Presepe Workshop for children with Luigi De Luca and Tamara D'Addieco this Sunday, November 15th
All children are invited to improve, paint and create additions to Luigi De Luca's traditional Presepe (crèche), that we usually display at our Christmas Party. This fun and unique opportunity will take place at the Friendship Heights Village Center, this Sunday, November 15th at 1:30. Tamara D'Addieco will also be there helping. Please RSVP to thi...
Circles Around Sinfonia: A Six-Day Exploration of the Music of Luciano Berio
Date: 27 January 2016 - 1 February 2016Time: (All day)Center for Italian Studies - 549 Williams Hall, 255 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 Luciano Berio (1925-2003) is one of the most important Italian musicians and composers of the past 100 years. His genius and legacy will be celebrated in collaboration with the Penn M...
Italian designer takes trip to Alexandria
Italian designer, Dr. Alberto Grilletti made a stop in Alexandria on Thursday. Dr. Grilletti represents the fashion company Castangia. A company that his family started in 1850. "Castangia's been dressing the personalities from economics, politics, movie stars, and they entrust to us their style," said Dr. Grilletti. "So this is what...
Italian police on the way
A visiting delegation of Italian police from Ariano Irpino will visit Media, Pa., on Oct. 8 and attend a block party in their honor at Ariano Restaurante Italiano. They will meet with officials of Media and the Delaware County Police Chiefs. The event will feature a pictorial retrospective of the history of the Delaware County Police. Acco...
Oltre 2mila ospiti per il weekend della NIAF a Washington
Washington, 19 set. - Mancano tre settimane al consueto appuntamento organizzato dalla Niaf, la Fondazione Nazionale Italo-Americana che il 12 e 13 ottobre richiamera' a Washington oltre 2mila partecipanti dagli Stati Uniti e dalla Penisola per il 37esimo Anniversary Gala Weekend. A presiedere l'evento quest'anno sara' John F. Scarpa, membro del co...
USA chiama Italia e le sue eccellenze enogastronomiche rispondono: San Pellegrino, Frescobaldi, Donnafugata, Masi, Alma, Massimo Bottura, Ambasciatori del Made in Italy nel 2013 Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti” del Ministero degli Esteri
USA chiama Italia e le sue eccellenze enogastronomiche rispondono: il Belpaese, la terra dal clima mite, famosa in tutto il mondo per la sua storia, la tradizione, i suoi valori che vivono tra passato e contemporaneità e poi la sua "ars vivendi", il tanto amato, soprattutto nel mondo, italian style, sarà rappresentato negli Stati Uniti da sei eccel...
“Sudestival” 2013 Film Festival From Puglia, Italy @ West End Cinema
SUDESTIVAL 2013 is a Film Festival born in the South of Italy, in the Puglia region, in 2000. It represents the best of Italian independent cinema, offering premieres by young filmmakers who, thanks to this first exposure, have subsequently gained national and international recognition.
Con AmCham, Fratelli Beretta consolida le proprie attività in USA
Continua l'attività di promozione di AmCham delle imprese italiane negli Stati Uniti. In questa prima parte dell'anno, il team Business Service della Camera ha dato avvio ad un'attività di supporto a Fratelli Beretta, l'azienda produttrice di salumi nata a Barzanò nel 1812. Fratelli Beretta, che è presente in America dal 1997 con i due br...
Steptoe attorney an Italian-American Woman of the Year
The West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival (WVIHF) has named Steptoe & Johnson attorney Sharon Flanery Italian-American Woman of the Year. Flanery is one of four WVIHF honorees for 2013 and will be recognized at the WVIHF dinner in Bridgeport on Aug. 29. Flanery maintains a busy legal practice while also leading the Steptoe & John...
Italian Art Comes to PVD
by Alicia Kamm In Providence, there seems to be an unwritten rule: if it's Italian, we approve. Many of us delight in passing under the Atwells Avenue archway where La Pigna (the pine cone or the pineapple, depending on who you ask) welcomes us into our own Little Italy, the historic Federal Hill. We proudly declare that the best...
Italian American Collection Cooking Workshop
Guest chefs Mary Menniti of The Italian Garden Project, Anna Torrance and Jennifer Bamonte demonstrate how to prepare traditional Italian American recipes of the holiday season in the center's kitchen. The mission of The Italian Garden Project is to celebrate the joy and wisdom inherent in the traditional Italian American vegetable garden,...
In Little Italy, Joe Benny's Focacceria opens in former Max's Empanadas space
A new restaurant, Joe Benny's Focacceria, opened last week in the Little Italy storefront that was formerly home to Max's Empanadas. The specialty at Joe Benny's will be the "true" Sicilian-style pizzas, which are made with focaccia, topped with ingredients like eggplant, mushrooms, prosciutto and sausage. Read more Sourc...