Long Islanders remember NYPD cop gunned down in Sicily in 1909
On the 110th anniversary of the fatal shooting of fabled NYPD Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino, a group of Long Islanders, NYPD officers and Italian dignitaries dedicated a plaque in his honor Tuesday near the spot in Palermo, Sicily, where he was gunned down. A trailblazing investigator who helped create the harbinger of the NYPD bomb squad, intelligenc...
L’On. La Marca nel New Jersey con la Federazione Siciliana e a New York con la Federazione Campana in USA
L’On. Francesca La Marca ha avuto negli USA un fine settimana molto intenso di incontri e di partecipazione a iniziative di importanti federazioni comunitarie. Sabato, 9 marzo, infatti, ha partecipato alla 23esima edizione del gala della “Federazione Siciliana del New Jersey”, che si è svolto con la presenza di circa 600 ospiti, tra cui vari rappre...
Brian Pallas - Italian Creators of our Time Series
A creator is someone who invents something that was not there before: being a scientist, an artist, an entrepreneur. Italian history boasts many examples of famous creators, beginning with Leonardo da Vinci, whose 500th anniversary from his death is celebrated this year. Together with the journalist Maria Teresa Cometto we have organized a series o...
Francesca Alderisi (FI) riceve riconoscimento dalla Scuola d’Italia Guglielmo Marconi di New York nel giorno della Festa della Donna
“Gli Stati Uniti non sarebbero gli Stati Uniti senza il prezioso contributo degli italiani, New York non sarebbe New York senza La Scuola d’Italia. Una bellissima serata”. Queste le parole della senatrice Francesca Alderisi (FI), eletta nella Circoscrizione Estero, in Nord e Centro America, che lo scorso 8 marzo ha partecipato al Benefit Gala 2019...
From 1880 to Today: The Italian population in Buffalo
As late as the 1940s, newspaper stories written about Buffalo’s Italian population were painted with wild strokes of exotic color. “Off in a section of the city where the rays of the sun, on a bright day, glisten down upon dilapidated housetops and seek their way into narrow streets and by-ways with which the place abounds, are colonized a people i...
Laura Mattioli, arte milanese a New York: «Lavoriamo per i musei di domani»
Quando Laura Mattioli ripercorre il suo passato ha uno sguardo attento. Ogni aneddoto che racconta è come se lo rivivesse nell’istante in cui lo ricorda. Nata a Milano, una vita immersa nell’arte, a quasi 70 anni ha ricostruito la sua quotidianità a New York. E oggi è alla guida del CIMA, il Center for Italian Modern Art di Manhattan, di cui è fond...
Genova lavora a un “gemellaggio” fra Lanterna e Statua della Libertà
La Lanterna, storico simbolo del capoluogo ligure, potrebbe “gemellarsi” con la Statua della Libertà di New York: in passato, la luce del faro che vigila sul porto della Superba era l’ultima che vedevano i migranti quando lasciavano l’Italia, mentre la prima immagine dell’arrivo in America era propria quella della statua che domina su Ellis island....
Buck Forgione: He served his country, his town
The impact that Nicholas “Buck” Forgione had on the town he loved was deep. He was a three-sport star in high school, and some believe he is the best athlete ever to suit up in a Lyons uniform. For local police, he was the judge who would arraign a suspect in a pinch, day or night. In education, he was a longtime school board member and president....
Italian-American history is Brooklyn man’s passion
When Raymond Guarini was growing up in Bay Ridge, one his favorite places to eat was Cono’s, an Italian restaurant on Fifth Avenue. “My family used to eat there all the time. We had wonderful memories of great meals we had there. But it closed a long time ago,” he told the Brooklyn Eagle. As his favorite restaurants and shops started to close, Guar...
Italian Types Graphic Designers from Italy in America
From Thursday, March 21, 2019 to Friday, April 26, 2019. From 6:00 pm To 8:00 pm. Italian Cultural Institute of New York, 686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065. Entrance: Free. Book Now. An exhibition curated by Patricia Belen, Greg D'Onofrio, Melania Gazzotti. Italian graphic design has had a lasting influence on the American visual and cultural lan...
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will host its annual New York Gala 2019 at Cipriani 42nd Street
Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 6:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception 7:30 p.m. Dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 East 42nd Street, New York, NY. This distinguished event, held at this world-famous, historical, New York City venue will highlight the very best in Italian food, beverage and cultural experiences – along with celebrate some of the most notable and im...
Columbus Day debate in Southampton draws tension from both sides
The debate over Columbus Day erupted anew at a Southampton school district board meeting as members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation faced off against pro-Columbus advocates from across Long Island who sought to reverse a district decision to rename the holiday on its calendar. In the end, the school board in a split vote decided Tuesday night to ma...