Scholarship Information For Lodges and Donors
The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts makes a committment every year to assist graduating high-school seniors with their plans to continue their education in four-year degree-granting programs. With the rising costs of tuition and the limits of financial aid, the Scholarship Commission (through the Charitable and Educational Trust of the Grand...
Ars Lyrica Houston brings 300-year old Italian love story back to life
The Grammy-nominated early music ensemble Ars Lyrica Houston continues its 10th anniversary Discoveries season with the modern world première of Alessandro Scarlatti's La Sposa dei Cantici on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 8 pm in Zilkha Hall at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Artistic Director Matthew Dirst gives a pre-concert lecture on...
Al Bambino Gesù sbarcano i Marines con tanti regali in dono
All'Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù è arrivato un bastimento carico di..Marines e di tanti doni per i piccoli pazienti. L'album della visita con i 6 Marines, che stamattina hanno consegnato ai bambini alcuni regali donati dai dipendenti dell'Ambasciata Americana di Roma. Scartare un regalo, anche quando Natale e Befana sono alle spalle, è...
Seabourn order confirmed at Fincantieri
The order follows a letter of intent signed in October 2013 between Fincantieri and Seabourn, which is part of the Carnival group. According to Fincantieri, the ship, due to join the Seabourn fleet in the second half of 2016, will be built to the standards of comfort and technical refinement. It will be about 40,350gt, 210m long and 28m wi...
Maria Elisa Mirarchi, 86, matriarch of a South Philadelphia Italian family
HER GRANDKIDS called Maria Elisa Mirarchi "Grandmom Bella." Bella is Italian for beautiful, and this woman by all accounts was beautiful inside and out. "All my life, my mom was an angel by my side," said her daughter Caterina Romani. "The most selfless, beautiful, kind, considerate woman you could ever meet." Read more S...
Giancarlo Esposito – Under the Neapolitan Sun
When the name Giancarlo Esposito appears on the credits of any movie or tv series, those who don't know what the actor looks like, always look for a typical Italian-American face. When they think they know who it is, they always later find out their guess was wrong. That's because Esposito doesn't have your typical Italian appearance. Espo...
Carubba Collision Corp. President to Be Honored with Italian American Leadership Council Award
Joseph Carubba, president of Carubba Collision Corp. in Buffalo, N.Y., will be honored as the Italian American Leadership Council's 2014 recipient of the Anthony M. Castiglia Achievement Award during the council's annual St. Joseph's Day Table celebration. The award will be presented Wednesday, March 19 at 6 p.m. at Salvatore's Italian Gardens, 646...
Italian American Educators Annual Dinner Dance In Throggs Neck
FIAME, the Forum of Italian-American Educators, will hold its annual awards dinner dance on Friday, April 4, 2014 at the Villa Barone Manor in Throggs Neck. An Italian Continental menu will be served, including a deluxe cocktail hour that will begin at 6:00 P.M. followed by a full course dinner. Music will be provided by Dynamic DJ's. The FIA...
On this Day in Movie History April 7, 1939: Francis Ford Coppola Born
On this day, April 7, 1939 in Detroit, Francis Ford Coppola was born. He grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician; his mother, Italia Coppola, had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated with a degree in drama from Hofstra University, an...
A new exhibit to celebrate hundred years of Italian artist Cavellini
by Roberto Natalini The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, in collaboration with the Archivio Cavellini in Brescia and Lynch Tham in New York City, presented "GUGLIELMO ACHILLE CAVELLINI 1914-2014", a survey exhibition covering two distinct bodies of Cavellini's work between 1966 and 1990, curated by Amelia Antonucci. Th...
Il gelato siciliano Monsù sbarca negli Usa
Monsù, la giovane azienda familiare siciliana che produce gelati, sarà presente sul mercato americano dal 30 aprile 2014 in tutti i supermercati di Central Market, la catena dedicata al cibo biologico e di qualità di proprietà di HEB, uno dei più grandi retailer indipendenti degli Stati Uniti, più volte nominato "Retailer of the year". L'i...
Tuscan Moon’ gala raises $248,000
By Holly Jackson The sky was the limit at the Italian-themed "Under the Tuscan Moon" fantastico fundraiser. Lutheran Social Services of the South held its 15th annual Make a Difference Gala. The benefit was sold out with 350 attendees at Brazos Hall, a turn-of-the-century and recently restored warehouse in downtown Austin. Read m...