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From the legacy of Christopher Columbus to the story of spaghetti with tomato sauce. From a bold literary dialogue between Homer, Hemingway, and Rigoni Stern, to a visual journey through Venetian and American landscape painting. From Palladio’s architectural influence on Thomas Jefferson to the rise of hip hop and its impact on Italian music. And a...

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He’s no paesan. Italian Americans were outraged at mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani Monday after a social media post resurfaced showing him flipping the bird at a statue of Christopher Columbus and calling for its removal. The socialist Mamdani is seen in the tweet from June 2020 giving the middle finger to the back of the towering figure in Asto...

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At the ancient age of 18 in 2015, Anthony Paoletto was elected the youngest member of the City Council in history representing the Upper East Side 138th District. Ten years later he’s been honored with another first, the youngest to serve as Grand Marshal of the annual Greater Bridgeport Columbus Day Parade, one of the oldest continuing celebration...

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  La battaglia legale a difesa di Cristoforo Colombo continua negli Stati Uniti, questa volta in Nevada e Massachusetts L’Italia nomina Marco Peronaci nuovo Ambasciatore a Washington DC La creazione di un distretto storico nella Little Italy di San Francisco in California La Festa Italiana torna nel South End di Springfield in Massachusetts con la...

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June 2025 Italy in Buffalo, upstate New York, with Danielle Salasavage

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There’s a whole lot of Italy north of Manhattan. The New York State, for obvious reasons, is often associated with New York City, but it’s actually vast and diverse, and home to many Italian Americans - even in the area known as Upstate New York. One of the most important cities in this regard is Buffalo, right on the Canadian border. This is where...

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Motorcycle enthusiasts who want the return of Italian-American statues rallied on June 1 for a ride that included stops in Wilmington, Del., Media, Pa., and Port Deposit, Md. The purpose of their ride was to show their support for reinstating the statues of Christopher Columbus and Caesar Rodney in Wilmington. The Columbus statue once towered over...

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On Wednesday, June 4th, the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight held a hearing at the Massachusetts State House to consider two bills: H3292, by Representative Christine Barber (D–Somerville), and S2113, by Senator Joanne Comerford (D–Northampton). If passed, these bills would replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People...

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This past week, Nevada Governor Joseph Lombardo vetoed Bill Draft Request 19-7 - a provision which would have led to the formal recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day on Columbus Day. While the Commission for Social Justice is in full support of recognizing our Native American friends, we do not believe that recognition should come at the expense of...

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Following a hiatus of several years, Putnam County’s Columbus Day Parade returns this fall. On Sunday more than 350 people gathered at the Villa Barone in Mahopac for the Italian American Club of Mahopac’s Columbus Day banquet tabbed “Bridging the Old World with the New World.” Parade Grand Marshall Frank Lombardi, a member of the Carmel Town Board...

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