Andrea Sanseverino Galan Named Vice President of Development of Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music has named Andrea T. Sanseverino Galan, Vice President for Development. Ms. Galan assumed this position on April 1st. James Gandre, MSM president said, "Ms. Galan brings to Manhattan School of Music great skills, experience, and energy along with her personal alignment with our mission and who we are as a community...
Camp Italia at Garden City Library
On Wednesday, June 4th more than 49 smiling children, ages 4 -12, joined Camp Italia at the Garden City Public Library for a free Italian session in language and culture. The event was presented by Camp Italia of Garden City in partnership with New York Italians in an effort to introduce children to a world language and its culture in a fu...
ILICA: 10 anni tra passato e futuro della cultura italiana. Ora spazio ai giovani
by Vincenzo Marra Era il 15 Aprile del 2004 quando, dopo un anno di preparativi, nasceva ILICA, l'Italian Language Intercultural Alliance, con la missione di capitalizzare sulla lingua e la cultura italiana la ricchezza di un gruppo etnico in crisi di identità. ILICA ha sempre dichiarato di voler essere complementare a chi, con tanto sacr...
Fighting Paisanos: le storie degli italo-americani che hanno combattuto il fascismo
Chi di voi non ha passato l'infanzia o l'adolescenza accanto a un fuoco o davanti a un tavolo ascoltando le parole lontane e preziose dei nonni andati in guerra? Cappelli di paglia e mani rigate, occhi sempre lucidi e allegri. Gli occhi di quelli che hanno fatto la guerra si somigliano, malinconici e felici, perchè come dice Fred "la prima cosa che...
Italian-Americans celebrate Verrazano's 50th anniversary with party, fireworks at Casa Belvedere
By Kiawana Rich The Italian Cultural Foundation pulled out all the stops Friday, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge with a reception and dinner party befitting the bridge. It seemed appropriate for the celebration to take place in Casa Belvedere on Grymes Hill -- an organization dedicated to promoting, pr...
Storia dell’Arte: The aesthetics sense of stone and the figure
April 24 6:30 am — 8:00 pmWestchester Italian Cultural CenterOne Generoso Pope Place , Tuckahoe , NY 10707 United States This series of lectures will study and discuss the unique aesthetic theory of art, as well as the sculptures of the famed Renaissance Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarrotti, 1475-1564. Michelangelo considered himself primarily...
L’America e le dinastie politiche: Matilda Cuomo
di Paolo Valentino QUella mattina del 1986, il governatore Mario Cuomo si stava facendo la barba, mentre contemporaneamente leggeva alcuni documenti d'ufficio. Erano i rapporti del Dipartimento dell'Educazione sull'aumento vertiginoso dei tassi di abbandono scolastico nel suo Stato, lo Stato di New York. Ogni anno centinaia d...
Save Our Lady of Peace Church on East 62nd Street, NYC
TIME IS RUNNING OUT! Save Our Lady of Peace Church founded in 1918 by Italian immigrants! The Archdiocese of New York notified 55 churches that they will be merged, as reported in the New York Times, the result of an initiative, Making All Things New. Merged is code for eventual closure! Also see the New York Times article about the NYC Ma...
Assemblyman Garbarino praises scholarship winners
Yesterday Assemblyman Andrew Garbarino (R,C, I-Sayville) congratulated this year's recipients of the Italian-American Scholarship, high school seniors Jake Osburn and Sam Sharkey, for their exceptional academic and athletic achievements as well as their outstanding contributions to the Italian American community. The students were chosen from a poo...
Belsito defines ‘Neighborhood Bar’ and offers up artisanal Italian eats
I think that I've found one of my new favorite places to eat in Buffalo. Belsito (originally Salumeria Belsito) has just about everything to make me feel at home, mainly through the owners' passion for food, their dedication to NYS craft beers, and even their love of animals. Belsito has been open for a couple of years now, but to tell you...
What's in a name? Find out at Greenpoint's New Italian Restaurant, the Naked Dog
by Tanay Warerkar A brand new Italian restaurant on Java Street has been packed to capacity ever since opening September 26. The Naked Dog is a rustic, 60-seater, on a quiet corner of West and Java Streets with nary the sound of a construction truck chugging along the street from time to time. Uncomplicated wooden tables and...
Progressive NYC congressman Vito Marcantonio remembered 62 years after his death
by Gary Bono On Sunday, August 28th 2016, members and supporters of the Vito Marcantonio Forum (VMF), an organization dedicated to preserving and publicizing the legacy of the late progressive Congressman, Vito Marcantonio, gathered in commemoration at the site of his untimely death in lower Manhattan. This, the fourth such commem...