L'ICE-Agenzia organizza la partecipazione collettiva italiana a PREMIERE VISION NEW YORK che si terrà il 13 e 14 gennaio 2015. La manifestazione è dedicata alla presentazione di tessuti per abbigliamento - collezione primavera/estate 2016 - e prevede la Sezione INDIGO, spazio espositivo dedicato agli stampatori di tessuti e studi di design. Nel 20...

The Italian family has been a quintessential subject for scholarly research and creative work in Italy and among various diasporic communities, with matters relating to children and youth receiving significant exploration.   In the United States, notable inquiries concerning youth issues include sociologist William Foote Whyte's urban ethnog...

By Giovanni di Napoli   Last Thursday, April 23rd, was the Feast of Saint George, and I had the great pleasure of attending a Tridentine Mass at historic Holy Innocents Church in Manhattan to celebrate it. Also known as Latin Mass or Old Mass, the ritual is so beautiful and moving that it simply must be experienced.   Invited by the U...

By Giovanni di Napoli Saturday evening (June 13th), my friends and I headed to SoHo for the Festa di Sant'Antonio at the beautiful Shrine Church of St. Anthony of Padua (154 Sullivan St.). Mass was celebrated with Father Joe Lorenzo, followed by a procession through the bustling streets of Lower Manhattan.   Louise Acampora and the Red Mike...

The 70's have been an important decade among the Italian Americans: a renewed sense of pride for their heritage grew through the community, and important organization were founded. One of these is NOIAW, the National Organization of Italian American Women. Aileen Riotto Sirey, Ph.D., is one of the founders and Chair Emerita of this beloved institu...

by Kathianne Boniello A Bronx woman believes she lost her job at a nonprofit because she's Italian-American, according to a lawsuit. Anne Marie Nolan-Griffin says her African-American and Hispanic supervisors at AHRC made her the butt of jokes "because of her Italian race," she claims in Manhattan federal court filings.   AHRC employee...

Our Lady of Loreto Church in Brownsville has been vacant for years, but some neighborhood residents are fighting to keep it from being torn down. Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, which leases the property, says there are plans to demolish the church and turn it into affordable housing.   However, the Brownsville Cultural Coalitio...

Manca poco per il "Sal Palmeri's New York Italian Music Festival", il trenta settembre Broadway ospiterà una serata di musica leggera italiana, organizzata dal maestro della radio italoamericana Sal Palmeri. Tanti ospiti, dalla vincitrice del Festival di San Remo Annalisa Minetti (fresca campionessa con una medaglia alle paraolimpiadi), a Paolo Me...

di Francesca Tarantino   New York rappresenta certamente l'ambiente ideale per le startup, ovvero l'apertura di nuove aziende e forme di business. L'attività imprenditoriale è il centro economico della Grande Mela, ed è stato scritto molto sulle opportunità e sul potenziale che si presentano nella scena delle startup tecnologiche newyorchesi...

by Franco Lania   New York City's Little Italy will celebrate the 87th Annual Feast of San Gennaro this Thursday, September 12th through Sunday, September 22nd. The San Gennaro feast is an 11 day festival to honor the Patron Saint of Naples, Italy. Over the last several years, residents and business owners of the now-stylish Nolita (North of...