URI announces Italian engineering program
The University of Rhode Island is expanding an international engineering program to Italy. The university announced Friday that it has signed an agreement with the University of Calabria allowing URI engineering students to spend a semester at the university before pursuing a six-month internship. URI's international engineering program i...
I Dolci Tradizionali di Natale
The Rhode Island Region, The National Organization of Italian American Women Celebrate the holiday season with the Rhode Island Region and "i Dolci Tradizionali di Natale". Bring your favorite holiday desserts, recipes or both! Enjoy a wine or coffee while sharing your Italian Christmas traditions at the newest Italian caffè in Providence! ...
Sacco-Vanzetti execution anniversary remembered in Springfield
by Matt Caron It's been 88 years since two Italian immigrants were executed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Many people believe that Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were wrongly executed based on flimsy evidence and their political beliefs. To commemorate the date and to build opposition to the death penalty ever being...
Church does its part to sustain Italian traditions
Nina Iaconetti has been making fried dough for 52 years, bringing the tradition with her from the Calabria region of Italy. And she was at it again Saturday in 90-degree heat, stretching out rolls of dough and placing them in a fryer. "I make it every couple of weeks because my grandchildren enjoy it," said Iaconetti, standing in a small...
Author and Journalist Alexander Stille at Circolo Italiano
When: Thursday, April 18, 2013 — 7 to 8:30 p.m.Where: Room 145, Tang Center or Building E51-145, (Tang Center) — 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA [map]The Circolo Italiano presents a book presentation by American journalist and author Alexander Stille.The son of Ugo Stille, a well-known Italian journalist and a former editor of Italy's Milan-based...
45 Years Later, A Memorial To Rocky Hill Soldier Killed In Vietnam
On a hot July afternoon in 1968, two families gathered for a picnic at 55 Linden St. in Wethersfield. PFC Richard Paul Caputo, 20, was leaving for Vietnam. Drafted the previous December, he had married his childhood sweetheart, Ann Gesauldi, four months earlier. On this particular day, the mood was somber, not boisterous. "He was leaving,...
ACT's Dr. Robert Lanza to Receive the Il Leone di San Marco Award in Medicine
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. ("ACT"; OTCBB:ACTC), a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that the company's Chief Scientific Officer, Robert Lanza, MD, has been nominated to receive the prestigious Il Leone di San Marco award in Medicine. For thirty-three years, the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of the B...
Susan Cattaneo, Giulia Millanta in Concert at Atwoods
When: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 — 9:30 p.m.Where: Atwoods Tavern — 877 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA Susan Cattaneo has been a songwriting professor at Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music for 13 years. She's written songs covered by numerous artists in Nashville, and her tunes helped launch the careers of Jillian Cardanelli and Erica Nic...
New Britain's Library Hosts Talk About 20th Century Italian Immigration to Connecticut
"Farms, Factories and Families: Italian-American Women of CT" is the topic of a talk by Anthony Riccio scheduled for June 6 at the public library downtown. Riccio will tell stories of the experiences of women who moved from Italy to Connecticut between the early and mid-20th century. His talk is set for 10 a.m. at the library at 20 Hi...
L'On. Nissoli organizza la Festa della Repubblica in Connecticut ed il "benvenuto al Console Generale, Genuardi"
Avrà luogo domani, in Connecticut, USA, la celebrazione della Festa della Repubblica, unita alla cerimonia di benvenuto al Console Generale d'Italia nella Tri-State Area, Ministro Francesco Genuardi, organizzato dall'On. Fucsia Nissoli Fitzgerald, deputata eletta nella Circoscrizione estera - Ripartizione Nord e Centro America. "Sarà l'occasio...
Italian language activist Gioconda Motta
by Stefano Salimbeni "When we lived in Melrose in the mid 1970s, my eldest daughter used to bring pizza to school for lunch. For her, having grown up in an Italian household, it was the most normal thing in the world. At some point however she started to come home and say they were making fun of her, therefore she didn't want pizza anymore...
Philip Vetro is Milford’s Italian American of the Year
Philip Vetro will be honored as Italian American of the year, Friday, Oct. 17, at the 23rd Annual Milford Columbus Committee Dinner Dance. Vetro has been a Milford resident and business owner for more than 44 years. During his time in Milford, he has dedicated his free time to many boards in Milford, including the Planning and Zoning board...