Italian Festival in East Utica about food, music, friends
by Rebecca Landcastle The Italian Festival at St. Mary of Mount Carmel/Blessed Sacrament Parish on Sunday was a chance for old friends and new to enjoy a little taste of Italian heritage. Rose Leone Mittia, who has attended the festival her whole life, has many favorite reasons to keep coming back. "The good food, and the mu...
Family History Roundtable Series: Italian-American Heritage and Culture
by Dawn Diangelo The library will host a special presentation on Wednesday, October 28 from 7:00-8:30pm. Elena Florenzano takes you on a journey through time, a time when Italian immigrants settled in the New York Metropolitan area from Sicily, Calabria and Campania. The journey begins at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th cen...
Sons of Italy unveils Heritage Month events
From Christopher Columbus to the Smith Opera House to a wine and cheese tasting. What do they all have in common?They are part October's celebration of Italian Heritage Month by the Geneva Sons of Italy lodge. Here's a look at the four Saturday events:• Columbus Day Dinner Dance, Oct. 10 — The lodge's annual dinner in honor of the Italian-bor...
Miss Chef torna a New York
Una delegazione speciale è stata accolta martedì da tutta la redazione di America Oggi per rinnovare un connubio di relazioni già consolidato: come l'anno scorso il gruppo di lavoro del premio Miss Chef (www.misschef.net ) ha animato la nostra sede con dibattiti socio-istituzionali ed un'interessante lezione di alta cucina. Miss Chef, nata nel 201...
Town of Gates, City of Rochester and NY State: Let's collaborate in 2016, to officially designate the Little Italy Neighborhood in the Town of Gates!
Petition by Silvano D. Orsi -- Little Italy Neighborhood Association. To be delivered to Mark Assini, Gates Town Supervisor, Lovely Warren, Mayor of Rochester, NY, The New York State House, The New York State Senate, and Governor Andrew Cuomo. Let's collaborate as a community and take bi-partisan action together in 2016, to officially...
Il Ballo dei Giganti di Nola
Monday, February 22, 2016, 6pm - John D Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY) - 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY. Il Ballo dei Giganti di Nola (2015), 90 min., Antonio Iorio, dir. For centuries the Feast of the Gigli has been celebrated in Nola, near Naples, every June in honor of Saint Paulinus. The feast features the "d...
A short history of Ellis Island
By Victor Grigoraci Twelve million immigrants came to America through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954 to make new lives. Hope and prayer brought these brave souls by ships to America from all corners of the world. The ships usually had three classes of passengers: first, second and steerage, or third class. The ships docked in New York...
Ozone Park
Though it is 10 miles from the nearest ocean, the sea breeze is what brought people to Ozone Park – and it's what the neighborhood is named for. The history of Ozone Park dates back to 1882, when the neighborhood was founded in what was then a rural part of Queens County located on a plain sloping toward Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. &n...
Gay Talese on growing up Italian American in Mid-20th Century America. Part 1 of 2.
In this episode, we interview literary and journalistic icon Gay Talese. Talese is a bestselling author who has written eleven books. He was a reporter for the New York Times from 1956 to 1965, and since then he has written for the Times, Esquire, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and other national publications. In this first part of a two-part i...
Jehovah’s Witnesses invite all to attend the “Remain Loyal to Jehovah!” Convention
Jehovah's Witnesses are inviting the entire Italian speaking community to attend their annual Regional Convention that will be held at the Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 23 Unity Pl, Newburgh NY, 12550-6715. This year's program will have the theme, "Remain Loyal to Jehovah!" The 3-day program will consist of 49 parts, including a total...
Contestants sought for Bravo’s Miss Italia pageant as festival returns to Bellew Avenue
Young women of Italian heritage are sought to give the annual Bravo Italiano Festival some additional cultural flavor. The 32nd annual festival is Friday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Italian-American Civic Association, 192 Bellew Ave. The Miss Italia Pageant is at 7 p.m. Sept. 16. The winner receives a $1,000 scholarship and her...
Raising the Italian and American Flags in Honor of "Celebrating 40 Years of Italian Culture in America"
September 30 (Friday) 4:00 pm. Raising the Italian and American Flags in Honor of "Celebrating 40 Years of Italian Culture in America". Uff. Joseph Sciame, President, Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of New York, Inc., and the Board of Directors will officiate at the ceremony to honor "Celebrating 40 Years of Italian Culture in Amer...