East Harlem Giglio Christmas Party Toy Drive
East Harlem Giglio Christmas Party Toy Drive. For the 2019 Christmas season the Giglio Society of East Harlem is happy to announce our partnership with the Boys Club of New York, Gerry Clubhouse in East Harlem!!! Many of our Giglio Boys were members of the Boys Club in East Harlem growing up, and we are excited to return our appreciation to this am...
Officially recognized the Little Italy Neighborhood and Little Italy Historic District
Today is a HUGE moment in the history of the City of Rochester!! We are so proud to share that today, the City of Rochester administration has officially recognized the Little Italy Neighborhood and Little Italy Historic District, on the City of Rochester's website! The Mayor's and city administration's recognition today, now galvanizes City Counci...
Cuomo panel eyes Brooklyn Bridge, Battery parks for Mother Cabrini statue
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s panel tasked with erecting a statue to honor Mother Frances Cabrini has narrowed in on two potential sites Friday — one in Battery Park and the other in Brooklyn Bridge Park. From both sites, visitors would be able to view the statue of Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants, as well as the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor...
Verrazzano Bridge turns 55: Check out these amazing photos
Thursday marks the 55th anniversary of the completion of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which spans the New York Harbor, connecting Staten Island to Brooklyn. Construction began on Aug. 13, 1959. The upper deck opened on Nov. 21, 1964, and the lower deck opened on June 28, 1969, with costs totaling $325 million. Seven Staten Island friends were the...
Salvatore, l'angelo italiano degli homeless di New York: "Non diamo soldi ma dignità, cibo e sorrisi"
Lo spirito francescano nel sangue, la vocazione alla solidarietà e all’attività caritativa, sono sempre state nel dna di Salvatore Snaiderbaur. Siciliano cosmopolita, ex manager nel settore ospedaliero, consulente di impresa ed ex docente universitario nei college americani, Salvatore lascia l’insegnamento e nel 2017 fonda “One City Mission”, la no...
Triangle Fire Memorial Coalition hosts NYC fundraiser to finish monument
One of the rare pro-worker memorials in the U.S. is underway, but it needs a little more money for completion. And that led the Remember the Triangle Fire Memorial Coalition, in conjunction with the New York Central Labor Council and many unions in and around the Big Apple, to host a fundraiser at the United Federation of Teachers building on Lower...
New Event, "Veneto Region" at the Garibaldi Meucci Museum
Saturday, November 23rd @2:00pm. Garibaldi Meucci Museum · 420 Tompkins Avenue · Staten Island, NY 10305. Join Professor Louis Leonini and Anita Sanseverino on a Picturesque and Cultural Journey through the "Veneto Region". $10 non-members, $5 members Award Winning Photographer Anita Sanseverino dedicated to the subject of Italy returns to the muse...
‘Baywatch’ star Alexandra Daddario on her new dark comedy — and her Italian family’s secrets
Alexandra Daddario arrives to our cover shoot dressed in an oversized turtleneck, with Joan Didion’s “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” tucked under her arm. Her haunting blue eyes dance around the studio in New York’s Little Italy neighborhood. Despite blockbuster roles in the “Percy Jackson” films, “San Andreas,” “Baywatch” and “True Detective,” Dadda...
Notti Sylvane: Two evenings of music and film by composer Sylvano Bussotti
A screening of Bussotti’s film Rara (New York premiere), followed by a selection of the artist’s musical miniatures. After an introduction by Luciano Chessa, Bussotti’s silent film Rara (1967-69) will be screened in a restored version. Experimental and without deliberate narrative, the work gathers ‘filmed portraits’ of the 1960s Italian avant-gard...
16th-Annual Christmas In Italy Comes to Carnegie Hall Starring Cristina Fontanelli
Award-winning singer and PBS/WNET and NY affiliates Host for Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble and Il Volo, Cristina Fontanelli brings her program of Italy's best-loved songs, arias, Neapolitan and Christmas classics during her 16th-Annual "Christmas In Italy" show at the Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, December 8 at 3 p.m. Called a "Vocal geni...
Italian Academy roundtable questions artistic and historical truth after Council of Trent
Italian artist Caravaggio’s painting “The Incredulity of St. Thomas” features his characteristic use of chiaroscuro, or the dramatic use of light and shadow. But what is most remarkable about the image is not only the artist’s rendering of the scene but also the subject matter itself: St. Thomas leans towards Christ, poking at his flesh in disbelie...
My family’s story, my Italian heritage guide me
What an incredible honor it was to receive the Mario M. Cuomo Government Integrity Award this year from the Capital Region’s American Italian Heritage Association, Museum and Cultural Center. I’m so very proud to be a first generation Italian-American, part of more than 26 million Americans of Italian heritage, and have always deeply admired the co...