Close

di Francesco Salvatore Cagnazzo   PERCHE' SE NE PARLA Tutta l'America rende omaggio a Frank Sinatra, The Voice, nato da padre palermitano, esattamente, di Lercara Friddi, e da madre ligure, di Lumarzo. Il 12 dicembre il mito della musica avrebbe dovuto compiere 100 anni, ma le celebrazioni sono già ben avviate.   A New York c'è la mos...

1282

Frank Sinatra's first New Jersey driver's license sold for $15,575 Thursday night. RR Auction sold the 80-year-old license, which was issued to a then unknown-19-year-old Sinatra. Of course, the state of New Jersey didn't quite spell the Chairman of the Board's name correctly.   License No. 549631 was issued to a "Francis Sintra" of 841 Gar...

1141

December 14 (Sunday) 4:00 pm"The Vernacular Architecture of Italian-American Neighborhoods"Guest speaker: Dr. Jerome Krase, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Part of the Immigrant Experience, A Free Lecture Series at the Hoboken Historical Museum. Sponsored by Hoboken Historical Museum.1301 Hudson Street, Hoboken, NJContact: Dar...

1131

by Mike Pignataro   If Hoboken seems crowded today, with a population just over 50,000, imagine how crowded it was between 1892 – 1924, the peak period of U.S. immigration.   Following the Immigration Act of 1891, which established federal control over immigration, Hoboken's—and the entire country's—demographics changed dramatically....

997

The factories of Hoboken's industrial past may be a distant memory, but there are still places where products are Hoboken made. Keeping tradition alive, Fiore's Deli House of Quality has made its creamy mozzarella, and Dom's Bakery Grand, its crusty Italian bread, the same way for decades.   At Fiore's, the day's special is always the homema...

972

The Hoboken Italian Festival, Tatiana Petersen and Dana Marchionne are preparing to bring Italy to Hoboken in an event never before seen in this thriving city. Hoboken Fashion Night is a city wide celebration of Hoboken's unique fashion and retail community and its wide array of creative genius.   The program will consist entirely of Ho...

1634

It is not easy to say something new about a singer everybody called "The Voice": probably the most important and compete artist of the American XX century. Still, as this man was an Italian American, and on December 12 he would have turned 100, we feel important to dedicate one of our interviews to the legend of the great Frank Sinatra. To do that...

10565

By Giovanni di Napoli Last Saturday (July 26th), my friends and I went to Hoboken, New Jersey for the 104th Annual Feast of Saint Ann. Arriving early, we got in the queue to go to church. At first I was surprised about lining up, but I was glad we did. The line quickly grew and St. Ann's Church was packed.   After a short wait, we were gree...

1092

by OSIA Blogger   On December 12, 1915, Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, NJ, to two Sicilian immigrants. In the summer of 1935, Frank's life would change forever. It was at this time that he saw his idol, Bing Crosby, perform live. Once the concert ended, Sinatra was determined to become a singer. He worked odd jobs performing on...

2160

Sharon Yandoli - she of the distinct accent that sounds straight out of Brooklyn but is all Jersey City, where's she from - met her future husband at what was then Hoboken Pizzeria.   She had just watched "The Usual Suspects'' at the local movie theater - slept right through it, she remembers - and stopped at the restaurant, where Angelo "Bu...

1190