The history of legendary Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso is now part of the permanent collection of the Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere
Caruso (1873-1921) sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. He was also one of the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded. Many theatrical and personal items once owned by Caruso were collected by Commendatore Aldo Ma...
Italian Caucus: “We’re Calling It Columbus Day.”
On October 12, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially recognized October 12th as Columbus Day. It was enshrined as a national holiday by Congress and President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Uniform Holiday Act of 1968. To our understanding, Congress has not changed Columbus Day to “Italian Heritage Day” or “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” yet the Ci...
Details of 64th Annual Columbus Day Parade and Festival Announced
Binghamton's 64th Annual Columbus Day Parade and Italian Festival is on Monday, October 9th. Mayor Jared Kraham was joined by members of Binghamton's Italian-American community, Italian Exchange students and members of Union-Endicott High School's Italian Club. The festival kicks off at 9 a.m. with a flag raising outside City Hall, followed by the...
Columbus Citizens Foundation announces Grand Marshal and Honorees for the 2023 Columbus Day Parade
Columbus Citizens Foundation is proud to announce Beth Paretta as Grand Marshal of the largest parade celebrating Italian American heritage in the United States. Ms. Paretta, the founder of Paretta Autosport, has broken barriers in the field of auto racing and has made a special commitment to STEM Education for Girls. She is the first female dire...
Morris Park’s Columbus Day parade to honor longtime Bronxite Louise Delucia as deputy grand marshal
The upcoming annual Columbus Day parade in the Morris Park section of the Bronx is set to honor a local advocate who has given back to her community through hard work, dedication and even some humor. This Sunday’s parade, along Morris Park Avenue, will highlight longtime Bronxite Louise Delucia as the parade’s deputy grand marshal. DeLucia will ser...
With sausage ‘n’ peppers sizzling, Columbus Day festival celebrates for four days on Staten Island
With cannoli and steak-eating contests at the Italian Festival at The Mount, “abbondanza” food is part of the draw to Mount Loretto’s fall fundraiser. This year, the Columbus Day weekend revelry runs four days straight, from Oct. 6 through Oct. 9. “In the crisp autumn air, this is a tremendous event for borough residents, a great crossroads for mee...
Utica Flag-Raising Ceremony for Italian American Heritage Month
There was a flag-raising ceremony in the City of Utica in honor of Italian American Heritage Month. Every October, Italian American Heritage Month is celebrated. According to the Census's website, “Although Italy as a unified nation did not exist until 1861, the Italian peninsula has sent millions of its people to the shores of North America. These...
The Grand Italian Vision. The Farnesina collection
“The Grand Italian Vision. The Farnesina Collection” is an enthralling journey through the history of Italian art from the 1900s to the present day, by means of 71 works selected from the extraordinary art collection at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic. The only public institution in the world t...
CIAO to honor Auburn (NY) doctors at annual dinner
The Cultural Italian American Organization will honor two local medical professionals at its seventh annual Christopher Columbus Day Recognition Dinner Monday, Oct. 9, at the Springside Inn. The dinner will honor Dr. Rama Godishala and the late Dr. Patrick Buttarazzi for "their many years of unwavering personal dedication serving the community, whi...
59th Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Christopher Columbus Statue in Mineola on Saturday October 7, 2023
On Saturday, October 7th at 9:30AM the John Michael Marino Lodge #1389 and the Loggia Glen Cove Lodge #1016 will conduct the Fifty-ninth Annual Christopher Columbus Wreath Laying Ceremony. The event takes place at the Columbus statue located at the northeast side of the Mineola Court House in Mineola (nearest cross street is Washington Avenue). A l...
An Immigrant Tale of Love and Loss Unfolds in ‘Maria Teresa Vaglio: An Italian Mystery’
The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) is excited to announce the upcoming staged reading of “Maria Teresa Vaglio: An Italian Mystery” by Donna Inglima. This immigrant story, charged with humor and emotional pain, explores themes of abandonment, family dysfunction, and the resilience of the human spirit. This biographical upstate NY story takes the a...
Rome’s talking statue “publishes” book
Rome’s most outspoken monument has turned author. That is the premise behind Anthony Di Renzo’s Pasquinades: Essays from Rome’s Famous Talking Statue. Published by Cayuga Lake Books, an independent press in New York State’s Finger Lakes region, this book will be released on Saturday, October 28. A launch and reading will be held that day at 3:00 PM...