Constance. Women and Power in the Mediterranean Empire of Frederick II - Exhibition
March 8 - April 8 2022. Italian Cultural Institute, 686 Park Avenue, NY. Monday through Friday 10AM to 4PM by registration only at: iicnewyork@esteri.it. Presidents of the scientific committee: Maria Concetta Di Natale, Fabio Finotti, Pierfrancesco Palazzotto, Giovanni Travagliato. The Italian Cultural Institute in New York proudly presents: Consta...
Nostalgic for Grandma’s Brooklyn kitchen | Pamela’s Food Service Diary
Turn away from the tragic news in Ukraine for a few minutes and slide back in time to the early 1970s when life was filled with contentment, by little girl standards. In my mind, when the world seems upside down, I revisit my paternal grandparent’s yellow-tiled kitchen on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Bay Ridge. Come back with me to Marie and Bob Silves...
Brooklyn remembers longtime civic leader Celia Cacace
Longtime Carroll Gardens residents are mourning Celia Cacace, a well-known neighborhood civil leader and Community Board 6 member during the 1970s,‘80s, ‘90s and early 2000s. Community Board 6, on Friday, confirmed her death, which was originally made public on the local “Pardon Me for Asking” blog. The blog received the news from her nephew, Micha...
Pioneering Assassinated Longshoremen Union Activist Rests in Unmarked Grave
In the late 1930s, Pete Panto was a longshoreman on the Brooklyn waterfront. Working conditions on the Brooklyn docks were horrid, with endemic problems such as the “shape-up” hiring system (where men waited daily to be chosen to work), mandatory salary kickbacks, extortion, and high rates of work-related injuries. In addition, the local union, the...
Gloria Capodanno Holman, Father Capodanno’s sister, rounds the century mark. Her secret? A good cannoli every now and then.
Gloria Capodanno Holman, the sister of the late Rev. Vincent R. Capodanno, a Navy chaplain and Maryknoll priest who was recognized as a Servant of God, a process that could advance him to sainthood, has turned 100. For his valor and bravery to the U.S. Marine Corps during some of the most harrowing battles of the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Con...
WHAT MAKES IT ITALIAN? The Music and Architecture of Italy
What Makes It Italian?" is a music listening and discussion group that meets online on the Zoom platform and is open to everyone. Participation is free. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of Underworld Productions. Please email ginacrusc...
Met Buys Italian Renaissance Bronze After Two Decades on the Hunt
Nearly 20 years in the past, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art led efforts to accumulate an Italian Renaissance roundel that dates again to about 1500. That try failed when the museum was outbid throughout an public sale in 2003. The curator, James David Draper, was upset. He had described the work, a bronze aid attributed to Gian Marco C...
Pittsburgh’s ‘Uncle Sal’ Lived the Italian American Dream
If you could describe Salvatore Merante with just one word, what word would that be? Italian, dapper, mustache and sausage are four words that come to mind. Let’s examine why these words will forever be associated with Salvatore Merante, a member of the ISDA Brookline Lodge, who passed away in October 2021 at the age of 90. ITALIAN Sal was born in...
'Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association' Now Available for Open Access
Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the Italian American Diaspora, focusing on timely and varied approaches to criticism and analysis of the field by presenting new perspectives and research on transnational issues. Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, assistant professor of Itali...
Artemisia Gentileschi: the only known female follower of Caravaggio
Tuesday, March 1 at 7 pm. Organized by Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation | 79 Howard Ave., Staten Island, NY. Register in person here, for virtual here. For the excellence of her art, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1652-3) is among the most prominent Italian Baroque painters, male or female. In a male-dominated art world, this girl - bor...
In 1930s New York, the Mayor Took on the Mafia by Banning Artichokes
IN THE EARLY HOURS OF December 21, 1935, New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia walked into the Bronx Terminal Market with a cadre of cops. As the police played a horn fanfare, he hopped onto the back of a vegetable truck and addressed the assembled farmers and peddlers. Starting December 26, New York City would institute a total ban on the sale, displa...
“Colors of Italy”. Celebrating the Black Italian Experience in New York
Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 6:00 PM. 690 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065. The event will also be streamed live on the Facebook and YouTube pages of the Consulate. All attendants will be required to present proof of vaccination or a negative result from a Covid-19 test taken in the 24 hours prior to the event. KN95/N95 masks are mandatory. On Bla...