After a successful first year, the Italian Festa returns to the Waltham Common on Saturday, May 30. The family-oriented event, presented by the Regina Margherita Di Savoia Mixed Lodge #1094 of the Order Sons of Italy in America, runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Festa drew about 6,000 people in 2014 and featured food and craft vendors and l...

The Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State University launches Affari di Famiglia, an exploration of Italian-American families and their foray into commerce, with a screening of the film "Big Night" (1996) at 3:30 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 at Ellis White Lecture Hall in Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for stude...

It is said that Eskimos have eight words for snow, and the French have a dozen words for love. But in Italy, an uber chef could fill a small dictionary with the many different words for pasta. (Think penne, ziti, and cavatappi just to name a few.)   Here in Boston, in the days when pasta was still spaghetti, few brands have been more renowne...

Non c'è solo la mostra al Guggenheim di New York a far parlare d'Italia e del Futurismo negli Stati Uniti. Sta ora per iniziare una tournée teatrale in collaborazione con l'Ambasciata, i Consolati e gli Istituti Italiani di Cultura in USA, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò New York University e Acqua di Parma, dedicata a Filippo Tommaso Marinetti c...

The Italian Cultural Center of Western Massachusetts' annual Prime Rib Christmas Dinner will be held on Dec. 12 at 56 Margaret St. in Springfield.   The event will open with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m., and dinner will begin at 7 p.m. The full menu includes antipasto, garden salad, baked stuffed shrimp, prime rib, roasted potatoes, ziti, desse...

On March 28, the Pirandello Lyceum held its annual I Migliori in Mens et Gesta Awards at East Boston's Hyatt Harborside Hotel. The event marked the 30th anniversary of the organization's annual gala.    This year's honorees included Josephine Cuzzi, who served as executive director of the East Boston YMCA from 2006-2014, expanding the c...

by Paul Tuthill   Italian culture and the achievements of Italian-Americans are highlighted during the month of October. In Springfield, Massachusetts, where the mayor is the son of Italian immigrants, an Italian flag will fly over city hall this month.   The Italian Cultural Center of western Massachusetts has several events, in...

by Angela Frissore   Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco will be headlining Boston's The Wilbur this weekend, kicking off what will no doubt be a banner year for the comedy veteran. After selling out nearly a dozen performances in the New York comedy scene last year, the Chicago native is set to record his new comedy special in May – along with a...

It came as no surprise to Lauren Birmingham Piscitelli that public relations executives were among the most stressed out people in the country. A mover and shaker in the cutthroat world of Boston PR, she felt it in her shoulders and in the pit of her stomach. That stress led her to seek solace in Sorrento, Italy, in 2001. That stress also helped he...

Vico Fabbris was born in Northern, Italy and attended Florence's Institute of Art Porta Romana. He received his MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and presently divides his time between that city and Boston. The artist paints imaginary botanical still lives, imbuing each with a soul and personality making it distinctive from the rest. I...