Italian Festival at The Mount 2024
The Island’s BIGGEST FEAST IS BACK! Join Catholic Charities of Staten Island Columbus Day Weekend Friday, October 11th thru Monday, October 14th for the borough’s biggest celebration including: Rides, Games, Live musical performances on stage, Beer and sangria gardens, Vendors,and of course some of the best food around. PLUS THIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE...
‘In God’s hands’: 57 years after his death, efforts to establish sainthood for Father Capodanno have new life
Wednesday marked 57 years since Father Vincent Capodanno died in action while ministering to wounded Marines on the battlefield during the Vietnam War. Born on Feb. 13, 1929, and ordained a priest on June 14, 1958, the Elm Park native participated in seven combat operations before dying at the age of 38 on Sept. 4, 1967. Also known as “the grunt pa...
Farewell reception for Prof. Maria Fusco
Prof. Maria Fusco, Director of the Education Office at the Embassy of Italy for almost eight years, was recently honored with a farewell reception organized by the Casa Italiana Sociocultural Center and Casa Italiana Ente Promotore . The reception was held at the art gallery of the Italian American Museum of Washington DC. Guests included local tea...
Officials From Whitesburg’s Italian Sister City Visiting Here This Monday
Whitesburg (KY) is set to formalize its Sister City partnership with a town in Southern Italy and an official from that town will be visiting next week. Assistant Mayor Dr. Paolo Voci of Sant’Andrea Apostolo Dello Ionio (Calabria) will be in Whitesburg Monday for a ceremony to seal the relationship. The Mountain Eagle reports Sant’Andrea is the bir...
Italians Errani and Vavassori win US Open mixed doubles title
Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori claimed a 7-6(0) 7-5 victory on Thursday to win the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open and end unseeded all-American pair Taylor Townsend and Donald Young's storybook run. The victory gave five-times women's doubles Grand Slam champion Errani and Vavassori their maiden Grand Slam mixed doubles title in on...
City of Columbus (OH) sued by Italian advocate over renamed Columbus park
Columbus Parks and Recreation department is being sued by an Italian American after accusations that the city is demonstrating hostility toward its namesake. The lawsuit is based on a single park, Christopher Columbus Square, which was renamed Warren Square after a petition from the Italian Village Society. Now, some Italian Americans say its part...
Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, day 8: Italian golds from athletics, swimming and archery
Italy is at 54 medals: 16 golds, 11 silvers, 27 bronzes. Yesterday's golds came from Oney Tapia in the discus throw F11, from Antonio Fantin in the 100 freestyle S6 swimming, and from archery, with the Mixed Team of Open Recurve Archery composed of Elisabetta Mijno and Stefano Travisani. Silver medal for Martina Caironi in the long jump T63. Despit...
Salone del Mobile.Milano lands in NYC for the first of three international events
The design community gathered in Bloomingdale’s New York flagship store to celebrate the Salone del Mobile.Milano’s installation Italian Design: from Classic to Contemporary. Curated by Ferruccio Laviani, this tribute to Italian design culture will be on display until September 29th. The installation will be accompanied by a series of engaging talk...
Filmmaker says Letterkenny Chapel, Italian POW documentary changed his life
Filmmaker Stephen Mancini set out to tell a simple story about a small chapel on an Army base in rural Franklin County and the Italian POWs who built it during World War II. Instead, he traveled the world and made a documentary that changed his life. The journey toward making "Fedelta. Soldier. Prisoner," which premieres Friday at Capitol Theatre i...
The Italian American Heritage Society of Long Island Names Silvia Davi to Executive Board
The Italian American Heritage Society of Long Island (IAHSLI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, advocating, and building awareness of the Italian American community for the next generation, announced the appointment of Silvia Davi to its Executive Board. The IAHSLI continues to grow its leadership with dedicated Italian Americans...
A New Generation of Italian Actresses
What would Italian cinema be without the iconic actresses of the Dolce Vita Era? Sophia Loren! Monica Vitti! Claudia Cardinale! Their glamor graced international screens during the 1960s, not only creating a whole new definition for the word glamor but paving roads and breaking glass ceilings for generations of female actresses to come. In recent y...
Could the Roberta’s at Penn Station Be the City’s Best New Italian Spot?
With its chummy atmosphere and eclectic decor, memories of the Bushwick original from its early days in 2008 filled my mind as I wormed my way into the Penn One complex, called the Penn District — past the Los Tacos No. 1 and a new gelato space — looking for the new Roberta’s, the first standalone in Manhattan. Technically, its two-story structure,...