Westchester Uniti nella lotta all'Alzheimer. Il console Quintavalle premiata come "Donna dell'anno"
Autorità, distinti ospiti e rappresentanti dei media hanno partecipato sabato scorso a quella che è la più rilevante iniziativa della "Società Stella Mattutina - Morning Star Society" nella lotta contro l'Alzheimer e la demenza senile. "Sono qui per incontrare la comunità italiana ed offrire un incoraggiamento al dr. Luigi Miele, presidente della...
Procession of Mount Carmel has special meaning for Italian-American residents of Watertown
Families with Italian blood gathered outside their homes on Bellew Avenue and Emmett and Boon streets Sunday night to enjoy a ritual they've witnessed for many years — one that defines who they are as a people. As these longtime residents watched the Procession of Mount Carmel, which started at St. Anthony's Church on Arsenal Street, they talked a...
Tuckahoe, Eastchester Celebrate Italian Culture With Festival, Scholarship
by Zak Failla The Eastchester-Tuckahoe Columbus Day Committee is set to again celebrate Italian heritage and culture at the annual Columbus Day-St. Pio Festival. This year's festival will feature food vendors, a parade and celebrity guest appearances. The event will begin on Friday, Sept. 19, and continue through the weekend. The Eas...
Art & Artists of the Renaissance: Botticelli
December 11. 6:30 pm — 8:30 pm. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square - Tuckahoe, NY Members $15, Non-Members $25 Sandro Botticelli, one of the greatest Renaissance painters, responsible for creating the indelible images of "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera", was also an excellent portraitist and artis...
A Caravaggesque masterpiece with a long Italian history goes on the block (again) in New York
by Morina Mojana When in 1989 I issued the first monograph (to this day the only one) on Valentin de Boulogne (1594-1632) -- the French Caravaggesque painter who was one of the best followers of the Italian master's style -- his painting "Christ mocked and crowned with thorns" had been acquired by art dealer Giacomo Algranti and was part o...
Celebrate on September 8th the 13th Annual Festa for the Sicilian Black Madonna del Tindari
Il Comitato per il Ripristino della Festa della Madonna Nera cordially invites you to the Twelfth Annual Festa in Honor of the Sicilian Black Madonna del Tindari. Thursday, September 8, 2016, 6PM at the Phoenix Bar, located at the former site of her devotion, 447 East 13th Street, off of Avenue A, Manhattan For the past...
40th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade on Sunday, October 9
Preparations for the 40th Annual Bronx Columbus Day Parade are progressing. Parade organizers announced the grand marshal and honorary grand marshal for the annual celebration of community and Italian pride. When the parade steps off this year at noon on Sunday, October 9 and marches along Morris Park Avenue from White Plains to Willi...
1st Annual Tombola Gala Fundraising Event
December 9 (Friday) 6:30 pm. 1st Annual Tombola Gala Fundraising Event. Westchester Italian Cultural Center - One Generoso Pope Place, Tuckahoe, NY. Admission: Members: $45; Non-Members: $55. Contact: Patrizia Calce 914-771-8700 ext. 109 Join as the Holiday Season is celebrated for the opening of Presepio Napoleta...
Dante Ferretti protagonista di una mostra al MoMA
Il Museum of Modern Art di New York continua a celebrare i protagonisti del cinema italiano. Dopo il tributo a Pier Paolo Pasolini lo scorso anno, il tempio dell'arte contemporanea di Manhattan ha deciso di rendere omaggio alla carriera di Dante Ferretti, scenografo italiano che nell'ultimo mezzo secolo ha lavorato ad oltre 50 pellicole, collaboran...
11-12 The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City
Looking at the historic Italian-American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immigrants and their children. From generational conflicts resolved around the family table to a vibrant food-based economy o...
New York scopre Schifano
Finalmente anche New York scopre Mario Schifano, uno dei più grandi artisti italiani della seconda metà del Novecento e una delle personalità più interessanti dell'arte europea degli anni Cinquanta, Sessanta e Settanta. La galleria Luxembourg & Dayan organizza una bella personale dedicata all'artista italiano, la prima a New York e neg...
Local Sons of Italy lodge and Bronx Rotarians deliver 3,000 toys this holiday season to children
by Patrick Rocchio A heartwarming toy drive combined the generous efforts of two charitable organizations once again this year to spread holiday cheer to children. The Rotary Club of the Bronx and the Uguaglianza North East Bronx Sons of Italy Lodge #83, bought and distributed toys to children at five schools for special needs kids an...