Sons of Italy lodge seeks candidates for joint council
Geneva Lodge 2397 and Geneva American Italian Lodge 2397A of the Order Sons of Italy in America recently voted to merge their two lodges. That merger will take place in March. In anticipation of that, a joint Nominating Committee has been appointed to seek out candidates for all officer positions of the new merged lodge. All members of both lodges...
In Little Italy, Saving the Past by Rebuilding It
The 19th-century brick building that houses the Italian American Museum in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan radiates an Old World intimacy, with its tin ceiling and its proximity to shops that still sell slices of pink prosciutto and balls of snow-white mozzarella. Built in 1885 at the corner of Mulberry and Grand Streets, it once housed...
Staten Island Historian to Present 'Italianate Architecture on Staten Island' at Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, 1/19
On Sunday, January 19 at 2 p.m., Staten Island historian Barnett Shepherd will offer a presentation "Italianate Architecture on Staten Island." Inspired by Italian Renaissance town houses found in Florence, the Italianate style of architecture was popular in mid-19th century America, and features heavily cut stone work, elaborate window and door su...
Upstate city establishes monument to New York-born 'Unbroken' WWII hero, Louis Zamperini
A western New York community has installed a granite monument as a tribute to Louis Zamperini, whose story of survival during World War II is the subject of a best-selling book and a Hollywood movie. Zamperini was born in 1917 in Olean, a city near the Pennsylvania border 60 miles southeast of Buffalo. He was 2 when his Italian immigrant paren...
Omaggio a Severino Gazzelloni 'il flauto d'oro italiano'
The International flautist Luisa Sello and one of the best chamber musician of our time, the pianist Bruno Canino, form a duo with a special and unique common denominator; the legend of the Golden Flute in the last Century, whose name was Severino Gazzelloni. Both spent their artistic life with him: Luisa as his most appreciated student (of her Se...
The Blauvelt Sons of Italy Installs New Officers
by Lanning Taliaferro The Blauvelt Sons of Italy hosted a dinner March 25 to thank the outgoing Council and install its new slate of officers. A total of 15 members make up the board, which governs the Lodge's activities over a two-year period. The dinner, held at the newly renovated Sons of Italy lodge on Van Wyck Road in Bl...
Best of Breslin: Marching to Sorrento
by Jimmy Breslin Probably the one subject I know better than anyone on earth is the history of Irish-Italian warfare in New York. It began at the turn of the century, when the Irish construction workers tried to get two dollars a day. As the Irish produce more traitors than any race on earth—Liam O'Flaherty, who wrote The Informer...
Governor Cuomo Lights World Trade Center to Honor Victims of Earthquake in Italy
This evening, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has directed the lights of One World Trade Center's 408-foot spire to be displayed in the green, white and red colors of the Italian flag to honor victims of the earthquake in Italy. Italy's influence touches every community across New York – from its vibrant culture to the more than 2.7 million Italian A...
Thousands enjoy food, fun games at Italian Festival
Thousands of Staten Islanders turned out for the inaugural "Italian Festival at the Mount" this weekend at Mount Loretto in Pleasant Plains. The event was hosted by the Catholic Charities of Staten Island and was presented by ShopRite. It ran from 5-11 p.m. Friday, 3-11 p.m. Saturday and 2-9 p.m. Sunday at 6450 Hylan Blvd. "It was a g...
Presepio Della Solidarietà at the Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere in Staten Island
The Solidarity Crèche was a gift by the Naples (Italy) Chamber of Commerce to the NYC Fire Dept. post the 9/11 tragic terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. It was custom made to honor the victims and brave Firefighters, Police and EMS workers that lost their lives. It is on loan to Casa Belvedere, courtesy of the International Columbia Associ...
Il Gruppo Esponenti Italiani ha consegnato al leader della finanza Frank Bisignano il "Friendship Award"
di Riccardo Chioni Si è raccolta la comunità della diplomazia, della finanza e della stampa economica italiana a New York per ascoltare Frank Bisignano, Chief Operating Officer di JPMorgan Chase, al quale ieri il Gruppo Esponenti Italiani ha consegnato il riconoscimento "Gei Friendship Award" durante una colazione al ristorante Le Cirque....
Giglio feast: An Italian-American Summer Tradition
{tortags,3353,1}{tortags,3353,1}One of the most spectacular, unusual traditional Italian-American feasts in the United States is taking place from July 10 to 21 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Paulinus of Nola features the lifting of an 80-foot-tall, three-ton statue known as the Giglio, which means...