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After nearly four years of painstaking work, British architect, Barnaby Gunning, assisted by a team of volunteer photographers, 3D modelers and Google engineers, brought the story of the closed city of L'Aquila to Boston, via MIT and FILIPPO Ristorante. L'Aquila, the capital of the Abruzzo region was damaged by a major 6.3 earthquake that struck a...

Dear President and Members:The Sports Commission of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts will hold its annual Bocce Tournament onSunday, September 22, 2013 at the Methuen Sons of Italy – 459 Merrimack Street – Methuen, MAbeginning at 9:00 A.M. The Tournament will take place rain or shine on Methuen's indoor bocce courts. The entry fee is $90.00 per fo...

When: Thursday, September 19, 2013 — 8 p.m.Where: Steinert Hall — 162 Boylston St., Boston MAM. Steinert & Sons is pleased to announce a special album release event with pianist and composer Moira Lo Bianco. On September 19th the Moira Lo Bianco Trio, featuring Sweden's Bruno Råberg on double bass and Italy's Marcello Pellitteri on drums, will...

di Stefania Orengo   Boston è una delle città più europee degli Stati Uniti. In un solo centro si può trovare quanto di più elegante e raffinato ci sia in Europa. Dalle vetrine di Newbury Street, alla deliziosa Beacon Street, fatta di mattoni rossi e di davanzali raffinati, alla squisita Hanover Street, il quartiere degli italiani, dove i no...

by Rossella Rago   Dear Friends, are you ready to celebrate Christmas? Well I am!!! Please join me and my two lovely Nonne: Nonna Romana Sciddurlo from Puglia and Nonna Antoinette Capodicci from Campania as we demonstrate some traditional Christmas dishes from Puglia and Campania. This Christmas Dinner extravaganza will take place at one of...

No matter how hard he tried, Ivo Cubi could not have done anything else for a living. His last name, to begin with, in Italian literally means "Cubes." Plus he was born into a family that, in one capacity or another, has worked with marble for seven generations. The sixth of which, his father, did everything possible to keep his only son on "the ma...

Boston's North End Italian Feasts are entering their peak season during August, as they have been for roughly the past 100 years depending on the founding of the original religious society. Many residents take part in the festivities while others purposely schedule their vacations to be far away from the noise, traffic and occasional chaos.  ...

The Department of Classics, Humanities, and Italian Studies at the ​University of New Hampshire invites applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor to start in August 2017. Specialization is open to any field of pre-18th-century Italian Studies with expertise in at least two of the following areas: Digital Humanities, Material...

Teresa Riccio, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford   On April 12, the Avon Chapter of the Italian American service organization, UNICO, hosted a dinner dance in support of Connecticut Children's Medical Center. The event, held at the Farmington Club on the Polo Grounds in Farmington, featured dinner, dancing, silent and live...

The Elihu Burritt Library and The Italian Resource Center at Central Connecticut State University present 2013 The Year of Italian Culture Symposium, from October 7, 15-16, 2013. 2013 The Year of Italian Culture in the United States is an initiative that promotes Italy and its rich history and culture.   Central Connecticut State University...

"I don't like it when they call me the king of mozzarella. That title is loaded with pressure and responsibility," Giuseppe Argentieri says with a smile as he supervises the production of the day's batch of fresh burrata before shipping it to specialty stores all over the Boston area. Then, after swallowing a chunk of the white, chewy, still-warm...

Sitting in Professor Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli's office at MIT, I forget for a few minutes what I am there for. We are discussing her passion for opera, and how she almost pursued a career in the arts as a young girl.   A moment later, though, with a seamless transition she starts talking about climate change, and all of a sudden, her down-to-...