Eco-friendly artist Simona Rodano
In her bilingual musical for young adults, Simona Rodano breaks artistic boundaries while tackling a topic of importance and poignancy. One well-worn cliché where adventurous artists are concerned centers on how they “follow their own muse.” But Simona Rodano is far more driven than that. Working within the four disciplines of music, theater, envir...
I valdianesi Cono Morena ed Elena Loguercio nel direttivo della Federazione Campana USA
Cono Morena originario di Teggiano ed Elena Loguercio originaria di Sassano sono stati riconfermati nel Consiglio Direttivo della Federazione delle Associazioni campane negli Stati Uniti d’America. I due consiglieri di origini valdianesi sono stati eletti in occasione dell’Assemblea del 13 gennaio scorso svoltasi presso la sede del Club San Cono di...
Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York Prepares to Celebrate the Genius of Dante: Poet, Philosopher, Political Thinker
On the occasion of the 699th anniversary of the death of Dante Aligheri, the Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, Inc. (IHCC-NY, Inc.), together with the Società Dante Alighieri di NYC, Inc., will celebrate the genius of the great medieval poet and philosopher on March 24 and 25. On the evening of March 24, the John D. Calandra Itali...
FESTA DELLA DONNA Comes To The Laurie Beechman Theatre
Festa Della Donna, a celebration of Italian-American women, is slated for the Laurie Beechman Theatre Saturday March 7th. The event, in honor of International Women's Month, pays tribute to their contributions to the arts and features an accomplished lineup of female Italian-American performers spanning the genres of music, comedy and dance. Festa...
Bill to rename Dyker Heights post office after Mother Cabrini stirs controversy
Congress passed a bill on Feb. 5 that would rename the Dyker Heights Post Office after the New York-based saint Mother Cabrini, infuriating some locals, who love Cabrini — and hate the postal service! “The post offices in NYC are pieces of f–– sh–. Why the hell would someone want to be named after one?” said Nick, a Dyker Heights resident, who did...
Vico Magistretti Exhibition
The Fondazione Magistretti celebrates, in 2020, the centenary of Vico Magistretti’s birth with a traveling exhibition designed for the network of the Italian Cultural Institutes. For the first time, the Foundation makes its archival heritage available to reveal the works of the great Italian architect and designer to an international audience. The...
Lecture: The Old St. Peter’s - L’Antica Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Thursday, February 13 at 7:30pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Pl, Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Click here to register online. Join us as we trace the fascinating development of the once open-air Vatican necropolis to the socially and religiously revolutionary construction of the Emperor Constantine’s Antica Basilica di San Pietro, a...
The Neuberger Museum of Art Explores Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Range of Work and Influence
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian, 1922–1975), one of 20th-century Europe’s leading intellectuals, known for his prolific work as a poet, writer, and film director as well as for his criticisms of government corruption, materialism, consumerism, and sociopolitical repression, will be the focus of the Neuberger Museum of Art’s two-part exhibition Pier Pa...
Angelo 'Joe' Amore, famed Albany tailor, dies at 91
Angelo "Joe" Amore, a tailor born in Italy who for decades thrived as the creator of bespoke suits for the city's powerful politicians and business leaders, has died at the age of 91. Amore died on Tuesday following a year and a half of steadily declining health, his son, Robert Amore said. Despite that, the elder Amore did his best to keep busy, r...
Sign of the times: First new Verraz(z)ano Bridge sign goes up
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connecting Brooklyn and Staten Island was named in honor of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano. However, its name was spelled incorrectly for more than half a century. Now change is on the way, as on Wednesday crews from MTA Bridges and Tunnels replaced the sign at 92nd Street near Fort Hamilton Parkway in Bay Rid...
Italian American community honors former Lancer player and high school coach
He was often the first smiling face greeting visitors to the Italian American Sport Club in Gates. Frank Caricchio spent much of his time volunteering at the organization that gave him so much joy. Two years ago, Caricchio, a member of the 1963 Italian American Sport Club of Rochester team that won the U.S. Amateur Soccer Cup, defeating seven other...
Joanne Mattera reads from Vita: A Memoir: Growing up Italian, Coming Out, and Making a Life in Art
Thursday, February 20, 2020, 6pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY 10036.In Vita: A Memoir, Joanne Mattera recounts her childhood in an Italian American family—the oldest of five and the only girl—as the repression of the 1950s gave way to the free expression of the 1960s. A collage of memories at her gran...