Studies Reveal Ethnic Pride Linked to-success in Youth
Researchers combed through the abstracts of over 6,000 studies to analyze how positive a person feels about their own race or ethnicity. In a meta-analysis published Feb. 3 in the journal Child Development, researchers concluded that feelings of ethnic pride and happiness in youths positively affect their behavior and academic success. ...
A Look at the 2015 Fiaccolata di San Rocco in Astoria, Queens
By Giovanni di Napoli Saturday, October 17th, I returned to Astoria, Queens for the highly anticipated Societá Gioventú Quagliettana's Annual Fiaccolata di San Rocco. I've been attending the torchlight procession for several years now and, thanks to the warmth and hospitality (not to mention the strong devotion) of the members, it continues to be...
Gary and Angelina Ciccazzo celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary
By Marisa Vinciguerra Grasmere residents Gary and Angelina Cicazzo recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Gallagher's Restaurant in Manhattan, with family members and friends joining in the celebration. The former Angelina Azzolini was born and raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Fort Hamilton High School in her n...
Taste of Italy on Stage at the Italian Theater Festival
It is no secret that Italians can be very dramatic, and nowhere is that more evident than in New York City in May during the Italian Theater Festival. "On Stage" in Italian translates to "In Scena." For the fourth year, Kairos Italy Theater, the preeminent Italian theater company in New York, is presenting a 15-day festival with that title througho...
Suozzi receives more Queens endorsements
Former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, more than any other candidate in the Democratic or Republican primary races for the 3rd Congressional District, is receiving endorsements from Queens elected leaders. "I'm proud to endorse Tom Suozzi for Congress because as a first-generation Italian American, Tom understands the plights of so many immigr...
Drawings for proposed 'Little Italy' unveiled
Gates is one step closer to getting a" Little Italy." We got a look at the drawings of the proposed new Little Italy neighborhood, which would go near Lyell Avenue and Spencerport Road. Silavno Orsi, the CEO of the Little Italy Neighborhood Association, has sent a funding application to the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development C...
Feast of San Gennaro Comes to Little Italy Sept. 15-25
Go for the cannoli-eating competition, stay for the piles of pizza and live music. Little Italy's longest running festival, the Annual Feast of San Gennaro, is coming Sept. 15 through Sept. 25 this year, so you better get your stomach ready. The 11-day festival fills the neighborhood of Little Italy with live music, parades and food stands sel...
No One Helped: Kitty Genovese, New York City, and the Myth of Urban Apathy
December 1, 2016 - 6.00-7.30 PM. - The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor. New York, N.Y. 10036 The 1964 rape and murder of Kitty Genovese in Kew Gardens, Queens, has become one of America's most infamous true-crime stories. It began when a front-page report in the New York Times incorrectly c...
A Coney Island si parla di Venezia, a Rockefeller Center delle ville palladiane: Veneto protagonista nella Mela
di Riccardo Chioni Coney Island, ai newyorkesi e non solo, si manifesta con le sue due maggiori attrazioni di sempre che la caratterizzano nella stagione estiva: la sua estesa spiaggia e il celebrato Luna Park, entrambi distrutti o danneggiati dal passaggio di Superstorm Sandy. Dopo sette mesi dalla devastazione, il Memorial Day, come...
On the airwaves: the immigrant influence in New York radio
Immigrants impact the culture of New York in many ways, one of them being music. Music is a universal language, and some of DJs that spin some of your favorite tracks on the radio have fascinating immigrant histories. Their cultures influence the music play for our listening pleasure on the radio. Here are the profiles of radio hosts Nino...
Ulster County’s Italian-Americans form organization to preserve their culture, heritage
By Paula Ann Mitchell Benvenuti, amici — or, welcome, friends! The door is open to you if your name ends in a vowel. In fact, you are paisan if you have at least a drop of Italian blood somewhere in your lineage and a sense of pride in your heritage. If you are passionate about making a positive difference in the communi...
MV103: Sts. Cosmas and Damian Festival a favorite pastime
It's not all pizza fritta and pastaciotti. But if it were, I would be more than all right with that. The Sts. Cosmas and Damian Festival is a religious festival, with participants making the pilgrimage to St. Anthony and St. Agnes Church in East Utica on tour buses from all over the Northeast and Canada to participate. But even though th...