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By Laura Szepesi   Love and fellowship abounded at Connellsville's West Side Hill on Sunday. For the 15th year in a row, the neighborhood's Italian Bash attracted more than 150 people from near and far — an afternoon of food, fun and ethnic cuisine.   There was a huge assortment of Italian food, as well as plenty of other ethnic delic...

I love Italian food. It seems odd because the closest my family blood line comes to Italy is my great-grandfather's short stay during his deployment in World War I.   But my love of pasta, tomato sauce and Italian food of all kinds is unquestioned. And it is with that appetite that I look forward to the first weekend of August and the annu...

L'Expo di Milano del 2015 sarà la protagonista del weekend di eventi e manifestazioni , che culmineranno la sera di sabato 25 ottobre con il galà, con cui anche quest'anno la Niaf, la principale organizzazione di italiani d'America, celebra l'anniversario della sua fondazione.   Ospiti d'onore dall'Italia del tradizionale appuntamento di Was...

The first meeting of the Bristol Italian Culture Club ended with an invitation to continue at a member's home for wine and homemade limoncello. For founder Steve Hedgpeth, it couldn't have gone better.   "I'm hoping we could share not just being Italian-American, but a sense of Italian-ness," he said to the seven fellow Bristolians who joine...

by Larry Richert   Sunday is Mother's Day, a day when we salute our mothers and the sacrifices they have made for us. But, few people have a Mother's Day story to tell like professional wrestling great Bruno Sammartino, who was born in Italy, but for all of his adult life, has made his home in Pittsburgh. Sammartino grew up in the small tow...

By Dr. Emanuele Alfano, President IAOVC   Will we ever have enough Italian Americans that will stand up and defend our heritage and culture from continued negative portrayals?    Will we ever have enough Italian Americans that can make a difference in putting an end to the endless degradation, ridicule and defamation perpetuate...

October 10 @ 10:00 am. Philadelphia, PA 19102 The Union League 140 S. Broad Street. Join us at the Heritage Center to celebrate Italian Heritage month with Ciao Philadelphia. Tours of the League House will be offered to the public on Saturday, October 10, with a focus on Italian Art at the League.   To join us: Reservations are not...

L'On. Francesca La Marca ha partecipato domenica 15 novembre all'annuale Filitalia International Gala, che si è svolto negli eleganti ambienti della Celebration Banquet Hall, nei pressi di Filadelfia. Il Dottor Pasquale Nestico, fondatore di Filitalia, e la Signora Rosetta Miriello, attuale Presidente, hanno intrattenuto i circa trecento ospiti, tr...

The Italian-American Association of Luzerne County will hold a February dinner meeting and annual Carnavale celebration at 6 p.m. on Friday at Genetti's Hotel and Convention Center in Wilkes-Barre. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Fish can be chosen as alternate dinner choice at time of reservation. Music will be provided by Danny Argo and F...

The Italian Cultural Society of Long Beach Island will take people on a virtual tour of ancient and modern Rome on Monday, May 9 at 6 p.m. when it presents "Rome: City of God(s), City of Man" at the Long Beach Island Branch of the Ocean County Library in Surf City.   Guest lecturer Christopher Bellitto, associate professor of history at Kean...

Monday was a perfect night at Mon County Ballpark for WDTV Italian Night at the Black Bears. The evening brought some of the Italian Festival flair to a great American pasttime. The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival dancers wowed the crowd with some authentic Italian dancing.   The game started with the first pitch by the West Virgini...

By Phil Garber Enzo's Pizzeria, a fixture in Budd Lake for more than 40 years, might never have opened if not for a construction injury to the restaurant's founder, Emilio Buonincontri. The owners of the Budd Lake restaurant were honored with a proclamation by the Township Council on Nov. 1 for their longtime service to the township.  ...