San Rocco Feast In New York To Be Filmed For A Documentary
The 134th Annual Feast celebrating San Rocco in New York City will be filmed by a crew developing a documentary as part of the project by the Centro Lucani nel Mondo under the auspices of the Regione Basilicata. Stephen LaRocca, president of the St. Rocco Society of Potenza says, "I invite you to join us this year for a wonderful celebration. Pleas...
Whitestone street co-naming honors Italian-American civic and cultural group
Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino was among the local officials to attend the co-naming of 149th Street at 12th Road in Whitestone to Associazione Sacchesi D’America Way on Aug. 2. Paladino sponsored the co-naming to honor the Associazione Sacchesi D’America, an Italian-American civic and cultural group. “It was a huge honor to facilitate this st...
Watkins Glen’s (NY) Italian American Festival is almost here
Watkins Glen’s annual Italian American Festival will be returning to Clute Park next weekend. The three-day festival will start on Friday, Aug. 11, and end on Sunday, Aug. 13. The festival will start at 12 p.m. each day and run until 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday. This event will feature live music, food, fireworks, and more....
Columbus monument supporters vow to fight on after latest legal ruling
An appellate court judge in Rochester overturned an earlier ruling about Syracuse’s Columbus monument last week, saying a lawsuit that would prevent the city from removing the statue was premature. The judge added the city had not gone through all the administrative steps needed for approval, yet. This decision could pave the way for city officials...
Aniello Fontano Receives Clifford Odets Ensemble Commission
The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Lee Strasberg Creative Center have selected playwright and screenwriter Aniello Fontano to be the recipient of the 2023 Clifford Odets Ensemble Play Commission. Started in 2012, this annual initiative commissions an emerging playwright to develop a fully original work for college-age students. T...
Chronicles: A century of Italian festivals in Buffalo
As long as there have been Italians in Buffalo, newspapers have been writing about Italian festivals. Each Italian Catholic parish or transplanted Italian community often held many religious-based celebrations and festivals that mirrored those celebrated back in Italy. In the neighborhood that stood in the area now known as Canalside – but then kno...
NYS Appellate Court rules that City of Syracuse has right to remove Columbus statue
Onondaga County Supreme Court Judge Gerard Neri’s 2022 ruling that found the City of Syracuse did not have the legal authority to remove the controversial Christopher Columbus statue has been overturned. The Monument was given to the City of Syracuse in 1934 and placed in St. Mary’s Circle, where it has remained to date. In October 2020, following...
Ferragosto, An Evening in the Piazza: Italian Feast in Mahopac, NY
The Italian American Club of Mahopac invites the community to enjoy a taste of Italy and Italian tradition under the stars of Putnam County. “FERRAGOSTO: AN EVENING IN THE PIAZZA” will take place SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2023 from 4:00-9:00 in the Greater Mahopac Carmel Chamber Park on Lake Mahopac & Rt 6 (next to Tompkins Mahopac Bank). This Italian...
3rd annual Bella Notte Italiana Festival on August 12
The Port Jervis, NY Tourism Board is excited to announce its 3rd annual *Bella Notte Italiana / Italian Festival on Saturday, August 12th, 3:00pm to 9:00pm in Orange Square Park (1 N. Broome St.), Port Jervis NY. Sal “The Voice” Valentinetti, Golden Buzzer winner from America’s Got Talent, will be performing once again to this highly anticipated ev...
International Friends of Festival Verdi Amaze NY with Unexpected Opera Performance
Fifth Avenue is used to seeing everything; it’s famous for films, high fashion, and luxury hotels. But perhaps it did not expect to be enveloped by the notes of ‘Va Pensiero.’ Instead, the International Friends of Festival Verdi amazed those present at the Gala by involving them in an unexpected opera performance initiated by a ‘plainclothes’ choir...
St. Nicholas Chapel celebrates 100th anniversary; event co-chair details rich history of Rev. Riccio and St. Teresa Parish
St. Nicholas Chapel, built by Sicilian immigrants during the 1920s and a part of St. Teresa R.C. Church, recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Close to 125 parishioners and the faithful celebrated 3 p.m. Mass at St. Nicholas Chapel on June 25, followed by a ceberatory dinner at LiGreci’s Staaten, West Brighton. The centennial event was co-chai...
Relive history at ‘Ancient Rome: The Exhibition’ | New in NYC
Journey in time to one of the most influential empires in history through ‘Ancient Rome: The Exhibition,’ the latest exhibit to come to the streets of New York. Witness the world of Ancient Rome brought to life before your very eyes. Located at 378 Broadway, in lower Manhattan, the fascinating and educational exhibit by MetaMorfosiNY sets the histo...