Inside a Tony Bennett “Family Dinner” with De Niro and Scorsese
I’m attending an Italian dinner in honor of Tony Bennett where the fellow guests include the likes of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Could this be a red sauce-soaked fever dream? Did I overdo the Sambuca? No, this was all real. Or as Mr. Bennett would sing, I’m living “The Good Life.” The event, hosted at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on Manha...
Join Italian Charities of America and Arba Sicula
Saturday May 17th, 2025. Italian Charities of America - 83-20 Queens Boulevard Queens, NY. Join Italian Charities of America and Arba Sicula for an evening filled with Sicilian culture featuring a presentation of the Sicelitude Prize, a panel discussion highlighting the Sicilian language and a Sicilian musical performance. Refreshments will be serv...
Antonio Varacalli Day Saturday in Seneca Falls (NY): A celebration of heroes
Each year, Seneca Falls honors the legacy of Antonio Varacalli, an Italian immigrant whose courageous act on April 12, 1917, continues to inspire the community. Witnessing a woman in distress along the Cayuga and Seneca Barge Canal, he selflessly jumped into the water to save her — ultimately giving up his own life in the process. His heroism was l...
The Neverending Empire by Aldo Cazzullo – Book presentation
Wednesday, May 7 · 6 – 8pm. Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway New York, NY. Free entrance, RSVP HERE. International bestselling author and journalist Aldo Cazzullo presents his brilliantly researched history of the Roman Empire and its infinite legacy, followed by a signing. This event will be in English. “The only way to narrate over a thousand yea...
Geneva Sons and Daughters of Italy unveil new Heritage Room April 24
The Geneva (NY) Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge 2397, in collaboration with Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Historic Geneva, is proud to present its new Heritage Room. The public is invited to attend the Grand Opening on April 24 at 5 p.m. at the Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge, 31 Prospect Ave. The event will feature a panel discussion b...
Italian Scholars Chart the Course of the Immigrant Community in the United States
The departure, the journey on the steamship, the arrival in the other world. The awe in front of the skyscrapers, the hard work, the daily sacrifice. Little Italy reassembled in mutual aid societies, the white, red and green cockade pinned on the lapel of the jacket. Racism and the Black Hand. Fascism, anti-fascism. Integration and new citizens wit...
Brooklyn’s Italian communities hold Good Friday processions
On Good Friday, April 18, Bishop Robert Brennan will join parishioners at Sacred Hearts & St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church to process through Carroll Gardens starting at 7 p.m. Further south, several Bensonhurst parishes will join in a Good Friday procession starting at 7:30 p.m. The procession begins at the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette in Dyke...
“THE PATRON-IL MECENATE” by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory – Docufilm
Premiered in Venice as part of the events held on the occasion of the 81st Mostra Internazionale dell’Arte Cinematografica the documentary film Il Mecenate directed by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, tells the story of the first patron of the modernity: Galeazzo Arconati. Without him we would not have a history of great beauty. We would not all have t...
Italy: The World’s Lifestyle Superpower at IAM NY
Saturday, April 26 · 3 - 4:30pm EDT. Doors at 2:30pm. Italian American Museum - 151 Mulberry Street New York, NY. Tickets $ 20 here. Italy is the only country to give the world not just one but three golden ages! A fascinating exploration of how Italy rose from the ashes and devastation of World War II to emerge as the world’s preeminent lifestyle...
NIAF New York 2025 Gala Honored Five Outstanding Italians
An evening of great elegance and national pride lit up the walls of Cipriani 42nd Street in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. On Thursday, April 10, the National Italian American Foundation celebrated its 50th anniversary with the New York Gala, honoring exceptional Italian and Italian-American women and men. With over 500 guests in attendance, the...
IAOVC Backs Massapequa High School & Native American Allies in Fight to Preserve “Chiefs” Name Amid Statewide Ban
The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), the nation’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, proudly announces its full support of Massapequa High School, Long Island, NY in preserving its longtime Native American logo, the “Chiefs.” This position aligns with the organization’s historic alliance with the Native Amer...
Dante: A journey among the lost, revealed, and rediscovered stars
Friday, May 2nd at 6:30 PM Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral 261 Mott Street – New York. Opening Remarks by Father Luigi Portarulo. Theatrical reading in Italian from the Divine Comedy performed by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. Musical accompaniment on cello by Julia Kent New York Honors Dante: An Evening of Poetry, Theater, and Music at St. P...