CIAO celebrates St. Joseph, Italian culture at special Cayuga County event
What about your cultural roots? Are you even curious? Paolo Ricci decided it was time to find out more about his father’s Italian heritage. Retired Auburn fireman Mike Vasco wanted to spend time with Italian Americans interested in cultural practices, which his own kids disengaged from at home. Ricci and Vasco joined more than 100 other me...
Quei sogni a stelle e strisce
"La simbolica data d'inizio dell'emigrazione italiana nelle Americhe può essere considerata il 4 ottobre 1852, quando venne fondata a Genova la Compagnia Transatlantica per la navigazione a vapore con le Americhe. Fra il 1880 e il 1915 approdano negli Stati Uniti quattro milioni di italiani, su 9 milioni circa di emigranti che scelsero di attravers...
Your Voices: Puglisi goes from E-J, to GE, to Link
by Anthony Borrelli Don Puglisi, 84, of Vestal, was born and raised in Binghamton during the Great Depression and grew up in an Italian American family. He worked his way over the years from the Endicott-Johnson shoe factories to General Electric, to Link Aeronautical Corp., where he assisted with efforts to determine how to conserve power...
Al Bruno: West Side of the ’60s etched in my memory
When times change, distinct cultural practices and traditions often mysteriously disappear from city neighborhoods and our social consciousness, but they should never be forgotten. That is exactly what happened in Buffalo to the omnipresent, Italian cultural fixtures on the Old West Side during the mid-1960s: A golden yet turbulent time defined by...
Negli scritti degli italiani d’America tracce forti della nostra identità
Francesco Durante (foto) è uno dei maggiori studiosi di letteratura italoamericana. Ha tradotto John Fante in Italia, ma anche autori come Bret Easton Ellis e Raymond Carter. Durante è stato direttore editoriale della casa editrice Leonardo, redattore capo centrale di "D La Repubblica delle donne". Incontriamo Francesco Durante a New York durante u...
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum to Celebrate Ezio Pinza's Life
On Sunday, November 17 at 2 p.m., Nick Dowen will present an hour-long program on the life of opera great Ezio Pinza. Dowen, who has been collecting records since he was 13 years old, will share some of his thousands of recordings in a powerpoint presentation about the life of one of the most prolific singers in the history of music. A bas...
Christmas Lights and Cannoli Tour: Brooklyn's Finest Lights Display
Christmas Lights and Cannoli tourI wanted to share one of my favorite holiday happenings around New York -- this one's actually in Brooklyn. You have to check out Tony Muia's Christmas Lights and Cannoli tour, a 3 1/2 hour experience that takes you to Dyker Heights, the Italian-American section of Brooklyn, affectionately known as Christmas Lights...
De Blasio Invokes Italian Theme for Bonding in Albany
When Mayor Bill de Blasio met State Senator Diane J. Savino, a Staten Island Democrat, here on Wednesday morning, they kissed twice, once on each cheek, and shared a warm hug, in part because of something else they share: their heritage. "It's an Italian unity moment," said the mayor, getting laughs from onlookers before he shook hands wit...
Al Met le ultime opere del genio neoclassico Antonio Canova
By Fabiana Yvonne Lugli Fino al 27 aprile, la galleria 955 del Metropolitan Museum ospita sette opere dello scultore italiano Antonio Canova, le ultime in ordine di tempo realizzate dal maestro. Antonio Canova (1757-1822) é il più grande di tutti gli scultori neoclassici, cantore di una bellezza ideale priva di affezioni e per questo detto "il nu...
Second 'In Scena! Italian Theatre Festival' will be June 9 to 24
By Claire Taddei Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in NYC, will present its second In Scena! Italian Theater Festival (www.inscenany.com) in all five boroughs from June 9 to 24, 2014. The event will feature six full productions and four readings. Production highlights include "Hanno tutti ragione" (Everybody's R...
Comm. Michael P. Ricatto: 2014 Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino Association in America - Jack and Helen Como Entrepreneurial Award
The Italian American Museum, Its Board Members and President Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa congratulate Comm. Michael P. Ricatto on receiving the 2014 Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino Association in America - Jack and Helen Como Entrepreneurial Award On Thursday, August 14th, the Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino Association in Ame...
Mario Cuomo Hospitalized for Heart Condition
by Leigh Haugh Mario Cuomo, the former New York governor, has been hospitalized for an undisclosed heart condition, according to the governor's office. The news was announced on Saturday, November 29. The 82-year-old father of current Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) was a three-term Democratic governor of New York, from which the elder states...