How Staten Island commando gave his life on top secret mission against Germans
It’s been 75 years since 15 brave soldiers paddled their way to an Italian comune known as Ameglia, Liguria, for a covert mission during World War II known as “Operation Ginny.” The operation was breached and they were executed by the German army on March 26, 1944. Among them was a soldier named Rosario Squatrito, 22, who was a resident of South Be...
"Dear Cousin," Strategies to Get Your Family Tree and DNA Relatives to Respond
Saturday April 13, 10:30 am. Sponsored by Italian Genealogical Group, Inc. Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage, NY. Contact: Maryanne Yenoli 631-940-0255. ma.yenoli@gmail.com publicity@italiangen.org Patricia Ann Kellner, President of the DNA Genealogy Group of Long Island, will teach how to build a private Facebook group to attract...
Share your Italian Ancestry Story!
The Genealogical Group of Long Island is Seeking a short memoir (250-500) of Italian immigrants to be included in an anthology. If you are interested in having your story considered, please send your complete story, with name, phone and e-mail information to Dr. Marilyn Verna. at maverna@aol.com.Stories should contain some ancestral facts such as...
Fernanda Pivano: A Bridge Between Cultures
An evening dedicated to Fernanda Pivano. Erica Jong in conversation with Gini Alhadeff. Moderator Francesca Pellas. An anticipation of the Festival della Disobbedienza | Premio Fernanda Pivano set in Santa Margherita Ligure - Italy - from April 26 to April 28, to celebrate Fernanda Pivano, 10 years after her passing. An event curated by Enrico Rote...
Italy and Magazzino for Italian Art present Melissa McGill’s Red Regatta ahead of Venice Biennale
Red Regatta, an independent public art project created by artist Melissa McGill that will activate Venice’s lagoon and canals with large-scale regattas of traditional vela al terzo sailboats hoisted with hand-painted red sails, will be presented on March 28 at the United Nations on the occasion of the High Level meeting on the protection of the glo...
Wine Time at the Italian American Club
The Mahopac Italian American Club held its fifth annual Wine Tasting Festival and Competition at its clubhouse on Buckshollow Road on Sunday, March 17. Sixteen club members entered their homemade wines in the tasting competition, with a panel of judges giving awards to the third, second and first place (Mastro del Vino) finishers. Attendees voted a...
Sleeping With a Celebrity. Frank Merlo, Tennessee Williams’ partner, gets his story told
“Leading Men,” the acclaimed new novel by Christopher Castellani, is the author’s fourth. But, as he told an audience at his March 7 reading at the Calandra Italian American Institute in Manhattan, he considers it his first, or rather, “the first that was fully imagined.” His previous books (“A Kiss from Maddalena,” “The Saint of Lost Things,” and...
NOIAW honors Calandra Institute at its annual Luncheon
Saturday, April 13, 2019, the National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW) will hold its annual Gala Luncheon at the St. Regis in Manhattan, Two East 55th Street At, 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022. In addition to honorees Sandra L. DePaolo and Judith A. Salerno, NOIAW will also honor the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute with its...
Magnifico in New York: Corrado Cagli, Migrating Artists, and the Mirage of Italy
Monday, April 8, 2019, 7 p.m. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium. 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (65th St and Columbus Ave) New York, NY, 10023. Fully accessible to wheelchairs. Free - Online Reservation Required. Presented in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi, the Italian Cultu...
Emiliano Ponzi, The Great New York Subway Map – La Grande Mappa Della Metropolitana Di New York
MAMbo, fermata di The Great New York Subway. A tracciare una linea di collegamento tra la Metropolitana della Grande Mela e il Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna è l’ultimo volume scritto e illustrato da Emiliano Ponzi La grande mappa della Metropolitana di New York (MoMA – FATATRAC Edizioni, 2018). Un racconto sulla genesi della mappa disegnata nel 1...
Victoria Ruvolo, Who Forgave Her Attacker, Is Dead at 59
Victoria Ruvolo, whose face was shattered when a teenager tossed a 20-pound frozen turkey through the windshield of her car in 2004 but who then insisted on mercy in his sentencing, died on Monday at her home in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 59. Her death was confirmed by her sister Jo-Marie Brennan, who said the cause had not been dete...
Luigi Del Bianco: Chief Carver on Mount Rushmore. Presentation by Lou Del Bianco
Sunday April 7, 2:30 pm. Frank Melville Memorial Library, Room E4340. 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY. Contact: Jo Fusco 631-632-7444. josephine.fusco@stonybrook.edu www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudies Sponsored by Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University. Richard Nasti Seres Event: Multi-Media and Dramatic Presentation: Topic: Luigi De...