Help us complete the documentary The Barese icemen of New York
Help us complete the documentary. Premieres: November 14th, 2015 - New York. Fundraising deadline: October 15th, 2015 "The Barese Icemen of New York" follows the story of the Apulia (Italy) emigrants who landed in the United State with nothing, and yet from the 1920's to the 1960's, these people dominated the ice business in...
Reasons why Our Lady of Loreto is a landmark
by Mario Toglia PLEASE WRITE TO THE NYC LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION - 1 CENTRE STREET, 9th Floor - NEW YORK, NY 10007 AND URGE THEM TO DECLARE OUR LADY OF LORETO CHURCH A CITY LANDMARK TO ENSURE ITS PROTECTION FROM DEMOLITION 1. Our Lady of Loreto church is a Brooklyn landmark distinctive for its associations with Italian Am...
Giorno della Memoria 2013: The Italian Shoah: Beyond National Mythology
At Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò In collaboration with the Primo Levi Center With:Franklin Hugh Adler, Macalester CollegeSusan Zuccotti, author of The Italians and the HolocaustFederico Finchelstein, The New School Moderated by:Natalia Indrimi, Primo Levi Center The new two volume box set The History of the Shoah in Italy completes and updates t...
Italian American Review accepting article submissions
The Italian American Review is currently accepting article submissions addressing the history and culture of Italian Americans, as well as other aspects of the Italian diaspora. The journal embraces a wide range of professional concerns and theoretical orientations in the social sciences and in cultural studies. The journal entertains articles abou...
Franca Valeri's play using a "Tosca" backdrop is sharp, current.
The opera "Tosca" by Puccini, is known for its gorgeous music, piercing violence, dramatic plot and dynamic characterizations. What is less familiar to Americans is that "Tosca" is the backdrop for a brilliant satire written by Franca Valeri, an influential, contemporary Italian woman playwright. Valeri employs the plot line, main characte...
Grande festa per il 75° anniversario Orsogna Mutual Aid Society di New York
Nonno Antonio Tenaglia taglia il traguardo dei 100 anni nel giorno in cui a New York si festeggia il 75° anniversario della fondazione dell'Orsogna Mutual Aid Society. E nella sala "Ricardo's By The Bridge" di Astoria, diventata per una sera "Casa Orsogna", tutti in coro gli augurano "Buon compleanno". Un augurio speciale che arriva anche...
A Look at the 2015 Festa di San Vito Martire in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Last Sunday (June 14th), my friends and I made our way to the Congrega San Vito di Ciminna clubhouse (7712 18th Ave.) in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn for the Festa di San Vito Martire. Blessed with beautiful weather, the procession wended its way through the neighborhood to Saint Dominic's Church. Before celebrating Mass in Italian with Father Martino, we...
NOIAW Congratulates the Winners of the 2015 Il Leone di San Marco Awards!
This year's honorees include Actor Robert Davi who will be accepting the award for Performing Arts, Felix Cavaliere (of the Rascals), who will receive the award in Music, and Dr. Paula Marchetta, MD, MBA, CEO of the Concorde Medical Group, who will accept the award in Medicine, Tom Belfiore, Chief Security Officer for the Port Authority of NY and N...
DANTE MARATHON - The Inferno: A Continuous Reading
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Hours: 6pm to midnight Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's birth, (1265-1321), the Italian Cultural Institute wishes to honor Italy's greatest poet by holding a continuous reading of the Divine Comedy's first Cantica, the...
La tragedia del Mediterraneo a New York con Fuocoammare
di Maddalena Maltese Il porto newyorchese del dramma che in questi mesi sta attraversando il Mediterraneo con migliaia di morti annegati e migliaia di sopravvissuti è l'Istituto italiano di cultura. Qui approda, attraverso le parole della scrittrice Maaza Mengiste e attraverso le immagini di Gianfranco Rosi, regista vincitore del festival di Berli...
Italy’s Hidden Treasures
Professor Elda Buonanno of IONA College will take us through a virtual journey to the discovery of some of Italy's hidden treasures. Starting from the Roman and Etruscan ruins and treasures hidden in her hometown of Capua, to the many undiscovered ancient towns and places which Italy is so rich of. In collaboration with Iona College. Light receptio...
Carubba Collision Corp. President to Be Honored with Italian American Leadership Council Award
Joseph Carubba, president of Carubba Collision Corp. in Buffalo, N.Y., will be honored as the Italian American Leadership Council's 2014 recipient of the Anthony M. Castiglia Achievement Award during the council's annual St. Joseph's Day Table celebration. The award will be presented Wednesday, March 19 at 6 p.m. at Salvatore's Italian Gardens, 646...