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 […]
This in an exciting year to have Italian roots. Italy designated 2024 as the year of Roots Tourism, a 20 million euro project, backed by the European Union called “Integrated […]
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 […]
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on April 19 overturned the dismissal of a lawsuit that was filed to block the planned removal of Pittsburgh’s Columbus statue. Philadelphia litigator George Bochetto, who […]
It’s uncommon in South Jersey to find a restaurant where the owner is also the executive chef, unless of course, you’re at Allora. Based in Marlton, Mark Berenato’s 130-seat Italian […]
In a remarkable comeback that echoes through the annals of music history, the legendary 1950s teen idol Frankie Avalon has returned to the recording studio after a hiatus of 45 […]
In the early part of 1995, as our 20th wedding anniversary approached, I wanted to celebrate it as a family and do something a bit nostalgic while making it something […]
Giro d’Italia is Italy’s premier cycling race which began in 1909. The winner is awarded la maglia rosa (pink jersey). Pink is the color of La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) and the National Federation of Canadian Italian Business and Professional Associations (CIBPA-NF) recently announced the establishment of a strategic partnership […]
From left: Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America executive committee member Gabriele Romano, Leonardo Helicopters CEO Clyde Woltman, Consulate General Christina Mele, and Perelman School of Medicine professor Marisa […]
The Brian Piccolo scholarships 2024, named to honor the Italian-American football hero who played for Wake Forest University and the Chicago Bears (1965-1969 ), were granted to student athletes by […]
June is when I dive into cooking meat on the grill. There is something special about being outside behind my grill immersed in flame and smoke, grilling beef, lamb, pork, […]
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ROME – The world’s tallest ships will be able to pass under the future Messina Straits Bridge, the CEO of the Stretto di Messina contracting company, Pietro Ciucci, said recently […]
Some of the earliest recorded games of bocce were played in 5200 B.C. in Egypt. While it is not being played in the 2024 Paris Olympics, the sport is seeing […]
At the end of part two of this series, we concluded languages on the Italian peninsula evolved from Latin into Vulgar Latin. At the same time vocabulary from non-Latin languages […]
E’ un fatto vero che ci sono tante somiglianze tra gli spagnoli, gl’italiani, i francesi, i portoghese e più o meno i rumeni, specialmente le lingue e alcuni costumi. Però […]
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 […]
Giusepppe Venuti was born Sept. 16, 1903, in Philadelphia. Joe was known throughout his life as being a jokester and using hyperbole to explain his early life. Did he study […]
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 […]
My friend and I sat quietly in the classroom at the acclaimed Wine School of Philadelphia recently, trying to absorb everything our instructor, school founder Keith Wallace, was saying. Good […]
A who’s who of the Delaware Italian-American community gathered on Feb. 29 to pay tribute to their own at the biennial gala of the Delaware Italian American Foundation. The highlight […]
There are often no easy answers to difficult questions. Driving and dementia poses one of those questions. The truth is that as Alzheimer’s disease or other similar chronic memory diseases […]