Mayor Butler to raise Italian flag at City Hall at noon Oct. 14
Mayor Joseph M. Butler, Jr., along with Paul Alteri, President, and members of the Italian-American Civic Association of Watertown will participate in raising the Flag of Italy in front of City Hall at 12:00 noon on Monday, October 14, 2019. The 2019 Miss Italia will join the group. Please join us as Italian-Americans observe Columbus Day as a cele...
FIAO honors Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade grand marshals at 38th annual brunch
Christopher Columbus would be proud of the FIAO! The Federation of Italian American Organizations kicked off its annual Brooklyn Columbus Day Parade, which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 12 and run along 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, with a festive brunch at which its grand marshals were honored. The event, held at Sirico’s, 8023 13th Ave., on Sun...
60th annual Columbus Day Parade marches back to town
A Binghamton tradition marches back through town on Monday. The 60th annual Columbus Day Parade will be held in downtown Binghamton. The event shines a spotlight on the local Italian Community, with an Italian Festival to follow. Six high school bands join the Tournament of the Marching Bands this year, with local band Rooster and the Roadhouse Hor...
Isabella Ragonese: “On a Solitary Beach. Viaggio emozionale tra letteratura e teatro”- Settimana della Lingua Italiana
Award-winning actress and playwright Isabella Ragonese will bring us on an emotional journey in between literature and theater featuring some of the greatest Italian authors like - Andrea Camilleri, Elsa Morante, Goffredo Parise, Nicola Ammaniti, Pier Vittorio Tondelli, and others.. “On a Solitary Beach” evokes the Italian coasts, the sea, the tran...
New York Pizza Festival, è il trionfo della pizza napoletana al Bronx
Un trionfo. Le strade del Bronx come i vicoli di Napoli, la magia della pizza come un ponte tra noi e New York. Il Pizza Festival 2019 è il sindaco Bill De Blasio che grida «Forza Napoli!», è la visione di Antimo Caputo e di Fred Mortati che hanno reinventato cibo e Stati Uniti, è un bagno di folla che si mescola tra dischi di pasta e felicità. Un...
What should Syracuse do with Columbus Day and statue? Here are some ideas
A year after Mayor Ben Walsh called for talk about how the city remembers Christopher Columbus, he says he has no immediate plans to make changes to Columbus Circle or push to rename the October holiday. Yet Walsh said he is open to ideas that have come from a group of about three dozen people who’ve spent weeks talking, learning – and occasionally...
The Italian Academy’s newest exhibition highlights fashion’s role in shaping American culture
At Thursday’s opening of the Italian Academy’s new exhibition, photographs told the story of how an Italian entrepreneur bridged the gap between the Italian and American fashion markets. The exhibition, titled “Full of Enthusiasm: American Buyers Captured by Italian Fashion in the 1950s,” was curated by Barbara Faedda, the executive director of the...
2019 Columbus Day Parade: Watch it live on ABC7NY!
The 75th annual Columbus Day parade, the largest celebration of Italian-American heritage and culture in the world, steps off in New York City on Monday, October 14, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. ABC7NY is proud to partner with the Columbus Citizens Foundation, and to present live coverage of the parade from Noon through 3:00 p.m..This year's event features o...
Chazz Palminteri calls Chirlane McCray ‘racist’ over Mother Cabrini statue snub
Actor Chazz Palminteri called first lady Chirlane McCray a “racist” for snubbing Italian American icon Mother Frances Cabrini in the “She Built NYC” competition to erect statues of great women. “Absolutely, she is being racist,” the “Bronx Tale” actor and writer said on the “Bernie & Sid” show on 77 WABC radio Friday. “C’mon. As Italian Americans w...
Italian Festival at the Mount: Food, cannoli eating contest, Louis Prima Jr.
What does an abundance of Italian food, a cannoli eating contest, and a performance by Louis Prima Jr. all have in common? They will all be part of this year’s annual Italian Festival at the Mount presented by ShopRite and The Nicotra Group on Columbus Day Weekend from Oct. 11 to 13. Hosted by Catholic Charities of Staten Island and Borough Preside...
Explore the party: Columbus Parade celebrates Italian-American culture in Bensonhurst
It’s la dolce vita — in Bensonhurst! A parade celebrating Italian-American culture will return to Bensonhurst on Oct 12 for the 38th time — and this year it will add its first-ever block party to the festivities. The annual Brooklyn Columbus Parade will turn a stretch of 18th Avenue into a red, white, and green festa to honor the 15th-century Itali...
12 historic Italian-American sites of the East Village
October, the month we mark Columbus Day, is also Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month. That combined with the recent celebrations around the 125th anniversary of beloved pastry shop Veniero’s inspires a closer look at the East Village’s own historic Little Italy, centered around First Avenue near the beloved pastry shop and cafe. While not n...