A Look at the 2015 Festa Della Madonna Delle Grazie in Ridgewood, Queens
Last Sunday (June 28th), I returned to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Ridgewood, Queens for the annual Festa della Madonna delle Grazie, Patroness of Montevago, Sicily. Mass was celebrated in Italian with Father Italo Barozzi (visiting from Saint Mel's Parish in Flushing, Queens), followed by a procession through the neighborho...
Two Italian Illustrators in New York - Una storia americana
Date: Friday, January 29, 2016 - Friday, March 11, 2016 Hours: 6pm Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI In collaboration with: UBI Banca, Eataly The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to host the exhibit Una Storia Americana, presenting a selection of recent works by Italian artists Emiliano Ponzi and Olim...
Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia, 1936 - 2016
Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa and the Italian American Museum Board of Directors wish to express our sincere condolences to the family of Justice Antonin Scalia. Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia, 1936 - 2016. Program moderated by Prof. Santi Buscemi. Thursday, February 18th, 6:30 P.M. The Italian American Museum will host...
How a funeral home in Italian Catholic Dyker Heights opened up to Chinese customers
In 2001, Joe Aievoli put up a small sign in Chinese on the Aievoli Funeral Home in Dyker Heights, which had been serving the area's largely Italian Catholic population since 1900. "People thought he was insane. They said he was going to alienate his other customers," recalled Pat Marmo, owner of Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home, who considers Aievol...
The ROMEO Bromance of Arthur Ave
I need not remind you of Fordham's mantra: "Fordham is my school. New York is my campus." Upon hearing this phrase, recited ad nauseam by our fearless President (and even further ingrained by the banner outside of McGinley), your mind probably draws up the grassy fields of Central Park, or the potent scent of urine on a hot Manhattan day. ...
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, una foto-biografia
Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi, cugino ed erede di Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, autore del capolavoro italiano Il gattopardo ha presentato la biografia Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa A Biography Through Images (Alma Books, 2013) lo scorso febbraio 19 alla Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò NYU, in conversazione con Antonio Monda. La biografia, che parte...
Mentre si ricorda il tragico incendio Triangle Factory, prosegue la battaglia per la sicurezza sul lavoro
By Riccardo Chioni L'incendio del Triangle Shirtwaist Factory di 103 anni fa in cui trovarono la morte 146 persone, quasi tutte sartine immigrate, fu una delle maggiori tragedie dell'epoca a New York e il 25 marzo viene commemorato quel giorno infame che diede vita al movimento sindacale dei lavoratori. L'edificio si trova nel Greenwich Village,...
Benvenuto! Festival Brings Best of Italy to Hofstra
Italian Experience Festival on September 14, Featuring Italian Food, Live Entertainment, Children's Activities Outdoors, Rain or Shine, South Campus; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Celebrate Italy's cultural and culinary influence on America at one of the largest and most beautiful outdoor festivals on Long Island when Hofstra University hosts the 22s...
Antonio Monda: l’uomo venuto per restare
«Non si tratta di mettere assieme grandi nomi, ma di condividere le idee». C'è un piccolo studio che si affaccia tra Waverly e Broadway, alla NYU. Dentro, tra pile di libri di critica cinematografica, romanzi italiani e americani, ritratti di attori e di attrici in bianco e nero, bobine, dvd e almeno una spilla per celebrare gli ottant'ann...
Le Feste Invernali - Italian Winter Holidays
Camp ItaliaSaturday, December 6, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PST)Garden City, NY Calling all children ages 5-12...Join us to learn about and celebrate Le Feste Invernali - the Italian Winter Holidays! Three special sessons comprise our series of the winter holidays celebrated in Italy. Join us for one, two or all 3 sessions: Buon Natale; Arriva...
First Tuesdays Presents Maria Terrone
Tuesday, February 3rd (6:30PM) - Terraza 7 Café, 40-19 Gleane Street - Elmhurst, New York 11373 - (718) 803–9602 Maria Terrone is the author of the poetry collections Eye to Eye (Bordighera Press, 2014); A Secret Room in Fall (McGovern Award, Ashland Poetry Press) and The Bodies We Were Loaned (The Word Works), as well...
Eats Beat: Chazz Palminteri dedicates cocktail to Frank Sinatra at new Italian restaurant in Midtown
by Jeanette Settembre "A Bronx Tale" star Chazz Palminteri shares the tale behind a cocktail at his new restaurant in Midtown (890 Second Ave.): it's an ode to Frank Sinatra and his love of martinis. At Chazz Palminteri Ristorante Italiano, the Sicilian Martini — BiVi vodka, orange liquor, amaretto and a splash of orange juice —...