Joseph C. Calabrese, 81, of Wilmington, Del., died on Aug. 4 due to complications from cancer. Joseph was born on June 30,1943, to Roy and Nicolina Calabrese in Cleveland, and […]
More than 100 relatives and descendants of Vito Baldi and Rosa Galzerano, who were born in Campania in the 1800s, gathered at family events in June in Malvern and South […]
In 1224, King Philip Augustus of France held court at the Battle of Wines, a blind competition decided by the sophisticated palates of monks that resulted in an upset: an […]
Usually when we think of a vaccine, we imagine a substance that is administered to stimulate an individual’s immune response to a particular infectious microorganism with the aim of protecting […]
Vincent Genovese is coaching younger family members to instill the drive that led him from emigrating from the Tyrrhenian commune of Gioia Tauro (in Reggio Calabria) to serving as a […]
As I look back over the years, I would have to admit that I have been rather intrigued by nicknames and how they have come to pass. Aside from the […]
Rosh Hashanah (in ebraico: ראש השנה), (letteralmente “capodanno”), è il capodanno ebraico. È la prima delle festività solenni o Yamim Noraim (“Giorni di timore”), celebrata dieci giorni prima di Yom […]
ROME – Sources recently said that Europe’s most at risk vulture has reappeared in a Friuli nature reserve. The Egyptian vulture, which is the most at risk of extinction on […]
ROME – Italy has the world’s joint second most powerful passport behind Singapore, according to the 2024 Henley Passport Index. The passport of the Asian city State gives access without […]
Drive three miles, in either direction, between the towns of Medford Lakes and historic Medford Village in Burlington County, South Jersey, and you will find not one but two Italian […]
Italian-American Herald TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission in September announced the launch of its latest educational initiative, “The Creation of America: The Roman Legacy.” This newly […]
Michelle Padalino was born in Sicily and moved with her parents to Pennsville, N.J., when she was very young. She worked in her parents’ local pizzeria for most of her […]
It’s Halloween! We love this festa (fes-ta) holiday because mamma loves it! Here in the country mamma tells us non è così divertente (non a co-zee d-vair-tent-a) it’s not as […]
This month’s lesson is dedicated to, of course, Halloween! Halloween has become a big celebration in Italy although it is regarded by some as another invasion of American culture in […]
Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture Chairman Rick DiLiberto was a Delaware delegate at UNICO National’s Annual Conference in Princeton, N.J., in July, where he congratulated Sal Paolantonio, ESPN’s […]
The connection of Italy, and more importantly Sicily, to Malta goes back to prehistoric times even before the link Sicily had to the modern Italian mainland. The first sign of […]
Delaware native Tess Rafferty was vacationing on the Italian island of Ischia when she remarked to her husband that the people around them seemed straight out of an Agatha Christie […]
Honoring the motto “Educate, Not Eradicate,” the Native American Guardians Association stands proudly with the Italian American community, choosing to honor their great visionary Christopher Columbus as an “explorer” not […]
In May of 1990, as a sales manager with my company, I was asked to help train a new salesperson in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, an area that […]
Louis DeSimone was born Feb. 21, 1922, in Philadelphia; His parents Anthony and Nicolina DeSimone were Italian immigrants. He was raised in Bridgeport, Pa., and graduated from what was then […]
Engaging in gardening, whether tending to flowers, vegetables, or herbs, yields benefits beyond the mere cultivation of plants. For many of us, it serves as a sanctuary of tranquility, diverting […]
While visiting family in Loreto Aprutino in Abruzzo, Italy, in May, I heard about Count Sebastiano Capponi’s 500 year celebration of Villa Calcinaia, near Greve in Chianti, nestled in the […]
To understand Malta’s close ties to Italy as compared to the other major islands around Italy, one needs to consider Italy and the surrounding islands as a family. Imagine Italy […]
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