Portraits Offer Glimpse At Sagamore's Italian Ties
The Bourne Historical Society has received two portraits, dating back more than 110 years, courtesy of local author John F. Carafoli. The portraits depict Italian immigrants Luigi and Inez Carafoli, who were Mr. Carafoli's grandparents. "I think they're a really wonderful depiction of a family who lived in Sagamore," said Mary E. Sicc...
Young entrepreneur turning lemons into a sweet success
By April Guilmet When life handed him lemons, Phil Mastroianni went to the New Hampshire Liquor Commission. Launching his Salem-based company, Fabrizia Spirits, five years ago was no easy ride for Mastroianni, who began as a 25-year-old accountant with a dream of producing traditional Italian limoncello for the masses. "I started...
Love main ingredient in Italian cooking, club told
The operator of an Italian restaurant in southern New Hampshire was the featured speaker at the most recent meeting of the New Hampshire Lakes Region Italian Cultural Club. Speaking to the gathering at the Weirs Community Center, Dawn Rizza-Hunt, owner of Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery of Salem, spoke about her background growing up in an...
Wakefield Italian Festival August 20
On Saturday August 20, downtown Wakefield (a portion of Main St. and Albion St.) will become Wakefield's own personal Little Italy. The Event Planning Committee, organizer of the event, promises the vibe of an authentic Italian neighborhood street festival without leaving Wakefield. Italian food, street vendors, music, entertainment, Spin the Whee...
Heart of Saint Padre Pio Greeted by Thousands in Boston’s North End
The heart of Saint Padre Pio was presented in Boston's North End on Wednesday night, under heavy security, as thousands waited in line for a glimpse of the major relic at St. Leonard Church. This is the first time a relic of St. Pio of Pietrelcina has left Italy where the body of St. Pio is permanently exposed for veneration by millions of devotees...
Greenwich’s St. Lawrence Society honors Columbus
By Ken Borsuk The traditional Columbus Day flag raising outside of Town Hall is set for 9 a.m. Monday in celebration of Italian heritage. Despite town offices being closed for the holiday, the Italian flag will be formally hoist and displayed outside Town Hall for the day. A reception will follow at the St. Lawrence Club, 86 Valley Ro...
Italian American Cultural Hub, I Am Books, Opens in Boston’s North End
by Matt Conti I Am Books, the country's first Italian American bookstore, opened this week in Boston's North End at 189 North Street across from the Paul Revere House. Owner Nicola Orichuia and partner Jim Pinzino want the bookstore to serve as a cultural hub for locals and visitors interested in diving into the rich world of Italian...
West Haven to honor a couple for the first time as ‘Italian American of the Year’ for the Columbus Day celebration
By Mark Zaretsky This year's Columbus Day celebration is a two-fer. The Columbus Day Committee for the first time will honor a couple — Giuseppe "Pepe" DePalma and Teresa DePalma — as Italian-American of the Year Friday at the city's 18th annual Columbus Day celebration. The ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Main Str...
Anthony Renzullo celebrated as Torrington’s 2016 Italian Mayor of the Day
Anthony "Tony" Renzullo, a lifelong resident and proprietor of Carbone's Market, was celebrated Wednesday morning as the 2016 Italian Mayor of the Day. A small crowd of residents gathered in the Coe Memorial Park Civic Center to honor Renzullo, including Brian Mattiello, acting in his role as president of the Torrington chapter of UNICO Na...
'Crimetown' Episode 3 preview: Cianci faces down Patriarca, finds his passion
Vincent A. Cianci Jr. fought the mob, and the mob won. But the young prosecutor's courtroom showdown against Raymond L.S. Patriarca, crime boss of the New England mafia, ignited his interest in something bigger in 1974: City Hall, and the power to run the entire capital city. To get there, Cianci was going to have some help from shado...
Cooking school at Tuscan kitchen
Customers have dined at the award-winning Tuscan Kitchen restaurant (recently featured on the Food Network) and have sampled and shopped their way through Tuscan Market, the newest artisanal marketplace in New England which opened October 2012.
The intimate letters of Vittoria Colonna and Michelangelo - January 10, 2015 at 2:00 pm
On Saturday, Jan. 10, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will hold the final lecture in a series of collection conversations to complement the "Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors' Drawings from Renaissance Italy" exhibition. This half-hour gallery discussion, led by Carmen Bambach and Ramie Targoff, will explore one of the works...