Joey Baldino feels blessed to be running the Palizzi Social Club, which since 1918 has been preserving, sharing and promoting Italian culture in South Philadelphia. The founders – all tracing […]
With much trepidation, 13-year-old Geltrude Carmella DiLullo has just consented to leave her home in the village of Ateleta, Italy. Her destination: South Philadelphia, where waits a suitor she never […]
Portrait photographer Flavia Loreto will present her new portrait collection during a talk on May 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the Music School of Delaware, 4101 Washington St. in Wilmington. […]
Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigida, who illuminated the world stage in the 1950s and 1960s, and who was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world,” died Jan. 16 at […]
In a three-day visit back to Italy over Christmas, Fabio Vitali devoted several hours buying 130 pounds of his favorite cookies, cheeses, carbs and wines to bring home at maybe […]
Former Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky posted this memoriam to Jerry Blavat to Facebook after the 82-year-old music personality died on Jan. 20. Reprinted with permission. Readers can find […]
Rosa Segale (1850-1941) This woman, also known as “Sister Blandina,” was a Genoa-born missionary who worked in the American frontier. Her thoughts are collected in a book, “At the End […]
REHOBOTH BEACH – On Jan. 19, members of UNICO Rehoboth Area and guests enjoyed the annual Italian Movie Night with pizza, salad and popcorn. A segment of “Don Matteo – […]
One of the most celebrated characters to strut the stage of modern Italy is the remarkable Gabriele D’Annunzio. He is known as the vate (poet) and profeta (prophet). It is […]
Generations of athletes and sports fans mourned the loss of Franco Harris, the legendary running back at Pennsylvania State University and later the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers, who died suddenly at […]
Linda A. Cartisano is a proud native of Chester, Pennsylvania, with a substantial Italian influence. Chester is important because it’s “a city of racial and ethnic diversity with residents of […]
South Philadelphia’s Charlie Gracie, the singer, guitarist and early-rock hit-maker, died Dec. 16 in Delaware County, Pa., at age 86. Mr. Gracie was one of rock music’s pioneers. His early […]
When Virginia (Ginger) DiGalbo tells her life story, two themes recur: her Italian heritage and the importance of her large and welcoming family. “I’ve always been very proud of my […]
Being Italian has been integral to Renee Patrone’s success as an event planner and party helper. “A lot of food, a lot of entertainment, a lot of family times, a […]
“I know I was meant to be a chronicler.” So writes Jo-Ann Vega in the introduction to her memoir “Moments in Flight.” The self-awareness expressed in those nine words is […]
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