The influence of Italian culture across the globe
2025-01-21 @ 06:00 PM. Columbus Citizens Foundation - 8 East 69th Street, New York, NY. RSVP Here. Explore the multifaceted influence of Italian culture across the globe with CCF's Executive Director, Lisa Ackerman. Italy, a country younger than the United States, has exerted a cultural influence that remains intoxicating, mystifying, and remarkabl...
Number of Italians, Irish on Staten Island continues steep decline, new data shows
For decades, Italian Americans and Irish Americans dominated the landscape of Staten Island, at one point combining to account for nearly half of all borough residents. But while those two remain the highest-represented ethnicities in the borough, both have seen their numbers dwindle over the past decade-plus in a trend that continued in newly rele...
Giorgio Morandi: masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation
January 16 – February 22 2025 - 537 West 20th Street, New York, NY. Request prices and availability. David Zwirner presents Giorgio Morandi: Masterpieces from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation. Curated by art historian and Morandi scholar Dr. Alice Ensabella in collaboration with the Magnani-Rocca Foundation, the exhibition will feature over 50 works fr...
The Year Commemorating Giovanni da Verrazzano
VERRAZZANO 500, the yearlong celebration of Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York ended on a historic December day with a rare viewing of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s Cellere Codex. The quincentennial of Verrazzano’s entering NY Harbor begun on April 17, 2024, with a Staten Island Ferry journey where Italian American leaders gazed, essenti...
Italian American Sport Club award dinner, scholarships awarded
An awards dinner was held at the Italian American Sport Club this past weekend in Gates. Several folks and groups were recognized for their contributions to the community. The special event honored Frank DiMino. His donations have helped with building improvements, a new parking lot and even a bocce ball court. In addition, roughly $25,000 was dist...
FIAO embraces the season at annual holiday party
The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Brooklyn (FIAO), a not-for-profit, charitable community service organization, held its annual holiday party at Sirico's Caterers the evening of Thursday, Dec. 19, drawing a crowd of over 200 attendees. "We all had such a great time," Frank Naccarato, long-time FIAO board member, told the Brooklyn...
New York Supreme Court Judge Dominic Massaro Dead
The Italian Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica Italiana Judge Dominic R. Massaro. passed away in the last few days. He enjoyed a prominent career that spanned half a century as a Judge at the Supreme Court of New York. To pay final respects, Pelham Funeral Home (64 Lincoln Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803) will be open on Friday, December 27, from 4...
MULTIPLI FORTI Voices from contemporary Italian literature 2025
January 14, 15 and 16 2025. IIC-NY 686 Park Avenue, NY. Free. in collaboration with FUIS (Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori) – THE BRIDGE Prize – Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY– HUNTER College, CUNY – FORDHAM UNIVERSITY – RIZZOLI Bookstore. Multipli Forti is promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York directed by...
Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation food drive benefits 320 local families in need this holiday season
The Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation, an organization that’s committed to community, ventured over to Jetro Restaurant Depot in Brooklyn, where members purchased $15,000 worth of food to be delivered to needy families. On Saturday, Dec. 14, with St. Christophers school serving as their staging area, club members, family and friends packed 6...
The Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center: A Tradition with Italian Roots
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, an iconic symbol of the holiday season in New York City, has its roots deeply embedded in Italian American history. This tradition, now celebrated worldwide, began humbly in 1931 during the Great Depression when Italian immigrant construction workers, employed at the Rockefeller Center site, came together to e...
BP Fossella named ‘Man of the Year’ by Italian American Civil Rights League
The Italian American Civil Rights League (IACRL), a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of Italian American heritage and history, named Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella “Italian American Man of the Year,” during the organization’s annual Christmas celebration and awards ceremony Sunday in the Little Italy section of Manhattan. The...
Our Lady of Peace Parish Celebrates 125 Years in Gowanus
Over the weekend of December 13, Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan led a parish’s 125th anniversary celebration: Our Lady of Peace Church in Gowanus marked the milestone with a Mass and dinner. The now Franciscan parish was founded by the Vincentians in 1899, but the Diocese of Brooklyn brought in the Franciscan province of the Immaculate Conception b...