Albany barber still clipping after 60 years
Giuseppe “Joe” Ritmo has been a barber for 60 years, but you won’t hear him calling cutting hair a job. “When you do work that you love to do, it’s not work,” said Ritmo. He’s owned Ritmo’s Barber Salon on New Scotland Avenue since he was 21. “I see it as a privilege to do so many people that the haircut has become a secondary thing,” said Ritmo. M...
Meet The Candidates: A Conversation with Congressman Thomas Suozzi on Monday, April 11
The Columbus Heritage Coalition and The Columbus Citizens Foundation present "Meet The Candidates," an invitation-only series of evening appearances featuring Democratic and Republican candidates for Governor in the June 28 primary election. "Meet The Candidates" begins on Monday, April 11, with a 6 pm cocktail reception and program to follow for C...
NIAF 2022 New York Gala Returns to Cipriani 42nd Street
The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) will host its annual New York Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on Thursday, April 21, 2022. This distinguished event, held at the world-famous, historical, New York City venue, will highlight the very best in Italian food, beverage and cultural experiences – as well as celebrate some of the most notable a...
Little Italy Neighborhood in Rochester (NY) collected nearly $12,000 worth of Food, Toys and other items on Saturday at its "Food and Toys" for Ukraine event
In just three hours on Saturday April 2nd, the Little Italy Neighborhood, located in the city's NW Quadrant, collected nearly $12,000 worth of food, toys, diapers, clothes, personal hygiene products and other needed items at its "Food & Toys for Ukraine" event held at Marina Auto Soccer Stadium. The goods and items will be donated to a community pa...
Cayuga Centers Partners with American Italian Cancer Foundation to Provide Mammograms to Women in the Harlem Community
Cayuga Centers announces its partnership with the American Italian Cancer Foundation to provide mammograms to women in the community on April 20th, 2022 from 9am to 4:30pm EST. Eligible women will be able to register for appointments by sending an email to cayugacares@cayugacenters.org and receive a mammogram privately on the medically certified co...
Buffalo's Italian Cultural Center to hold special event to support Ukraine
The Buffalo Italian Cultural Center is holding a special event to show its support for the people of Ukraine. The center, located at the corner of Hertel and Delaware Avenues, is putting on a fundraiser Sunday afternoon featuring Ukrainian borscht made by Chef Camille Le Caer, Flying Bison's Polonia Pilsner, basket raffles, crafts and face painting...
Uncle Carlo Comes to New York with Us
There are several stories I have written about my uncle . . . his winter snow adventures, his heavy coat, his generosity . . . but I do not believe I have written of his trip to New York with a bunch of college guys. Uncle Carlo was a bulk of a man; his chest was a plate of armor; his legs were tree trunks. He went to Providence College, played...
A new book examines the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Did a contributor's father start it?
Martin Abramowitz sits in Brookline’s Caffe Nero wearing a “Jews in Baseball” hat. It’s a nod to his position as CEO and founder of the nonprofit Jewish Major Leaguers, which produces baseball cards featuring Jewish players. I ask about his Durham Bulls T-shirt. “It’s a long story,” he answers. The tale he wants to tell is much more significant and...
A relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis’ heart is coming to New York
A relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis’ heart is coming to New York in the first week of April. Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi will personally take the first-class relic from Italy to New York City on April 3. The relic is a fragment of Acutis’ pericardium, the membrane that surrounds and protects the heart. It will be present for the U.S. bisho...
New exhibit at Italian Cultural Center showcases Buffalo
Astonishing photo-realistic paintings of Buffalo, 42 of them, are on display in north Buffalo. A former library on the corner of Delaware Ave. and Hertel Ave. is now the Italian Cultural Center. The president Mario Giacobbi says, "While this is primarily a function of Italian Americans, the real basis of the building was to give something back to B...
Fresco fragment from Pompeii reopens row over ‘looted’ artefacts
A leading expert on looted antiquities is calling for the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles to return a Roman fresco fragment to Italy, claiming he has evidence that links the piece to a notorious dealer. Prof Christos Tsirogiannis has a photograph of the same fresco fragment from the archive of Robert Hecht who died in 2012, having faced accusati...
St. Joseph’s Day Celebrated at St John’s University In Queens, NY
For the first time in 2 years, the Italian Cultural Center celebrated the Feast of St Joseph (Festa di San Giuseppe) at the St. John’s University (JSU) Queens campus. The entire event was led and planned by Joseph Sciame (Chair, Italian Cultural Center Advisory Board and Vice-President for SJU Community Relations) and Fiorentina Russo on the 4th fl...