Gay Talese on growing up Italian American in Mid-20th Century America. Part 1 of 2.
In this episode, we interview literary and journalistic icon Gay Talese. Talese is a bestselling author who has written eleven books. He was a reporter for the New York Times from 1956 to 1965, and since then he has written for the Times, Esquire, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and other national publications. In this first part of a two-part i...
Jehovah’s Witnesses invite all to attend the “Remain Loyal to Jehovah!” Convention
Jehovah's Witnesses are inviting the entire Italian speaking community to attend their annual Regional Convention that will be held at the Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 23 Unity Pl, Newburgh NY, 12550-6715. This year's program will have the theme, "Remain Loyal to Jehovah!" The 3-day program will consist of 49 parts, including a total...
Contestants sought for Bravo’s Miss Italia pageant as festival returns to Bellew Avenue
Young women of Italian heritage are sought to give the annual Bravo Italiano Festival some additional cultural flavor. The 32nd annual festival is Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Italian-American Civic Association, 192 Bellew Ave. The Miss Italia Pageant is at 7 p.m. Sept. 16. The winner receives a $1,000 scholarship and her...
Raising the Italian and American Flags in Honor of "Celebrating 40 Years of Italian Culture in America"
September 30 (Friday) 4:00 pm. Raising the Italian and American Flags in Honor of "Celebrating 40 Years of Italian Culture in America". Uff. Joseph Sciame, President, Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, Inc., and the Board of Directors will officiate at the ceremony to honor "Celebrating 40 Years of Italian Culture in Amer...
The Work of De Chirico and Paolini at New York
Giorgio de Chirico and Giulio Paolini, two Italian artists, are together for the first time at an exhibition in New York at Center of Italian Modern Art (CIMA), until June 24. The title of the exhibition is Giorgio de Chirico – Giulio Paolini / Giulio Paolini – Giorgio de Chirico, a title chiasmus, which creates an imaginary cross between two great...
'Night on The Town' Fundraiser in Mineola Remembers Plainview Resident
Pasquale Lubrano, a Plainview resident, emigrated from Italy to the United States in 1957, he was seeking the American dream. He realized his dream in 1980 when he opened La Bussola Ristorante, a restaurant in Glen Cove. As business grew, he opened additional locations in Huntington and Mineola, and his four sons joined the family restaura...
Jehovah’s Witnesses Invite All to Attend “Keep Seeking First God’s Kingdom!” Convention
Jehovah's Witnesses are inviting all of their neighbors to attend their annual convention in the Italian language to be held at Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 23 Unity Pl, Newburgh NY, 12550-6715. The theme of this year's program is "Keep Seeking First God's Kingdom!" Raffaele Palazzolo, a convention spokesman, states: "People of many faith...
Dopo 38 anni, Burri torna in America: La grande retrospettiva al Guggenheim di New York
Le iniziative per celebrare il Centenario della nascita di Alberto Burri (1915 – 2015) arrivano oltreoceano. Il 15 ottobre 2015 aprirà infatti al Solomon Guggenheim Museum di New York la mostra antologica retrospettiva delle opere di Alberto Burri, a cura di Emily Braun. La mostra, con oltre cento opere, è la più ampia ed esauriente mai re...
IACC hosts annual Christmas gala
The Italian American Community Center will celebrate its 23rd annual Christmas Gala on Dec. 6 in its Grand Ballroom, 150 Frank DiMino Way. The event is open to the public and proceeds from the event will be donated to SIS (Sustain. Inspire. Survive.), an organization committed to improving the quality of life of those battling breast cancer....
Fabrizio Gifuni's award-winning political theater comes to Harvard - April 25-27
by Federica G. Pedriali I am delighted to announce that Italian actor and playwright Fabrizio Gifuni will come to Harvard, April 25-27 2015, as part of the Cambridge Edition of the Edinburgh Gadda Prize. Events on Sunday April 26 and Monday April 27 will be of great interest to the wider Italo-American, particularly tho...
Italian Club of Staten Island celebrates 2015 honorees
At age 65, The Italian Club of Staten Island Foundation, Inc., is still going strong. The time-honored organization played host to its 64th annual Dinner Dance Friday, April 10 in Nicotra's Ballroom of the Hilton Garden Inn, Bloomfield, where some 170 revelers came out to party heartily, laud the evening's honorees and to raise their glasses i...
“The Italian Chicks” Variety Show Opens Tour at Bellmore Movies & Showplace
Presented by actor Danny Aiello, The Italian Chicks Musical-Comedy Variety Show opens its East Coast tour on June 7tht, 2015 at the Bellmore Movies & Showplace at 222 Pettit Avenue, Bellmore, NY. It is a one-night only comedy and song event that kicks off their east coast tour which will continue in major cities in New York, Rhode Island, Massa...