Nicola De Santis nuovo Console Generale a Boston
Dal 25 agosto scorso, Nicola De Santis è il nuovo Console Generale d'Itali a Boston, competente per il Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island e Vermont. De Santis succede a Giuseppe Pastorelli, destinato a Toronto. Salernitano, classe 1969, De Santis si è laureato in Giurisprudenza all'Università di Salerno. In carriera dip...
Carando: Classic Italian Meats at Your Local Grocery Store
by Andrea Almeida Carando is gearing up for its first-ever NASCAR sponsorship at the Loudon Sprint Cup race. Throughout the week, the #43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford will be making pit stops at area Big Y stores, where Carando will be sampling its classic Italian meats, along with a variety of other activities and giveaways planned at e...
Italian-American Cultural Organization to hold meeting
The Italian-American Cultural Organization will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 4 at Grove Manor Estates, 160 Grove St., Braintree. The guest speaker will be Paul Pecci. He will talk about his Italian heritage and its influence on his professional and artistic life. Pecci is the president and CEO of Braintree Cooperative Bank and a professional artist wit...
Pomeriggio Regionale
When: Sunday, April 14, 2013 — 4 p.m. Where: Orsogna Plaza, 316 Main St., Everett MA [map] Join the Federazione Associazioni Italiane e Italo Americane New England in celebrating music and food from four Italian regions during its "Pomeriggio Regionale." Read more Fonte: Bostoniano
Joanna M. Leone 9/21 & 9/22 Stonington Vineyards Book signing
It was great being a part of Stonington Vineyard's Summer Fest, but now it is even more exciting to have been invited back again to participate in their Annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd from 12pm-6pm. It will be a beautiful autumn weekend. Just look for me under the main vendor tent, stop by, say hello,...
St. Jude Schedules 24th Italian Festival
The 24th annual St. Jude Italian Festival will take place from Wednesday, August 20 through Saturday, August 23 at the Church fairgrounds located on Rte. 111 near the intersection with Rte. 110. The festival will open from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and from 5 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday. The festival...
Gubernatorial hopeful Raimondo says her overhaul of Rhode Island pensions shows key leadership
by Erika Niedowski At first, Gina Raimondo thought solving Rhode Island's pension problem was just a matter of math: Billions of dollars of unfunded benefits were owed to the state's teachers, police officers, firefighters and others. But the newly elected general treasurer quickly learned back in 2011 that the fix was as much about p...
Thomas M. Menino, Boston’s longest serving mayor, has died at age 71
By Bryan Marquard and Jim O'Sullivan Thomas Michael Menino, who insisted a mayor doesn't need a grand vision to lead, then went on to shepherd Boston's economy and shape the skyline and the very identity of the city he loved through an unprecedented five consecutive terms in City Hall, died Thursday. He was 71 and was diagnosed with advanc...
Italian Cultural Center releases cookbook
The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts Inc. (ICC) is proud to announce the publication of its very own "homemade" cookbook, "Mangia! Ci fa bene!" It is a delightful cookbook with over 160 tried and tested family recipes contributed by our members and friends, many of which have been prepared for generations. Read mor...
Newpoli to Perform at South Shore’s Italian American Cultural Organization
When: Sunday, March 1, 2015 — 3 p.m.Where: The Great Pond, Manor Function Hall — 120 Baystate Dr., Braintree MATickets $20 (children under 12 free), can be purchased at the door. Boston's own southern Italian folk group Newpoli will be performing at the South Shore's Italian American Cultural Organization on Sunday, March 1, 2015. Starting at...
Tiziana Rozzo: The Childhood of a Family
When: March 5-29, 2015Where: Griffin Museum of Photography — 67 Shore Road, Winchester MA 01890 Tiziana Rozzo's work focuses on people, their relationships and the places where they work, play and live. In 2012 she conceived and produced the idea of documenting the mentoring program at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. In 2013 she w...
Boston archdiocese sells closed East Boston church for $3 million
By Michael Levenson The Archdiocese of Boston has sold a former East Boston church for $3 million, signaling to former parishioners the ongoing transformation of the working-class Italian-American neighborhood into an increasingly lucrative real estate hot spot, sought out by wealthy investors. State records indicate the buyer, Fran...