Little Italy Endicott (NY) kicks off capital campaign to improve Heritage Center
Ahead of Friday’s Gusto! Italian Festival, Little Italy Endicott, announced the launch of a capital project to preserve and revitalize the organization’s heritage center on Odell Avenue. Little Italy is looking to improve the center, making the center a place where residents can learn more about Endicott’s Italian community’s history and heritage....
New York finally acknowledges Arturo Di Modica, the Italian sculptor behind the Charging Bull
After standing for 36 years at Bowling Green and becoming one of New York City’s most recognizable landmarks, the Charging Bull has at last received a plaque that officially credits its creator. The bronze statue weighs about 7,100 pounds, measures over 11 feet in height, and stretches 16 feet in length. Depicting a bull ready to charge, it represe...
St. Rocco’s gears up for 50th Italian Festival in Hulberton on Aug. 31
St. Rocco’s Italian Fest scheduled Aug. 31 is shaping up to be one for the record books. This will be the 50th anniversary of the event, which will not only feature the traditional Italian foods and famous bocce tournament, but will focus on the legacy of St. Rocco’s and the quarrymen who immigrated to Orleans County. “The Local Legacies Project wa...
Italian festival this weekend in Mahopac, NY
Festa Italiana Del Giglio will be taking over St. John’s Church in Mahopac this weekend with ceremonies, dancing and fine food. The festival is being organized by the Giglio Society, a group of individuals who have dedicated their lives to honor Catholic traditions. Giulio Cefaloni, president of the Italian-American Club of Mahopac said that “Their...
East Utica Celebrates the Feast of Saint Rosalie
The Feast of Saint Rosalie, a more than 100-year-old tradition, in East Utica, continues this weekend. The first feast was celebrated in the backyard of an East Utica home. The feast, honoring one of the patron saints of Sicily, continues not far from its original location, on the corner, of Mohawk and Jay Streets, in Utica. For Jim Delitto, Presi...
Babylon names street in honor of Barbara Mangano
The Town of Babylon has posthumously honored Barbara Mangano, the first licensed female funeral director in Suffolk County, by renaming a portion of Deer Park Avenue near the funeral home she helped establish. The roadway will now be known as Barbara Mangano Memorial Way. A dedication ceremony was held June 12 to celebrate Mangano’s contributions t...
Blauvelt Sons of Italy Italian Festival & Carnival Returns to Rockland County September 18–21
One of Rockland County’s biggest and most anticipated events is back! The Blauvelt Sons of Italy Italian Festival & Carnival will take place from September 18 through September 21, 2025, at the Tappan Masonic Park Fair Grounds located at 89 Western Highway in Tappan, NY. Far more than just an Italian Feast, this four-day celebration has grown to be...
Annual Feast of Santa Rosalia returns this week with grand marshal Danielle Caminiti
It’s that time of year again! The 51st annual Feast of Santa Rosalia begins Aug. 14 on 18th Avenue between 68th Street and Bay Ridge Parkway, Brooklyn, NY. The 10-day event features rides, music, games for the kids, drinks and food. It will also include the popular men and women’s cannoli eating contest sponsored by Il Colosseo, Robert Defalco Real...
Bronx Little Italy’s Beloved Ferragosto Festival Returns This September
The smell of sausage and peppers, cannolis, and cacio e pepe is nearly in the air, and that can only mean one thing: Bronx Little Italy’s beloved Ferragosto Festival is on its way back! More than two decades ago, the merchants of Arthur Avenue and East 187th Street brought the Italian tradition of Ferragosto to the Bronx Little Italy–treating us N...
Italian American Festival returns to Watkins Glen (NY) next week
One of the Finger Lakes’ most beloved summer traditions is back. The Schuyler County Italian American Festival will return to Clute Park in Watkins Glen from August 14 to 17, filling four days with food, music, and family fun. What started over 40 years ago as a small community event on Fourth Street has grown into a full-blown celebration of Itali...
Call for Applications: 21st “New York Prize” Opens
The Italian Cultural Institute in New York, the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the Ministry of Culture have announced the launch of the 21st edition of the New York Prize, a prestigious residency program for emerging Italian visual artists. This year’s...
Returning Italy’s stolen treasures from New York: ancient artifacts come home after decades abroad
Over half a century after it vanished, the remarkable “Head of Alexander”—a marble bust dating to the first century CE and believed to portray Alexander the Great or a figure inspired by him—has finally returned to Italy. The sculpture originally belonged to the Antiquarium of the Roman Forum, where it disappeared sometime during the twentieth cent...