Bocce Tournament Held for Festa della Repubblica at Langone Park
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A bocce tournament at the North End’s Langone Park kicked off the 2012 Festa della Repubblica. Twenty teams from Italian-American groups competed in the tourney which was held on Saturday, May 27, 2012.
Also, check in next week on June 3rd as the Festa della Repubblica heads to Christopher Columbus Park in an all-day event from 10am to 8pm, including a special 6:30 pm concert with Moreno Fruzzetti. All events are free and open to the public. View the event flyer.
Dr. Carlo Cipollone, the Educational Director of the Italian Consulate, presented the following article, Galileo’s Educational Legacy, at a recent symposium at Harvard University. The event was in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the invention of the telescope. Many thanks to the author for his permission to republish it and North End resident, Nancy Caruso, for the submission.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In occasion of the Week of Celebration of the Italian Language in the World, the Consulate General of Italy in Boston in collaboration with Harvard University and the Italian Space Agency present a symposium. Galileo’s Telescope and the Beginning of the Scientific Revolution and Space Exploration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Galileo’s Educational Legacy by Dr. Carlo Cipollone Educational Director of the Italian Consulate
As an educator, I can confirm that Galileo continues to generate great curiosity today, even among the youngest members of our society. A few days ago I received an email from a nine year-old student. With her mother’s help, young Ashley asked to address some simple questions to scientists and experts on Galileo. She also requested to meet with me for a chat about this icon of scientific discovery. While reviewing Ashley’s questions I realized that children, in their ingenuity, manage to raise complex topics and queries – challenging most adults to give a suitable answer.
The question that struck me the most was probably the most difficult to answer: “Why is Galileo so important today”?
I hope that I can give an answer to Ashley’s question. I will aim to give the best response I can, trying to offer a perspective based on the man behind the telescope, the man who influenced countless disciplines.
Galileo’s ideas not only sparked a scientific revolution, they initiated a large-scale revolution in human thinking. He changed the way we see the world and more importantly, how we perceive ourselves within it.
Two well-known New York celebrity chefs, Mario Batali & Joe Bastianich, decided to come to Boston and teach us provincials about Italian food. Their Italian food emporium, Eataly Boston, in the Prudential Center mall, is opening to the public later this week. I managed to get a press pass and here is a preview of Read More…
Italy Magazine features Boston’s North End in its series Where to Find Italy in America. The article discusses the neighborhood as a destination for Italian culture, including the annual feasts, as well as the restaurants and residential community. The most obvious way to see the area’s Italian roots is by the large number of Italian restaurants, cafés Read More…
A bocce tournament at the North End’s Langone Park kicked off the 2012 Festa della Repubblica. Twenty teams from Italian-American groups competed in the tourney which was held on Saturday, May 27, 2012.
