Fiao. Presto l'inaugurazione del centro sociale
di Paolo Tartamella La Federazione delle Organizzazioni Italo-Americane (Fiao) celebra domani il 38° fund raising gala, tappa che avvicina l'organizzazione all'attesa inaugurazione del "Centro", la nuova sede in via di completamento al 8711 Cristoforo Colombo Blvd. (18th Avenue). Tra la fine di maggio e l'inizio di giugno, Bensonhurst osp...
Joe Manfredi to be posthumously honored at golf outing
Corrado (Joe) Manfredi, owner of Staten Island's Manfredi Auto Group who died in March, will be honored June 24 at the Corrado Joe Manfredi "Taste of Italy" golf outing hosted by The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere. A philanthropist and sportsman, Manfredi was a member of the board of directors of Maimonides Hospital, and in...
FIAME holds annual book talk with Rosanna Chiofalo
By Patrick Rocchio The Forum of Italian American Educators held their yearly Book Talk event. FIAME, based in the borough, hosted Rosanna Chiofalo, the acclaimed author of a number of novels on Italian and American life at their annual Book Talk at the Morris Park Community Association. The event was planned for Thursday, November 19...
Due storie americane a New York
di Giada Gramanzini Entrambi nati a Reggio Emilia. Entrambi diplomati al liceo classico e trasferitisi a Milano per frequentare l'Istituto Europeo di Design. Entrambi hanno iniziato a lavorare in Italia per Il Sole 24 Ore, per poi iniziare una collaborazione duratura con il New York Times e altre grandi testate giornalistiche statunitensi....
Pronto! Antonio Meucci, the man who really invented the phone
On June 11th 2002 the United States House of Representatives righted a wrong that had persisted for over 130 years. They passed a resolution honoring Antonio Meucci, an Italian migrant who lived in Staten Island, for his key contribution to the invention of the telephone. But to this day, his name is still overshadowed by Alexander Graham Bell's....
The Bronx’s Little Italy in Melodico
Melodico is a short documentary chronicling the story of Tony Maiorino, a modern day Italian immigrant living in the Bronx's Little Italy. Tony Maiorino is a barber and an aspiring singer who lives and works out of the Bronx's Little Italy neighborhood. Though the narrative of the documentary is ostensibly about Maiorino's quest for some recogniti...
The Infinite City, by Paolo Ventura on view at Hasted Kraeutler
Hasted Kraeutler announces The Infinite City, by Paolo Ventura, running through June 22, 2013. Paolo Ventura's Infinite City, is composed of sets of unique hand painted, 4" x 5" photographs. The works are groups of either 5 or 10 images, all framed individually, hung together to create a skyline of an imagined city. Inspiration for the inf...
Call for abstracts for edited book: Identity, Culture, and Communication among Italian Americans
This proposed book, Identity, Culture, and Communication among Italian Americans, aims to bring together essays on the diverse ways in which Italian Americans communicate their identities in various locations around the United States. There is no single volume in print that provides accounts of these communities and the regional differences in thei...
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum to be featured on Travel Channel on Thursday
By Carol Ann Benanti The Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, Staten Island's historic Italian landmark — the age-old Gothic Revival-style house located at 420 Tompkins Ave. in Rosebank — will be featured on the Travel Channel's "Mysteries at the Museum" Thursday at 9 p.m. According to Carol Berardi, event coordinator at the cultural center,...
The Innocence of Maria
Our readers are cordially invited to attend a reading of Dennis Loiacono's play, "The Innocence of Maria" on Thursday, April 3rd at the Italian American Museum. The play tells the story of Maria Barbella who was the first woman sentenced to die in the electric chair. About the play:On April 26, 1895 an Italian immigrant from the Lower East Side of...
Book Presentation: RE-READING ITALIAN AMERICANA: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism
by Anthony J. Tamburri The author in conversation with: Josephine Hendin, NYU and Martino Marazzi, University of Milan This book is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in Italy. It also discusses other socia...
PEN World Voices Festival: The Passion of Elena Ferrante [Mandatory RSVP]
MAY 08, 2015 (06:00 PM)Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - 24 West 12th Street - New York, NY 10011 Presented as part of The Literary Mews - a festival within the PEN World Voices Festival. Award-winning translator Ann Goldstein (The New Yorker) and NYU professor Rebecca Falkoff will discuss the anonymous Italian author, whose devastatingly h...