IASA Annual Conference Subsidy
In an effort to defray some of the traveling costs for graduate students attending the Italian American Studies Association annual conference, the association has set aside limited funds for student travel. (Please note: This is a separate application process from the Memorial fellowship application guidelines. You may certainly apply for a fellows...
E' Cinema Italiano a New York: Dal Tribeca Con Paolo Virzi' ad Aprile al Grande Tributo a Giugno del Lincoln Center in Collaborazione con Cinecitta'-Luce
In cartellone ben 16 titoli, tra cui Sacro Gra, Tir, La mafia uccide solo d'estate, Felice chi è diverso, Smetto quando voglio... E al Tribeca Film Festival le attese prime americane de Il capitale umano di Virzì e il ritorno di Sophia Loren con 'La voce umana' La quattordicesima edizione di "Open Roads: New Italian Cinema", l'evento più significa...
Book presentation (Wednesday, June 25): My Two Italies (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014), by Joseph Luzzi
A poignant personal account from a child of Calabrian peasants whose lifelong study of Italy unveils the mysteries of this Bel Paese, "Beautiful Land," where artistic genius and political corruption have gone hand in hand from the time of Michelangelo to The Sopranos. The child of Italian immigrants Luzzi straddles these two perspectives to link hi...
Announcing the spring 2015 Philip V. Cannistraro Seminar Series in Italian American Studies
Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 6pmA Great Conspiracy against Our Race: Italian Immigrant Newspapers and the Construction of Whiteness in the Early 20th Century Peter G. Vellon, Queens College, CUNY In A Great Conspiracy against Our Race (New York University Press, 2014), Peter Vellon explores how Italian immigrants, a once undesirable and "s...
Beloved Upper East Side church celebrates centennial four years early after announcement of closure
Parishioners and descendants of the founders of Our Lady of Peace Church walked in a procession to celebrate the church's centennial on Sunday—four years early. The church on East 62nd Street is marking that milestone now because April of 2019 would be too late. The beloved house of worship would be non-existent. It's one of a number...
Hofstra University looks at Frank Sinatra's love-hate relationship with Italy
by Stanislao Pugliese As Hofstra University prepares a six-day conference on Frank Sinatra, it has given me an opportunity to re-think Sinatra's relationship with Italy and Italian-American culture. While often depicted as a staunch defender of his rich ethic heritage, I would argue that Sinatra had an ambiguous relationship with Italy and Italian...
John ‘Cha Cha’ Ciarcia, ‘Sopranos’ Actor and Restaurateur, Dies at 75
by Alyssa Sage John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia, guest actor on "The Sopranos" and owner of a bustling Italian restaurant in New York's Little Italy, died Nov. 21 at NYU Langone Medical Center following a brief illness. He was 75. Dubbed the "unofficial mayor of Little Italy," Ciarcia's acting career included film appearances alongside long...
Giglio festival celebrates Brooklyn’s Italian pride for 129th time
By Lisa L. ColangeloGentrification can't keep the giglio out of Williamsburg. The 129th Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino kicks off Wednesday in Brooklyn, with sausage, zeppole and a 4-ton, 65-foot statue to honor a beloved Italian saint. "It's definitely pride and a tradition," said Joe Galasso, a 41-year-old city fir...
Mount Morris Italian Festival has a new location
by Matt Leader Instead of its usual location along Main Street, Mount Morris Rotary Club's annual Italian Festival will be held at Bellamy Memorial Park off Lackawanna Avenue. Though in a new location, the festival will see the same array of arts, crafts and food vendors as well as ample live entertainment offerings. The festival...
Two Medici Women
December 3 (Saturday) 10:30 am. Two Medici Women. Westchester Italian Cultural Center, One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY - Admission: Members: $20; Non-Members: $25 - Contact: Patrizia Calce 914-771-8700 ext. 109 pcalce@wiccny.org The Medici women managed to carry out political activity on behalf of the family through...
86th Annual Feast of San Gennaro Set for 9/13 - 23
The 86th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, New York City's longest-running, biggest and most revered religious outdoor festival, will take place Thursday, September 13 through Sunday, September 23, 2012, on the streets of historic Little Italy, the lower Manhattan neighborhood which served as the first home in America for hundreds of thousands of Italia...
A Look at the 2013 Festa di San Calogero, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
More photos here Fonte: Magna Grece