By Ben ResiniPHILADELPHIA – More than a dozen national and regional medical pioneers of Italian descent, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, who became a household name during the global COVID pandemic, […]
By Ken Mammarella Scuola Marco Polo is open to all children who want to discover Italian and Italy. “Italians from Italy,” said the school’s president, Agnese Abate. “Italian descendants. Italian […]
By Robert Damien SantagataI enter Il Gabriello and am greeted by a smiling host. I am surrounded by images of Marilyn Monroe, though I would have greater appreciation for Sofia […]
The Honorable Cristiana Mele Italian-American HeraldPHILADELPHIA – The Honorable Cristiana Mele has been appointed as the Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia. Mele is a career diplomat, with more than […]
UNICO National President Steve Pelonero (left) with Rehoboth Area Chapter President Ed Mason. Italian-American Herald At the annual Bocce Tournament held Sept. 11 at Mulligan’s Pointe in Georgetown, UNICO National […]
Italian Premier Mario Draghi (seated) consults with Matteo Salvini during the summit. ANSA ROME – Premier Mario Draghi said that the end of the COVID-19 emergency was now within sight […]
Italian-American Herald MOSCIANO SANT’ANGELO, TERRAMO, ABBRUZO, ITALY – L’associazione Regionale Abruzzese (ARA), presieduta da Nicola (Nick) Rapagnani originario di Basciano, a Delaware County, nell’omonima vallata che si estende tra gli […]
By Murray SchulmanNow that we’re officially in late autumn, Italian Americans are already stockpiling ingredients to prepare gallons of “Sunday Gravy.” This is the beginning of the preparations for Thanksgiving […]
By Tony LeodoraNORTH COVENTRY, Pa. – The Columbus Cup, an all-day celebration of golf, bocce, music, food and wine, returned to Chester County on Columbus Day. From 2004 to 2019, […]
By Frank CipparoneThere you are, a venerable Tuscan wine that’s been around since the 8th century, one once lauded as the “king of all wines” and considered worthy of nobility. […]
By Melissa Cannavo-Marino and SaraCiao cari lettori (Chow ka-ree let-tory) (Hello dear readers) This month is a time to think about all we can be grateful for and a time […]
Charles Carlini, a freshman at Penncrest High School in Middletown Township, Pa., enjoys the Italian American Heritage Festival in Rose Tree Park, Upper Providence, with his mother, Trish Vicchiarelli, on […]
Luke Sanita, a freshman student council representative at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia, receives a Certificate of Achievement from the Sons and Daughters of Italy, including Michael Cerruti, Municipal […]
Though this year may considered a safer time to gather than last year, many families may choose to keep the family gatherings small, maybe even only with the immediate family […]
PARENTE – This surname derives from the apheresis of the medieval Italian name Bonparente meaning “good father, good parent.”.The surname Parente is typical in central and southern Italy. There are […]
In the golden age of baseball, Italian Americans led the way By Frank CipparoneGrowing up in postwar America, October delivered three certainties – homework, Halloween candy, the Yankees in the […]
EDITOR’S NOTEOn Aug. 17, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Paula Patrick ruled that the boarded-up Christopher Columbus statue in Marconi Square can remain there, and that the city had no […]
From left: Commissioner Maria Teresa Sachele-Morrison, Rehoboth Chapter Secretary Veronica Dannerhoj, Commission Chairman Richard DiLiberto, tournament coordinator David Sciortino, UNICO National First Lady Pat Pelonero and UNICO National President Steve […]
By Ben Resini The weight of a professional camera can grow heavy over time. It’s a slippery slope between the benefits of a “dream” profession to eventual burnout and creative […]
By Pete Kennedy Bernadette Barbone Wesler grew up in an Italian family and is a lodge president with the Sons and Daughters of Italy – but she has never traveled […]
By Robert Damien Santagata The most serene city of Venice – La Serenissima, as she was long called – rises from the water like a miraculous, dreamy mirage – colorful, […]
By Jeanne Outlaw-CannavoMany of us know that our country was named after Amerigo Vespucci even though he did not set foot on what was once referred to as the “New […]
ANSA The mining industry in Sardinia, Italy, was booming in the early 20th century, as European nations looked to reconstruct from the damage of World War I. But, Sardinians faced […]
Di Silvino D’Ercole Pizzoferrato, il borgo più bello d’Abruzzo, titolo assegnatogli da Skyscanner nel 2018, il paese della patata, ma anche il paese di Bruno Sammartino. L’ineguagliabile campione di wrestling […]
By Melissa Cannavo-Marino and SaraMi piace tanto (me pea-a-chay tan-toe) I love this time of year. L’autunno (law-two-no) is colorful and cool and there are many new things to see […]
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