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When: Friday February 10 2017 12:00 AM. Where: The Davis Museum at Wellesley College 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA The Medici's Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th-Century Florence is the first exhibition in America devoted to the luminous and meticulously rendered paintings and drawings of Italian artist Carlo Dolci (1616-1687). It provides an unprecede...

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Watertown chef Mike Fucci's friends have been teasing him that, as of Wednesday, he's going to be famous. The reason? Fucci will be featured on Cutthroat Kitchen, a competitive cooking show on the Food Network on Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. Fucci, who has lived in Watertown for 11 years, has always been involved in cooking and community. "I have coached Water...

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James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Schlow will launch Via Emilia this week as the first installment in a new rotating series featuring local chefs cooking regional Italian cuisine at Eataly Boston. Schlow’s concept will feature dishes inspired by Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, and his menu will include seven antipasti (appetizers), three pasta...

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Olga F. (DiIanni) Carito of Watertown, Massachusetts and Boothbay Harbor, died Jan. 27, 2017 at age 88. Olga was the former owner and operator of the 1879 Seafarer Inn on Union Street from 1989 to 2005. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the Italian community of the North End. She entered elementary school only speaking Italian, but went on t...

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L’alto numero di pugili americani di origine italiana che popolarono le riunioni statunitensi fino agli anni ’50 dello scorso secolo, induceva molti di essi ad affrontarsi tra di loro, in particolar modo quando il valore dei contendenti era più elevato rispetto alla media nazionale. In tale maniera il 29 gennaio 1951, nella città di Holyoke, Massac...

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The Or­der Sons of Italy in America Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli Lodge is celebrating their 50th anniversary later this spring. On March 25, the Wil­­mington Sons of Italy lodge is throwing a party to commemorate the occasion. The event will take place at the Wilmington-Tewksbury Elks and begin at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour and hors d’oeuvres. At 7...

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Dear PIB members, we are excited to provide you with a brief update following the November 8th event featuring Mons. Gennaro Matino (click here for info on that event). The $5000 collected by PIB were used by the Mondo Amico Association, led by Mons. Matino, to build a community room adjacent to a newly constructed church in Arquata del Tronto, one...

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In their zeal to save Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, the Mount Carmel Preservation Society appears to have driven its preservation efforts over a cliff. And it was all so unnecessary in the short term, casting aside a voluntary demolition reprieve offered by Bishop Robert J. McManus at least until January 2018 to study other options. The Mount Ca...

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Debutta lunedì prossimo, 30 settembre, su "Rai World" il nuovo programma dedicato all'Italia all'estero "Community". Ospite della prima settimana Paolo Peluffo, vicepresidente della "Dante Alighieri".   In onda anche un'intervista a Spencer di Scala, presidente del Comitato di Boston della "Dante". A chiudere la nuova trasmissione, cond...

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Vista dall'Italia l'America, nel senso comune degli Stati Uniti, è qualcosa che mette insieme il miraggio, la speranza, il progresso, ma che offre anche le ragioni di un certo senso di superiorità se mettiamo a confronto la nostra cultura, le nostre tradizioni, magari anche la nostra capacità di mangiare e vivere bene. L'America ha creato le basi...

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