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 […]
Cape Henlopen School District has hired Kristin Loffreda Mancinelli to teach Italian in the high school, a program built and fostered for many years by Cristina Christy. This four-year program […]
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 […]
Three times each year the faithful of Naples pray for “the Miracle of the Blood” on the first Sunday in May, on Sept. 19 when they celebrate their patron saint […]
Sal Lapio is taking it easy now, heading to work at 7 a.m. and heading home midafternoon, a sharp contrast to when he was running a gas station that was […]
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 […]
Alice Pizza Authentic Roman-style pizza al taglio and Italian happy hour. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun.-Mon.; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Entrees include pizza by the slice/margherita pizza, Patate Picante, Cacio e […]
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 […]
UNICO Rehoboth Area volunteers, along with those from Rehoboth in Bloom, a program sponsored by Rehoboth Beach Main Street, continue to promote the beautification of the downtown area at the […]
ROMA – Alla fine dell’estate i detenuti presenti nelle 190 carceri e 17 istituti minorili (Ipm) sono 61.140, con un indice di sovraffollamento a livello nazionale del 130,06%, ma con […]
School is open and although Darla and I can’t actually go to school we can help you learn some Italian words for forniture (for-knee-tor-a) supplies you and children in Italy […]
This month’s Italian language lesson focuses on another linguistic divide. We will exclude other romance languages spoken in Italy which are recognized as languages and not dialects, such as Sardinian […]
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 […]