Annual Holiday NOIAW Luncheon
December 12 (Saturday) 11:30 am - 3:30 pm. Annual Holiday Luncheon. Join Long Island NOIAW members and friends to enjoy a delicious lunch in the elegant Bay Room at Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. The sweet voice of Carolina Gengo will lead us in well-known carols, including a few Italian ones. Shop for adorable and well-priced holiday gifts fr...
American-Italian Cancer Foundation’s Mobile Clinic Gives Free Breast Cancer Screenings
Potentially life-saving screenings were offered to women on the Island Thursday free of charge. The American-Italian Cancer Foundation's mobile clinic made a stop in Mariners Harbor to give women mammograms and breast exams. The free breast cancer screenings were organized in part by Councilwoman Debi Rose's office. Source: http://sta...
From Staten Island to Florence via 'Italian Paintings' at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
Unlike Mayor deBlasio, perhaps there's no Italian sojourn on your calendar this summer. In which case: Drop by the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum in Rosebank, which is saturated in Italian-ness thanks to its namesakes: inventor Antonio Meucci (1808-1889) and unification activist Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882). This summer, "The Italian Paintings...
Author DeStefano on the Mafia, Seventh Avenue and More in ‘Gangland New York’
By Rosemary Feitelberg True to the wayward characters he writes about in his new book "Gangland New York: The Places and Faces of Mob History," Anthony M. DeStefano preferred that a recent interview start with a walk past a few haunts the city's mobsters made notorious. Readers of his latest nonfiction (Lyons Press) might be tempted to re...
Con le immagini dei fotografi dell'Ansa aperta nella sede dell'Ice la mostra "Tour Around Italy"
di Riccardo Chioni "Tour Around Italy" è il viaggio fotografico dell'Ansa per raccontare le bellezze italiane attraverso sei tematiche: design, cultura, green energy, tecnologia, food e l'arte del vivere italiano, in mostra nella sede dell'Ice nella Upper East Side. Una vetrina che parte da regioni, province e comuni per raggiungere il pu...
Soul Crime, un editore italiano nella New York noir
Arrivano direttamente dall'Italia per raccontare storie "criminali" in quella che a tutti gli effetti continua ad essere tra le città più discusse, controverse e affascinanti dell'intero pianeta: New York City. Si chiama Soul Crime New York ed è la prima di quella che potrebbe diventare una lunga serie di pubblicazioni a fumetti basate su stor...
Brooklyn’s 32nd Annual Columbus Day Parade Slated For October 12
by Erica Sherman The Federation of Italian American Organizations (FIAO) of Brooklyn will honor its Italian heritage and celebrate their community during the 32nd Annual Columbus Day Parade, October 12. The parade will stretch along 18th Avenue-Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard from 61st Street to 84th Street. Local bands, floats, anti...
Celebrating the Traditions of Saint Joseph’s Day at the Italian American Museum
By Giovanni di Napoli With the Feast of Saint Joseph just a few days away (March 19th), what better way for the Italian American Museum to inaugurate their new event space than with a presentation about the Traditions of Saint Joseph's Day? Warmly welcomed by the museum's friendly staff, the venue quickly filled with an enthusiastic audience excit...
Italian American Continues Commitment to Enhance Local Cancer Care at WCA Hospital
The Italian American (IA) Charity Golf Association recently presented WCA Hospital with a $50,000 check, proceeds from their 2013 golf tournament and other fundraising activities. This was the final installment of the IA's three-year, $150,000 pledge to enhance local cancer care at WCA Hospital through the purchase of a Fluoroscopic C-Arm. ...
Call for Papers--Bambini, Ragazzi, Giovani: Children and Youth in Italy and the Italian Diaspora -- 2015 Annual Conference
April 24-25, 2015 JOHN D. CALANDRA ITALIAN AMERICAN INSTITUTEQueens College, City University of New York25 West 43rd Street, 17th floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues), Manhattan The Italian family has been a quintessential subject for scholarly research and creative work in Italy and among various diasporic communities, with matters relati...
Bronx Councilman blasts PETA for using ‘The Sopranos’ actress Edie Falco in ad to support horse-carriage ban
Carmela, get out of my district. Bronx Councilman Jimmy Vacca Monday blasted an animal-rights group's ad campaign featuring actress Edie Falco — who played Carmela Soprano in "The Sopranos" — that intended to persuade him to vote to ban horse-drawn carriages. The campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also features fashio...
Annual Italian Feast and Carnival to Take Place September 17th – 20th
The Rockland Lodge 2176 of the Sons of Italy will host the 6th Annual Italian Feast and Carnival this September 17th through italianfestthe 20th. The event draws thousands of people from around the tri-state area during the four day celebration of all things Italian and has been recognized as one of the biggest events in Rockland County. T...