Italian Christmas Market
Friday, Dec. 5 & Saturday, Dec. 6 - 10 to 6 pm / Sunday, Dec. 7-12 to 4pm American Italian Heritage Museum • 1227 Central Ave • Albany, NY 12205 Share this truly old Italian Tradition with us. Our Museum rooms will be filled with many items. Decorations Unique Gifts for Children & Adults Ceppos (some fully decorated) Italian Music CD's -...
Elena Attala-Perazzini: "The Writer's Assistant" and "Via da Noi, Away from Us"
by Annie Shapiro After her three publications in Italy, two novels and one collection of stories, Elena presented for the first time in New York two of her works. The unusual and interesting backdrop was of the event were a hundred and fifty early ink and graphite drawings by Andy Warhol exhibited for the first time ever at Anton Kern Gal...
Music, Fascism, and the Holocaust
Thu, Feb 5, 2015, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pmREGISTERThe Italian Academy - 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 (Just south of 118th Street)With Michael Beckerman (NYU) and Harvey Sachs (Curtis Institute of Music). Europe and the United Nations commemorate the victims of the Shoah each winter on the date of Auschwitz's liberation in...
Pazzi da emigrare: le conseguenze psicologiche della vita da immigrati in uno spettacolo e un dibattito
Dell'esperienza dell'emigrazione-immigrazione tanto si è detto e scritto ma di quel processo di trasformazione restano tuttora in ombra le conseguenze psicologiche. Eppure il distacco, l'abbandonare ciò che si conosce per l'ignoto, il lasciare le sicurezze per una realtà in cui bisogna reinventarsi e ricostruire una propria identità, è un...
A Look at the 108th Annual Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in Long Island City
Saturday, September 5th, my friends and I joined members of the Società Maria SS. Addolorata di Pignataro Interamna at Saint Mary's Church in Long Island City, New York, to celebrate the 108th Annual Feast of the Madonna Addolorata. Thank you Emily, Rosetta, Celeste and all the members of the society for your warmth and hospitality, we had...
DIFFRACTION Exhibition Opening and THE FAT MAN ARPEGGIOS Book Presentation
OCTOBER 05, 2015 - 06:00 PM. Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 DIFFRACTION Works by Lucio Pozzi. The Diffraction paintings are small works on board Pozzi started about 4 years ago. In each he improvised, adding freely brushed demi-gloss acrylic areas onto a ground of matte 'flashe...
November Events at the American Italian Heritage Association in Albany, NY
Veteran's Day celebrationOur Veteran's Day celebration will take place on Wednesday. November 11th, lunch at 12 noon and we will show "Basilone - Marine Corps Legend & American Hero." The cost for the lunch is $5. Your check is your reservation. Reservations must be made by November 9th St. Frances Xavier Cabrini CelebrationSt. Frances...
Catered Italian St. Joseph Table Feast set for March 13 at Ascension Parish, Batavia
A traditional Italian feast catered by Bing's Restaurant, of Amherst, will be available for a St. Joseph Table event at Ascension Parish beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 13. Proceeds will aid ministry and outreach to area veterans, elderly and youth in the City of Batavia. Space is limited to 250! Cost is $25 per person if you buy tick...
When Frank Sinatra Came to Italian Harlem: The 1945 “Race Riot” at Benjamin Franklin High School
by Gerald Meyer New York City's worst racial incident in the immediate postwar period erupted on September 27, 1945 at Benjamin Franklin High School, an all-boys school located on Pleasant Avenue between East 114th and East 116th Streets in Italian Harlem. This, the most Italian Little Italy, which in 1940 had approximately sixty...
Gianandrea Noseda International Opera Awards Conductor of the Year 2016
On Sunday 15 May 2016 at The Savoy Theatre, London, the winners of the "International Opera Awards" were announced in a ceremony hosted by BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny. Opera stars and supporters gathered for an evening celebrating excellence in opera, as well as raising funds for the Opera Awards Foundation – a trust which aims to help th...
Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York Presents Dr. Anthony S. Fauci With Prestigious Da Vinci Award May 2016
The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, Inc. (IHCC-NY) took part in a memorable evening in the presence of the distinguished Italian American scientist Dr. Anthony S. Fauci in May 2016, at a well-attended, reception at the Columbus Citizens Foundation in New York City. On the occasion of Dr. Fauci's visit to New York, the committee...
Holiday Reception, Ghibli Winner Drawing & 9/11 Creche Unveiling at Casa Belvedere
Dear Friends - We have much to celebrate on Sunday, December 14th at Casa Belvedere. The FDNY Solidarity Creche has returned and will be unveiled in all its glory. The winner of our Maserati Ghibli Car Raffle will be announced. The Richmond County Savings Foundation will present The Italian Cultural Foundation with a signature grant awa...