The Medici's Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th-Century Florence
When: Friday February 10 2017 12:00 AM. Where: The Davis Museum at Wellesley College 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA The Medici's Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th-Century Florence is the first exhibition in America devoted to the luminous and meticulously rendered paintings and drawings of Italian artist Carlo Dolci (1616-1687). It provides an unprecede...
Olga F. Carito
Olga F. (DiIanni) Carito of Watertown, Massachusetts and Boothbay Harbor, died Jan. 27, 2017 at age 88. Olga was the former owner and operator of the 1879 Seafarer Inn on Union Street from 1989 to 2005. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the Italian community of the North End. She entered elementary school only speaking Italian, but went on t...
Wilmington Sons of Italy celebrates 50 years
The Order Sons of Italy in America Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Lodge is celebrating their 50th anniversary later this spring. On March 25, the Wilmington Sons of Italy lodge is throwing a party to commemorate the occasion. The event will take place at the Wilmington-Tewksbury Elks and begin at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour and hors d’oeuvres. At 7...
A gambit that failed - Unnecessary end to Mount Carmel's temporary reprieve
In their zeal to save Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, the Mount Carmel Preservation Society appears to have driven its preservation efforts over a cliff. And it was all so unnecessary in the short term, casting aside a voluntary demolition reprieve offered by Bishop Robert J. McManus at least until January 2018 to study other options. The Mount Ca...
La "mappa" americana per sbloccare l'Italia
Vista dall'Italia l'America, nel senso comune degli Stati Uniti, è qualcosa che mette insieme il miraggio, la speranza, il progresso, ma che offre anche le ragioni di un certo senso di superiorità se mettiamo a confronto la nostra cultura, le nostre tradizioni, magari anche la nostra capacità di mangiare e vivere bene. L'America ha creato le basi...
Eva Respini Named Boston ICA’s Chief Curator
Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art recently appointed Eva Respini as its new chief curator. The daughter of an Italian father and Norwegian mother, Respini will be leaving her post as curator of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art to join the booming local cultural landscape. Read more Fonte: ...
Italian Immigrants Faced Wary Yankees
In the current debate on immigration policy, we see two opposing views toward new arrivals — some are welcoming, some want to seal the borders and keep them out. Were immigrants always treated with ambivalence, with one arm open? My study of an Italian religious community in Hartford suggests they were. I recently read dozens of articles f...
Alfred Sacco
Alfred "Freddie" J. Sacco, 87, of Worcester, passed away at home surrounded by his family Monday, June 8. He was born in Worcester, one of three sons of Italian immigrants, Joseph and Pasqua (Martocci) Sacco. He grew up in an Italian neighborhood off Shrewsbury Street and graduated from Commerce High. He joined the United States Army...
Southington Italian-American festival announces entertainment
The annual Southington Italian-American Festival, which is being held July 24 to 26 on Center Street, will feature live entertainment all weekend for audiences to enjoy. This is the festival's 11th year of promoting and supporting Italian heritage and culture in the community. Festival hours are Friday 5 to 11 p.m., Saturday 1 to 11 p.m. and S...
italianissimo! 2016 Celebrates at Eataly to Raise Funds for Italian Cultural Center
by Matt Conti It was a celebration of "all things Italian" to benefit The Friends of the Italian Cultural Center of Boston (FICCB) at italianissimo! 2016 on November 19, 2016. Several hundred attendees were treated to a sneak peek at the new Eataly Boston on Boylston Street, before it opens to the public on November 29th. The annual FICCB...
Judge Marino seeking eighth term in probate court
A local judge who handles decedents' estates and cases involving children, elderly and the mentally disabled is running for re-election. The Honorable Joseph D. Marino, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown, announced his intention to seek re-election for an eighth term. The Middletown Probate District serves the towns of Cromwel...
Massachusetts Education and Law Awards
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, part of the national Order Sons of Italy in America, recently honored several leaders in the Italian-American community, as well as graduating high school seniors at the Massachusetts Education and Law Awards. Held on Sunday, May 4, 2014, the award ceremony is a continuation of a 30-year tradition of the Grand Lod...