Rossella Rago and the Italian Grandmas We Need in Our Lives Right Now
I’m on set with first-generation Italian-American Rossella Rago and her 86-year-old maternal grandmother, Romana Sciddurlo, to talk about the evolution of her popular online show Cooking with Nonna. By “set,” I mean the humble basement kitchen in Nonna Romana’s house in Bensonhurst, where Rago spent countless hours during her childhood watching her...
Tony Di Piazza e italiani a New York: 15 mila dollari per clochard e famiglie bisognose
“Sono estremamente commossa per queste anime gentili che ci stanno dando una mano”. Ha la voce rotta dal pianto Sabrina Ciulla, fondatrice dell’associazione Anirbas, attività di volontariato che si occupa dei senza tetto e di famiglie bisognose. Ha appena ricevuto la telefonata di Tony Di Piazza, vice presidente del Palermo Calcio, che le ha annunc...
Italian American Festival continues in 2020
Despite concerns that 2019 was the last year for the Watkins Glen Italian American Festival, organizers have announced the festival will again take place in 2020. The popular local event is scheduled for Aug. 7 and 8 at Clute Park. Organizers initially believed construction to Clute Park would have prevented the festival from taking place in 2020....
Early Italians and Irish Clash in New York by Al Bruno
Mass immigration changed the face of America forever. The tidal wave of immigrants coming to America from Europe (1880-1910) transformed an English-dominated, American culture into a melting pot of refugees and renegades in search of new opportunities and a new way of life. “When Irish, German, Italian and other European immigrants came to the Uni...
Avviso di rimodulazione dei servizi consolari
A seguito dell’adozione di misure temporanee collegate all’emergenza Covid-19 si segnalano le seguenti principali modifiche nella modalita’ di accesso ed erogazione dei servizi consolari. Si accede al Consolato unicamente dall’ingresso sulla 69esima (angolo Park Avenue); L’accesso selezionato degli utenti all’interno del Consolato verrà regolato ne...
Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes
Marino Marini (1901 –1980) led a 20th-century life. He was the portrait sculptor of the era. His postwar horsemen are perhaps the most credible monuments of the Western world’s near-death experience and shaken conscience. Sophisticated decoration as well: Bogart had one in his office in Sabrina (1954). But before the celebrated horses, work in an e...
The Chromatic Club of Buffalo presents Italian Opera in WNY
The Chromatic Club of Buffalo – Buffalo’s oldest active music organization (founded in 1898) – along with the Mazzotti Anatomy Conference Scholarship Fund and CCI of Buffalo, will present Italian Opera in WNY on Saturday, March 14. This recital, brought to us by The Centro Culturale Italiano di Buffalo, in collaboration with the Chromatic Club of B...
Singer-Songwriter, Joe Iadanza Brings 1970s-inspired Aesthetic to the Southeast on Tour March 19-26, 2020
In support of his latest album, “COMMON MAN,” Long Island-based singer/songwriter Joe Iadanza will embark on his first tour of the southeastern United States in over ten years. Beginning on March 19, 2020, in Baltimore, Maryland, stops on this tour also include: Richmond, Virginia; Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.; Greensboro, N....
Verses Sacred & Profane: A Spicy Literary Lushness in Lent
Saturday, March 21, 2020. 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EDT. Revelation Gallery, 224 Waverly Place - ground floor, New York, NY 10014. LindaAnn LoSchiavo reading her poetry from Concupiscent Consumption [Red Ferret Press, 2020] and A Route Obscure and Lonely [Wapshott Press, 2020]. Michael Palma reading from his published volumes, A Fortune in Gold and Begin i...
Letizia Gambi & The Jazz Elite at The Cutting Room on April 11th!
Letizia Gambi's music is a combination of her Neapolitan-Italian roots with the heritage of Black American Jazz. Her Mediterranean passion sings through Jazz's language in a contemporary, personal style. She lives in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. Letizia Gambi is an international award-winning singer songwriter considered one of the most versati...
Book Presentation: The Discovery of the Possible, by Eugenio Colorni
Wednesday March 18 - 6:00 pm. The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute - 25 West 43rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan, NY. Admission: free; open to the public. Contact: 212-642-2094 calandra@qc.edu Co-sponsored by the Centro Primo Levi of New York and the Società Dante Alighieri di NYC, Inc. The panelists will discuss the fir...
Poughkeepsie's Italian Center listed for sale for $1.7M, club to relocate operations
For more than 90 years, the Italian Center on Mill Street has served as an event space and meeting place for Italian-Americans of the Hudson Valley. The building is situated in the heart of the City of Poughkeepsie, one block west of the Market Street area that serves as the homebase for Dutchess County and city government. Each spring, the club's ...