Mattinata Musicale

20/11/2024

The Delaware County Justinian Society and Societa daVinci cordially invite you to join in a Celebration of Italian American Heritage and Culture.
The Society will hold a Scholarship Banquet at the Phoenix Ballroom on Monday, November 25, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. During dinner, there will be a cultural presentation on Italian American Heritage in Delaware County and the Italian Cultural Center in the Lazzaretto in Essington. Sonny Silicato will provide entertainment as well. The cost is $45.00 per person and will include beer, wine, soft drinks, and water, Porchetta and other great Italian food. The Phoenix Ballroom is located at 1661 Mill Road in Upper Chichester PA. 19061. To be assured of a reservation for this limited seating event, please contact Albert M. Greto, Esquire, 715 N. Tatnall Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. (302.472.9900 or [email protected])

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18/11/2024

The Italian Cultural Center of the Delaware Valley located in the Lazzaretto Building, 97 Wanamaker Avenue in Tinicum, PA, is now open to the public on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month from 2-4pm and on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month from 10am to 2pm. Admission is free. For more info visit ICCDelVal,org.

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18/11/2024

LAM Valley Forge Lodge 1776 will hold its annual Christmas Party on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at Presidential Caterers, 2910 Dekalb Pike in East Norriton, PA. There will be a cash bar from 6-7pm followed by a fantastic five course dinner served at 7PM. Entrée choices are Chicken Breast Roulade with stuffing, Pan Seared Atlantic Salmon, Slow Roasted Prime Rib of Beef or Fresh Tagliatelle Primavera. The cost is $50.00 per person. Reservations and Entrée’ choice are due by December 6th at 12 noon. To reserve contact Bernadette Wesler at 484-433-1035

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06/11/2024

ARA Delco Holiday Party at Marino’s Catering.
ARA Delco will hold its annual Christmas Party a on Sunday, December 15 starting at 3pm. The event will take place at Marino’s Caterers located at 1661 Mill Road in Chichester , PA. The event includes buffet dinner, antipasto, dessert, wine soda and espresso. Music will be provided by Moreno Fruzetti and as always Santa and Mrs. Santa will be there for the kids. The cost is $50.00 for adults, $25.00 for ages 13-18 and children under 12 just $10.00. For tickets and details, call Nick Rapagnani at 610-212-9888 or Maria Di Mattia at 610-202-9696. Deadline to order tickets is Friday December 7.

01/11/2024

Holiday Toy Drive 2024.
Once again, our parent organization ARA Delco, sponsor of Italian radio programs on WILM Mattinata Musicale and WVLT and WWDB’s Viaggio Musicale programs, are working with the Delaware State Grand Lodge of the Sons of Italy for this year’s annual toy drive. Thanks to generous donations in 2023 we received over one hundred toys to donate to three local organizations as well as additional toys purchased with cash donations.
Donation boxes will be set up at Serpe's Bakery at 1411 Kirkwood Highway, Elsmere, DE 19805, Mark's Barbershop at 1119 Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington, DE 19805, at Carman Lincoln Ford at 193 S. Dupont Highway, New Castle, DE 19720 and at Carman Chrysler Jeep Dodge at 196 S Dupont Hwy., New Castle, DE 19720. Toys will also be collected at the ARA Delco Christmas Party at Marino’s Caterers on December 15. In person drop off begins on Monday, November 4, 2024. Online purchases can be made at
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Please have gifts purchased online set for delivery by Saturday, December 14. The deadline for in person drop off at listed locations is Sunday, December 15, 2024. See attached flyer attached for additional information and thank you to all our supporters for your generosity.

23/10/2024

Holiday Toy Drive 2024.
Once again, our parent organization ARA Delco, sponsor of Italian radio programs on WILM Mattinata Musicale and WVLT and WWDB’s Viaggio Musicale programs, are working with the Delaware State Grand Lodge of the Sons of Italy for this year’s annual toy drive. Thanks to generous donations in 2023 we received over one hundred toys to donate to three local organizations as well as additional toys purchased with cash donations.
Donation boxes will be set up at Serpe's Bakery at 1411 Kirkwood Highway, Elsmere, DE 19805, Mark's Barbershop at 1119 Kirkwood Hwy, Wilmington, DE 19805, at Carman Lincoln Ford at 193 S. Dupont Highway, New Castle, DE 19720 and at Carman Chrysler Jeep Dodge at 196 S Dupont Hwy., New Castle, DE 19720. Toys will also be collected at the ARA Delco Christmas Party at Marino’s Caterers on December 15. In person drop off begins on Monday, November 4, 2024. Online purchases can be made at


https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/39IXGB30YQFKL?ref_=wl_share

Please have gifts purchased online set for delivery by Saturday, December 14. The deadline for in person drop off at listed locations is Sunday, December 15, 2024. See attached flyer attached for additional information and thank you to all our supporters for your generosity.

23/10/2024

Comedian Joe Conklin Performs at Neumann-Goretti High School
On Saturday November 23 starting at 7pm, comedian Joe Conklin joins forces with the world-renowned City Rhythm Orchestra for a night of comedy and music. Conklin will take you on a nostalgic journey featuring all his celebrity voice impressions, and a performance by an 8-piece orchestra and a cast of singers. The show will take place at Neumann-Goretti High School, 1736 South 10th Street in Philadelphia. For more info visit his website at https://joeconklin.com. Doors open at 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Parishes of St. Nicholas of Tolentine & Annunciation BVM.

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23/10/2024

ARA DELCO Fall Meeting.
ARA Delco invites you to its fall meeting on Saturday November 16. In addition to its fun events, ARA Delco supports several national charities and promotes Italian language and culture through many educational and community activities including all our Italian American radio programs. Annual dues are just $20.00 and membership is open to all Italians, Italian-Americans and anyone interested in learning more about and participating in Italian Culture. The meeting starts at 4pm at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Media, PA and includes a complimentary dinner. Italian language mass follows. For more info, call Nick Rapagnani at 610-212-9888.

13/05/2024

The Associazione Regionale Abruzzese of the Delaware Valley and Delco holds its 31st Annual Golf Tournament & Fund Raiser on Monday, July 29, 2024,
Registration and lunch 11:30 Scramble format – 1:00 Shot Gun Start Turtle Creek Golf Course 303 W. Ridge Pike Limerick, PA 19468
$135.00 per person for Golf, Green Fees, Lunch, beverages on the course & Dinner
Is $45.00 per person for dinner only.
We look forward to seeing you on the 29th Call any member listed below with your questions. Corey Talone 610-291-8290 or Vince Taraborrelli 610-761-0120.

13/05/2024

Join us for St. Anthony’s 50th Anniversary Italian Festival. This week-long event begins Sunday June 9, 2024 and runs through Sunday June 16, 2024. The location is Ninth and Dupont Streets. Wilmington, DE 19805. For more info visit spade.org/italianfestival or facebook.com/stanthonysfestival.

13/05/2024

The Associazione Regionale Abruzzese Presents their Fourteenth Annual Homemade Wine Tasting & Judging Event on Sunday, May 19, 2024 from 12-4 p.m.
The event will take place at the Mercato Ristorante Ballroom at 4779 West Chester Pike in Edgemont, PA. 610-353-4871.
Your meal includes: Appetizer: Bruschetta and salad and Penne Pomodoro. Entrée Selection: Chicken Marsala OR Cod Livornese. Dessert: cannoli or vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce coffee, tea or soft drink included. BYOB or we’ll have some wine to share. Cost: $ 50 /person
***Bring your home made wines in no larger than 1 liter bottles to be judged in 2 categories – limited to 1 White and 1 Red per entry. Medals will be awarded in each category- individual entering wine or a family member must be present to receive the medal. For information and to make a reservation by phone call Guido DiValerio: 610 325-0959, Giuseppe DiValerio: 610 356-3923 or Fulvio Trosini: 610 687-2746. No one can attend without a paid reservation.

16/04/2024

Join us for the Delaware Italian American Education Association and Friends of Italian Culture as we host the next viewing of Italian Film Festival on April 28, 2024.

DIAEA Italian Cinema Series, in collaboration with Friends of Italian Culture, presents the next film of this year's Festival on April 28, 2024. The screening continues this year's theme: children actors as protagonists of unforgettable life stories.
LA VITA E` BELLA - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL is a 1997 film directed by Roberto Benigni. The movie won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix of the Jury and 3 Academy Awards in 1999: Best Foreign Language Film, Best Actor, and Best Soundtrack. Life is Beautiful is a masterpiece of Italian cinema. This film placed Roberto Benigni's "moral" comedy in the history of global cinema.
Plot: Italy, 1939. The Second World War has not yet begun, but the country is already under a fascist dictatorship. Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) is a young man of Jewish origin who is moving to the city of Arezzo with a friend. During the journey, a young woman (Nicoletta Braschi ) literally falls into his arms. She will become the love of his life, his "princess," and will also give him a son, little Giosuè (Giorgio Cantarini). Life is beautiful, but the storm is approaching...
The film showing will take place at The Ballad Room of St. Anthony of Padua Grade School located at W. 10th & N. Scott Streets in Wilmington, DE 19805. Doors open at 1:45 PM and dinner is served promptly at 2:15 PM. There will be a raffle drawing at 3 pm followed by a short movie introduction before the screening. Tickets are available on site for $15, cash or check purchase only. Funds raised at the cinema festival benefit La Piazza di Giustina Italian Language Summer Camp. ~ For additional questions, email [email protected]

12/04/2024

Change to Italian Music Programming this Sunday, April 14.
Attention listeners to the WWDB edition of Viaggio Musicale. This Sunday, April 14, 2024, Viaggio Musicale, regularly heard from 2-3 pm, will air from 2:00-2:30 pm and then the entire full hour will air later that afternoon from 5-6. This is for this week only. The other regularly scheduled ARA Delco Italian-American radio programs at 8 am on WILM and 6 pm WVLT are not affected.

13/03/2024

Delaware Italian American Education Association and Friends of Italian Culture Hosts Next Viewing of Italian Film Festival on March 24 2024.

DIAEA Italian Cinema Series, in collaboration with Friends of Italian Culture, presents the third film of this year's Festival on March 24, 2024. The screening continues this year's theme: children actors as protagonists of unforgettable life stories.
CINEMA PARADISO is a 1988 film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The movie won the Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix of the Jury and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1989. The story, set in a Sicilian town in the immediate post-war years, proclaims the director's love for cinema and what it represented for the Italian people. The CINEMA PARADISO Director was Giuseppe Tornatore and the main cast were Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Pupella Maggio, and Salvatore Cascio. The film was released in 1988 in Italy and had a run time of 188 minutes.
Plot: After the Second World War's end, cinema is the only entertainment in a small Sicilian town. Eight-year-old Salvatore, nicknamed Toto`, is the mischievous, intelligent son of a war widow. Toto' discovers a love for films and spends every free moment at the local movie theater. There, he becomes friends with Alfredo, the projectionist, who introduces him to the mysteries of the projection machine and teaches him the skills that will become a foundation for Toto's interest in the art of cinema.
The film showing will take place at The Ballad Room of St. Anthony of Padua Grade School located at W. 10th & N. Scott Streets in Wilmington, DE 19805. Doors open at 1:45 PM and dinner is served promptly at 2:15 PM. There will be a raffle drawing at 3 pm followed by a short movie introduction before the screening. Tickets are available on site for $15, cash or check purchase only. Funds raised at the cinema festival benefit La Piazza di Giustina Italian Language Summer Camp. ~ For additional questions, email [email protected]

06/03/2024

St. Anthony’s Society of New Castle celebrates St. Joseph’s Day on March 16

St. Anthony’s Society of New Castle will hold an event on Saturday evening March 16 to celebrate St. Joseph’s with a homemade wine contest and party from 6:30-10 pm. The event will take place at St. Peters school gym in Old New Castle, DE. Menu includes whole roasted pig porchetta, veal spezzato, pasta e fagioli, broccoli rabe, long hots, and dessert. Musical entertainment is also provided. Tickets are $35, For tickets and information call Dominic Alvini at 302-650-5240 or Bob Blakely 302-388-4565.

19/02/2024

Saint Anthony Society of New Castle hosts St. Joseph’s Day celebration.
On Saturday evening March 16 come celebrate St. Joseph’s at the homemade wine contest and party from 6:30-10 pm at St. Peters school gym. Menu includes whole roasted pig porchetta, veal spezzato, pasta e fagioli, broccoli rabe, long hots, and dessert. Musical entertainment is also provided. Tickets are $ 35, For tickets and information call Dominic Alvini 302-650-5240 or Bob Blakely 302-388-4565.

06/02/2024

February 25 is next movie in Italian Film series.
Our next film showing is on February 25 with the movie Ladri di Biciclette- The Bicycle Thieves which premiered in 1948 . It was directed by Vittorio De Sica and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1949. Principal actors were Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell and Elena Altieri.
Tickets for the event are $15.00, the exact cost as before the Covid 19 Pandemic. The tickets include the screening, a meal reflecting the movie's setting prepared by Chef Joann dell'Aversano, and a free ticket for the raffle.
Any money left after costs are covered goes to support the Italian Summer Camp La Piazza di Giustina, held each July for children ages 4-14.
This film will be screened on Sunday, February 25 and will take place in the Ballad Room (the cafeteria) at Saint Anthony of Padua Grade School, located at 1715W. 9th Street Wilmington, DE.
Doors will open at 1:45 p.m., with the meal served at 2:15 p.m and movie begins at 3 p.m.
A great way to enjoy an Italian film and to support the continued teaching of the Italian language. For additional questions, email [email protected]

17/01/2024

Delaware Italian American Education Association Hosts First Viewing of Italian Film Festival for 2024.

The DIAEA Italian Cinema Series, in collaboration with Friends of Italian Culture, presents its first film of the year on January 28, 2024. The screening falls within this year's theme: child actors are protagonists of unforgettable life stories. I Bambini Ci Guardano is a 1943 film directed by Vittorio De Sica, based on the novel Pricò by Cesare Giulio Viola. Filmed between 1942 and 1943, it encountered distribution difficulties caused by the ongoing war.
The film showing will take place at The Ballad Room of St. Anthony of Padua Grade School located at W. 10th & N. Scott Streets in Wilmington, DE 19805. Doors open at 1:45 PM and dinner is served promptly at 2:15 PM. There will be a raffle drawing at 3 pm followed by a short movie introduction before the screening. Tickets are available on site for $15, cash or check purchase only. Funds raised at the cinema festival benefit La Piazza di Giustina Italian Language Summer Camp.