Giglio Italian Feast - Spectacular World-class Festival kicks off July 6th
A spectacular Italian Festival kicking off July 6th in Brooklyn honoring Saint Paolino has it all: faith, food, music, neighborhood pride, history, colorful cultural celebrations and international visitors. Neapolitan immigrants from Italy settled in Williamsburg long ago and brought a beautiful tradition to the streets of Brooklyn with the fi...
7th Annual Italian Feast & Carnival in Tappan, NY
This festive celebration of all things Italian, which is hosted by Rockland Lodge 2176 of the Blauvelt Sons of Italy, takes place Sept 15-18 at Masonic Park in Tappan, NY. The festival, which attracts thousands of people from around the tri-state area, features plenty of Italian food, as well as live entertainment and Dreamland Amusements midw...
Sebastian Leone, Borough President Who Championed Brooklyn, Dies at 91
Sebastian Leone, who as borough president in the 1970s worked to raise Brooklyn's profile long before its current renaissance, died on Nov. 14 in Brooklyn. He was 91. The cause was complications of pneumonia, his wife, Helene Leone, said. Mr. Leone, a Democrat, was borough president from 1970 to 1976, when Brooklyn did not enjoy the r...
Il Consolato Generale a New York va a Rochester
Si informano i connazionali che il 10 e l'11 maggio 2013 è prevista una missione consolare a Rochester per la raccolta delle impronte digitali per il rilascio dei nuovi passaporti biometrici con l'obiettivo di agevolare l'ottenimento del passaporto da parte dei connazionali residenti nelle aree più distanti da Manhattan. Tutti i connazionali inter...
New State President Elected!
At the 107th Annual State Convention of the Grand Lodge of New York, Order Sons of Italy in America, held at the Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center, Callicoon, New York, Joseph F. Rondinelli, was elected by acclamation as the 31st State President of the New York Grand Lodge. Totally committed to the Order Sons of Italy in America, President...
Esploratori emigranti cittadini: Linda Barrett Osborne e Paolo Battaglia ospiti dell'Italian American Museum
"Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience From the Collections of the Library of Congress" ("Esploratori Emigranti Cittadini: Storia per immagini dell'esperienza italo-americana tratta dalle collezioni della Library of Congress"): titola così il volume di Linda Barrett Osborne e Paolo Battaglia che sarà pres...
Reclaiming vanished Albany neighborhood
by Paul Grondahl More than 50 years on, the anger rises in their voices and belies a deep distrust over the official version of why 3,500 families, predominantly Italian immigrants, watched their houses, shops, restaurants, churches and way of life destroyed to make way for the South Mall. The accepted narrative was that the urban cor...
Cortina sbarca a New York con il Festival Dino Ciani
di Beatrice Bondi Cortina approda a New York e incontra il pubblico americano, per presentare le sue bellezze naturali, già patrimonio UNESCO, che unite a un immenso capitale di cultura, moda, musica e spettacolo, hanno contribuito ad eleggere e confermare Cortina "regina delle Dolomiti". L'evento, nato dalla collaborazione tra Cortina Tu...
Armani to Dress Al Pacino in Broadway Play
Giorgio Armani is now taking on Broadway. In his first theatrical collaboration, the designer has provided the clothes for "China Doll," a David Mamet play opening in early December starring Al Pacino. The play is the story of a billionaire Mickey Ross who is ready to walk away from everything with his beautiful young fiancée until one ph...
Marilyn Verna: 'We Came Because We Were Poor'
By Lore Croghan Our Lady of Loreto was the immigrants' Madonna. Her church was their refuge. The now-closed church in the Ocean Hill section of Brownsville was a beacon of hope for Brooklyn's new arrivals from Italy at the start of the 20th Century — a beacon they built for themselves. "We came because we were poor," said Dr....
Book Presentation: The Italians of New York, A History of Great Achievements
Start Date: 11/13/2012 Start Time: 4:00 PMEnd Date: 11/13/2012 Event DescriptionWith Maurizio Molinari (pictured), author of the book and journalist of La Stampa, and Professor Vincenzo Pascale, Rutgers University. All are invited. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Center for Italian Studies.Location Information:West Campus - Frank Me...
Giuseppe Verdi Commemorative Ceremony
On Sunday, October 6th, at 12:30 pm, a group of Verdi lovers, and members of the Italian American Community will meet at Verdi Square, 72 St., between, Amsterdam & Broadway, to sing "VaPensiero" from Verdi's Nabucco. The crowd will then march to Christ and St. Stephens Church, 120 West 69th, where the commemorative ceremony will conclu...