Award-Winning Italian Tenor Micheal Castaldo at the 2nd Annual Christmas Benefit Concert November 30, 2014 at 2pm
The 2nd Annual Christmas Benefit Concert for supporting various faith based and cultural organizations in Staten Island on November 30 will feature award-winningItalian tenor Micheal Castaldo. Castaldo will sing classic Italian carols from his best-selling album, "Extravergine: Christmas in the Mediterranean," accompanied by the Richmond...
Italian identity: a look beyond stereotype and into the living identity of Italian people
March 13, 6:30 pm — 7:30 pmWestchester Italian Cultural Center - 24 Depot Square , TuckahoeThe lecture provides an understanding of the common temperament and world view of those who are born and raised in Italy. Going beyond the factitious image of the "Bel Paese," it offers an insight into historical and socio-cultural factors which contribu...
JR's Haunting Murals Invade Ellis Island
On the long-abandoned walls and windows of Ellis Island's Immigrant Hospital, artist JR is reinterpreting American history. For UNFRAMED Ellis Island, the French multi-hyphenate has filled the iconic building with black-and-white tableaus of the Immigrant Hospital's former doctors and patients. With the support of Save Ellis Island (SEI) organizati...
Dinner with the Boys - By Dan Lauria debuts Off-Broadway at Acorn Theater at Theater Row Opening May 4. Starring Dan Lauria, Ray Abruzzo and Richard Zavaglia
DINNER WITH THE BOYS – a new play by the beloved actor and writer Dan Lauria (LOMBARDI, "The Wonder Years" and "Sullivan & Son")– will be given its Off-Broadway debut this spring at the Acorn Theatre at Theater Row (410 W. 42 St.) in New York City, with preview performances starting April 21 prior to an official opening night on May 4, it has b...
Poet and Journalist Maria Lisella Selected as New Laureate for Queens
By Katie Honan The borough's newest poet laureate is a lifelong resident who has traveled the world as a journalist — but always found her greatest inspiration at home, she said. Maria Lisella was introduced June 9 at Borough Hall as Queens' sixth poet laureate, and was selected from dozens of applicants by a panel made up of writers...
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to present: Gianni Trovalusci
The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to present: GIANNI TROVALUSCI concert-lecture. The flute in Contemporary Music: the Italian experience and the 'Rome School' - June, 24 2015 - 6PM - Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York CLICK HERE TO RSVP Starting from the 50's / 60's,...
A Look at the 2015 Festa Della Madonna Delle Grazie in Ridgewood, Queens
Last Sunday (June 28th), I returned to Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Ridgewood, Queens for the annual Festa della Madonna delle Grazie, Patroness of Montevago, Sicily. Mass was celebrated in Italian with Father Italo Barozzi (visiting from Saint Mel's Parish in Flushing, Queens), followed by a procession through the neighborho...
Two Italian Illustrators in New York - Una storia americana
Date: Friday, January 29, 2016 - Friday, March 11, 2016 Hours: 6pm Venue: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Organized by: ICI In collaboration with: UBI Banca, Eataly The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to host the exhibit Una Storia Americana, presenting a selection of recent works by Italian artists Emiliano Ponzi and Olim...
Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia, 1936 - 2016
Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa and the Italian American Museum Board of Directors wish to express our sincere condolences to the family of Justice Antonin Scalia. Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia, 1936 - 2016. Program moderated by Prof. Santi Buscemi. Thursday, February 18th, 6:30 P.M. The Italian American Museum will host...
Italian specialty shop Casa di Palma now open in Bellport Village
It was vacation. A mother-and-daughter trip, to be precise, to her families' roots in Italy is where Lisa Ihne of East Patchogue became inspired to open an Italian specialty food store in Bellport Village. She just didn't know it yet. It was only after arriving home that she started to think about recreating that charm of the Old Country...
How a funeral home in Italian Catholic Dyker Heights opened up to Chinese customers
In 2001, Joe Aievoli put up a small sign in Chinese on the Aievoli Funeral Home in Dyker Heights, which had been serving the area's largely Italian Catholic population since 1900. "People thought he was insane. They said he was going to alienate his other customers," recalled Pat Marmo, owner of Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home, who considers Aievol...
The ROMEO Bromance of Arthur Ave
I need not remind you of Fordham's mantra: "Fordham is my school. New York is my campus." Upon hearing this phrase, recited ad nauseam by our fearless President (and even further ingrained by the banner outside of McGinley), your mind probably draws up the grassy fields of Central Park, or the potent scent of urine on a hot Manhattan day. ...