A Look at the First Annual Feast of the Madonna di Montevergine in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
By Giovanni di Napoli Sunday afternoon (Sept. 27th), my friends and I made our way to the Knights of Columbus Archbishop John Hughes Council 481 (1305 86th St.) in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn for the First Annual Feast of the Madonna di Montevergine. Participants gathered at the fairgrounds for some refreshments, while the kids enjoyed the many games...
Gay Talese Honor’s Thy Heritage (Part I)
by Alfonso Guerriero Jr. I met Gay Talese on a Friday afternoon in New York City, when the sun descends from its zenith and anxious pedestrians are walking briskly home to begin their weekend. He had agreed to meet and talk about his Italian American experience and his career as a journalist and a non-fiction novelist. Gay Talese...
Columbian Lawyers Association renames Rapallo Award for Justice Scalia
Changes are coming for the Columbian Lawyers Association (CLA), First Judicial Department, as it recently announced that it has officially changed the name of its prestigious award from the Rapallo Award to the Charles A. Rapallo and Justice Antonin Scalia Award, in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. "The award wi...
A memorial is being dedicated in Italy to the 25 American soldiers who drowned in an Alpine lake when their amphibious vehicle sank during World War II
A trio of U.S. Army veterans has teamed up to establish a memorial in Italy to the 25 American soldiers who drowned in an Alpine lake when their amphibious vehicle sank during World War II. The marble monument is being dedicated in the northern Italian village of Torbole on Saturday, the 71st anniversary of the sinking of the vehicle known...
Italian Playwrights Project
Quando: Mercoledì 21 Set 2016 dalle 18:30 alle 20:30 Dove: Italian Cultural Institute of New York, 686 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021 Organizzato da: Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York - Ingresso: Libero Fausto Paravidino, ospite della prima edizione di Italian Playwright Project, torna a New York per iniziare il percorso d...
Italian pride and tradition takes over Main Street in Patchogue Village
by Michael White It was a celebration of green, white and red Saturday at the Italian Festival of St. Liberata in Patchogue Village, where Main Street was bookended by rice balls and bocce balls. Patchogue's Italian-American of the Year, Artie Fuccillo, was also honored. The parade was led by Deacon Marty Mclndoe of St. Francis de Sales...
La Liguria a New York per il Columbus Day. Parte una delegazione guidata dall'Associazione dei Liguri nel Mondo Onlus
Dal 7 al 12 ottobre i festeggiamenti del Columbus Day, evento che da decenni richiama e afferma l'identità e l'orgoglio della comunità italo-americana ed in particolare dei numerosi liguri residenti a New York. In occasione della giornata che la città di New York dedica alla scoperta dell'America ad opera del genovese Cristoforo Colombo, la Liguri...
Celebrating the Feast of San Martino di Tours
Friday after work, a few of us met at Most Precious Blood Church in Manhattan's Little Italy to celebrate the Feast of San Martino di Tours (Nov. 11th), patron saint of the poor, vintners, tailors and soldiers. The unseasonably mild weather, known as l'estate di San Martino, or Saint Martin's Summer, was short lived as temperatures unexpectedly dro...
Neapolitan Christmas Concert: La Cantata dei Pastori
The Italian American Museum Cordially invites you to attend "La Cantata Dei Pastori. A Neapolitan Renaissance Christmas Concert". Wednesday, December 7th, 7:00 PM. Featuring: Internationally Renowned Singer, Percussionist and Dancer Alessandra Belloni and I Giullari di Piazza. Concert to Benefit I Giullari Di...
Le nuove frontiere dell’emigrazione, una “ricchezza” d’America
Nell'era moderna gli Stati Uniti d'America rimangono un Paese straordinariamente capace di accogliere ed integrare immigrati da ogni angolo della terra. Il contributo dato dagli emigrati alla crescita economica, artistica e culturale degli Stati Uniti d'America è di una straordinaria rilevanza.Tuttavia l'immigrazione, l'entrata legale, negli Stati...
By Design | The Legendary Gaetano Pesce on Work and Life
At the cavernous entrance to Pier 57 in Chelsea, an ancient loading dock has become a makeshift stage for the work of Gaetano Pesce, the 74-year-old Italian design legend who moved to New York 32 years ago because the city "was the capital of the 20th century." He arrived with a splash, one of a who's who of modern Italian designers included in MoM...
Food tour of Little Italy in the Bronx
June 8 2013 New York Italians is proud to offer you our first Food tour of Little Italy in the Bronx Explore New York's last real remaining "LIttle Italy" in the Bronx with Danielle and Christian Galliani, co-authors of "The Insider's Guide to Little Italy" . Spend an afternoon exploring an iconic neighborhood that still does things the old-fas...