Celebrating the Feast of Saint George with the Sacred Constantinian Military Order of Saint George
By Giovanni di Napoli Last Thursday, April 23rd, was the Feast of Saint George, and I had the great pleasure of attending a Tridentine Mass at historic Holy Innocents Church in Manhattan to celebrate it. Also known as Latin Mass or Old Mass, the ritual is so beautiful and moving that it simply must be experienced. Invited by the U...
A Look at the 2015 Festa di Sant’Antonio di Padova in SoHo, New York
By Giovanni di Napoli Saturday evening (June 13th), my friends and I headed to SoHo for the Festa di Sant'Antonio at the beautiful Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua (154 Sullivan St.). Mass was celebrated with Father Joe Lorenzo, followed by a procession through the bustling streets of Lower Manhattan. Louise Acampora and the Red Mike...
Woman claims she was fired because of her ‘whiteness’
by Kathianne Boniello A Bronx woman believes she lost her job at a nonprofit because she's Italian-American, according to a lawsuit. Anne Marie Nolan-Griffin says her African-American and Hispanic supervisors at AHRC made her the butt of jokes "because of her Italian race," she claims in Manhattan federal court filings. AHRC employee...
Una romana a New York: We the Italians
Noi, gli italiani. Noi, il popolo che affascina tutto il resto del mondo con la propria storia millenaria. Noi, una presenza importante nel territorio statunitense che negli anni è cresciuta e sta crescendo, apportando a questo continente un valore sociale, economico e culturale. È l'amore per entrambe le terre che ha mosso Umberto Mucci a fondare...
Artist Alberto Biasi this Thursday at GR gallery
March 31 - May 26, 2016. Opening Reception: Thursday, March 31, 6:00 - 9:00pm. 255 Bowery, New York, NY 10002. GR gallery is pleased to present a retrospective of Italian artist and kinetic art pioneer Alberto Biasi, featuring twentysix of his most famous works from the late Sixties until today, from his best known series "Rilievi Ot...
Newstalk: East Utica Annual Italian Festival features food, rides, pizza fritta
The annual Italian Festival in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel takes place Friday though Sunday, July 15-17, on the parish grounds at the corner of Jay, Mohawk and Catherine streets in East Utica. There will food, rides, games, flea market, Buona Fortuna raffle for a $10,000 grand prize and, of course, our famous pizza fritta. Al Fo...
Residents fight to save vacant Brownsville church
Our Lady of Loreto Church in Brownsville has been vacant for years, but some neighborhood residents are fighting to keep it from being torn down. Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, which leases the property, says there are plans to demolish the church and turn it into affordable housing. However, the Brownsville Cultural Coalitio...
Can San Gennaro Save New York City's Little Italy?
by Franco Lania New York City's Little Italy will celebrate the 87th Annual Feast of San Gennaro this Thursday, September 12th through Sunday, September 22nd. The San Gennaro feast is an 11 day festival to honor the Patron Saint of Naples, Italy. Over the last several years, residents and business owners of the now-stylish Nolita (North of...
Storia degli italiani in America: da chi l'ha scoperta a chi l'ha trovata
di Maurita Cardone È il frutto di una storia talmente eccezionale che perfino l'autore stenta a crederci. Il libro Trovare l'America (nella meno poetica versione inglese, Explorers Emigrants Citizens), a cura di Linda Barrett Osborne e Paolo Battaglia, nasce dalla collaborazione tra Battaglia, editore e graphic designer modenese, e la Libr...
Al Bronx il dinner dance della San Silverio Shrine
Brillante serata dei ponzesi d'America al Villa Barone del Bronx. Circa 500 persone originarie delle isole pontine, con i loro parenti e amici si sono date appuntamento venerdì sera 1 novembre per la 51.mo dinner dance della San Silverio Shrine di Dover Plains, NY.Nel corso della serata è stato premiato come "uomo dell'anno" Giuseppe Occhicone, art...
Riscoperta sceneggiatura di Fellini, “Napoli-New York”, ora edita da Marsilio
Era l'estate del 2005 quando Tullio Pinelli, una delle penne più raffinate del cinema italiano, ma si potrebbe dire del cinema del '900 tout court, affidava un baule ricolmo di scartoffie allo studioso e critico Augusto Sainati. Lo sceneggiatore di "La dolce vita", ormai 97enne, confessò in quella circostanza di non ricordare il contenuto...
Seward House staffer to talk 'Italians in the Civil War' at St. Francis – 4 May, 7 pm
Seward House Museum Facilities Manager Andrew Roblee will give a talk about "Italians in the Civil War" at 7 p.m. Monday, May 4, in Father Nacca Hall at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 301 Clark St., Auburn. Using archives from the museum, Roblee will talk about William Seward's role preparing for and encouraging immigration, as well as the...