Organized by the Society of Saint Anthony of Giovinazzo, Inc., the celebration will continue through Sunday, June 2nd. There will be a second procession on Saturday, June 1st at 7:00 PM.Most Precious Blood Church109 Mulberry Street, NYC (Between Broome and Spring St.) Proceeds to benefit Most Precious Blood Church, Saint Jude Hospital, San...
READ MOREWhile New York's Little Italy is in serious decline, San Diego's Little Italy is a thriving community. Walk down Little Italy's main drag and you see coffee-sipping window shoppers brush past old Italian men relaxing in the spotless piazza. New businesses keep popping up and the restaurants are always packed. But it wasn't always that way...
READ MORELittle Italy San Jose is a 501c3 organization that is revitilizing San Jose's original Italian settlement dating back to the 1880's. We have successfully raised funds and In Kind contributions to install a 31 foot Arch to anchor our developing Italian cultural district http://www.littleitalysj.com/archway.html This signature Arch for the L...
READ MOREFrom 1978 through 1981, the Baltimore Neighborhood Heritage Project recorded and collected oral histories from longtime residents of seven Baltimore neighborhoods: Highlandtown, Hampden, Park Heights, Little Italy, South/OldWest/East Baltimore; and Port of Baltimore workers. To name just a few interviewees: Schiavo, Vaccarino, Poggi, Mancu...
READ MOREOn Monday, October 13, 2014, Fifth Avenue will come alive with more than 40,000 participants and over one million spectators for New York City's 70th Annual Columbus Day Celebration and Parade, which runs north on Fifth Avenue, from 47th to 72nd Street from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM and led by Grand Marshal Frank Bisignano. It is also broadcast live on W...
READ MORETalk by Alfred M. Zappalà, Esq. and Eszter Vajdahttp://www.AlfredZappala.com http://www.TheSicilianProject.com http://www.evazmediagroup.com Please join us at the Italian American Museum this Tuesday evening, March 24th for a talk by Alfred M. Zappalà Esq. and Eszter Vajda. Mr. Zappalà will give us an update on "The Sicilian Project", sp...
READ MOREThe Italian American Museum cordially invites you to attend the opening reception for FOUR DECADES. Dom Quartuccio, Little Italy's Own Photographer, 1937 - 1977 Solo Exhibition by Dom Quartuccio. Thursday, October 8, 2015. 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Refreshments will be served - R.S.V.P. 212.965.90...
READ MORELabor shortages drew Italian immigrants to Birmingham's coal and steel industries. These new Americans quickly became farmers, grocers and merchants, and the next generation became doctors, bankers and lawyers. Their collective history helped shape the culture of the growing city, which was enriched by their contributions to religion, sports, art,...
READ MOREBy Marco Ferini Ormai è circondato da negozi cinesi che si moltiplicano di giorno in giorno. Ma l'Italian records della famiglia Naso, aperto nel lontano 1968 sulla 18esima avenue a Bensonhurst a New York, è l'ultima attività commerciale che vende dischi italiani in una zona che viene considerata, forse ancora per poco, la Little Italy di Brooklyn...
READ MOREby John A. Fratta Is it me or is there something wrong? For me it all began on Sept. 19, but I know it has been going on for many years. On Sept. 19 and 20, the New York Daily News ran an attack piece on the Feast of San Gennaro. The article made it look as if there was something going on with the feast's funds, but, of course, it was not true. &...
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