Making Logan Airport Efficient and Look Good: Massport’s Luciana Burdi
by Stefano Salimbeni On a glorious May morning, Luciana Burdi greets me at the security desk of the Massport administrative building where she works, looking just as glorious. Her outfit is way more hip and stylish than one would expect for a regular Thursday at the office, and she transmits positive energy while navigating t...
Bocce tournament planned in Abington
The Italian-American Cultural Organization of the South Shore will host a bocce tournament and cookout on Sept. 20. The event will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at 429 High St., Abington. Lunch will include Italian sausages. Proceeds will support the organization's scholarship fund. Tickets are $10 per person for lunch and cheerleading or $15...
Sinatra superfan hosts library film series
by Erica Schmitt Gilbert Gigliotti can recall the moment he fell for performer Frank Sinatra. As a young Italian-American boy growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the mid-1970s, he stumbled upon a greatest hits album in the back of a record store. Over 40 years later, the devout "Sinatraphile" understands why the $1.99 record w...
Meet our Wise Women: Mary L. Pepe
by NOIAW Mary L. Pepe. Director of Human Resources, Town of Greenwich. Mary will be honored at our Connecticut Region Epiphany on Sunday, January 17, 2016. Buy tickets here. WHAT DOES YOUR ITALIAN HERITAGE MEAN TO YOU, AND HOW HAS IT GUIDED YOUR CAREER AND INSPIRED YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS?My Italian heritage is deeply...
A very Italian tour of the North End
by James Pasto On Oct. 26, I had the honor and pleasure of leading a group of about 40 Italians and other Europeans on a tour of the North End. Most had visited the North End before, but they knew little about its past, either as a historical section of Boston or as an Italian-American neighborhood. I lead the tour at the request of Andre...
Renowned Author Brings Line Of Tuscan Wines To New Hampshire
Frances Mayes, the bestselling author of "Under the Tuscan Sun," brings her line of Tuscan Sun Wines to New Hampshire for the first time on Friday, May 16th for a private dinner event at Tuscan Kitchen, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Salem, New Hampshire. This will be followed by a wine sampling and book and bottle singing event on Sa...
Senior Center celebrates St. Joseph’s Day in style
"Buona Festa di San Giuseppe!" That's the greeting many of the Italian-Americans inside the Johnston Senior Center's red, green and white decorated multi-purpose room passed around last Thursday during the annual St. Joseph's Day Luncheon. In English, the phrase means "Happy St. Joseph's Day," and in keeping with tradition, the center...
Parlare con la Musica e il proprio Corpo - Petra Conti Interview
Sunday, October 25 | 5:00pm | Dante Alighieri Society | 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge: Parlare con la Musica e il proprio Corpo - Petra Conti Interview. Stefano Marchese interviews Petra Conti, first ballerina at the Boston Ballet, with screening of video clips. Petra Conti graduated from the National Academy of Dance in Rome in 200...
Saint Ann’s Club to Host Annual Feast Celebration
By Julia Gorman The St. Ann Club is set to host its annual festival this weekend in celebration of the feast of St. Ann with live entertainment, carnival rides, raffles and fresh Italian food. "The St. Ann Club is an Italian social club that helped immigrants when they came to the U.S. with housing, jobs, whatever they needed," said Pat Cutro...
Il Volo Coming to Boston with Nikki Yanofsky
For the millions of U.S. fans who fell in love with the astonishing talent of IL VOLO following their show stopping PBS Special "Il Volo Takes Flight," or as special guests of Barbra Streisand's fall 2012 tour, the boys will return to North America for a series of 17 concerts. The Live Nation produced tour kicks off August 25 at the Orpheu...
Sounds of Italy to Showcase Italian Musical Spirit
For decades, Boston has been the home of talented musicians thanks to institutions like the Berklee College of Music. Now it will also be the home of the Sounds of Italy Festival.Spearheaded by artistic director Stefano Marchese, the festival will take place over the next several months. Its aim, says the Pescara native, is to "promote Italian and...
Former Restaurateur Plans 'Politically Incorrect’ North End Tours for 2014
by Marian White If you haven't eaten at the North End restaurant Davide, you may have spotted it on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares back in 2011. But after 21 years, the Italian restaurant, located on Commercial Street, announced on Facebook that it will be closing its doors "in a few weeks." Boston Restaurant Talk reports that...