This month in Italy marks the celebration of Ferragosto, or Assumption Day, on Aug. 15. The term Ferragosto comes from the Latin Feriae Augusti meaning Augustus’ rest which was a […]
Jacquie Peccina Kelly grew up in South Philadelphia, Bologna and Abruzzo, and that’s why she’s said that she’s “been spoiled with good food since birth, between my mother’s Abruzzese cooking […]
Although most Italian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries settled in the nation’s large cities to meet the demands of industry, many others had a different experience, […]
The Italian expression fare la bella figura may not be taught in classrooms but it is key to understanding some customs of Italian culture. It literally means to make a […]
Where have you gone, Joe DiPinto? You were the standard of an era that is sorely missed: Lifetime employee of the DuPont Co. An elected official who believed in service […]
When Natalie Pompilio was ready to introduce boyfriend Jordan Barnett to her parents, “their first question was ‘Where is he from?’ Meaning ‘Is he Italian?’ And I kept thinking that […]
Where have you gone, Joe DiPinto? You were the standard of an era that is sorely missed: Lifetime employee of the DuPont Co. An elected official who believed in service […]
If you want to experience the culture of Italy, then you need to do more than just visit historic sites or museums. Markets are an integral part of the fabric […]
The life and legacy of Italian explorer Giovanni Verrazzano was recently celebrated in events that included an elaborate ceremony in Rehoboth Beach, the debut of a new film in New […]
For Francis Barilo, soccer was first “the thing that my dad and I do together.” And second it was a devoted hobby involving trips from their Wilmington home for training […]
Traveling along major highways through Italy you will often see ruins of castles and old villages. In fact, there are thousands of these towns across the country, many in the […]
Grammy Award winner Sara Sant’Ambrogio will appear in a week of programs to kick off the Music School of Delaware’s Serafin Summer Music 2024 program in the first week of […]
In their 1968 hit song “Mrs. Robinson,” Simon and Garfunkel posed a question to a famous Italian American: “Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?” In the song, the Yankee center-fielder’s […]
The seed for “Cabrini” formed in 1955, when J. Eustace Wolfington saw a statue of Mother Cabrini at St. Donato Parish in Philadelphia and joined a nine-week novena on the […]
ARDMORE, Pa. – Ardmore author Linda Romanowski has received the 2023 Sunny Award for Nonfiction from her publisher, Sunbury Press, for her 2023 book “Final Touchstones.” The memoir chronicles four […]
Just as Italians can watch programming to improve their English language skills, non-Italian speakers can watch programming in Italian to improve their language skills, whether they’re fully fluent or just […]
Former Philadelphia Eagles standout Vincent F. Papale received the Living Legend Award on Jan. 17 from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association in a ceremony in Cherry Hill, N.J. Papale, who […]
The red and yellow décor in part of Massimo Musumeci’s house suggests that he is a fan of AS Roma. To know for sure, ask him about the time when […]
Italian TV (T-voo) has come a long way in the past several decades with the introduction of cable and access to streaming channels with content in Italian. Italian programming offers […]
By Peg DeGrassa, Delaware County Daily Times TINICUM, Pa. – Under cloudless skies of blue, a decade-old dream of many local Italian Americans turned into a reality with the recent […]
It was another highly successful year for the 2023 Holiday Toy Drive, thanks to generous donations given to the Grand Lodge of Delaware and from those who donated from an […]
January, or gennaio in Italian, is the first month of the year and is observed as a time of new beginnings as we also reflect on the previous year. The […]
The Feast of Seven Fishes is a celebrated Italian-American tradition that started in this country with the wave of immigration from Southern Italy to the United States in the early […]
Bill Ronayne was just 7 when he became a fan of Mario Lanza, the tenor who was born in South Philadelphia in 1921 and made the cover of Time in […]
Il presepio, the nativity manger scene, is one of the most enduring symbols of Christmas for Italian families. The Italian word comes from the Latin word praesepium for crib. Displaying […]