan Boulevard. The annual festival kicks off at noon Saturday with a traditional procession through the streets of downtown Glassboro from St. Anthony's Mutual Aid Society on Church Street to Rowan Boulevard. The event features s...
Italian Dinner Sponsored by Sons & Daughters of Italy York Lodge #528
Italian Dinner Sponsored by Sons & Daughters of Italy York Lodge #528 Proceeds Benefit: Christopher Columbus Scholarship Fund & St. Joseph School (York) - Saturday, April 25, 2015 at St. Joseph Church, 2935 Kingston Rd., York, PA. 4:00 to 7:00 pm—Takeout Available Spaghetti & Meatballs Dinner - $9.00&...
Unico to honor Italian-American senior citizens at Sept. festival
Those interested in their heritage often look to older individuals in their family and friends to learn more about the culture and customs important in their backgrounds. Hazleton Unico, the local chapter of a national Italian-American service organization, plans to honor senior individuals of Italian descent In the Hazleton area as part o...
Commemorazione della tragedia mineraria di Monongah alla Camera dei Deputati
Non una semplice commemorazione che guarda al passato ma un punto di partenza per il futuro. Questo è quanto emerso dall'incontro tenutosi alla Camera dei Deputati per ricordare il "Disastro Minerario di Monongah" avvenuto il 6 dicembre 1907 in West Virginia. Ricordare in un luogo simbolo delle Istituzioni la tragedia e le sue vittime ha permesso...
"Potere e Pathos" a Washington DC
Dopo l'anteprima mondiale a Palazzo Strozzi di Firenze e la successiva tappa al Getty Center di Los Angeles, è giunta a Washington DC la grande mostra "Potere e pathos. Bronzi del mondo ellenistico", che si è aperta il 13 dicembre nella prestigiosa sede della National Gallery of Art. L'esposizione è organizzata dalla Fondazione Strozzi e dal Getty...
Caffe Anello in Westwood prepares charity farm to table dinner
John Vitale of Caffe Anello in Westwood will be cooking a five-course meal on Aug. 27 at Sunset Vista Community Garden in Andover Township for its annual Tuscan Sunset Dinner. The five-course meal, with seatings at 6 and 8 p.m., will be prepared at the farm. Dishes include homemade meatballs in a pomodoro sauce, sausage and peppers in a sw...
Italian Wine Dinner With Entertainment at Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa
On Wednesday October 23, 2013 the Rod 'N' Reel Restaurant at The Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa will present an Italian themed Wine Dinner. This occasion marks the final occasion of the restaurant's second year of popular wine dinners, which first launched in 2012 to coincide with the continuing development of the Resort's eclectic wine cellar....
Salvatore Scarpitta Traveler at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
A fascinating and singular figure in postwar art, Salvatore Scarpitta (1919–2007) created a powerful body of work that ranges from non-objective abstraction to radical realism. Featuring key recent additions to the Hirshhorn's collection, this will be the first solo presentation of Scarpitta's work at an American museum in over a decade, a...