A Look Back To Carnevale At Il Centro With Vanessa Racci And Her Swingin’ Jazz Trio
On March 2nd, our friends at Il Centro in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn threw an unforgettably amazing event. Guests attended from all parts of the tri-state area to revel in treasures of Italian culture. Vanessa Racci and her swingin’ jazz trio wowed all who attended with a mix of reinvented Italian songs from her album “Italiana Fresca And American Jazz...
Culture group’s comedy show proceeds helps fund new Middle Village school scholarship fund
Some local laughs are being used to bring a big-time helping hand to students at Christ the King High School. The Middle Village school got a visit from the local Italian-American club Associazione Culturale Italiana Di New York recently. The organization gave them the proceeds from a recent local comedy show to benefit art scholarships for student...
Italian Types: una mostra sull'influenza del graphic design italiano su quello americano
Era il 1927 quando Fortunato Depero mise in valigia il suo Libro imbullonato, praticamente fresco di stampa, e insieme alla moglie Rosetta partì per Nuova York in cerca di fortuna (alcune fonti citano il 1928 come anno della partenza, ma poco cambia). Arrivato nella Grande Mela, Depero lavorò come pubblicitario, ebbe tra i clienti testate come il N...
Pietro Cesare Alberti, il primo italoamericano approdato a New York
Il giorno in cui Pietro Cesare Alberti mise piede sulle coste americane, mica lo sapeva che sarebbe diventato il primo italoamericano approdato a New York. D'altronde, non poteva saperlo: era il 2 giugno 1635 e lui era ancora suddito della Repubblica di Venezia. Per altri versi nemmeno New York era ancora New York: si chiamava Nieuw Amsterdam ed er...
Little Italy Statue of St. Joseph Alive and Well in Eastchester, NY
Statue rescued by Fr. Sorgie, Pastor of Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Our Lady Church. The statue is one of five that were originally donated to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, which was located on 53-59 Catherine Street in Lower Manhattan on or about August 12, 1924. All the statues were carved from Carrara marble and shipped over on...
Federica Belletti, produttori indipendenti crescono… a New York
La storia di Federica Belletti, marchigiana, sembra scritta da un bravo sceneggiatore. Il suo percorso rappresenta la voglia di fare e conquistare i sogni oltreoceano, nonostante gli impedimenti, le difficoltà che invece sono parti reali della sua esperienza. E ora Federica ha raggiunto una meta importante: essere produttrice di film. Nel 2015, Fe...
30 Years of Bordighera Press
Thursday, March 28, 2019, 6pm. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York NY 10036. 30 Years of Bordighera Press, featuring Kathy Curto, Sara Fruner, and Angelo Spina. Bordighera Press is internationally recognized as the foremost publisher of italianità in North America. Commemorating thirty years of pub...
Sculptor Dionisio Cimarelli Honored by the Art Students League of New York
Dionisio Cimarelli, Sculptor/Professor, was honored by the Art Students League of New York this past week, when it placed a large image of one of his sculptures at its main entrance, joining a display of other renowned Artist/Faculty members. The Art Students League is a legendary 140 year old art institution on West 57 Street, that is famous for a...
Auburn group to hold annual St. Joseph's Day feast
The Cultural Italian American Organization of Auburn will host its annual St. Joseph's Day Feast Celebration at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 31, at the Springside Inn, 6141 W. Lake Road, Fleming. Brought to the U.S. by immigrants from southern Italy, the celebration includes a traditional table dinner with Italian antipasto, romaine/oranges salad, garlic...
The Bonanno Family: After Claiming Ethnic Profiling, 2 Accused of Being Mobsters Are Acquitted
It was a novel defense for two men federal prosecutors had accused of being in control of one of New York’s oldest crime families: they claimed the Mafia had long ago been dismantled and they were being unfairly profiled as gangsters because of their Italian ethnicity. But the strategy seemed to work. On Wednesday, a jury in federal court in Manhat...
Murder Of ‘Franky Boy’ Cali Highlights Storied History Between La Cosa Nostra & New York City
The murder of Frank Cali is the first assassination of a Gambino crime boss since “Big Paul” Castellano was gunned down outside Sparks Steakhouse in 1985. The pair of sensational shootings highlight a storied history between the mob and New York City. The American mafia has long been glorified in movies and pop culture, but in the Big Apple the mob...
Italy and the Middle Ages -Italian Lecture, Free Event
Tuesday March 26 2019, from 19:00 to 21:00 EDT. Italian Charities of America, 83-20 Queens Blvd, Elmhurst, New York 11373. Free Admission. Donations are accepted and tax-deductible, as we are a registered section 501c3 nonprofit organization. This presentation will be given by Christina McGrath, a PhD candidate in Italian and Comparative Literature...