Italian Heritage Festival honors White Plains’ first female DPW commissioner
Last weekend's annual Italian Heritage Festival in Valhalla honored White Plains’ first female Department of Public Works commissioner. Each year, the Kensico Dam Plaza festival focuses on Italian pride, but this year in particular, the event recognized Yonkers native Stefania Mignone. "My father came to the United States in 1960... He came here wi...
Grand Marshal and Honorees for the 2023 Columbus Day Parade in New York City
Columbus Citizens Foundation is pleased to announce details of our 79th Annual Columbus Celebration Weekend featuring our annual Gala, Wreath Ceremony, Mass, and Parade. The Foundation’s Gala Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City will be held on Saturday, October 7th. Each year it is a celebration of Italian American contributions to the...
David P. Bennardo Community Park Opens In South Huntington
David P. Bennardo Community Park recently opened in South Huntington. The park is on Wheatley Avenue and Dawson Street, next to the James Kaden Administration Building. The grounds where the park was constructed were always known as a sleigh-riding hot spot, according to the South Huntington School District. But now it's an all-weather park featuri...
‘The Best Feast in the East’ celebrates Italian culture
Every summer, thousands of people from across Long Island and beyond make their way to Glen Cove for the Feast of St. Rocco, one of the North Shore’s most popular events. Guests can expect games, rides, prizes and, of course, an extraordinary diversity of food. The four days of fun and festivities that comprise “The Best Feast in the East” begin on...
Mount Carmel Festa 2023: Beloved Schenectady tradition returns this weekend
What holds a community together over several generations? For the parishioners of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, it’s tradition. The church will hold its annual Festa today through Sunday. Community members will gather at the parish grounds on Pleasant Street over three nights, celebrating with Italian food, live music and family fun. Marlene Mau...
Italian Heritage Festival returns to Buffalo this weekend
It’s a staple in the City of Good Neighbors - a great time where we celebrate our Italian communities at the annual Italian Heritage Festival over on Hertel. There’s something for everyone - from stacking cheese to stomping grapes - and all the pasta you can shake a chef’s kiss at. It all kicks off at 11 a.m., but the planning and execution have be...
Italian-American Heritage Festival At Kensico Dam Plaza
Come celebrate Italian culture and special honoree, local resident Stefania Migone, Commissioner of Public Works for the City of White Plains, at the Italian Heritage Festival on Sunday, July 23, from noon to 6 p.m. at “Kensico Dam Piazza” in Valhalla. County Executive George Latimer said, “Italy’s history and culture are entwined with its ancient...
Undiscarded Stories: The Lost Petrella's Point Newsstand
New York City is teeming with personalities larger than life itself – unapologetically brash, no-nonsense folks who can be intimidating but will always have your back. One of the greatest privileges of hosting this podcast project is not just delving into the city’s rich history but also acquainting myself with the colorful characters who populate...
Lifting of the Giglio: A Neighborhood Tradition of Invitation
Hundreds of enthusiastic spectators crowded onto Havemeyer Street in front of the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Sunday, July 9, to witness a Catholic tradition that dates back to 1887 Italy: the hoisting of the seven-story Giglio. Part of the 12-day Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in honor of the Virgin Mary, the Dancing of the Gig...
A tour of Little Italy in the Bronx
It’s 10 a.m. on a Wednesday morning and I’m on the line at Mike’s Deli – one of the best-known food stores and cafés in the Arthur Avenue Retail Market in Belmont, the area known as “the Little Italy of the Bronx” – deciding between an order of rice balls or eggplant rollatini to go with my dinner later that evening. The deli’s founder, the much-lo...
Excavations for Magazzino Italian Art’s expansion allowed the centre to finally create a rare Michelangelo Pistoletto Land Art piece
Magazzino Italian Art, the museum and research centre in Cold Spring, New York, has opened Welcome to New York!, a survey show by Michelangelo Pistoletto to celebrate the artist’s 90th birthday. In addition, the museum unveiled a permanent land piece, Terzo paradiso, that has come to fruition after 20 years of patiently waiting for circumstances th...
Giorgio de Chirico: Horses: The Death of a Rider
Vito Schnabel Gallery. 43 Clarkson St #1A, New York, NY. It’s usually too soon to write off what might seem, at first glance, a great artist’s less compelling work, as these small paintings would make abundantly clear if nothing else did. For more than a hundred years, Giorgio de Chirico has been revered for the so-called metaphysical paintings he...