Innovation Odyssey: Commemorating Antonio Meucci for National Innovation Day
Friday, April 12 from 10 to 11:30 AM. Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Ave, Staten Island, NY. FREE for members, $10 donation non-members. Includes light refreshments. Explore the extraordinary inventions of Antonio Meucci, an Italian inventor whose work revolutionized communication. From his early days in Florence to his groundbreaking experiments in Ha...
Graduates Presenting “Italian Lyric Poetry” at Casa Italiana NYU
On April 1, at 6:30 pm., at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, a group of doctoral students will come together to present Italian poetry of Guido Cavalcanti, Dante, Michelangelo, Tasso, Foscolo, and Leopardi up to Campana and Luzi. The studies by students from various American universities, establish stratified associations with diverse disciplines. T...
Italian Reputation Award in New York
The Italian Reputation Award ceremony was held at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, an esteemed recognition for individuals who have distinguished themselves in the reputational field through constant commitment and innovation across various professional sectors to promote Italy globally. The event was hosted by journalist Francesca Di Ma...
The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere welcomes three new Dama honorees on International Women’s Day
As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, as well as Women’s History Month, here on Grymes Hill the Festa Della Dama Luncheon was staged at Casa Belvedere, the Italian Cultural Foundation on Grymes Hill. The luncheon honored three extraordinary women, who each received an award during a special presentation in the new Galleria w...
Southern Italy Comes To Larchmont's The Idea Kitchen
If you can't get away to the Amalfi Coast over spring break, the Idea Kitchen has the perfect getaway without having to clear customs. Lisa Post Art and The Idea Kitchen announced that they are bringing Southern Italy to the Sound Shore with a solo exhibit by William Papaleo, entitled "Southern Italy — An American Artist's Life." Papaleo, repres...
Remembering Joseph M. Mattone, Sr.
Dean Michael A. Simons and the entire St. John's Law community mourn the passing of Joseph M. Mattone, Sr., whose strong work ethic, New York City street smarts, and keen business acumen took him to the heights of local and national real estate development. Joe was the Brooklyn-born-and-raised grandchild of Italian immigrants who arrived in New Yor...
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Italian Origins of the Charging Bull of Wall Street
Do you know about the origin of the Bull of Wall Street? And do you know it was sculpted by an Italian artist? Another episode of “Nuova York, Hidden in Plain Sight”, tells the whole story. “Charging Bull” a.k.a. “Bull of Wall Street” a.k.a. “Bowling Green Bull”, is a bronze sculpture standing on Broadway north of Bowling Green in the Financial Di...
Multipli Forti: Italian Literary Fiction Festival (3rd edition)
CIMA is proud to host the morning of the last day of the third annual Italian Literary Fiction Festival. The Italian Cultural Institute in New York in collaboration with FUIS (Italian Unitary Writers’ Federation) — THE BRIDGE Book Award – Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò New York University – CUNY Hunter College – (CIMA) The Center for Italian Modern...
NYPD honors retired officer battling terminal cancer in bittersweet homecoming in Center Moriches
The NYPD honored a retired officer battling terminal cancer Friday evening by providing an ambulance home from the hospital where he was greeted by friends and family in Center Moriches. Joseph Stillitano’s brothers and sisters in blue made sure to be there at his home to celebrate his fighting spirit and dedication to helping those around him. It’...
Buffalo’s Italian Population through the years
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...
Italian American Landmarks: American Venice in Lindenhurst
When you drive on West Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst, you might notice two tall pillars with lions on East and West Riviera drives. Those massive structures are the entrance to American Venice, a project that debuted in 1926 that ties Long Island to Venezia. Real estate developers Victor Pisani and Isaac Meister designed waterways to mimic the ca...
Family of Joe Petrosino and NYPD Commemorate 115 Years Since Murder of the ‘Italian Sherlock Holmes’
On March 12, 1909, while on a secret mission in Palermo, Sicily, NYPD Lt. Det. Joe Petrosino was murdered by members of the island’s criminal underworld. Members of the NYPD top brass, New York City dignitaries and family members of Lt. Detective Giuseppe “Joe” Petrosino gathered at his grave in Calvary Cemetery in Queens on Tuesday to mark 115 yea...