Echoes from the Neighborhood that Disappeared
Premieres Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 7:30pm on WMHT-TV. "A tribute to the vanished world of Italian immigrant families that fostered culture and community in the South End of Albany, NY. Our original film, The Neighborhood That Disappeared, told the story of the South End of Albany, NY which contained over one-third of the City's ethnic popu...
Don Ciotti a Brooklyn per il documentario su Libera
La sua parola preferita è 'noi', quella che lo fa reagire è 'legalità', "una parola sostenuta, abusata, celebrata, sulla bocca di tutti fino ad impoverirla. Legalità è diventata una bandiera che tutti usano e in quel nome si sono fatte leggi, penso alla Bossi-Fini sui migranti, che ne avevano ben poca. La chiamo cultura della legalità malleabile...
Cuomo Names Joseph Tusiani New York State Poet Laureate Emeritus in Recognition of Contributions to International Literary Community
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the appointment of New York's 11th State Author, Edmund White, and 11th State Poet, Yusef Komunyakaa. In celebration of Italian-American poet Joseph Tusiani's lifelong dedication to the arts, Cuomo has also named him New York State Poet Laureate Emeritus. Governor Cuomo said, "These talented, inspiring...
Why Chazz Palminteri Never Gets Sick of His Bronx Tale
The biographies of some artists simply can't be told without mentioning a certain credit, so intertwined are the person and the play. You can't tell Yul Brynner's story without bringing up The King and I. Rex Harrison is forever associated with My Fair Lady. And when you think of actor Chazz Palminteri, you immediately think of A Bronx Tale. ...
Arte e ambiente, la Provincia di Venezia incontra l'international art festival di Buffalo
Giovedì 10 gennaio nella sede della Provincia a Ca' Corner, l'assessore Paolo Dalla Vecchia ha incontrato l'artista Andrea Rusin coordinatore del primo "International Art festival in Buffalo" organizzato dal Consolato italiano di Buffalo, città degli Stati Uniti d'America capoluogo della contea di Erie nello Stato di New York, in occasione dell'Ann...
St. Joseph's Table to be celebrated Sunday
The 16th annual St. Joseph's Table will be held Sunday at the Italian American Community Center. Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. in the St. Padre Pio Chapel on Frank DiMino Way, followed by a potluck meal at the center, 150 Frank DiMino Way, Gates. People are asked to drop off meatless dishes or donations at the center after noon Sunday. There...
Bill de Blasio Goes Into All-Out Italian Mode for Columbus Day Parade
by Colin Campbell "Buongiorno!" Bill de Blasio exclaimed as he began a speech today. "Viva Italia!". The front-running mayoral candidate's Italian heritage was on full display this afternoon when he made an appearance at the end of the annual Columbus Day Parade in Bensonhurst, a neighborhood that was once the heart of Brooklyn's Ital...
Angiolillo, una rielezione doverosa
Sembra che tutti quelli che conoscono Daniel Angiolillo, giudice del nono distretto della Corte Suprema di New York siano d'accordo non solo sulla sua personalità, umile e decorosa, sul suo ruolo di marito premuroso e padre affettuoso, ma anche sulla sua carriera professionale, quella di un giurista e giudice che negli ultimi vent'anni ha servito e...
Siciliana: Studies on the Sicilian Ethos and Literature by Gaetano Cipolla
The present volume, which has a moving image by Giulia Di Filippi on the cover and which the author dedicated to his wife Florence, is number 27 in the "Sicilian Studies" series, published by Legas and directed by Gaetano Cipolla. This is a revised and expanded edition of the volume published with a slightly different title in 2005. Following the...
Dante Society offering trip to NYC
When former Dante Society President Lou Toscano was recovering from knee replacement surgery he had more than some time on his hands. He had a good idea. Why not a society-sponsored trip to New York? "The Dante Society used to regularly run bus trips to museums and events and we hadn't done it in quite a while," said Toscano, who is on the ema...
Presentation of the book: My Two Italies
Presentation of the book: My Two Italies (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014), by Joseph Luzzi. A poignant personal account from a child of Calabrian peasants whose lifelong study of Italy unveils the mysteries of this Bel Paese, "Beautiful Land," where artistic genius and political corruption have gone hand in hand from the time of Michelangelo to The...
Staten Island’s Tough-Guy Congressman Faces Somebody His Own Size
Domenic Recchia thinks there's something for everyone to loathe about the man he wants to unseat in Congress, Michael G. Grimm. There is that 20-count federal indictment, for starters, that accuses Mr. Grimm, a two-term Republican from Staten Island, of employing illegal immigrants and hiding around $1 million in sales and wages at his Man...