This DaVinci Statue Could Go for $50 Million. But Is It Real?
An 11-inch bronze sculpture said to be linked to Leonardo da Vinci sits in a bank vault on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. “Horse and Rider” carries an estimate of $30 million to $50 million and is being offered for sale at the Pierre Hotel in New York this month, according to Guernsey’s auction house. But not everyone is convinced of its da Vinci ori...
Arthur Avenue in the Bronx Is New York’s True Little Italy
Anyone who visits New York City, Italian or not, is drawn to Lower Manhattan’s Little Italy on Mulberry Street. Just below SoHo, this shrinking historic neighborhood has been frequented by tourists and Italian-Americans alike for its culture, shops, and, of course, food. But catch the B train 24 stops uptown to the Bronx, and you’ll be in a differe...
DeRiggi-Whitton Honors Grandes For Italian Heritage Work
Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton recently honored Angelo and Kathryn Grande for their decades-long work in helping to preserve Italian heritage and culture. The Grandes have been active members of the Order Sons of Italy in America Loggia Glen Cove #1016 for more than 40 years. Kathryn and Angelo served as Loggia President from 2000 t...
Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio Chosen to Head Fact-Finding Mission of Diocese of Buffalo
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn has been appointed by the Vatican to conduct an investigation of the troubled Buffalo diocese in New York, where Bishop Richard Malone faces accusations of covering up sexual abuse by priests. The announcement was made late October 3 by the Brooklyn Diocese, following a request from the papal embassy in the U.S....
Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy to New York, New York
October 18, 2019 to April 26, 2020. Ellis Island Museum of Immigration, New York. This exhibition will explore the intersection between the ideas that inspired two monumental statues of Liberty: Liberty of Poetry, by Pio Fedi in the church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, and the 1883 Frédéric Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, which was inaugurated...
Diocese Announces Procession, Mass to Support Mother Cabrini Statue
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Italian Apostolate will hold a procession and Mass on Oct. 6 in support of a public statue of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. The procession will start at 3 p.m. in Mother Cabrini Park in Carroll Gardens, the site of the church where Mother Cabrini first ministered to poor Italian immigrants when s...
Book Presentation and Discussion–Cesare Pavese’s Long Journey: A Critical-Analytical Study
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 6pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10036. Novelist, poet, essayist, and professor Giose Rimanelli published a number of articles on Cesare Pavese's work. Over time, he cobbled these essays and others into a book on Pavese's opera omnia. Long left unpublished...
Italian Church In Brooklyn Plans Special Celebration: Restored Devotional Artwork To Be Processed
Hidden treasure was found in the basement of Saint Bernadette’s Shrine Church in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Hidden for decades, the historic image of Our Lady of Pompeii has been recently restored pro bono by Cente Art Studio of NYC (307 W 38th Street-www.centerart.com). Dyker Heights, a long-time Italian enclave, is home to thousands of Italians an...
Rochester-area Italian Americans look to celebrate Columbus Day with food and culture
October is a busy month for organizers in the Italian American community in Monroe County. The leaders of 15 area civic organizations are preparing for their biggest event of the year; the 79th annual Columbus Day celebration. Celebrating Italian heritage, exploration and the American dream will be the theme at the luncheon on Monday, Oct. 14 at t...
CIMA Presents: First U.S. Exhibition of Nude Sculptures by Marino Marini
For its 2019–2020 season, the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) will present the first U.S. exhibition devoted to the nude sculptures of Marino Marini (1901–1980), among the artists credited with revitalizing Italian figurative sculpture in the 20th century. Opening in CIMA’s luminous SoHo space on October 17, 2019, this focused exhibition inclu...
Party likes it’s 1492!
Discover the Howard Beach Columbus Day party for yourself. State Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) is throwing a shindig in honor of the Italian explorer on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Grace Church Hall at 100-05 159 St., in Howard Beach. “For me, Columbus Day has always been a time to celebrate my Italian American heritag...
Francesca Campagna, la palermitana al top del Center for Contemporary Opera di NY
E’ la prima donna, non americana, a ricoprire l’incarico di direttore del Center for Contemporary Opera di New York, il centro che si occupa delle produzioni contemporanee di opera. Un nuovo ruolo che la palermitana Francesca Campagna ha accettato con sfida ed entusiasmo. Radici sicule ma una vocazione cosmopolita fanno di Francesca una profession...