Italian Summer Enrichment Camp
The Italian American Association of Monmouth County is accepting registration for an Italian Summer Enrichment Camp to run from July 23 through Aug. 4 (Monday-Friday), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (included, lunch made by camper on premises) at St. Rose of Lima, Freehold Borough. Cost: $300 for child/grandchild of an IAA member; $350 for non-member. Ages: 5 y...
Floridian Import Capo Deli Opens in Shaw
D.C. transplant Capo Deli opened this week in the heart of Shaw, hoping to lure in a round-the-clock city crowd hungry for hoagies. The new neighborhood eatery is actually a longtime fixture in Florida, debuting in Boca Raton in 1985. Named V & S Italian Deli, the originator was started by Sal Falcone and his brother just steps away from the beach....
Candice Guardino to Premiere at the Paramount Theatre
Candice Guardino is being called someone who "Stuns!" and is "Redefining Solo Performances" by The Chicago Stage, so it only seems fitting that the world renowned Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ would present Italian Bred. It's based on true life events and told through the eyes of a little girl growing up Italian on Staten Island. Candice sli...
Calling all Teachers of Italian at the K-12 Levels
The Director of the Coccia Institute is delighted to announce the 2017 Coccia-Inserra Award for Excellence and Innovation in the Teaching of Italian (K-12). Recognizing the importance of acknowledging and motivating excellence in the teaching of Italian, the Coccia family and Lawrence Inserra, Jr., have established this significant award. Our donor...
St. Anthony Italian Family Feast
Feast returns for its 17th year! Once again it will be four days of faith, fun, family and friends, packed full of delicious homemade cooking, an Italian style Café, food vendors, a beer & wine garden, non-stop entertainment and music, amusements, and games, plus exciting rides. Sun 6/11 there will be a traditional procession through the streets of...
Bishop DeSimone recalls his role in major WWII battle for Italy
It is no accident that many films shown on television between Memorial Day and D-Day the following week (June 6) center around World War II. After all, with more than 16 million men and women under arms, it was easily the largest and deadliest war ever fought by the United States. Only a tiny percent of them are still alive, and only one of them is...
Hudson Shakespeare Company Gives "Taming of the Shrew" A Retro Italian Spin
The Hudson Shakespeare Company returns for its 26th season of touring summer Shakespeare with a retro spin on Shakespeare’s classic war of the sexes romp – “Taming of the Shrew”. The action is moved from the 1590s to 1960s Italy and reintroduces the characters in this new period and foreign setting taking influences from Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” a...
Don't miss Festa Italiana this weekend
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, in Easton, will hold its annual "Festa Italiana" community celebration June 2, 3 and 4 at Holy Cross Park, in Williams Township. The festival, a major fundraising effort for the Easton parish, features food and entertainment each night, plus a tricky tray drawing on Sunday, a Polka Mass (2:30 p.m. Sunday) and p...
San Marziale Procession
The 2017 San Marziale Procession in Kulpmont, Pa. will take place on Sunday, July 9 at 1 p.m. The procession celebrates Saint Marziale, the patron saint of Isca sull’ Ionio – a small town in southern Italy that was the birthplace of many Italian American immigrants. The event will showcase the legendary “Our Boys Band,” composed of students, origin...
Corona D’Italia presents scholarships during annual mother-daughter dinner
Corona D'Italia Lodge No. 807 held its annual mother-daughter-scholarship dinner on May 3 at the Wolverine restaurant. Valerie Valentino, scholarship chairman, conducted the program. She recognized her committee, sentinel Lori DiFrischia and historian Mary Jane Folino, and thanked them for their work. Valentino introduced Ian Patterson, a senior at...
Clark Realtor Earns 2016 New Jersey Circle of Excellence Award
Local Realtors Anthony D'Agostino, Matt Dobrowolski and Fernando Rivera with ERA Village Green Realtors were recently recognized by the New Jersey Association of Realtors and awarded the Circle of Excellence designation for 2016. Anthony, Matt and Fernando have been actively engaged in the sale and leasing of residential properties thru-out Union...
Italy's man in Philly promoted to Caribbean
Philadelphia’s lone European diplomat is leaving, after making a mark on the city’s academic, business, and professional communities — unusual after four years in a job whose public duties include signing visas and hosting parties. But Consul General Andrea Canepari was drafted to do more — to build new contacts between Italian Americans and today’...